A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 270

Friendly.

arm.

Every instinct I possessed screamed danger.

Then he got to the point.

And I understood why.

“I would like our families to move forward.”

Jason became very still.

Mr. Vincent continued.

“I believe we should unite.”

A pause.

“Through marriage.”

The room went silent.

Jason blinked.

Once.

Twice.

I slowly lowered my tablet.

Mr. Vincent kept talking.

Apparently unaware that he was making everything worse.

“We have several children.”

Another pause.

“You have several children.”

My stomach dropped.

Oh no.

Absolutely not.

Jason’s face turned red.

Not embarrassed red.

Angry red.

Dangerously angry red.

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Mr. Vincent continued speaking about alliances, goodwill, family connections, and future cooperation.

Jason looked ready to commit a felony.

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I reached over and gently took the phone.

Jason immediately surrendered it.

Probably because he no longer trusted himself to speak.

“Mr. Vincent.”

The man sounded delighted.

“Mrs. Sun-Asher.”

I smiled pleasantly.

A smile that had terrified board members.

“Thank you for your kind offer.”

A pause.

“Unfortunately, our children are not currently available for marriage alliances.”

Silence.

Complete silence.

Then:

“I’m sorry?”

I kept smiling.

“Perhaps we can revisit the discussion once they’re adults.”

Another pause.

“Adults?”

“Yes.”

I glanced toward one of the family photos sitting on my desk.

Alice upside down.

Alex looking annoyed.

Rose laughing.

Iris rolling her eyes.

Children.

Just children.

“My children are currently busy being children.”

The silence stretched.

Then Mr. Vincent laughed.

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But there was no humor in it.

“Wonderful.”

I ended the call.

Immediately.

Before he could continue.

The office became silent.

Jason stared at me.

I stared back.

Then he laughed.

A real laugh.

The first one all day.

“I think you offended him.”

I leaned back in my chair.

“Good.”

Because if the Vincents thought they were arranging marriages for my children-

They were about twenty years too early.

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There were two.

Amber POV

For the first time in weeks, life became almost… normal.

Almost.

The school was running smoothly. The children had settled into their routines. The adoption paperwork was finalized. The Vincents were strangely quiet.

Which meant they were probably planning something.

Still, I wasn’t going to complain.

For once, Jason and I had enough time to focus on something that had been bothering us ever since Professor Vale handed us the map.

The hidden treasury.

Or whatever was hidden beneath Ember Castle.

One evening, after the children had gone to bed and the castle had become quiet, Jason and I spread the map across a table in the library.

The old parchment showed passages that weren’t included in any modern blueprints.

Passages hidden inside walls.

Beneath floors.

Behind fireplaces.

And, for some reason, connected to the kitchen.

Naturally.

Every mystery in this castle seemed to start in the kitchen.

Armed with flashlights, our phones, and far more confidence than common sense, we followed the map.

The hidden mechanism was concealed behind an old wooden cabinet.

One press. 1

A click.

Then part of the wall slid aside.

Jason stared.

“Of course it’s in the kitchen.”

I laughed.

“Maybe the Ember family liked snacks.” 2

The passage beyond was narrow.

Ancient.

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And completely dark.

Jason activated the flashlight on his phone.

I did the same.

Then we stepped inside.

The staircase immediately descended.

And descended.

And descended some more.

The deeper we went, the older everything looked.

Stone walls.

Ancient carvings.

Dust that had probably not been disturbed in centuries.

Jason frowned.

“This is terrifying.”

I looked around excitedly.

“This is amazing.”

He pointed toward the darkness.

“That is the definition of terrifying.”

I pointed toward the darkness.

“That is the definition of adventure.”

Jason sighed.

“You’re impossible.”

The staircase continued for what felt like forever.

At one point I was convinced we had reached the center of the earth.

Finally, the passage opened into a circular stone chamber.

The room itself was empty.

Mostly.

Except for one thing.

A massive metal door.

Ancient.

Beautiful.

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And very, very locked.

approached carefully.

The locking mechanism wasn’t a normal lock.

It looked mechanical.

Complicated.

Several rotating sections covered in symbols.

The kind of puzzle that would take hours to understand.

Maybe days.

I touched one of the metal rings.

Nothing happened.

Jason immediately stepped backward.