The Bride They Rejected Owned Half Their Empire Chapter 07

The Bride They Rejected Owned Half Their Empire Chapter 07

“Mrs. Harrington, this pendant was passed down 

to me from my own grandmother.” 

Seraphina’s voice shook with panic, but she kept 

her hand clamped tightly over the necklace. 

The elderly matriarch ignored her weak lie, turning 

to me instead. 

“What unique marking does your mother’s pendant 

have?” 

“There’s a tiny engraved inscription on the back- my personal birth date and time engraved in 

traditional script.” 

I stared directly at Seraphina. 

“If this truly belonged to your grandmother, the back would have no way of bearing my birth. 

details.” 

“Unless your grandmother had the power of 

foresight to engrave my birth information decades 

before I was even born.” 

Seraphina’s lips pressed together into a tight, pale 

line. 

Kael stepped forward, his tone firm and 

restrained. 

“Seraphina, take the pendant off.” 

She refused to move an inch. 

He reached out toward her. 

She stumbled backward in panic, then roughly ripped the necklace off her neck and tossed it 

down onto the table. 

The elderly matriarch picked up the pendant, flipped it to the back, and examined the tiny 

engraved characters closely. 

She glanced up at me, holding the piece out. 

“Is this your birth inscription?” 

I took the pendant into my palm, my fingertips. 

brushing the carved grooves gently. 

“It’s mine.” 

A heavy silence settled over the room. 

Seraphina squeezed her sleeves tightly, her face 

as white as paper. 

“One old necklace doesn’t prove anything. My 

mother could have easily received it as a gift from 

Linette before she passed away.” 

“Marigold didn’t marry into the Voss family until 

long after Linette’s death.” 

I looked straight at her without hesitation. 

“How could she have received a gift from 

someone who was already gone? Through al 

ghostly visitation?” 

Seraphina fell silent, unable to retort. 

“I have far more proof than just this heirloom.” 

I pulled out my phone and opened a saved document file. 

Bank transfer records appeared on the screen. 

“Over the past two years, four large sums have. 

been illegally transferred from official Voss family 

accounts to a venture capital firm named Aurora Venture Capital.” 

“Each transfer ranges from two hundred thousand 

to five hundred thousand dollars.” 

Alden, still lingering by the doorway, looked up 

sharply in shock the second he heard the name. 

“The legal representative of Aurora Venture Capital 

is Rowan Sloane.” 

I turned my phone screen toward Alden. 

“Dad, did you authorize any of these four large 

transactions?” 

Sweat began to form on Alden’s forehead. 

He turned to stare directly at Seraphina. 

“Seraphina, what is the meaning of this?” 

“Dad, these are completely legitimate business 

investment collaborations. We have official 

contracts on file at the company.” 

“Show me the contracts now.” 

“They’re stored at the corporate office. I cant 

retrieve them for you later today.” 

“There’s no need to wait.” I pulled up another 

document file on my phone. 

“I already had my legal team run a full background check on Aurora Venture Capital.” 

“The firm was registered three years ago as a corporate compliance consulting agency for 

luxury real estate.” 

“It has never acquired a single legitimate client since opening. Its only source of revenue is these illegal transfers from the Voss family accounts.” 

Alden’s face turned deathly pale. 

“Seraphina… what exactly have you been doing?” 

“Dad! You can’t believe everything she says!” 

Seraphina’s voice rose in desperate defense. 

“What authority does she even have to audit 

private Voss company finances?” 

“You forgot the oldest rule written in the Voss. 

family lineage archive.” 

My voice remained calm and steady. 

“The eldest daughter of the Voss bloodline holds 

permanent trust access privilege to all family 

financial records.” 

“This rule was established by your grandfather decades ago, and no one has ever amended it.” 

Seraphina swayed unsteadily on her feet, stunned 

speechless. 

She’d never known this ancient family rule existed. 

No one had ever bothered to mention it–because 

for twenty years, the official eldest daughter had 

lived far away from the family, never expected to 

return and claim her rights. 

Marigold could no longer stand silently by. She 

stepped forward, grabbing Seraphina’s arm tightly. 

“That’s enough, Seraphina. We’re leaving right 

now.” 

“There’s no need to rush off so quickly.” 

The elderly matriarch’s voice was quiet, yet 

Marigold froze in her tracks instantly. 

“Total amount transferred?” She asked me plainly. 

“Four transactions adding up to a total of one 

point three million dollars.” 

“After receiving these funds, Rowan Sloane used 

the money to assemble a dedicated project team.” 

I swiped to the next page of documents. 

“Their sole focus? Developing bidding proposals 

for the Eastside Urban Renewal Bid project.” 

I turned to face Kael directly. 

“Eastside Urban Renewal–isn’t that the Harrington. 

Realty’s largest and most high–stakes bidding 

project this year?” 

Kael’s eyes narrowed sharply with realization. 

“Rowan is using stolen Voss family funds to bid 

directly against the Harrington empire.” 

“And all the while, Seraphina was in a romantic 

relationship with you, secretly funneling him financial support behind everyone’s backs.” 

“Kael… what would you call this exactly?” 

Kael ignored my question entirely. 

He turned slowly to face Seraphina. 

She stumbled back until her shoulders pressed 

flat against the wall. 

“Kael, it’s not what you think. Rowan is just an old 

school friend who came to me for a personal loan. 

It has nothing to do with the urban renewal 

bidding.” 

“You funnel your family’s corporate funds to a man 

who sends you flirty texts talking about a secret 

baby?” 

She opened her mouth but couldn’t form a single 

word of denial. 

Sudden commotion erupted from outside the 

parlor door. 

A security guard’s voice echoed clearly through 

the closed door. 

“Sir, this is a private family event. You can’t enter 

uninvited.” 

Another male voice sounded urgent and 

frustrated. 

“I need to see Seraphina immediately–it’s an 

emergency.” 

Seraphina’s pupils blew wide with pure terror. 

The door was pushed open forcefully. 

A man in a navy polo shirt strode into the room. 

He looked to be in his late twenties, fair–skinned, wearing an expensive luxury watch on his wrist. 

His gaze swept across the entire room before locking onto Seraphina instantly. 

“Seraphina, you haven’t answered any of my calls 

or texts all afternoon.” 

He hadn’t even noticed Kael standing nearby yet. 

Seraphina’s voice came out as a broken whisper, 

filled with panic. 

“Rowan… what are you doing here?”