Chapter 529

Oriana paused, clearly caught off guard.

Gideon leaned back slightly, watching her. "Let me ask you something. Back when Blackwood Manor was on the verge of collapse, if someone had stepped in and pulled you out of it, what would you have done?"

Oriana didn't even need to think. "I would've given them everything. My life included."

Gideon smiled faintly. "That's exactly how Lula feels."

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