Chapter 872
A glimmer of delight lit Johanna’s eyes. “Jamie, you’re finally done with your work?”
“Mhm.” Jamie’s voice was low and heavy. “The old fools in the family keep strutting around, clinging to their seniority while scheming to seize absolute power. Not once do they stop to consider if they actually have the ability to lead the family. Tsk.”
“Jamie,” Johanna asked, “have you ever met the head of the Ferrero family?”
“The Ferrero family’s head?” Jamie’s tone rose slightly. “I met the previous head a few times, but not the current one. Why do you ask?”
Her voice carried a shy lilt. “If I were to marry him… would you agree?” (2)
Jamie’s voice sharpened. “Marry him? Johanna, how do you even know him? And are you certain… that he’s truly the head of the Ferrero family?”
“There shouldn’t be any mistake.”
With that, Johanna recounted the entire story of how she had met Thomas.
By the end, even Jamie found it difficult to believe her luck.
“Johanna, you’ve done very well this time.”
The Walton family had little direct contact with the Ferrero family, but their power was undeniable-enough to rival the great families, their hidden strength and wealth impossible to dismiss.
If Johanna had truly caught the attention of the Ferrero family’s patriarch and the two could be bound together, it would mean an immense advantage for the Walton family.
As an illegitimate son who had clawed his way to power, Jamie’s position remained precarious. Even now, some still schemed to replace him. But if he secured an alliance with Thomas, no one would ever be able to shake his throne.
Hearing Jamie’s praise, Johanna’s heart swelled with joy.
“Still, this is Zachemaine. Some things are far more difficult to handle here, and there are always a few petty clowns leaping about, ruining my plans.”
She paused awhile, then added, “By the way, did you hear about Victoria being injured?”
Jamie’s voice darkened instantly. “Victoria was hurt? What happened?”
Johanna didn’t try to conceal anything. She told him the whole story, down to the smallest
detail.
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They were born of the same mother and had grown up together. Jamie valued his younger sister deeply.
So when he heard that someone had targeted Johanna-and that the woman he adored had been dragged into it and wounded-his tone turned vicious.
“Johanna, do you have anyone in mind?”
Without hesitation, she uttered a name. “Sharon McKinzie.”
Jamie frowned. “Sharon? Who is that? I’ve never heard the name.”
Johanna had never thought much of Sharon before, so she had barely mentioned her. Victoria, with her dignified temperament, never spoke ill of others behind their backs, so she too had kept silent.
It was no wonder Jamie had never heard of Sharon.
“Jamie,” Johanna explained, “Sharon is Victoria’s half-sister, born of a different mother. Back then, Victoria’s mother died because of Sharon’s mother.”
The way Jamie and Victoria had met was nothing short of dramatic.
At the time, he was still just an unwanted illegitimate son, barely tolerated in the Walton household.
During one of the Walton family’s parties, he happened to overhear Victoria’s uncle speaking to her about her late mother.
Only then had Jamie realized that the dazzling, untouchable socialite—the number one lady of high society, Victoria-was herself an illegitimate daughter.
Jamie, who had survived in the cracks of the Walton family with cunning and ruthlessness, was no innocent soul.
After that conversation, he deliberately placed himself in Victoria’s path. He told her he had overheard everything, and asked if she planned to silence him.
But Victoria only smiled faintly. “Why would I kill you? Do illegitimate children not deserve to live?”
