Della's POV
Soren arched one eyebrow, his face remaining perfectly composed while his eyes danced with silent entertainment. "The Mathews family. You must be familiar with them."
My stare locked onto his face, keeping my voice level. "Should I be?"
A cold wave crashed through my ribcage. After several heartbeats of silence, one certainty crystallized in my mind: nobody beyond myself could possibly discover my true background. Even Taryn remained completely unaware that Louis Mathews, the notorious head of the influential Mathews dynasty, was my biological father.
Had Taryn possessed this knowledge, she never would have allowed my mother to endure years of exhausting double shifts just to keep us afloat. The Mathews empire commanded serious wealth, and Louis's spouse descended from the legendary Quilla clan, titans of industry.
Isabelle, Eddie's sister, shared identical DNA, though fate had assigned them different family names.
