All Chapters of The Son-in-Law's Revenge: Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
52 chapters
Chapter 51: The Shops That Reopen
The voicemail turned out to be nothing, a wrong number from a Swiss pharmacy confirming a prescription refill for someone named Kellermann, close enough to his own name to explain the confusion but nothing more. Kellan listened to it twice, felt something loosen in his chest that he hadn't realized was still coiled tight with dread, and let it go. Whatever else remained unresolved about his family's history, that particular thread had simply run out, and for the first time in two exhausting weeks, he let himself feel relief instead of hunting for one more hidden layer beneath it."Nothing," he told Reginald, setting the phone down. "A wrong number. That's the end of it."Reginald studied him a moment, something like quiet approval in his tired expression. "Good," he said simply, and Kellan understood he meant it in more ways than one.By the following week, the frantic urgency of the previous days had finally begun to settle into something more sustainable, Meridian's dissolution proc
Chapter 52: Mei's New Beginning
Friday arrived quieter than Kellan expected, the estate's gardens strung with simple lanterns instead of the elaborate arrangements he remembered from his own wedding years earlier, a small gathering rather than the cold, performative galas that had once defined every occasion in this house. He stood near the garden room, the same space where Elias had once delivered his cruelest confessions, and found that walking past it now carried less weight than he'd feared. The room had been repainted, new furniture replacing the old, sheet-covered pieces, and somehow that simple act of renewal made the space feel genuinely different rather than merely disguised."You look like you're thinking too hard for a party," Sienna said, appearing at his side with two glasses of something sparkling, handing him one."Old habits," Kellan admitted, accepting the glass. "I keep expecting a crisis to interrupt whatever peace I manage to find.""Maybe that's worth unlearning," Sienna said gently. "Not every