Chapter 39: Between two choices

Arthur Vance swallowed hard, terrified that this mad women and her operatives might strike him as they had his wife.

Compromising slightly, he turned toward Julian with a stern, authoritative look.with mighty presence "Julian, I am giving you two choices right now.

Option one: proceed with the arrangement with the Ross family, and you remain our son."

"Option two: refuse, and we cut all ties with you instantly. Your mother and I will pretend we never had a biological son like you."

Arthur was completely confident Julian would choose the first option. In his mind, Julian had only been rebelling lately to desperately grab his parents attention away from Leo. Threatening to disown him would surely force him back in line.

Sienna Vance leaned back, taking a calm sip of water. She felt certain her younger brother would never dare walk away from the family name.

Everyone in the room fixed their eyes on Julian, awaiting his response.

Beside him, Victoria’s fingers tightened secretly into a tense fist. Though Julian had promised her earlier, she knew how deeply he had once sought his family’s approval. What if he hesitates?

Julian picked up his glass, swirled the water lazily, and met Arthur’s gaze. "I choose option two. Let’s sever ties immediately."

Victoria’s heart relaxed instantly, a faint, proud smile gracing her lips. My good boy...(let’s give them heart stroke)

The Vance family, however, gaped in utter shock.

Arthur stood up so fast his chair scraped loudly against the floor. "Julian! Have you lost your mind?! Are you absolutely sure about this?!"

"Completely," Julian answered without an ounce of hesitation.

Arthar frowned, leaning forward. "Julian, think carefully. I know many women’s like her , she kept you because she finds you intresting .once this intrest is over ,she is going to throw you away That woman is just using you as a toy! She’ll drop you the second she gets bored.She is temporary, and your parents are stay with you forever ,in every phase of your life, We never want your bad ,that’s why we set a engagement with Miss Ross.Miss Ross is different—an alliance with her guarantees you a life of luxury." And this also give our family strong backing .

"That’s right, brother," Leo added in a smooth, concerned tone. "We are your blood relatives and your true backing. Are you really throwing away your own family for a fleeting fling?"

Elenor Vance, unable to speak through her severely swollen face, gestured furiously, signaling that they should just let the ungrateful brute walk away.

Julian scratched his ear impatiently. Family , for my my well being ! !Cut the crap You just sold me there,do you even care about my filling or do you even ask me in a single time before setting this engagement .This engagement is mean to Leo,but after Miss Ross gets paralysed,this engagement is passed to me ,You just want a scapegoat and nothing more .so stop wasting My time. If you’re cutting ties, bring out the paperwork and get it over with."

Arthur’s face turned purple with rage. You lost your mind"Fine! Cut them! Cut them right now!"

Watson stepped forward smoothly, adjusting his wire-rimmed glasses as he unbuttoned his suit jacket.

"Good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Vance," watson said in a sharp, professional tone. "As Master Vance’s legal counsel, I will outline the terms of the complete parental and familial severance."

"We will fully reimburse the Vance family for every single penny spent on raising Master Vance over the past decade. Once payment is transferred, he will have zero legal, financial, or filial obligations to any of you."

Arthur sneered. "Reimburse us? Do you have any idea how much money a high-society heir costs over ten years? You’re talking about millions!"

Sienna nodded in agreement. Leo’s personal allowance alone totaled millions over the years, not to mention his designer clothes, fine dining, and elite tuition.

Watson calmly pulled out a preliminary ledger document. "Let us review the actual figures."

"Since returning to the Vance household ten years ago, Master Vance received a flat allowance of fifty dollars a month—totaling $6,000 across a decade."

"His education was covered entirely by public scholarships, costing the Vance estate $0."

"He was fed leftover meals, calculated at roughly $8 per meal outside of school hours, coming to approximately $20,000."

"As for housing, he was relegated to the basement storage unit rather than a bedroom. Valued at $300 a month, accommodation totals $36,000."

"Including minor miscellaneous expenses, the grand total spent on raising your biological son over ten years comes to exactly $62,000."

Victoria’s dark eyes narrowed into dangerously cold slits as she listened to the ledger breakdown. A suffocating, lethal aura erupted from her. They had treated her Julian worse than a stray animal while throwing millions at an adopted imposter.

I should destroy every last one of them right now...And she done some hand sign to her bodyguards...

Sienna sat frozen in sheer disbelief. "That’s impossible! Sixty-two thousand dollars over ten years?!" She is studying and managing buisness in foreign,so she don’t know What’s the fuck is going on here,she just comes here to attend engagement bonquate of jullian, and this shit has happened,are my parents are mindless? Or this is some kind of real and fake hairess drama of some TV show. we have million of Empire and they just gives him few dollars

"Is there an error?" Julian asked dryly, looking at his sister. "You all know best what kind of life I lived in that house. But don’t worry—the contract states that if your records prove I cost a penny more, we will return it ten-thousand-fold."

"Sign it!" Arthur barked, snatching the pen from watson to scribble his signature across the line. He couldn’t stand being humiliated in front of his peers for a second longer.

Elenor grabbed the pen next, signing her name with petty satisfaction. Good riddance—she never wanted to see this ungrateful disgrace ever again!

Once the final signatures were secured, watson gathered the documents cleanly into his leather briefcase.

Victoria held Julian’s hand, her lips curling into a triumphant smile. From this moment on, Julian belonged entirely to her.

"We’re leaving," Julian said, turning his back on his former family without a single backward glance.

Leo whisperd in quit voice, this women is terrifying, but she is smoking hot .

Parents: "...’’

As the couple walked out into the corridor,Victoria paused near the entrance, leaning in to whisper a cold, quiet instruction to her head operative.

"Understood, Miss Sterling," the bodyguard replied with a dark, sinister grin. "We’ll handle the Vance family properly."