Sophia’s POV
I couldn’t hear my own heartbeat.
That was how loud the silence in the room became after Colton said it.
“To hell with the inheritance.”
The words didn’t just hang in the air.
They cut through it.
Sharp.
Final.
Irrevocable.
For a moment…
No one moved.
Not his mother.
Not Amber.
Not even Lillian.
Then…
His father exhaled slowly.
A dangerous kind of calm.
The kind that comes before something breaks.
“Then,” he said, his voice low… controlled… almost too controlled, “you leave me with no choice.”
My fingers tightened slightly around the edge of the table.
I didn’t like where this was going.
“If you walk out of this house choosing… her over everything we have built…”
His eyes flicked to me again.
Cold.
Evaluating.
Demeaning.
“…then you are no longer my s
