Ava Seraphine's phone nearly slipped from her grasp as she heard Eleanor Seraphine's revelation. "You must be jesting!" she exclaimed, her voice echoing in the silent room.
"Are you certain, dear?" The matriarch of the Seraphine family, previously haughty, now wore a serious expression.
"I assure you, grandmother, I am not. It was King Theodore's decision," Eleanor responded before abruptly ending the call.
Ava and the elderly woman exchanged stunned glances, their minds racing to comprehend the situation.
Liya Seraphine and Adelaide Seraphine, too, stared at Theodore Triumph with disbelief etched on their faces. They remembered his words from the previous day about Sebastian Triumph's dismissal but had dismissed it as an empty threat.
Now, they were forced to reassess their assumpt
