Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother-Chapter 439: We Are Brothers For A Reason

Aaron returned to the penthouse, where Natalie and Justin were busy with their own work related to their individual businesses.

"Had fun last night?" Justin asked as Aaron walked into the drawing room.

"Are you jealous, since it was you that woman was craving for?" Aaron asked. "I could hear her calling your name the entire night."

Hearing it, Natalie glared at the two brothers—especially Justin. But then she looked at Aaron. "Brother-in-law, don’t make me want to tear open the throat of your newly wedded wife."

Aaron smirked dismissively. "Go ahead." He then looked at Justin. "In the recording, Natalie can hear how she was screaming your name..."

"Shut up," Justin said coldly. "Don’t show her disgusting stuff."

"Try messing with me, and your wife will be watching it all right away," Aaron said in a mocking tone.

Justin wanted to say something, but seeing how furious Natalie looked after Aaron’s remark, he decided to change the topic. These days, Natalie had been a little cranky, so he chose to be cautious around her.

"Alright, did it go as you planned?" Justin asked.

Aaron tossed a file in front of him. "Here it is. After this, we’ll get everything we want."

"Finally, a fish was trapped," Justin mumbled as he went through the file. "Make sure she doesn’t end up revealing everything to her father."

"She won’t—or she knows what will happen to her," Aaron said.

Natalie observed the two and said, "I wonder whether I should pity that woman Grace or try to figure out which of you two brothers is crueler. The more I look at you both, the more you surprise me. I thought at least Aaron was human, but I was wrong. You two are equally dangerous."

"We are brothers for a reason," Justin said. "And don’t fall for his calm facade. He can do anything to achieve his goal—even sacrifice his first marriage to a villain."

Natalie looked at Aaron, who didn’t comment on what Justin said. She asked, "Don’t you feel anything towards her? After all, you have signed marriage papers..."

"After seeing my parents die in front of my eyes, I lost all sympathy towards my enemies," Aaron said as he stood up to go to the study. "All I see are my father’s murderers and the ones who harmed my mother."

Natalie could only watch him walk away. "This man is cold as fuck."

Justin simply smiled, only to hear Natalie say, "Once everything is sorted out here, we need to find the right woman for your brother. Just like you, he will melt as well."

"Do whatever you feel is right," he commented.

Natalie raised a brow. "I was expecting you to say that you don’t care or to advise me not to meddle. But how come you’ve changed your tune now?"

"Can I ever stop you from doing what you want to do?" he countered.

"Is it too hard to admit that you care for him?" she asked.

"Don’t you have work to do?" he said. "If you’re free, how about I keep you busy?"

She sighed. "You always use the same way to shut me up. Go to hell," she said with a frown and focused on her work.

Grace returned to the main residence of the Hartz estate, dressed properly and looking fresh.

"Where is Aiden?" her mother asked.

Grace kept her composure, not willing to let her mother know what exactly had happened.

"He had some important work, so he left a while ago," she replied, pulling out a light smile.

The woman hummed and asked with a smile, "So how did it go?" She was sure that their plan had worked.

"It went as we planned," Grace answered.

The woman moved Grace’s hair away from her neck and hummed in satisfaction to see those marks on her delicate skin. "Seems like it went better than we expected."

Grace recalled the night. Though the man was someone else, she couldn’t deny how wild it all was—and how she had enjoyed it. "Yes, Mom."

"Well, keep it up. Your father expects you to get pregnant soon. Maybe this one night was enough."

Hearing it, Grace felt a shiver run down her spine. If she was pregnant after this, that meant she was going to carry some other man’s child. But if she didn’t get pregnant, her father might get upset with her. And with the way her husband treated her, there was no way he was ever going to sleep with her.

At the same time, her husband was blackmailing her. She felt like she was entirely trapped. In exchange for keeping her scandal a secret, she had to spy on her own father and provide every bit of information Aaron asked for.

She definitely didn’t want her wild videos to be published everywhere. Her life would be ruined, her father would abandon her, and might even force her to die—just like he had forced his illegitimate daughter. Her father, though a gentleman on the outside, was someone she knew far better on the inside.

’What should I do?’

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At the Riverdale estate.

Aeldric had asked Marina to come to the Riverdale estate, as he was going to let her meet their granddaughter. Justin was informed about it as well, and he returned home along with Natalie.

It was time to know what this old man was truly planning.

Meira was called to meet Marina; Noah and Lana were by her side.

"Come here," Aeldric told Meira, who was hesitant to be there. "This is my wife, Marina, and your grandmother," Aeldric informed.

Meira first looked at Noah, as Justin was not there yet. Noah had already told Meira that such a situation might arise, and Justin had asked her to go along with whatever the old man asked of her.

Marina, who was quietly observing the girl, felt her eyes turn moist and stood up to go to her. "Finally, I could see you, my dear."

Meira realized this old woman wasn’t bad, but didn’t know what to say to her.

"I am your grandma. You should remember that," she said and hugged the young girl.

Meira felt warmth in that hug and reciprocated it.

"Now, let me tell you why I called you here today," Aeldric said. "But before that, have a seat."

Marina didn’t have a good feeling about it, but she sat in her chair.

The old man looked at Meira. "You too."

Meira quietly sat in the chair, her gaze lowered. She was scared of Aeldric.

"There are some guests coming here today," Aeldric said—only to have his bodyguard inform him, "Sir, they are here."

"Bring them inside," Aeldric said.

Marina looked toward the entrance in confusion, while Meira felt as if some sort of danger was coming her way—otherwise, the old man wouldn’t have called her out like this.

Soon, a few people showed up, an elderly couple, middle aged couple, and a young man with them. From the look one could tell they were a rich family.

"Welcome to Riverdales," the old man gritted them.

"Thanks, Aeldric," the elderly man of similar age as Aeldric, talked casually to him as if they were close friends.