Chapter hundred seven

The room suddenly felt too small for Hilda Kingston. She'd picked out the best of banquet halls for the charity because she didn't need all that crowd at the Kingston estate, she knew too well how nosey people could get.

But as she saw Jeremy she felt like the air was suddenly sucked out of the room and the ventilation was really poor. She gritted her teeth at the sight of him. Hilda disliked Jeremy. Not just because he was an heir of the inheritance too but because she'd never thought he would be such a thorn in her flesh. The first day that she'd heard about him, it was from one of her close associates who told her about a third partner who had suddenly surfaced and was struggling for the inheritance too.

At first, Hilda had simply waved the man off and said she had better things to discuss, after all, Jeremy was just a boy and couldn't stand the heat. But a few weeks later, she learned about his involvement with Sinclair and knew that maybe it was time to get rid of him, but even