Chapter 13 - GABRIEL EXPLAINED WHY HE CALLED ME LITTLE SISTERAt the gala, everyone assumed:
Little sister.
Secret billionaire family.
Power reveal.
That wasn’t how Gabriel meant it.
He told me later:
“I called you that because I needed you to know I saw you before I saw the room.”
I cried.
For years, I had hidden him.
Not from shame.
From fear that the Whitmores would turn our relationship into a status calculation.
They did exactly that once they learned.
Suddenly Patricia treated my foster history differently.
Not tragic.
Interesting.
Connected.
That disgusted me.
My worth had not changed because Gabriel was rich.
I told her once:
“You were wrong when you thought I had nobody.”
Then:
“But you would have been equally wrong if I actually had nobody.”
She looked down.
Good.
May you like
That was the point.
No powerful brother should be required for a pregnant woman to deserve protection.
