The Greedy Heir Fired the Housekeeper the Moment His Father Was Buried — He Never Read the One Clause That Would Cost Him the Whole Estate

He was given the house on a condition.

He was allowed to keep it — but only if he met the condition his father set.

And if he failed to meet that condition, the house would not be his at all.”

Chapter 12 — The Forfeiture Clause

“And what,” I asked, and I could hear my own heart in my ears, “was the condition?”

“The condition,” Samuel said, slowly and clearly, so that I could not possibly misunderstand him, “was you, Helena.”