Semua Bab While You Chose Her, I Claimed Everything: Bab 11 - Bab 20

“Don’t you like the menu?” Victor asked, his gaze drifting now and then to the woman seated across from him as she ate.“Oh, no,” Tara replied quickly. “The steak is good. Honestly, if I may say so, it’s actually delicious. It’s different from what I usually have.”A faint smirk tugged at Victor’s lips. “Should I have the waiter bring you another serving?”“No need.” Tara shook her head at once. “I think I can only manage one portion.”Victor simply nodded and returned to cutting into his meal, eating with quiet composure, while Tara tried to steady herself. The restaurant he had chosen for their meeting felt unusually still, as though their privacy had been meticulously preserved. Even when she first arrived, a waiter had approached her immediately and asked her to follow, explaining that Victor was already waiting.A few moments later, Victor set his u

“Do you still want to keep this marriage?” Victor asked.Tara let out a soft laugh, but there was nothing light about it. The sound carried a quiet bitterness that lingered in the air. “That’s a rather amusing question,” she said. “I’m not a woman bound by a marriage. And I shouldn’t even be calling you Daddy. I’m not your daughter-in-law. As stated in that document, your daughter-in-law is your son’s secretary. My twin sister, Kara.”Victor’s lips curved into a faint smirk. “And you’re not afraid to ask for my help? I’m Adrian’s father. And you’re right, you’re not my daughter-in-law. Technically, we’re complete strangers.”Tara had expected this the moment she handed over the copy of the marriage certificate. “You wouldn’t ask me to investigate your own son’s performance unless… you had doubts about him, wouldn’

“Where have you been?”Adrian’s voice cut through the air the moment Tara stepped past the front door.She flinched, startled, not expecting him to already be home. For a brief second, her breath hitched, but she quickly gathered herself. When she turned to face him, her expression had flattened into something calm, almost unreadable.Adrian stood in the middle of the living room, the main lights blazing as if he had been waiting under them for quite some time. The top button of his black shirt was undone, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, giving him a deceptively relaxed appearance. But his eyes told a different story. There was tension there, restrained anger simmering beneath the surface. One hand was tucked into his pocket, while the other gripped his phone so tightly his knuckles had gone pale.So he had been waiting.Tara closed the door behind her with quiet composure, then set her work bag down on the console table near

Her mother.Helena Valmont entered first, her face flushed with anger. Behind her, Leonard Valmont followed at a brisk pace, an elegant cane in hand, more a symbol of status than necessity.The moment Helena spotted Tara sitting at the dining table, she pointed straight at her. “How can you still sit there and eat so calmly?!” she snapped, not caring what Tara had been doing.Tara slowly turned her head and smiled. “Good morning, Mother.”“Don’t call me ‘Mother’ when you behave like this!”Leonard let out an irritated huff. “We weren’t even supposed to come here just to scold you.”Tara glanced at Adrian, confusion flickering in her eyes, trying to understand what was really happening. But Adrian simply continued eating his breakfast, composed, unbothered, as if he had expected this from the moment her parents stepped into the house. As if he had known exactly what would

“Truly remarkable,” she murmured under her breath. “Even the password… I thought it was because he remembered me. But I forgot. I have a twin with the exact same birthday.”“Were you speaking to me?” Jimmy asked, a slight crease forming between his brows. He had heard her voice, but it had sounded more like a whisper than a proper remark.“Oh, no.” Tara smiled brightly, masking the anger quietly building inside her.Jimmy could only shrug. “Is there anything that needs to be adjusted, ma’am?”Tara turned to face him. “No.” The wide smile remained perfectly in place.She walked back into the main area, stopping right in the center of the apartment. This time, she looked around with a different perspective, as if seeing everything for what it truly was. “Mr. Jimmy, may I ask who previously occupied this unit?” she asked casually.The lawyer fell si