The CEO's Unplanned Heir novel Chapter 701

Aurelia laughed, her chuckle light and faintly derisive, "No need to stir the pot here. Lana's heart is purer than yours could ever hope to be. And Leopold? He's genuinely smitten with her. As for me, I never graze on pastures I've left behind. I'm not going back. I'll be in Lana's corner, helping her knock you off your high horse."

"You're mad, absolutely mad." Megan spat out, fury etching her features. Was Aurelia really going to stand against her till the bitter end?

Leaning back comfortably in her chair, Aurelia took a delicate sip of her coffee and said, "There's something you might not know. When I divorced Leopold, I had just one condition only a woman who has no desire for children can become the matriarch of the Stirling family. I foresaw your vile intentions. You'd undoubtedly be eager to bear a child, to replace Kane as the heir."

Her gaze fixed on Megan, Aurelia's smile was sardonic, "Sorry to burst your bubble, but you'll never be the matriarch, and your son will never be the heir. Lana's already had a sterilization procedure. If anything were to happen to me or Kane, Leopold would cast you aside in a heartbeat and elevate Lana to the matriarch of the Stirling family."

Megan felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She had thought she held all the cards, only to find she was the fool, outplayed at every turn.

Lana was ruthless. To dethrone her, she had gone as far as sterilization.

"You've been duped, Aurelia. I refuse to believe she'd actually go through with that surgery."

Without an heir, what was the point of being the matriarch?

Aurelia's smirk widened, "You think everyone's as power-hungry as you, eyeing the Stirling fortune. Lana's love for Leopold is the real deal. True love means sacrificing everything. That's why he can trust her completely."

Megan's face fluctuated between shades of anger and defeat. She felt like she had just been hit with a magic strike. If she couldn't be the matriarch and her son couldn't be the heir, what was the point of all her schemes?