“That’s not my concern. I’ve got steady work and a solid paycheck. I’m not at risk of starving, and since I don’t live extravagantly, I do perfectly fine. I don’t need any inheritance from your grandfather.”

“He was your grandfather too.”

“No,” she corrected firmly. “I’ve decided I want nothing to do with the Blackwood men anymore. You’ve hurt me too many times, and I’m over it. Grandfather was fully aware of how you treated me but ...