Chapter 253



Jacob was in the hospital, and Chloe had no clue. She drove over to Saint Ryan Hospital, heading straight to the VIP section where Jacob's room was. The whole floor was eerily quiet.

Chloe walked down the long corridor and finally reached the door of his room. It was slightly ajar, and she could hear Jacob's angry voice spilling out.

"Lisa, how could you be so stupid? Why did you plagiarize in such a big competition with the world watching? I'd rather see you come in last than make a spectacle of yourself and drag us through the mud.

"Do you even understand what Belle Époque is facing now? Our stocks have tanked, the inte is boycotting us, and the empire I've built over decades is crumbling because of you.

"The biggest regret of my life, Lisa, is having a daughter like you. You're nothing but a curse on the Meadows family, a complete disaster.

"If you had even a fraction of Chloe's talent-no, a tenth-we wouldn't be in this mess...

my daughter

almost a whisper-a mix of lament and self-pity. But Lisa heard every word.

If I had grown up here, had

is your fault.

with anger.

she was, she wouldn't have exposed me at the

have put our repu

me get

first,

Doesn't she get that I represent

after a moment. "Yeah, why couldn't she see

who had been

the absurdity. She had harbored a sliver of hope that Jacob had changed. But no,

Lisa. All he cared

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