Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 373

Suzan glanced at her father, testing the waters. "Dad, is that guy really rich?"

"Rich?" Shepard gave a dry chuckle. "He's in the top ten of the global billionaire rankings. That's not just rich-that's unimaginably wealthy."

He went on, "Lyman can't even compare to Lionel. Because Bancroft has three sons, the shares are split up. But Lionel? He owns The Harper Group outright— seventy percent of the whole thing is his."

Suzan blinked in disbelief. "So his net worth must be in the hundreds of billions?"

"Exactly." Shepard nodded.

His own fortune, stacked up against Lionel's, was like a drop in the ocean.

Suzan's eyes sparkled, her mind racing with possibilities. If only she had that kind of money-she'd be set for life!

the first to recover. "Honey, are you thinking straight?" she said, nudging Shepard. "You really believe that just because you find Effie, she'll help you? Did you forget how she and that old woman humiliated you the last time

face clouded. He had remembered and that was

he would have told

"Effie's doing just fine now-she doesn't need us. The ones struggling are us! Look at Suzan, going through so much for the Lloyds, and have they even come to visit her

a few tears. "It's because the Lloyd

just couldn't stand Vera. But Vera wasn't

was convincing Shepard

see he was

leaned in, her voice urgent.

status wouldn't the Lloyds have to bow their heads? We'd have our pick of eligible bachelors for Suzan, not just

at this, her face changed. "No," she said firmly.

head, exasperated. "You're hopeless-head over heels, just like I was..." She caught Shepard watching her closely and quickly changed

seemed pleased with that