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!

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 you went

clouded. He had remembered and that was exactly

him and Suzan, he would have told her

"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

the Lloyd

on The Bagnold Group. She just couldn't stand Vera. But Vera wasn't about to

that mattered was convincing Shepard to give

see

leaned in, her voice urgent.

heads? We'd have

her face changed. "No," she said firmly. "I only

She caught Shepard watching her closely and quickly changed tack, "Just like me-once I fall for someone, I can't evendook

pleased with