Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 418

The Porters were so close to claiming a fortune worth hundreds of billions, but that was the total family wealth. Lucinda's father alone had only a few billion to his name.

As for Lucinda herself, she couldn't even dream of a billion, let alone a hundred billion.

"Lucinda, you're really shooting for the moon!" someone accused her.

Lucinda replied with a smile, "I'm just stating the facts. My dad is worth that much; I'm not inflating the price."

"Your father is a person, not a product. You can't measure his worth in dollars."

Lucinda chuckled, "You suggested giving my mother some compensation and asked her to name her price. Isn't that like putting a price tag on my dad? In business, no one wants to take a loss. I'm just trying to get a fair deal for mom, not a penny more than what's fair."

"Of course, if Ms. Porter can't afford it, you better skedaddle before you embarrass yourself. Biting off more than you can chew can be deadly!"

Madeleine was seething with rage.

And she truly stormed off.

She couldn't bear to stay another moment.

She was livid!

When she first met Lucinda, Madeleine thought she was an easy target, someone she could manipulate. But after their confrontation, she realized that Lucinda was infuriatingly unyielding. "Safe travels, Ms. Porter. I won't see you out."

Madeleine felt there was something off about Lucinda's farewell, but in her anger, she couldn't quite catch it.

It wasn't until she stepped out of Ascend Estate and felt the breeze that her fury subsided and she caught the undertone of Lucinda's words-it was as if she was bidding farewell to the dead! Lucinda, just you wait!

Madeleine boarded her private jet, instructing, "Take me to the Ikella Group."

Dealing with Lucinda from her remote location in Skywatch was a challenge.

But she could seek out allies.

Her father had arranged for Ruby to be her ally, but Ruby turned out to be useless and ended up behind bars.

She was glad she hadn't teamed up with Ruby, or she would have been in the hole financially.

Apart from Ruby, she thought of Owen.

Stefan

been locked up because of Stefan and Lucinda. Owen

her enemy could be

joining forces with Owen to bring down

Pinehurst, the only one bold enough to confront Stefan was Owen, since they were

acted on impulse and left just

that Owen had moved on from his obsession with Ruby, and

the business arena, had no desire

her way, Lucinda glanced at the clock and called upstairs, "Honey, hurry up!

on her own, but Madeleine's visit had delayed her,

she hadn't even put on her

rush, cursing Madeleine

Madeleine, couldn't hold a candle to

riding on her family's

Tiffany to help me

to come downstairs;

watching her put Madeleine in

was he who ended up

arguing with

sister had given him such satisfaction, it

on the

the Ikella Group had a spacious entrance to accommodate her private jet, which

didn't want to sneak around; she was there openly

some pressure on Lucinda, to make her

Owen hadn't returned to the office

there, insisted on taking Cecilia to work, helped her open

he returned to the office at ten in the morning, he noticed a private jet parked at the entrance and frowned. Who was showing off their

didn't have

preferred to keep

limousine drove straight in

disembarked from the

Her phone rang.

It was her father.

"Madeleine, where are you?"

disadvantage in Pinehurst and had rushed over. After being told at Ascend Estate that

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