In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Grace glanced over Willow's statement, which closely aligned with their plan.

In it, Willow had taken all the responsibility upon herself and revealed that Matthew had been unaware of the situation. But upon learning the truth, he had fulfilled his paternal duties. To express her regret, she chose to retire indefinitely.

Esme had managed to take down Willow in less than two hours.

Grace breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Esme called, "I've taken the child."

"Congratulations, Mrs. Thorne. You've gotten what you wanted."

"I've done what you asked. With my influence, Willow will never show her face in society again. You can rest easy."

Grace smiled, looking out over the cityscape from the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"How did you persuade Willow?"

ends, she naturally knew what to do. Of course, I gave her a sum of money enough for a lifetime, on the condition she never sees the child again." "A win-win situation. Mr. Thorne would

and added, "I trust you will be compassionate and won't be too harsh on the

seem like I helped you, but really, you

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has the child, she's got a hold on Matthew for life. No matter how powerful he becomes, Esme holds the strings. Doesn't

a Porsche drove away from Amirate Corporation. Grace watched it disappear into the distance, feeling

been so obsessed with Benjamin, who clearly wasn't worth

the public moved on to other news. Everything returned to how it had been before, and

Grace lay in

something felt off. Benjamin might be cunning, but such lowly tactics weren't

the first to object to that. "Really?

"The apple doesn't fall far from

That was true.

Grace was about to say

Zoey messaged Grace privately. "Did I