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?"

knew what to do. Of course, I gave her a sum of money

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

helped you, but really, you helped me. If you ever need anything in the future, just ask." Grace agreed

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the child, she's got a hold on Matthew for life. No matter how powerful he becomes, Esme holds the strings. Doesn't she owe me some thanks?"

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

with Benjamin, who clearly wasn't worth it. Now, all

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

in bed, chatting with Lydia and

be cunning,

to object to that. "Really? Benjamin and

seemed to agree. "The apple doesn't fall far from

That was true.

as Grace was about to say something,

silent for a while before Zoey messaged Grace privately. "Did I say something wrong?