Chapter 25

The masterminds behind it all were Ivy and Jack. It was only then that I realized beneath Ivy's gentle and intellectual facade lay a heart full of malice.

I shook my head and waited for her to continue.

"That's good," by said as she took my hand. "There shouldn't be a grudge that lasts overnight between a father and a daughter, right?"

I pulled my hand out of hers. "Just say what you need to say. There's no need to beat around the bush."

Ivy looked slightly embarrassed and awkwardly clenched her fists before finally speaking. "You scored second in Yardville on the college entrance exam, Jack thinks you've brought him a lot of pride, so he wants to throw you a graduation banquet" I let out a cold laugh Abanquet? Or was it just an excuse to parade me around to see how much I was worth?

"Fine." I agreed and nodded. "But I want 50 thousand dollars. I'll need to buy clothes and school supplies for the new semester. Is that okay?"

wanted something from me, then

of so thousand dollars but quickly recovered. "Of course. Leven suggested to your

to take care of you if we get you

They just wanted to

want to live on campus." I stood up, unable to stand

we'll transfer it soon. Dinner's almost ready. Come down and

her, but she didn't seem in a hurry to leave. I raised an

walked to the dressing room. I took the property deed out of my suitcase and found a place to hide

Ivy was looking for something earlier, but there was nothing in my room. Did they already know about

the drawer and went to grab my phone. My WhatsApp notifications had already piled up to 99. I opened

Jack and the others about

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