She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

233 Useless Brother

Scar was a bit surprised that that man came today. He ever bothered to come to the Fullers to claim the necklace when he could have gotten it back. He acted as if the headlines about Scar five years ago never even existed. So Scar wouldn't expect him to protect the necklace even if he could. Maybe he wanted that necklace to fall into the pocket of Anna Fuller, through legal methods. Maybe that's what this day is about -- him giving his mistress a luxuriously expensive gift.

Scar couldn't exclude that possibility.

So what happens then?

If Johnny Vanderbilt were to help the Fullers raise the price, Scar would be either paying a sky-high bill to the Fullers just to get what was hers in the first place, or watching Anna Fuller get both the necklace AND a huge allowance from her loyal lover. She wants neither!

Now Scar understood Silco's budget: two billion, exactly the liquidity Sebastian has. But Silco didn't consider Johnny Vanderbilt!

He has no grudge against the Vanderbilts. Sure, he wasn't exactly polite to Damian last time, but that's different than becoming their enemy in public. Not to mention, the Fullers might not be powerful enough to find out Silco's identity, but Johnny Vanderbilt? Scar dares not to bet.

If she outs Sebastian first, she gets the ring, and whoever owes the ring gets the cash, fine. She might be okay to go over Silco's budget for a dozen million, just to stop the Fullers first before she apologizes to him. It should be easy because Silco might be after Sebastian's company, and that would surely make amends for it.

But that's the case when Johnny Vanderbilt doesn't join the fight for his mistress.

Or. She gives up the ring and lets Ava get it. Keeping all her budget for the necklace. But then the Fullers will use their Sebastian card first to dry her out, AND if Johnny Vanderbilt is behind them, she would be facing an even higher price. Either way, she needs to out Sebastian first.

Either way, Johnny Vanderbilt is actually the pivot point.

Well, she has a hidden card, too.

her, but he cares about their mom, that much is sure. He wouldn't have told Emma about Johnny's affair if he didn't, and he did search for his Alice all these years. He is her best

with suppressed excitement and a shred of surprise,

She doesn't want to put distance. between her and Damian, so she just

quickly, not at all offended when ignored, "Dad went there

trying to keep the necklace away from. But

Scar asks. Silence on the other side for a

you might want to know this: I'm broke.

Vanderbilt? The heir of the Vanderbilt empire? The genius lawyer who started his own chain of law firms?!!!! HOW???! Ugh, a useless big

know that, right?" Scar takes a deep breath to calm herself, "I want to stop that

then..."

make peace with Damian, but if she has to choose among her enemies, he is the least awful,

about a truce?" Scar forces

two seconds to answer, but it felt like two centuries for Scar.

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