The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 40

Word was out that the Schnabel family’s daughter was throwing a birthday bash, and the whole upper–crust circle was buzzing about it!

Briony got wind of it, too, and looking at the extravaganza posted by some social media influencers on her phone, she was so green with envy she could barely straighten her face.

“Mom, what’s the big deal with this Schnabel family anyway? They throw a birthday party for their daughter and casually snap up Serene Haven’s top–tier penthouse. I heard they dropped a whopping 1.5 billion on the purchase and the decor.”

Belinda peeled off her face mask and massaged the wrinkles by her eyes.

“The Schnabels are no small potatoes, sweetheart. They’re top dogs In Imperial City. Honey, did you square things away with Milford about tying the knot?”

Briony blushed and nodded.

“Yeah, Milford said once he’s back in tip–top shape, we’ll get engaged.”

“That’s my girl!”

Milford was such a catch, and Belinda wouldn’t rest easy until he was officially part of the family.

Just thinking about Milford’s tenderness made Briony utterly contented..

Vincent had just walked in when Briony pounced on him. “Dad, I wanna buy a necklace for when I get engaged.”

“Sure thing, pumpkin. Dad’s got you covered!”

“Thanks, Dad! Three million should do it!”

Vincent was flabbergasted. “What kind of necklace costs three million? Briony, our money doesn’t grow on trees. Don’t splurge like that or try to keep up with the Joneses. Every penny we have, I’ve worked my fingers to the bone for!”

Briony felt wronged to her core.

Why should Ms. Schnabel get to flaunt necklaces worth several hundred million dollars at just a birthday party?

And her spending three million on a necklace was considered wasteful?

Vincent’s phone started ringing.

“Mr. Lambert, our latest project tanked, and the losses are hefty…”

“Oh, flops happen. What’s the word from North Peak Finance?”

The failed investment didn’t faze Vincent; he was used to his ventures bombing eight or ten

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North Peak Finance and South Mountain Financial backing him,

companies have cut

With North Peak and South Mountain

out a niche in the market

oil mine in the North Sea last year. With projects flowing like water, everyone was eager to cozy

Peak and South Mountain itching to collaborate with the Lambert Group,

are suing us. They say our

Vincent leaped off the couch in a

North Peak and South Mountain lost

had risk clauses, but they had

Ocean Media is demanding 300 million dollars in damages, claiming

Ocean Media was a big–name production house in Imperial City.

had invested in a few movies, using West Ocean talent and directors, but he had replaced a few leads with his pet models, relegating West Ocean’s award–winning stars

are they asking

saying that the artists we sent over have

Vincent was stunned!

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over to East Sea Culture Company, hoping to launch his pets into stardom and save himself

Get the lawyers on it! I

some sort of

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be half–asleep; otherwise, why would

with a lawsuit from Jasper’s firm for copyright infringement.”

like he was about to pass out

docs they could get

legal documents were everywhere; any case worth

you had to pay a copyright fee to

a document cost

“Get our legal eagles on it. If we have to pay, we pay.

fix up roads and signal towers back home, finance has already wired it out. We’re a

ever say I’d fix up

that backwater place? No media would

that!

the web! I thought

hung up the call and

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the hill‘ act in front of Maddox was caught on