The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 285 Rivalry Over Coffee

Chapter 285 Rivalry Over Coffee

A flicker of frost crept into Ginnie’s eyes as she leaned in, her voice laced with challenge. “Ms. Sloane, since you’ve come, I’ll get straight to the point. I like Lucas. I came back this time to rekindle things with him. I hope you know your place and stay out of our way.”

Sloane remained calm, her gaze serene as ever. “If that’s how you feel, perhaps you should be telling Lucas instead of me.”

Ginnie’s expression twisted. Her voice rose, tinged with anger. “Sloane, I was the one who stayed by Lucas’s side these past three years. We’ve been through a lot. I’m the one who can actually support him.”

Sloane gave a faint smile, cool and taunting. “If that were really true, if Lucas couldn’t live without you, then why are you standing here trying to prove it to me, his ex-fiancée?”

The jab hit hard. Ginnie’s fists clenched tightly at her sides.

Trying a new angle, she lifted her chin with smug superiority. “The Lyte family and Hawthorne Corp are joining forces. In Stonebridge, Lucas’s position will be untouchable. But you? You don’t even have a family name to stand behind. You have nothing to offer him.”

Sloane’s gaze swept over her. “Lucas will reach the top by his own merit. He doesn’t need-nor would he want-to rely on any woman to achieve his goals.”

Ginnie’s face darkened,

Lucas proposed to me. He told me I was the

her cup, took a sip,

proposed to me. That means, deep down, he knows I’m the

up smoothly.

away with composed grace, then slammed

her mind. With graduation approaching, she immersed herself in finishing her degree, She declined several

tried waiting downstairs neaf her apartment again the next day-but she never came out. He later found out she’d moved into a dorn on

ocean, Sanson had heard the news from Jill that Sloane had returned. He caught the next flight back

moment he landed, he went

flair, Samson grinned. “I ucas! I heard

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Rivalry Over