The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 315

Just as Citrine had guessed, a few days later, Dick posted a statement online denying the fraud allegations. He even pushed forward one of his employees to take the blame and confess to the crime.

With that, Dick neatly sidestepped any prison time.

When Sawyer heard about the Glenwood family's latest drama, he rushed straight to their estate to find Jeanette.

But the Glenwood family lived in a gated neighborhood, and Sawyer couldn't get past security. So he simply waited outside, hoping to catch her. Evening had already set in when he finally spotted Jeanette returning home.

She was walking arm-in-arm between Dick and Aline, the three of them laughing together as if they were the perfect little family.

Sawyer stood frozen, watching as his ex-wife, Aline, rose up on tiptoe and planted a kiss on Dick's cheek.

His daughter, Jeanette, looked from Dick to Aline, her face flushed with embarrassment as she pressed her hands to her cheeks. "Come on, Dad, Mom, get a room! That's so embarrassing."

Dad? Jeanette just called Dick "Dad."

as he strode over and, without warning,

red with fury. "She's my daughter, and you let her call you 'Dad'? What the hell is wrong

his flesh and blood. Even if she'd chosen to live with Aline, she still carried the Iverson

Jeanette and pulled her

with me. Dick's a deranged con-man—if

sore jaw, his face twisted with anger. "What are you talking about? Who are

an idiot? You really think finding some scapegoat to

if I did? Listen, Jeanette is my daughter now.

out, trying to pull Jeanette

"I'm her real father. What right do you have to fight

curled into a mocking grin. He turned to Jeanette. "Well, Jeanette, what do you

he could get a word out, Jeanette yanked

at her in disbelief. "Jeanette, I'm your

looking at Sawyer with a cold, almost unfamiliar gaze. "Mr. Iverson, Dick is my real dad now. You're just