Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Chapter 7

Thalia took a seat in the armchair opposite Caroline, meeting her gaze with quiet composure. “I never wanted to marry into the Ashcroft family.”

Caroline didn’t believe it for a second.

She studied Thalia carefully.

So this was the girl her son had been dating for three years.

Pretty enough, she had to admit, and carried herself well. Despite her middle–class background, she didn’t have that obvious social–climbing desperation Caroline was used to seeing.

Caroline had deliberately thrown that barb earlier, hoping to see her squirm. But the girl hadn’t flinched, maintaining her poise and speaking with surprising confidence.

Not that it mattered.

Just another gold–digger with delusions of grandeur, no matter how well she played it off.

“No need to pretend with me,” Caroline’s voice dripped with condescension. “I’m a woman too–I know exactly what you’re thinking. Drake’s quite the catch, isn’t he? A trust fund baby who’s been bankrolling your lifestyle. Must be nice.”

“I don’t want his money,” Thalia replied.

Caroline’s laugh was cold. “Please. You social climbers are all the same. Playing hard to get while taking everything you can. Why else would you be with Drake?”

Thalia had to smile at that.

“Mrs. Ashcroft, are you suggesting your son has nothing to offer except his trust fund?”

“How dare you!” Caroline’s perfectly controlled breathing hitched. “Such insolence! Drake said you were sweet and accommodating. Clearly, he was mistaken.”

Thalia calmly sipped her tea.

“And no manners,” Caroline sneered. “Not even offering tea to your elder.”

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you wouldn’t want to drink from

Caroline was seething.

Drake found this

me be clear: The Ashcroft family isn’t open to just

“Mm–hmm.” Thalia murmured.

choice for a daughter–in–law. Her family has known ours for generations.

call about Ashcroft Capital’s liquidity crisis, how

clearly had no intention of marriage, three years of dating meant something.

bar that night–to discuss possibly investing in

But her cousin Alexander, now CEO of Sterling Industries and one of Britain’s

heard Drake call her Sienna’s replacement.

told Caroline, “Don’t worry. I’m returning to London in a few

it to be this easy. She was

demands for compensation? No

felt off, but she

me, I have an appointment.

she grabbed

Did she just

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herst. Teving before

elders

worn her most impressive jewelry today, intending to the middle clan girl with the vast difference between their worlds.

Thalia serving her tes with trembling hands, perhaps calling rate in

she’d expected things to

stormed out, already composing her complaints about

a thousand grievances about this ill

driver was waiting

in the car, she

voice into something warmer, she

behaved. Absolutely no class–though what else