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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was pure Manhattan frost. “My apologies, Mrs. Ashcroft. I assumed you wouldn’t want to drink from anything in my modest apartment. Wouldn’t want to lower

Caroline was seething.

Drake found this insufferable girl?

continued. “Let me be clear: The Ashcroft family isn’t open to just anyone. Marrying Drake?

“Mm–hmm.” Thalia murmured.

daughter–in–law. Her family has known ours for generations. She was Drake’s

Ashcroft Capital’s liquidity crisis, how their projects were stalling,

considered helping then. Though Drake clearly had no intention of marriage, three years of dating meant something. She could have

why she’d gone to the bar that night–to

now CEO of Sterling Industries and one of Britain’s fastest–growing companies, would have

heard Drake

returning to London in a

expected it to be

demands for compensation?

felt off, but she couldn’t

“If you’ll excuse me,

waiting for a response, she grabbed her bag

Did she just leave?

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to herst. Teving before I did her. Zero respect

elders

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

Thalia serving her tes with trembling hands, perhaps

she’d expected things to go.

left, Caroline had no reason to stay. She stormed out, already composing her complaints about Thalia

had a thousand grievances about this

was waiting outside.

getting in the car, she

something

believe how that girlfriend of Drake’s just behaved. Absolutely