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Hearing Eliza’s calm, unconcerned tone, Grace’s face darkened. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell your parents you’re rich?”
Eliza replied coolly, “Go ahead. I don’t care.”
“You’re not afraid they’ll take everything from you?”
Evelyn was infamous for being ruthless. Was Eliza really that fearless?
Eliza looked at her with disdain. “The money’s mine. They can’t take it… and neither can you.”
With that, she turned to leave the café.
Grace’s expression twisted with fury.
She had never realized just how cold and sharp Eliza could be.
“Elizze! I’m giving you one more chance!”
Grace’s face hardened. “If you agree to what I proposed earlier, not only will I keep your secret, I’ll even support you and Zayden getting back together!”
Everyone at Westbrook High knew Eliza had liked Zayden. The two had even been engaged. If it weren’t for Naomi, Grace didn’t believe for a second that Eliza would have agreed to call it off.
“Wouldn’t it be better to marry into the Holt family? What’s the point of a girl making all that money?”
Grace stepped closer, trying to take Eliza’s hand with mock affection. “Elizze, once Zayden becomes successful, he’ll never forget you. Just settle down and be the rich wife of the Holt family. I promise I’ll treat you well.”
The moment Grace touched her, Eliza’s eyes turned ice–cold–an expression Grace had never seen before.
“Oh? He’ll never forget me once he’s successful?”
“Of course!”
“And being a rich wife in your family would be a blessing?”
“Absolutely!”
Grace hesitated for a split second under Eliza’s steely gaze, but still nodded, continuing to speak gently: “You know I always supported you and Zayden. That break–up? The kids were too young to understand. Now he realizes you’re the one he truly cares about. Why keep pushing him away?”
Eliza let out a short, sharp laugh.
The one he truly cares about?
In her past life, once Zayden made it big, he married Naomi without hesitation–dumping Eliza with a
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cold divorce letter.
And from the moment she entered the Holt household, her life had been nothing but drudgery. Not a single day of peace.
When Zayden was broke, being his “rich wife” was a joke. Grace criticized her for lacking a college degree and treated her like hired help.
And now? Now Grace had the gall to say these things to her face?
Suddenly, Eliza yanked her arm free with such force that Grace stumbled and fell flat onto the floor.
“Ah!”
Seeing Grace splayed out dramatically, Eliza felt nothing but satisfaction.
“Ma’am,” she said coldly, “save that speech for some naive girl.”
“You-!”
Grace glared at her from the ground.
Eliza stepped closer, looking down at her gaudy jewelry and Hermès handbag.
“The Holt family must be in deep trouble. You’d be better off selling this junk instead of flashing it around. Might save yourself the heartbreak when someone else snatches it.”
“Eliza! You’ll regret this!”
Grace’s face was red with rage. “My son will be successful one day! Don’t think making a few million means anything! When he’s worth hundreds of millions, you’ll come crawling to us!”
༠ འ ༩ ༈༙ ༠ཇ་ཇ་བ་ཞ ོ་ལྷ་ཆེ་ཙ
Eliza raised an eyebrow.
A few million?
So Grace had no idea she’d actually made over a billion. She thought she was holding leverage?
“You’ll see! I’m going to tell your parents everything. You won’t keep a single cent!”
“Be my guest,” Eliza said coldly. “If anyone’s going to suffer, it’ll be the Rivers family.”
She turned and walked away without looking back.
She had never planned on letting the Rivers family off the hook. Since they valued money and status so much, she’d make sure they lost it all–and let them experience the betrayal she had endured in her last life.
As soon as Eliza disappeared from view, Grace, seething, dialed Evelyn.
At that moment, Evelyn was in an excellent mood, having just secured Naomi’s school situation.
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But the moment she saw Grace calling, her temper flared.
“You’ve got a lot of nerve calling me! When are you going to pay back the eighty million you owe us?!”
Because of that debt, Nathan had been sleeping in a separate room for weeks now.
And it was all thanks to Grace and her good–for–nothing son.
“Evelyn, I know I caused you trouble, and I take full responsibility–but this time, I’m calling to do you a favor.”
Evelyn frowned. “What favor?”
“You know your daughter Eliza, right? She secretly started a factory behind your back. Bought five properties. Even bought our place. If you’re really short on cash, you’d better get that money from her!”
“What nonsense are you spouting?! Eliza? Where would she get that kind of money? Hello? Hello?!”
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