Chapter 26
Madeline Grant was in a daze. Did her son really just gift her a helicopter? She had to admit it was a rather sweet gesture on his part, but she could not help but wonder where he got the money from.
She thanked the pilot before returning to her room and contacting her son.
“You little punk, where did you get the money to buy a helicopter?!” she scolded Thomas through the phone.
“I see you’ve received your present, Mommy. What do you think? Are you impressed with your son yet?” Thomas said cheekily on the other line.
“I’ll decide whether or not I’m impressed once you tell me where the money came from,” Madeline said sternly.
“Oh, it was a gift from my dear Auntie Angie,” Thomas chuckled.
“Well, your dear Auntie Angie is about to realize that she’s been fooled very soon. You’d better watch out,” she warned her son whilst rubbing her temple. How was her young son such a genius conman?
“Well, Mommy, are you impressed now?”
Thomas asked once again.
off as her cellphone indicated an incoming phone call from Albert. She wished her son
Your gown is ready and placed just outside your room,” Albert notified her, ever
said in
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for the charity dinner happening that night. After all, she was the philanthropic darling of Imperia. She would not let the citizens of Imperia down, knowing
was also going to announce the news of her engagement to Noah Quincy. The mere thought of it made
Angie was posing in front of Suzanne, doing a little twirl to show
pink pearls. It was elegant yet sexy at the
seated on the sofa, seemingly distracted as she sipped a cup of tea. She snapped back to reality as she saw her daughter approaching. “Darling, you’d look beautiful even
stop with the empty flattery! There’s only half an hour until the dinner,
way you are. Come here and
The dress will be crumpled!”
standing. I have something to ask you,” Suzanne told her daughter while simultaneously
hastily packed up and left, leaving Suzanne and Angie alone
asked with a hint of impatience in her voice as she turned around
the arm before she could leave. “Angie, didn’t we agree on using only 400 million dollars? James told me yesterday you took 600 million dollars. What are you doing with all that money? That was meant be the start-up capital for
project for it to fail now because of a cash flow issue. A disaster of that magnitude would shake Grant Corporation to its core. There was too
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