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.
her cellphone indicated an incoming phone call from Albert. She wished her son a
Grant, it’s almost time to head to the charity dinner. Your gown is ready and
Madeline said in
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charity dinner happening that night. After all, she was the philanthropic darling of Imperia. She would not let
was also going to announce the news
Is it a little too plain?” Angie was posing in front of Suzanne,
a pearl white ball gown adorned with beautiful pink pearls. It was elegant yet
distracted as she sipped a cup of tea. She snapped back to reality as she saw her daughter approaching. “Darling, you’d
just the way you are. Come here and sit down with
sit down. The dress will be crumpled!” Angie
you can continue standing. I have something to ask you,” Suzanne told her daughter while simultaneously signaling for the
left, leaving
did you ask them to leave?” Angie asked with a hint of impatience in her voice as she turned around to call
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
this project for it to fail now because of a
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