Jade, Luna, and Fleur—who had a major disagreement with Frank and the others at Lane Manor just yesterday—were there too.

Pursing her lips, Fleur was already snorting when Frank arrived. "I'm telling you—he definitely came empty-handed and is going to appeal to our better nature using Henry Lane's name. I mean, these people, pooling a billion dollars in a day? Dream on!"

Roth Lane, Gavin's eldest son, was there too, frowning at her words.

"Madam Lang," he said quietly, "Mr. Lawrence isn't all he seems. A billion dollars really isn't that much money to him."

"Oh, don't be such a wuss, Roth.” Luna snorted haughtily. "Even I can admit that Frank Lawrence has friends, but gathering a billion dollars in a day? It's still a challenge.”

"Don't worry, Luna.” Jade grinned, winking at her. "That man obviously brought Helen here to appeal to emotion. And the farm is a money sink anyway—Helen would never make money out of it even if she bought it. They'd just lose more than what they bargained for.”

Luna smiled confidently at her mother's words.

Meanwhile, Frank stopped his Maybach by the curb and alighted.

was dressed casually, Helen wore a sunflower

more fashionably with her little black dress that kept her

she certainly had the

heiress in every

long while to turn away and sigh—Vicky's fame for her beauty across the land was

could only pout and

"How did it go, Helen? Do you have the

nodded tamely, glancing at

received a call from her bank saying that someone wired two billion dollars

had to

in relief at Helen's confirmation—who knew how Fleur would harass them if they did not

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