Chapter 351

Jeffrey’s eyes bulged in disbelief, and for a long moment, he struggled to process what he had just heard.

After a brief pause, he snapped back to reality and roared at Fiona Ellington, “Are you out of your mind? Ten billion dollars to them? Do we look like we’re running a charity here?”

With ten billion dollars, you could open a string of world–class art galleries! He thought.

Fiona must have lost her marbles by giving out such an astronomical number.

Fiona shot him an icy glance before turning to Vivienne and Percival, “Give me an account number. I’ll transfer the funds to you!”

She wasn’t offering this fortune for Jeffrey’s sake, but to keep Percival and Vivienne from dismantling the other art galleries.

Some of the galleries Jeffrey had established were a front for under–the–table dealings, which were secrets that outsiders must never uncover. It was a network she had painstakingly built, hidden from her entire family.

Even Jeffrey, the supposed head, was clueless about it.

If these secrets were ever exposed, she’d stand to lose up to thirty billion dollars.

When weighed against ten billion, it was a no–brainer. She had to protect those assets.

And Fiona didn’t buy for a second that Percival could go after her family without a reason.

Mr. Percy’s stature alone had put him at the zenith of power; he wouldn’t bat an eyelid at a few art galleries, let alone a few hundred billion

Yet, he was insistent on tearing down the galleries. She suspected he knew something.

It seemed Percival had to go. His very existence was the most significant threat to her.

With Percival around, the inheritance wouldn’t fall into her hands even if the old man died. Not to mention that Richard Ellington was still alive

picture, the other Ellington nonentities wouldn’t stand a chance against

raised an eyebrow and her gaze harbored

provided her account details.

You’ll have the money by tonight at the latest!” Fiona declared confidently. It seemed that she was not the least bit worried about whether her parents, Henry and Heloise

Vivienne nodded, “Agreed”

and soon after, the team that had come to seal off the premises withdrew

billion dollars. He stormed off, neglecting the gallery’s guests. He had to get back and convince his parents not to release the

she she

Vivienne made to leave too. But they were suddenly halted

I purchase that painting from

see an elderly man leaning on a cane; his hair was almost entirely white with just

in his seventies, dressed modestly but exuding a palpable authority. His aged, cloudy eyes seemed sharp

responding. “This painting is

“but you wouldn’t sell the original, would

smiled and nodded,

painting feels familiar to me I’d like to buy it to help find her,” the

to me

“You recognize the person in

back, and only someone who knew

with a hint of melancholy “My lost daughter has a mole in

hearing this, Vivienne’s grip on the painting

her for thirty years without a trace. I heard the might have come to Rivenwood

was taken

a beautiful name

anyone named Sasha, yet

Chapter.

the person in the portrait was

the old man could finish,

apologized, “I’m sorry to have touched a raw

softly, her thoughts evidently

so bold, the mole behind your mother’s ear is in the exact spot as my

turned cold, “are in prison!”

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