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Lucille led the way into the empty booth next door.Gideon followed close behind, his face unreadable and his eyes unsettled.Everything that had happened tonight had overturned his understanding of the people around him. He had witnessed something he could never unsee.His thoughts were in turmoil, but one thing was unmistakably clear. This couldn't go on. The fallout would be impossible to contain. Someone had to step in and mediate, and he had decided that person would be him.He stepped forward and gently rested a hand on Lucille's shoulder. "Lucy, look, Rayne and Wendy checked every account they have. That's all the money they have. If you genuinely need the rest, I'll cover it myself. I'll have my finance team wire the money to your account first thing tomorrow morning. Let this be the end of it. Don't go public. All right?"Lucille looked at him in silence. Her gaze was sharp, as though she had already known exactly what he would say. She offered no reply. It was exactly as
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Meanwhile, Elaine watched Wendy open one banking app after another in front of Lucille. After checking every account she had, the total came to barely more than 200,000 dollars.Elaine was completely stunned. She immediately pulled Wendy aside, disbelief written all over her face. "What is going on? How do you only have this much money? Last month, when you asked me to invest 4,000,000 dollars in your beauty clinic, didn't you swear you received 16,000,000 dollars in dividends last year?"And what about the 1,600,000 dollars you borrowed from me last year? You said you were buying pre-IPO shares in some company and would start receiving dividends right away. Where's my money? Where did everything I lent you go?"Panic rising, Elaine repeatedly smacked Wendy's arm.Wendy yelped in pain and burst into tears, shaking her head frantically. "Um... That wasn't a loan. I was managing your money. I was investing it for you. Investments come with risks. We clearly stated that in our agreeme
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Rayne's voice turned shrill. "10,000,000 dollars?! Lucille, where do you think we're supposed to get that amount? Do you think we're printing money? That's not a condition. That's robbery!"Wendy shook her head frantically, her hands pressed together. "Lucille, listen to me. You're being unreasonable. We don't have that kind of money. We really don't."Sven's phone lit up. With the press of a button, a thumbnail preview appeared. The two women looked at it and immediately went pale.Elaine stepped forward. She had remained silent for some time, quietly calculating.Composing herself, she spoke with the authority of someone who still believed she had standing in the room. "Lucille. There's something I'd like to offer in exchange."Lucille turned to her with a patient, unreadable expression. "Lily is Gideon's daughter by blood. Let me propose this: I'll arrange for Lily to be formally registered in the Prescott family genealogy."She'll be recognized as Gideon's legitimate daughter
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Rayne watched Sven's fingers move across the phone screen. She had still been clinging to a tiny sliver of hope that this man, who had appeared out of nowhere, was nothing more than a prop Lucille had hired to bluff them.That hope vanished in less than two minutes.Gideon's phone rang. It was his company's PR team."Mr. Prescott, we've been receiving materials from several media outlets. All of it involves Ms. Rayne's scandal. Do you want us to suppress it? Each outlet's pricing is…"The voice came through the speaker clearly. Rayne heard every word.Gideon's face darkened. He looked at Lucille in disbelief, with something close to awe in his eyes.Rayne was trembling. Wendy had completely lost her composure.The two women stood frozen in place, trembling like people caught with something they should never have had. Their eyes darted frantically, and their faces shifted between shock and dread.Wendy clenched her jaw and forced herself to make the offer. "1,000,000. Lucille, 1
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Rayne's wailing was full-throated and relentless. Tears streamed down her face, making her the picture of devastation.Lucille looked down at the arms clamped around her leg and felt revulsion rise within her.Only moments ago, this woman had been crowing over the phone without restraint. Now she was sprawled on the floor like a limp crustacean, begging. She had no backbone whatsoever.Lucille genuinely could not understand how someone like this had spent years enjoying Gideon's affection and Otto's protection.Men were a complete mystery to her sometimes.She looked down at Rayne with flat, cold eyes, forcefully yanked her leg free, and took two quick steps back to put some distance between them.Rayne tumbled sideways and hit the floor hard.She cried even louder, one hand pressed over her heart, "Giddy, Giddy! Please help me and Mom, please. I can't lose the Westbrook family on top of everything else. And if photos of Mom get out, she'll never be able to show her face again..
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Gideon frowned. The words slipped out before he could stop them. "Lucille, is this really what happened?"Lucille flared with anger. Her eyes bored into him, and she spoke through clenched teeth. "Yes. That's exactly right. I forced the drinks down their throats. I made them cuddle those hosts. I drove them here with a gun to their heads."They are the most saintly, most innocent, most wronged women in the entire world, and I am the depraved, filthy, shameless villain trying to destroy them."Is that what you wanted to hear, Gideon? Are you satisfied?"Every word hit him like a drill. Gideon realized he had just said the single most idiotic thing anyone could possibly say. He froze, unable to utter another word.Standing behind him, Elaine watched the exchange. Her face darkened as she turned to Rayne and Wendy, her voice sharp. "Wendy. Rayne. This is outrageous. Look at the state of you. If Hector or Otto finds out about any of this..."She stomped her foot in frustration and co
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Gideon ended the call and looked at Lucille, something uneasy on his face. "Lucy—""No." Her voice was immediate and final. The softness from a few minutes earlier had vanished."If you bought it for me, then it's mine. It doesn't get shared. And the Westbrooks are one of Coasthaven's oldest famil
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Lucille would give up every comfort, vanity, and shred of dignity without hesitation for Lily. She could be unkempt, exhausted, hollowed out, and unglamorous. None of that mattered compared with her daughter's well-being. None of it came close.By now, Lucille worked the breast pump with the automa
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Elaine was Lily's grandmother by blood. Yet Lucille could find nothing in her face, not a flicker of feeling for the child, only cold calculation.For five years in the Prescott household, every cent Lucille spent had come from her own pocket. Gideon had given her a card after the wedding, but Elai
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Lucille pressed a hand to her aching lower back. Her whole body trembled, but she smiled coldly.She took two steps forward, then collapsed. Darkness rushed up and swallowed everything.…Gideon took Rayne back to her room.Not long after, his mother, Elaine Greenfeld, arrived with a thermos of
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