Todos los capítulos de The Joy of Gold Digging: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

Dad flew into a rage. "Anne, you only just got home, and you're already scheming for the family's money?"I nodded calmly and took out the information I'd dug up in advance. "The family owns eighteen properties and fifty retail units, and the company is valued at two billion dollars."On top of that, there are parking spaces, insurance policies, investments, and savings I don't even know about, none of which can be calculated precisely. All told, it comes to more than five billion."As one of your heirs, what's wrong with planning ahead for my share of the estate?"Mom rubbed her temples, a flash of distaste in her eyes. "Anne, we're not even dead yet, and you're already fixated on your inheritance."Now look at Whitney. The only reason she didn't want to leave us is that she loves us. She isn't obsessed with money like you are..."Whitney covered her mouth to hide a smirk. "Anne, aren't you being a little too mercenary? Mom and Dad are trying to talk to you about feelings, and a

Connor had his arm around Whitney and made no effort to hide his disgust for me. "Anne, don't kid yourself. I'm never going to marry you."I only love Whitney. She's the only woman I'll ever marry!"I couldn't be bothered to look at the smugness on Whitney's face. Instead, I opened my calculator app like a pro. "Good timing. I have a bill to settle with you."Doing background checks and gathering intel ahead of time was the most basic of skills for a gold digger like me. "If you were marrying me, I'd be getting a 50-million-dollar bride price, plus gold and jewelry. Let's call that another 10 million dollars."The custom wedding dress you ordered for Whitney costs 5 million, and the diamond ring costs 10 million."Since Whitney took my place, she stole the wedding money that should have been mine. So right now, she owes me 75 million dollars."The corner of Connor's mouth twitched.I forced a fake smile and showed him my bank account number. "Once you two get married, this debt

Whitney's arrogant smile froze on her lips.But she quickly recovered and gave a careless huff. "Anne, stop talking nonsense. The police and the media will be here any minute. You don't have time to think it over."Either you go to prison, or..."I cut her off with a scoff. Then I unlocked my phone and opened the cloud storage page for my security footage. "Nonsense? Do you really not understand, or are you just playing dumb? Are you sure... the hidden cameras I installed in my room are useless?"The unexpected words changed everyone's expressions.Sean found fault with me, same as always. "You're saying you installed cameras in your own room? Do you trust your family that little? You put in cameras to guard against us?""Why else?" I shrugged. "Ever since that trafficker snatched me and I realized how dangerous the world is, the first thing I did once I had money was start carrying cameras with me wherever I go."That way I can protect myself and my money at all times, and

I straightened my back, my face set with the grim resolve of someone ready to risk it all.Mom and Dad didn't disappoint me.Or rather, they disappointed me all over again. To protect Whitney, they gave in. "Anne, calm down. We can talk this through."We've already worked out the division of the assets. The lawyer is on his way with the documents."Whitney did wrong this time. We'll make sure to teach her a lesson for you."But this is still a family matter, and you don't air your family's dirty laundry in public. There's no need to blow it up and make us a laughingstock."They kept coaxing me gently.Sean joined in too, and for once he actually apologized, as if offering a truce.Whitney had lost completely, yet there was still pride in her eyes. "Anne, see? This is how happy it feels to be loved by your family."So what if you got the money? Apart from money, you have nothing."That was hilarious. Whitney actually thought something like that could hurt me.She had no i

Seeing Whitney blow up like that made my day.After swallowing so much humiliation, I'd finally gotten a little revenge of my own.Whitney couldn't wait for me to leave, but Mom, Dad, and Sean felt completely differently. "Actually, we've gotten along pretty well lately... If you're ever free, you can come back and visit us."I had no idea what had flipped their warm-and-fuzzy switch, but they actually seemed reluctant to see me go.But I was the kind of gold digger who learned her lesson after getting burned. The tiny bit of kindness they'd shown me couldn't make up for all the hurt they'd caused.So now that the money was safely in my pocket, getting away from that mess as soon as possible was the smart move.But whether I'd provoked her too badly or she simply had no brains, Whitney couldn't leave it alone.I'd only been gone one day when Whitney went online to call me out. She claimed that I, the real heiress, was cold toward my family, that I'd taken a huge chunk of our par