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Chapter 450: 453 Unmasking the True Face of the Gray Family (2)
Chapter 450: 453 Unmasking the True Face of the Gray Family (2)
Chapter 450: Chapter 453 Unmasking the True Face of the Gray Family (2)
Aidan Lucas gave her a cold glance and his thin lips slightly raised.
His icy gaze transitioned from Madam Gray to Rowena Gray.
Being stared at by his ominous eyes, Rowena Gray couldn’t help but take one step back.
Upon seeing this, the mockery in Mr. Cooper’s eyes deepened.
“And this is Miss Rowena Gray, my wife’s aunt. She married into the wealthy Holbrook family of A City when she was just under 20 and has a son and a daughter. Unfortunately, Mr. Holbrook’s generation failed to maintain the family’s wealth, and due to immense debt, Miss Gray’s young husband committed suicide by jumping off a building. Before he died, he divorced Miss Gray to bear the debt alone, so as not to burden his wife and children.”
Aidan Lucas sneered, his eyes filled with ridicule and disdain as he looked at Rowena Gray.
Rowena, subtended by his gazes, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
She turned pale, her lips trembling, hoping that Aidan Lucas would not know the truth behind it all.
However, her dream was ultimately shattered.
His cold, ruthless voice echoed in the banquet hall.
“Poor Mr. Holbrook, he wanted to protect his wife and children even as he faced death, but he never realized that Miss Gray’s methods were far more brilliant than he could imagine. Even after all assets were mortgaged to the bank, the Holbrooks were still 12 million short.”
“People in business know that 12 million is not a lot, but not a small amount either. If someone had been willing to lend a helping hand at that time, the Holbrook family might have turned the situation around.”
“It’s a pity that until Mr. Holbrook’s suicide, he probably hadn’t known that his wife, whom he wanted so desperately to protect, had exactly 12 million assets in her own private stash.”
“You… you’re talking nonsense!” Rowena hoarsely argued.
“Do you think I, Aidan Lucas, need to slander someone just to investigate them?”
His cold gaze seemed to cut straight through a person’s heart.
“If you don’t want people to know, you shouldn’t have done it. After leaving the Holbrook family, Miss Gray returned to the Gray family and lived off their resources for years without working. After my mother-in-law passed away, she came forward with Madam Gray to seize my wife’s family property. I suppose the people of A City have heard about this!”
“Oh right, I remember… three months ago, Miss Gray… no, Mrs. Lucas was driven out of the Gray family by Madam Gray, wasn’t she?”
“Yeah, I remember too. They even published an announcement cutting off their family ties. After that, the Gray family’s fortune fell into Madam Gray’s hands.”
“But then it changed hands again… The Gray family’s stocks plummeted, and Mrs. Lucas bought them back. Now I understand, this must be Mr. Cooper’s doing.”
The guests present were no fools; many of them had experienced wealthy family disputes themselves.
In just a moment, they understood the situation.
“No, you’re framing me! You’re slandering me!” Rowena Gray argued excitedly.
“I returned to the Gray family after my divorce, what’s wrong with that? I’m also entitled to inherit the Gray family’s shares; what I took was just my rightful portion. My niece’s possessions are all hers; I have never thought about competing with her!”
“Is that so…”
Aidan Lucas replied indifferently, “In that case, Miss Gray, please tell me the full names of the two children you and Mr. Holbrook had?”