Even Fleur Lang could not helpining, "Why would you snap at the boys as soon as they


    chome? They''re the ones you


    have to rely on after you retire."


    "Hah! Rely on them?!" Mark snapped tempestuously. "I''d rather pick up a stray! How much money have


    | given these two pricks?


    They promised to aplish something, and not only did they fail, but they only got worse!"


    "That''s too much, Dad," rk retorted, frowning.


    "Too much?!" Markughed despite himself, and mmed his palm forcefully on the table. "Fine, then


    where are the 500 million


    dors | gave you each for investment? Con—tellwhatever you''ve done over the years. I''ll curse my


    own ignorance if you


    can giveanything, how about that?!"


    Both rk and Gable hung their heads right then, too embarrassed to respond.


    After all, they had wasted the millions their father gave them, and therefore had to chome.


    And seeing that they were silent, Mark snorted. "See? Nothing. And you still have the cheek to talk


    back to me?!"


    "Even so, you shouldn''t let sgirlie walk all over us!" Gable snapped, shooting a re of indignation at


    the silent Helen.


    "Exactly," rk agreed. "And didn''t you and your Uncle Henry have a big fight? Why are you bringing


    his family back to our fold?


    Letting swoman beca candidate for the head of the Lane family... I''m embarrassed for you, even if you


    don''t feel that


    way."


    Even though rk spoke thest part under his breath, Mark heard him anyway and bellowed, "What''s


    the problem?! At least she''s


    better than either of you, building a two billion dorpany out of nothing in just three years! Can


    either of you say the same?!"


    Mark''s ttery left Helen scratching her nose awkwardly.


    While her policies as CEO worked, Frank''s support was the chief reason for Lane Holdings''


    groundbreaking sess. Without him,


    herpany would be at best stuck at a humble scale even if it would not fall apart, and it certainly


    would not grow to two billion


    dors in value, gaining fin Riverton.


    Nheless, rk turned toward Gable, both of them sharing a sleazy smile. "Hmph. | wonder who


    she owes that sess too?


    Sessful women always have sspecial options, don''t you agree?"


    Everyone present understood what he was getting at, and even Helen was frowning.


    "That''s exactly what | was saying," Luna Lane chortled. "She''s only sessful because of her pretty


    face, and she''d be nothing


    without it."


    Gavin shot her a re and mmed his hand on the table. "Shut up!"


    "Why? Am | wrong?" Luna retorted, feeling confident with her mother Jade Zahn at her side even as


    she kept throwing shade at


    Helen. "Who knows what the pretty CEO of Lane Holdings is really like in private? She might have


    already caught something


    incurable in her crotch!"


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    "Haha!" Gable gave her a big thumbs up right then. "That''s my niece for you—she''s a better judge of


    character! Tut, tut... Even if


    the title of CEO sounds intimidating, anyone can tell that it''s just for show!"


    "And she''d have nothing when she''s older," rk added sarcastically.