All Chapters of Embracing Wealth: The Exceptional Raymond Lawson : Chapter 141
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Chapter 141
At that moment, upon hearing what Rebecca just said, Dahlia's mother shot her head up so quickly that her neck made a small cracking sound. Her eyes went wide with something that looked like panic mixed with pure rage, and she started shaking her head from side to side with such force that her hair whipped around her face.“No, no, no,” she muttered under her breath, the words coming out like she was trying to convince herself more than anyone else. “I don't want to believe this. I refuse to believe that Dahlia would be wanting to go back to that good-for-nothing bastard Jeremy.”Her voice grew stronger, more defiant as she continued shaking her head.“That is not possible. That can never be possible, not after everything we have been through, not after how far we have come." She stopped shaking her head suddenly and let out a laugh that sounded more bitter than amused. “No, it is not possible. Dahlia cannot do something like that. Something like that is simply not possible for a gir
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Without wasting another second, Dahlia's mother turned around and walked straight into her room with the kind of purpose that comes from someone who has finally decided to take action. Her footsteps were quick and determined as she made her way to her wooden wardrobe where she kept her handbag tucked away behind some folded clothes.She pulled out the small black leather bag and began searching through it with fingers that moved like someone looking for buried treasure. Papers, old receipts, some loose change, and then finally, her fingers touched the smooth surface of what she was looking for.“Aha!” she whispered to herself as she pulled out the crisp white business card that Madame Veronica had given to them during their first meeting.She walked back outside to where Rebecca was still sitting, holding the card up between her fingers like it was made of pure gold.“You see,” she said, her voice filled with satisfaction as she waved the card in the air, “thank goodness I still have
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At that moment, hearing what Dahlia's mother just said, Madame Veronica's voice changed completely through the phone. The excitement that had been there seconds ago disappeared like smoke, and what replaced it was something much more serious and concerned.“Little obstacle?” Madame Veronica repeated, her tone sharp and demanding answers. “What kind of obstacle are we talking about here?”Dahlia's mother took a deep breath, knowing that what she was about to say needed to sound convincing, needed to sound like the truth even though she was weaving lies and half-truths together like a spider spinning its web.“Madame Veronica, I am very, very sorry for having to bring this to you,” she started, her voice dripping with apology and shame that she didn't actually feel. “It is so disgraceful for me to even be saying something like this, so embarrassing that I almost didn't want to call you at all.”She paused for effect, letting the weight of her words sink in before continuing.“But I re
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At that moment, upon hearing what Madame Veronica just said and knowing fully well that this woman was clearly the type of person who could smell deception from a thousand miles away, someone who gets easily irritated when people try to play games with her intelligence, Dahlia's mother realized that she didn't have any other choice left but to tell her the complete truth.She could see Rebecca from the corner of her eye, frantically blinking at her and shaking her head slightly, using every signal she could think of to tell her mother that she shouldn't admit anything, that she shouldn't agree to what Madame Veronica was saying, that there had to be another way around this without confessing the real situation.But Dahlia's mother knew better than Rebecca did about how dangerous it could be to continue lying to someone like Madame Veronica, someone who clearly had the power to either help them completely or destroy them without thinking twice about it.She understood that if she conti
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At that moment, hearing what Madame Veronica just said, Dahlia's mother felt her legs almost start shaking uncontrollably beneath her like someone standing on ground that had suddenly become unstable. Her body betrayed the panic that was building inside her chest as she tried desperately to process the question that had just been thrown at her.She wasn't expecting Madame Veronica to ask something like this, not this directly, not this soon, and the realization hit her like cold water that she was now trapped in a very dangerous situation of her own making.Her mind raced through all the possible answers she could give, weighing each one carefully while knowing that Madame Veronica had already made it crystal clear that she absolutely hated lies and could spot them from miles away, which meant that whatever answer came out of her mouth right now needed to sound as close to the truth as possible without actually being the complete truth.She knew deep down that she would need to tell m
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Immediately upon hearing Madam Veronica's direct question about whether she had been cooperating fully with their previous discussion, that was when Dahlia's mother quickly nodded her head with obvious eagerness, saying with a voice that tried to sound completely compliant, “No problem at all, absolutely no problem whatsoever. I am completely willing to give you any information that you want from me, whatever details you need to make this arrangement work perfectly.”At that moment, Madam Veronica's voice came through the phone with a slight edge of impatience as she then said, “But you still have not properly answered my earlier question, the one I asked you before we got sidetracked by other matters.” Her tone became more pointed as she continued, “I specifically asked you whether you have told Dahlia about my interest in her, about my son's desire to meet her and potentially pursue a relationship. This is one of the most important questions that I asked you earlier in our conversa
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Her voice dropped lower but became more bitter and wounded as she revealed the personal pain driving her actions, “Because what Jeremy did to me with his lies and manipulation, the way he threatened me and humiliated me in front of people - I still cannot even raise my head properly among my circle of friends anymore.” Rebecca's face twisted with remembered shame and anger, “That bastard literally lied about me and destroyed my reputation, spreading rumors and making me look like a fool in front of my friends.”Her voice became more strained and emotional as she continued, almost trembling with suppressed rage, “The humiliation and shame has gotten so bad, it has risen all the way up to my neck and I feel like I am about to completely explode from all this bottled-up anger and frustration.”Immediately upon seeing Rebecca's emotional outburst and the way she was trembling with suppressed rage, that was when Dahlia's mother quickly stepped closer to her daughter and told her in a sooth
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Immediately, Jefferson's father nodded his head up and down slowly as his eyes scanned through the papers in his hands, reading every single detail that had been gathered about this mysterious woman who had suddenly appeared in their investigation.“Yes, yes, her name is Melissa,”he said out loud, his finger tracing along the lines of text as he spoke. “And from what I can see here, everything about her is written down in these documents, all of the information we could possibly need is right here in front of us.”He looked up from the papers with a thoughtful expression on his face, his mind clearly working through something that troubled him deeply.“So this is the lady that Jefferson saw with that good-for-nothing Raymond the other day at the restaurant.”At that moment, without wasting another second thinking about it, Jefferson's grandfather nodded his head again, this time more firmly, like someone who had just decided that action needed to be taken immediately.“Well, I strongl
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At that moment, Jefferson's father quickly raised his hand up like someone trying to stop a moving train before it crashed into a wall, his face showing clear signs of worry and concern about the direction this conversation was heading.“Father, please listen to me carefully,” he said urgently, his voice carrying the kind of caution that comes from someone who can see disaster approaching from miles away. “I think we are making a very serious mistake here with this plan, and I strongly believe we are being too reactionary without thinking through all the possible consequences of our actions.”He leaned forward in his seat, trying to make his father understand the gravity of what they were discussing.“This Melissa woman is not just some random person we can push around however we want. She is a senior director of Premium Bank, one of the most powerful financial institutions in this entire country.” His voice grew more emphatic as he spoke. “She holds a very high position there, Fath
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At that moment, upon hearing the harsh words that his father had just delivered like daggers straight to his heart, and seeing the cold, determined look written clearly across his father's weathered face, Jefferson's father knew deep down in his soul that one way or another, he absolutely needed to make serious amends for what had just happened in this room.He could feel the weight of years of disappointment and frustration that his father had been carrying about him, all the times he had failed to live up to the old man's expectations, all the moments when he had shown hesitation instead of the ruthless decisiveness that his father valued above everything else.This wasn't just about the Malisa situation anymore; this was about his entire future, his place in the family hierarchy, his right to call himself a worthy son of such a powerful and feared man.He knew that his father had never been completely pleased with him over the years, had always seen him as somewhat soft compared to