Chapter 490
“Thanks to you, I’m doing just fine p>
“The kids are all staying with you, right p>
“Thanks to you, no, they aren’t p>
“What? How could they do that? It’s one thing for them to disown me, but to abandon their own mother? Lacey, come over here. Let me use your phone to call them and teach them a lesson p>
Adrian immediately seized the opening, eager to play the protective patriarch to win her over.
“Drop the act. It’s sickening. You know exactly why things are the way they are. Have you already forgotten the vile things you did p>
“Lacey, I just want to help you p>
“Don’t bother. I know exactly how your twisted mind works. The second you act nice, I know you’re plotting something. Spit it out. What do you want p>
“Lacey Adrian wanted to ease into it, but he knew she was a second away from hanging up. “Lacey, the company’s cash flow is completely severed. Those two rabid dogs from the Porter family turned on us. Eating our two biggest companies wasn’t enough for them-now they want to swallow the entire Mercer Group p>
“What does the Mercer Group’s survival have to do with me? I knew you wouldn’t call unless you were desperate for a favor. What, you aren’t worried Fiona will get jealous now? Not worried about making her feel wronged? Do you really think I’m a complete idiot? After everything you put me through, you actually expect me to bail you out? I was blinded by you before, but I’m not actually stupid p>
Lacey hung up.
Barely a few minutes passed before Adrian called back. “Lacey, I was wrong about everything. I’m scum. Just help me get through this crisis, and swear do anything you want p>
“Sorry, I’m not in the market for a dog p>
“You… Lacey, are you deliberately insulting me p>
“I am insulting you. What are you going to do about it? No one is born to be a victim, destined to let you walk all over them. When I married you, the Mercer Group was literally on the verge of bankruptcy! The banks wouldn’t give you a dime! I used the Quinn family’s money to save your company. When no one wanted to do business with you, I used my family’s connections to secure partnerships and open, markets for you! Where was Fiona back then? Why didn’t you marry her? Did I force her to suffer? You just wanted to exploit my family’s power to build your empire while you messed around behind my back. You’re barely human. Right when Mira was born, my mother warned me you were garbage. But I was so deeply brainwashed by you that I cut ties with her. I completely deserve the pathetic state I’m in now. I brought it on myself p>
The memories washed over Lacey, drowning her in suffocating regret.
“Wait, what? When Mira was born? How did they know? Does this have something
to do with Mara going missing?” Adrian suddenly realized she had slipped up.
“Why are you getting so defensive?
Was Fiona throwing Mira away actually your idea? Were you in on it the whole time?” Lacey shot back,
the horrifying realization dawning on her
“No! No, I swear I had absolutely no idea p>
“Go lie to someone who cares. But I don’t mind spelling it out for you, so at least
you’ll know exactly why you’re going to hell p>
“Going to hell? I’m not dead yet, Lacey p>