Chapter 17
“Idiot” Anthony stood up from the soda in a huff, pointing at Lindsey’s nose and scolding. Do you have any idea that what happened to Sheila has already been posted online!
“At a time like this, you still go out and mess around. Are you trying to bring more shame upon us?”
Lindsey raised an eyebrow. It turned out Sheila’s incident had been exposed. That was why Anthony was so furious.
She placed her hands on her hips and retorted, “So what i wasn’t me who got into trouble. And ultimately, shouldn’t you be going after Patrick!”
Anthony hesitated, glancing at Olivia, then angrily accused Lindsey of being heartless.
“This was an accident. Patrick just hired those people to move some stuff, but who could have thought they would be such jerks! Don’t you care about your sister at all” he continued to berate Lindsey.
Lindsey snerred, “Is that what Olivix told you? Do you really believe it she thought her father was incredibly naive.
Anthony glared at Lindsey, ignoring her sarcasm, and said, “If you still consider yourself a member of the Riley family, go on a blind date for me.”
“A blind date?” Lindsey was bewildered.
“Olina has found a good match for you. He has agreed that if you can please him, he will pay to have the embarrassing trending topic abour your sister removed” Anthony said with an air of entitlement.
Lindsey could hardly contain her frustration. “Don’t you have any money of your own! Do you have in sell me, your daughter, to get that trending topic removed? Aren’t you afraid of being laughed a
Over the years, Olivia had made a considerable profit from Luminova. She would buy every new season’s release from Aurelia, clearly not lacking
in funds.
Moreover, Lindsey couldn’t imagine how dreadful the blind date candidates Olivia had arranged for her would be.
Anthony, however, thought Lindsey was deliberately opposing him. He forcibly pulled her over and pointed at several photos on the coffee table, saying. “You must go today”
Lindsey glanced at them, and her expression turned cold. “Ms. Jennings, you must have put in a lot of effort to pick out such a bunch of misfits for
Olivia feigned grievance. “Lindsey, what are you talking about? None of these men I’ve chosen for you comes from a poor family. Marrying any them would guaranice you a happy life”
“Really? If they’re so great, why don’t you have Sheila marry into one of those families!” Lindsey mocked.
She picked up the photos and sneered, This one is the chairman of Prospera Group, but he’s had live wives, none of whom lived more than three years after marrying him. Ms. Jennings, do you wish me a short life?”
“This one suffered brain damage from a high fever as a child and can’t even take care of himself Lindsey continued. “Ms. Jennings, are you trying to set me up as his caretaker?”
“And thus guy lost his legs in a car accident a few years ago,” she went on, “Ms. Jennings, do you want me to be his crutch for the rest of my life?”
face grew increasingly pale, but the sull tied to pervade Lindsey with a smile. “These men may not be perfect, but they’re all we
Olivia’s face Many women would jump at the chance to marry them
“I had to go through a lot of trouble to get these opportunities. Lindsey, just listen to use. What future do you have with that poor boy?”
Lindsey gave her an unconcerned glance. “Thanks but no, Ms. Jennings, Save your kindness for Sheila. I don’t need it
wealthy.
nu won’t go
Anthony was fuming. “Drop that sarcastic tone of yours. Olivia is doing this for your own good, how could you talk to her like this? If you on the blind date, what about your sister?”
Lindsey found it amusing that Andiony was actually foolish enough to think that she wronged Olivia.
She simply sat down on the sofa. “Dad, is it really that expensive to remove a trending topic! Do we have to sacrifice my happiness for it? The memey Mi Jennings would spend on a few bags should be enough”
Anthony cursed at her. “You just don’t want to do anything to help our family through this. Even a wolf won’t be so ungrateful like you.”
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“Olivia’s bags only cost a few hundred dollars cach, what good would that do? If it weren’t for your hoodlum boyfriend running off that day, would our family be in this financial pinch!” he kept going on
Lindsey was shocked, looking at Olivia, who had casually mentioned a bag worth tens of thousands of dollars as something that only cost a few hundred dollars. And Anthony actually believed it. Lindsey didn’t know what to say.
Moreover, Lindsey had assumed they would quickly resolve Sheila’s trending issue, but Olivia and Sheila didn’t seem very anxious. Her intuition told her there was something fishy going on.
Lindsey took out her phone and scrolled through Twatter but didn’t see any news about Sheila. She searched on her browser as well. Even after trying various keywords, she found no information related to the Riley family
She guessed that Olivia and Lindsey must have already dealt with the matter privately
She looked at Olivia “Ms. Jennings, since
ce you say Sheila made the news, could you show me the specific
ecific page!
Olivia paused, making an awkward excuse, “What’s the point of looking at that kind of news? Lindsey, aren’t you just hurting Sheila’s feelings
again?
“I need to see it to know how to fix it. Ms. Jennings, you seem so evasive, could it be that the trending topic has already been taken down by you?” Lindsey insisted
“How could that be? We don’t have the money. The situation was too embarrassing. Lindsey, you really shouldn’t look,” Olivia said.
Lindsey smiled and looked at Anthony “Dad, instead of pressuring me here, why don’t you go online and check if that news is still there?
“Oh, and while you’re at it, visit the Aurela official website and see if Ms. Jennings‘ hags are really a few hundred dollars each or several tens of thousands of dollars each
With that. Lindsey turned and walked upstairs without looking back, leaving Anthony still processing what had just happened. Olivia, on the other hand, stared intently at Lindsey’s retreating figure, her gaze full of madnews.
Back in her room. Lindsey thought about the quadrennial jewelry design competition that was approaching and wanted to take out her previous sketches to refine them, but she couldn’t find them anywhere.
she figured the sketches might have been blown into the yard by the wind, so she went downstairs to look around but still couldn’t find them.
Jewelry design was something she had learned during the time after her disfigurement in her previous life. Her main reason for participating in the competition was to broaden her horizons and to gauge her own skill level.
rts of the previous design she wasn’t satisfied with, she could now start over from scratch.
Since there were
re parts of
Not long after. Lindsey’s phone rang, it was Florence calling. “Hello, Ms. Calloway!” she answered
Florener Calloway was currently the executive director of Luminova. She was one of the founding members of the company, having started it alongside Elaine and remained loyal to it ever since.
It was precisely because of her presence that Olivia and Patrick hadn’t been able to completely take · over Luminova
“Lindsey, you mentioned the other day that you wanted to get more involved with the company, I happen to have a few project investments that I need your input on. Also, there’s a resource vacancy. Do you know anyone suitable to recommend” said Florence
Seeing Lindsey’s transformation, Florence was a bit excited. Lindsey’s previous meekness, which allowed others to push her around, had irritated. Florence. She despised Lindsey’s lack of backbone, her lack of fighting spirit, and the way she lived like a puppet on strings.
But now things were different. At least Lindsey was willing to change.
However, if Lindsey didn’t have a suitable candidate for the vacant position, Patrick would surely use his power for personal gain and give it to his daug
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