RankNovelGrace? The second Grace's nleft the woman's mouth, Liam's head snapped up. It was like every bit of pain in his body vanished in an instant. His eyes lit up with desperate hope.
"Really? Did Grace send you here?" His voice cracked. "Why hasn't she cto seeherself?" The woman standing there was Andrea. It had taken her quite a bit of effort to get in here because Grace had made sure Liam was guarded tightly.
A flicker of triumph crossed Andrea's face. Joanne had been right about Grace. She could be ruthless with outsiders, even with herself. But when it cto the people she considered family or friends, she was all heart. She didn't guard them; she protected them.
Liam wasn't locked up for punishment. He was being protected from the world- and from himself.
Andrea had thrown her lot in with Joanne. She wanted revenge, and Joanne had promised she knew exactly how to make Grace suffer.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAndrea still remembered that first night she had stumbled into that bar, desperate. Grace had plucked her out of the crowd, given her ten thousand dollars just to meet with Ethan, and changed her life in an instant.
She had tasted what it meant to live like the wealthy. And once she got a taste, she never wanted to go back— especially when Ethan was part of the prize.
But Grace had fooled her and mocked her. Andrea had sworn to herself she would make her pay, no matter the cost.
Joanne's plan was simple but vicious. Andrea would seduce Liam and get pregnant.
Once she had Liam's child, even Grace, no matter how ruthless, would be shackled by guilt. She wouldn't dare lift a hand against Andrea because of Quentin.
Joanne had laid it all out coldly. Liam had been sheltered his whole life. He was emotionally dependent on Grace to a ridiculous degree, and he was still naive as hell.
If Andrea got pregnant, Liam would be trapped and forced into being a father, whether he was ready or not. Every word he spoke after that—every regret and every ounce of pain-would cut Grace to the bone.
The more miserable Liam became, the more Grace would blherself, and the deeper her agony would sink. After hearing Joanne's plan, Andrea couldn't help but shiver. Joanne was terrifying. She had a way of striking straight at the heart.
Besides, Joanne had added, Liam wasn't bad-looking. He barely had any experience with women. And with Grace's backing, he'd be worth billions of dollars one day. Andrea would lock him down while he was at rock bottom and then rise up as his wife.
And with that status? Seeing Ethan again would be easy.
Now, smiling sweetly, Andrea moved closer, gently helping Liam sit up.
"Your sister's been really busy," she said softly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"You don't know, do you? All the scandals about you hit the media. Grace's been working around the clock cleaning up the mess, trying to stabilize the company. She's been stretched so thin she can barely touch the ground, so she sentto take care of you instead.
Liam's eyes went red, and his heart ached.
In these endless days he spent locked up, he had been drowning in regret. He regretted Xetting his M sympathy for Alice get the better of him and regretted stupidly helping Edric escape the country.
Every disaster he caused, Grace had silently cleaned up. And he had never once really thought about what he En had done to her. She wasn't abandoning him. She was just trying to make him grow up.
Tears welled again, spilling down his cheeks.
Andrea hurried to pull a handkerchief from her pocket, dabbing gently at his face.
"Mr. Lambert, you need to pull yourself together. Grace didn't lock you up because she's giving up on you. She's hoping you wake up and N.S start fighting for yourself. She believes in you. Don't drown in your own guilt. Look, I brought you a bunch of finance textbooks. You should start reading. Take your time," she said softly.
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