Chapter 1720
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“I absolutely agree. Reid is the exact definition of a billionaire golden boy that every socialite wants to sink her claws into.”
“But their scheming is utterly useless now. He’s exclusively my prey,” Zara declared, a smug, victorious smirk playing on her lips.
She had every right to gloat. Her relationship with Reid was operating at peak efficiency.
She was even personally drafting the interior design blueprints for their luxury condo right across the street from the university.
Zara actually possessed some serious architectural talent; her blueprints were stunning.
At the very least, they were exactly what she wanted.
“I told you before, if you wanted Yanis Mercer, you should have just aggressively hunted him down. But then you lost interest.”
“How about this? I’ll host an exclusive VIP mixer and line up some top-tier billionaires for you.” Zara’s inner circle was overflowing with gorgeous, absurdly wealthy heirs.
A few weeks ago, Skye would have jumped at the chance.
But now, she instantly waved it off. “No, no, absolutely not. If they’re anything like Yanis, they are way out of my league. I’d get eaten alive.”
Skye was highly self-aware; she knew exactly where she stood on the social hierarchy.
As for Lex, she was a terrifying force of nature entirely consumed by academia and corporate domination. Men didn’t even exist on her radar.
She completely ignored the conversation, her eyes glued to her textbook.
Skye snacked on the fruit Claire provided while furiously reviewing her notes. She was undeniably relentless.
While the other girls chatted, went shopping, or played games, Lex was always grinding.
The girls had already formed a pact: they were going to be Lex’s angel investors. Lex was strategizing the launch of a revolutionary domestic staffing empire.
Right now, she wasn’t just hoarding initial startup capital; she was executing deep- dive reconnaissance on the entire industry.
Transitioning from a pawn who follows the rules to the CEO who dictates them was going to be a bloodbath, but she was ready.
However, Lex’s horrific parents were still relentlessly harassing her, demanding she wire her entire paycheck home.
During their last phone call, they had escalated to full-blown threats, screaming that if she didn’t transfer the money immediately, they would storm the university and cause a massive public scandal.
Lex’s younger sister had also
secretly called, warning her that their parents were plotting to force Lex
into an arranged marriage the
Qu
second she stepped foot tal
their
hometown. They planned to use her bridal price to buy a condo in the city.
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And obviously, that condo was strictly for their precious son’s future wedding.
The roommates had already
formulated a vicious
counter strategy for tex. They ordered her to call home and wat
about crushing debt, forge collection
letters, and deliberately mail them to the wrong neighbors.
Now, the entire village knew exactly what kind of psychotic parasites the parents
were.
But her parents didn’t care about their ruined reputation anymore. They had completely abandoned any pretense of human decency.
Furthermore, the village was a backward, isolated nightmare where extreme misogyny was practically a religion.
Half the villagers genuinely believed Lex was an ungrateful wretch for not bankrolling her parents.
Executing their plan, Lex
aggressively demanded money from her parents, hysterically claiming she had caused a catastrophic. accident in Cabinda and owed her roommate hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.
Her parents had viciously cursed her out, screaming that she shouldn’t dare dream
of them paying a single cent of her debt.
Every penny they had belonged to their son, and she was dead to them.
They had even tried to manipulate her into coming home, secretly planning to lock her up and permanently terminate her college education.
That way, they could sell her off for a massive bridal price and completely sever themselves from her fabricated debt. It was a flawless win-win for them.
Lex’s sister had overheard their midnight scheming and immediately relayed the intel.
Hearing the sheer depravity of Lex’s parents, Zara was practically vibrating with homicidal rage, wishing she could permanently erase them from existence.
“Lex, we can’t let these parasites keep terrorizing you. Their obsession with selling you is psychotic.”
“It’s only a matter of time before they physically track you down in Cabinda.”
Zara dragged a finger across her throat in a lethal motion. “Do you want me to handle them for you?”
Lex let out a dry, exhausted laugh. “Murder is illegal.”
Zara rolled her eyes. “Please, there are a million completely legal ways to destroy someone in this world. Why would I resort to murder?”
“If your parents love money that much, we can just export them to a black-market labor camp. Let them work off their greed!”
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