Chapter 154


    George stormed out, leaving Billy fuming on the couch. His anger was boiling over with nowhere to


    go.


    Lauren’s fury was palpable. “I’m going to have a word with Oliver!”


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    Billy roared back. His voice wasced with scorn, “And who do you think you are? You dare to


    march up to Oliver? You really want to see me dead?”


    Ruby asked timidly, “Is Oliver really that powerful?”


    Billy let out a snort of derision, as if mocking Ruby for her naive question. “Oliver managed to


    dethrone his own father and sent the Baldwin family’s second son overseas, never to return. You


    think he’s a pushover? The words of his secretary are surely Oliver’s own.”


    Billy knew then that the topic of marriage was closed, never to be broached again. He stood up,


    craving a ss of iced water to cool his heated nerves. Just as he approached the kitchen door, the


    faint voices of the servants wafted out.


    “Ever notice how the real daughter seems cursed? While Josefina, the fake heiress, seems to bring


    good luck to the family?”


    “I’ve seen it too. Ever since Ruby came back, it’s been chaos, like a chicken coop in a tornado.


    Even Mr.Billy’s luck has turned sour.”


    “Is Ruby really his daughter? She brings him no fortune. Though thedy doesn’t favor Josefina,


    she’s always been obedient, even aced her final exams, unlike Ruby who barely scraped by with a


    250.”


    “Ms. Josefina, though. Even if she’s not the true heiress, she treats us staff well. Not like Ruby. I


    heard her on the phone the other day saying she didn’t scheme against anyone. Makes you wonder


    if she had a hand in her ssmate’s trouble.”


    “She’s sly, that one. I suspect she’s not the true Antonio daughter.”


    Billy’s head reeled as if struck by these words.


    One thought rose above the rest. Ruby was so foolish, nothing like him.


    ...


    Ava was facing a hefty settlement, which was the one she couldn’t possibly afford.


    Josefina thought Ava would rot in jail until she produced the settlement money, yet still faced


    imprisonment. Stunned, Josefina visited Ava in prison, seeking any clue from her words.


    Ava looked disheveled, a stark contrast to her usual mour.


    Her eyes burned with resentment as she red at Josefina. “What are you doing here? Come to


    gloat? Happy now?”


    Josefina, in her crisp white knit top, stood out against Ava’s drabness. She simply stared at her.


    “Ava, I’ve done you no wrong. Even when Jaxon was jailed, I didn’t implicate you. But you? You


    stole mypany designs for Antonio Corporation, and now you think I’m here to mock you? If not


    for your actions, would there be any joke for me to see?”


    Ava choked. Her face twisted in difort.


    Josefina leaned in. “Just tell me who made you betray me, and I might choose not to sue.”


    Ava’s expression wasplex, torn between the looming settlement and Josefina’s serene face.


    Gritting her teeth, she still rejected Josefina’s offer. “No one told me to do it. I acted because I can’t


    stand you. How does someone so young sit in the CEOs chair? What gives you the right? Is it


    because you’re the delicate type?”


    Josefina frowned. “The person who bribed you, did they not tell you who I am?”