Female NovelEven Fleur Lang could not help complaining, "Why would you snap at the boys as soon as theychome? They're the ones you
have to rely on after you retire."
"Hah! Rely on them?!" Mark snapped tempestuously. "I'd rather pick up a stray! How much money have| given these two pricks?
They promised to accomplish something, and not only did they fail, but they only got worse!"
"That's too much, Dad," Clark retorted, frowning.
"Too much?!" Mark laughed despite himself, and slammed his palm forcefully on the table. "Fine, thenwhere are the 500 million
dollars | gave you each for investment? Con—tellwhatever you've done over the years. I'll curse myown ignorance if you
can giveanything, how about that?!"
Both Clark and Gable hung their heads right then, too embarrassed to respond.
After all, they had wasted the millions their father gave them, and therefore had to chome.
And seeing that they were silent, Mark snorted. "See? Nothing. And you still have the cheek to talkback to me?!"
"Even so, you shouldn't let sgirlie walk all over us!" Gable snapped, shooting a glare of indignation atthe silent Helen.
"Exactly," Clark agreed. "And didn't you and your Uncle Henry have a big fight? Why are you bringinghis family back to our fold?
Letting swoman beca candidate for the head of the Lane family... I'm embarrassed for you, even if youdon't feel that
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Even though Clark spoke the last part under his breath, Mark heard him anyway and bellowed, "What'sthe problem?! At least she's
better than either of you, building a two billion dollar company out of nothing in just three years! Caneither of you say the same?!"
Mark's flattery left Helen scratching her nose awkwardly.
While her policies as CEO worked, Frank's support was the chief reason for Lane Holdings'groundbreaking success. Without him,
her company would be at best stuck at a humble scale even if it would not fall apart, and it certainlywould not grow to two billion
dollars in value, gaining fin Riverton.
Nonetheless, Clark turned toward Gable, both of them sharing a sleazy smile. "Hmph. | wonder whoshe owes that success too?
Successful women always have sspecial options, don't you agree?"
Everyone present understood what he was getting at, and even Helen was frowning.
"That's exactly what | was saying," Luna Lane chortled. "She's only successful because of her prettyface, and she'd be nothing
without it."
Gavin shot her a glare and slammed his hand on the table. "Shut up!"
"Why? Am | wrong?" Luna retorted, feeling confident with her mother Jade Zahn at her side even asshe kept throwing shade at
Helen. "Who knows what the pretty CEO of Lane Holdings is really like in private? She might havealready caught something
incurable in her crotch!"
"Haha!" Gable gave her a big thumbs up right then. "That's my niece for you—she's a better judge ofcharacter! Tut, tut... Even if
the title of CEO sounds intimidating, anyone can tell that it's just for show!"
"And she'd have nothing when she's older," Clark added sarcastically.