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“Taylor’s a good kid, how could he be so reckless? If word of this gets out, how are Lane Group’s shareholders supposed to trust him? Won’t they pull all the projects he’s handling right now? I really think Scully should lay low for a while. It’s better to have one person take the fall than to ruin them both, don’t you think?”
The implication was obvious, both Taylor and Scarlett were involved.
So only one could be protected; the other had to be sacrificed.
After all, it wasn’t just members of the Lane family who had been in that private room.
If the Lane family tried to protect both of them out of greed, they’d have to face the wrath of the other families.
Sophia was formidable, but in the face of overwhelming interests, it was unclear whether she would still have the Lane family’s support.
Besides, Owen only doted on his wife because she brought benefits to the Lane family.
If high society believed Sophia had lost her mind over her daughter, he might no longer be that relentless man who kept pushing to start over.
Chloe couldn’t help but think, Scarlett had made her daughter Rebecca suffer so much.
Now it was only fair for both Scarlett and her mother to get what was coming to them . Karma . Fair and square.
It was just a shame she’d been delayed in Trenwyn and had come back a bit too late.
She’d missed the perfect window.
Otherwise, she would’ve tipped off one of her more reliable media contacts and made the whole thing public.
By then, not even Sophia could’ve fixed it.
Just then, Sophia glanced at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
She hadn’t said a word…
But Chloe felt as if Sophia had hurled a thousand venomous insults at her, as if she’d used the most ruthless methods imaginable. Her heart began to tremble.
“Why are you looking at me like that, Sophia?” she asked, a little guilty, turning her face away.
“I was just casually offering a suggestion. If you don’t agree, then forget I said anything.”
Grayson chimed in as well.
“Sophia, she only said that for your own good, for the Lane family’s good. I’m Scully’s uncle. I’d never want to hurt her. But she only just got home, and she still doesn’t know the rules. Scully needs to be tempered; better that than letting a real scandal happen down the road.”
As he spoke, he called Owen directly.
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“Owen, can you come home for a bit? I think it’s time you proved whether you’re the true head of this family or not!”
Sophia watched the two of them sing in harmony and understood instantly,
No wonder they’d shown up so conveniently, it had all been planned.
They were here to stir up trouble.
For years, the core family ran the show, and the other branches were tired of being sidelined.
But this family, like any kingdom, belonged to the most capable.
If someone isn’t good enough, they should keep practicing. Spouting passive–aggressive nonsense and scheming behind others‘ backs–honestly, if it all falls apart, maybe that’s exactly what they deserve.
“So you and Chloe just can’t help sticking your nose into our business, huh?”
Grayson spoke righteously.
“Sophia, that’s a bit harsh. Aren’t we all one family?”
Chloe jumped in, sounding hurt.
“Mother always said, as long as she’s still around, there’s no such thing as dividing the family. So are your words aimed at us, or at the entire family?”
Grayson’s expression grew even darker.
“Sophia, I get that you love your daughter. But this is a matter of priorities. You can’t just ignore the rest of the Lane family’s interests because you’re being emotional. I’ll say it clearly now, I absolutely oppose bailing, Scarlett out of jail! Even if Owen shows up, I won’t change my stance!”
Sophia let out a short laugh–she was that angry.
“You oppose it? Do you have any clue what’s happening–or are you just here to play the boss?”
Grayson was stunned.
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But ever since marrying Chloe, he’d supposedly changed his ways.
Still, her words made him uneasy.
He shot a quick, nervous glance at Chloe, but she was glaring at Sophia, fuming, clearly not planning to address that comment. Only then did he relax a little.
“Sophia, don’t talk nonsense! I’m just being objective. How could you resort to personal attacks?”
He still didn’t seem ready to back down…
But his momentum was clearly faltering.
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Sophia shot back, “Personal attack? Are you sure it’s personal? ”
Grayson was stunned.
It took him a second to realize–she was implying he wasn’t even human.
“You!”
Chloe grabbed his arm and cut him off. Then she asked,
“So from what you’re saying, you are determined to protect both Taylor and Scully?”
Sophia lifted her chin, still cold and proud.
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“Obviously. If the Lane family was the kind of place that abandoned its own just like that, we wouldn’t have made it this far–and you two wouldn’t be where you are now, either.”
That shut him up.
Grayson had been in the entertainment industry for years and had caused more than his fair share of scandals when he was young.
It had always been the Lane family that cleaned up his messes.
If every little mistake had been treated like a federal crime, he would’ve been exiled abroad a long time ago , banned from ever returning.
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