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I took my daughter’s hand, and we returned to the hospital escorted by bodyguards.
Let them tear each other apart.
The next day, Skylar was discharged, and a stretch limousine pulled into the Thorne mansion’s gates.
“Welcome home, Madam,” everyone bowed in greeting along the driveway.
I immediately spotted Doris Green, my nanny, hiding nervously behind the crowd.
Ignoring her for now, I went straight to the third floor and saw that the room prepared for Skylar was completely unrecognizable.
All the furniture had been smashed, the walls were covered in yellowish–brown stains, and expensive clothes, jewelry, and omaments were all gone.
Cassidy had brazenly moved back in and was living in Brandon’s room, acting as if they were the true masters of the house.
Ten minutes later, bodyguards threw all of Cassidy and Brandon’s belongings into the backyard to be burned.
My assistant questioned everyone, and I soon learned that Doris Green, leveraging her position as head of the household staff after years of working for the Thorne family, had lied to everyone, claiming I had been deceived and Cassidy was the true heiress.
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I fired everyone involved and filed lawsuits against them for theft and destruction of property.
Doris Green initially tried to argue.
“Miss Cassidy is the daughter you watched grow up! If you fire me, my son won’t want to be the Thorne family’s son–in–law
anymore!”
“You’ll regret this! My son will be a big boss soon, don’t get ahead of yourself!”
I simply ordered security to beat her up and throw her out of the house.
Cassidy White and Brandon Miller were held at the club
night.
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They only managed to temporarily escape by returning all the purchased items and paying a penalty of tens of millions.
At school, Cassidy became a pariah, ostracized by everyone. Those who had once followed her pushed all the blame onto her.
I put out the word to blackball Brandon Miller. His business partners quickly canceled their contracts.
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Brandon, desperate for lost everything overnight.
money,
was led to a
casino. At first, he had good luck and thought he
could fix his financial chain, but he
He had to sell almost all his luxury items, businesses, and houses to cover his debts.
In just a few days, Brandon was on the verge of bankruptcy. The two moved from a luxurious villa to a regular residential house, specifically Doris Green’s old house in the older part of town.
Having lived a life of luxury and excess, how could they accept this?
“Mom, how much money do you have left?” Brandon asked Doris Green, who was cooking for them.
Doris Green counted on her fingers: “About half a million. Is it not enough for your business? My money is your money.”
“Hmph, that’s barely enough to make a dent, Cassidy sneered from the side, legs crossed, before Brandon could even speak.
Since moving here, she still acted as she always had, comfortably enjoying Doris Green’s service.
She still saw herself as a privileged heiress.
“Cassidy,” Brandon merely reminded her with a slight sternness. If not for her excessively cruel treatment of Skylar, they
wouldn’t have fallen so low.
Cassidy immediately put on a pitiful expression: “Brandon, it’s all my fault for dragging you down. Originally, all the Thorne family’s assets were yours.”
“Because of me, you’ve been suppressed everywhere, unable to display your talents.”
“Now I’ve thought it through. Titles aren’t important. Just marry Skylar Cross. As long as you have me in your heart and are good to me, that’s enough.”
Brandon was almost moved to tears. He grasped Cassidy’s shoulders with both hands.
“Cassidy, do you really think that?”
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Cassidy nodded, her voice slightly melancholic: “As long as it’s good for you, Brandon, I don’t mind enduring any hardship.”
“It’s just… Mom doesn’t seem to want Skylar Cross to marry you.”
“But what if we first destroy Skylar Cross’s reputation, then release your ambiguous chat logs and videos? Then she’d have no choice but to marry you.”
Brandon’s eyes flashed.
“You mean inappropriate videos and chat logs? Wouldn’t that be bad?” Before Skylar Cross was recognized by the Thorne family, she was just an orphan who was often bullied.
Just because he helped her once, she followed him around for years.
She saved every penny just to buy him a pair of sneakers.
“They’re all fake anyway, Brandon. It’s all for our future.”
Brandon took only two seconds to reply: “Okay.”
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As long as he became the Thorne family’s son–in–law, he’d have endless money. What was a gambling debt compared to that?