Rich Radiant and Over Him (Alicia and Vincent) novel Chapter 565

She often went hungry, her meals wildly irregular.

Opening her banking app, Jade was stunned to discover that not a single card in her name had any cash left.

She was Brandon's daughter, so in the past, she simply swiped the family cards or used credit. The occasions she actually needed cash were rare. She had been so laser-focused on securing shares and succession rights for Brandon that she completely ignored the fact that every dime she personally earned had been siphoned off by that father and so-called mother of hers.

Rubbing her temples with a hollow laugh, she lay on the sofa, her fingers trembling from the low blood sugar.

She still remembered the prize money from her very first design competition. She thought she would finally earn a compliment from her grandfather, but he had simply remarked that if Nicole were there, receiving the same education, she would have achieved far more.

She remembered her mother scoffing at the fifteen thousand dollars, sneering that it wasn't even enough to buy a decent handbag.

She remembered Brandon impatiently telling her to stop participating in useless contests that had no bearing on corporate management, warning her that if the old man ever found Nicole, they would all be thrown out on the street.

She had stood there, not realizing that her parents simply didn't love her, and instead redirected all her resentment onto the absent Nicole.

She couldn't understand why, no matter how hard she tried, she could never surpass Nicole.

She had even spitefully and obsessively wished that Nicole would die out there and never return.

Later, her mother had taken that fifteen thousand dollars to the mahjong table and gambled it away in a single hand.

Jade had been furious, but eventually, she grew numb, convincing herself that fifteen thousand dollars was insignificant.

Now, reduced to this state, staring at a bank balance that couldn't even cover a ten-dollar takeout order, the reality hit her. That fifteen thousand dollars had been a fortune.

It was her first real pot of gold.

But she hadn't valued it, nor had she cherished her own talent.

She had let herself take one wrong step after another, plummeting into the abyss.

He was never stingy with his praise, giving her the utmost encouragement, support, and a profound sense of security.

“We owe this to Jade,” Alicia said, looking up at Tyrone.

Tyrone nodded. “Exactly. A man like Heath has a deeply rooted impression of Brandon. If you had tried to convince him yourself, it would have backfired. It was better to stay quiet and let Jade do the talking. A man who values loyalty is repulsed by fathers turning on their daughters. Once he sees that Brandon is willing to kill his own child, he'll realize the man is nothing like the gentleman he pretends to be.”

Once Heath saw Brandon's true colors, he wouldn't be foolish enough to be used by him again.

Alicia nodded. “I just hope White Corporation can weather this crisis.”

“Don't worry. Even if Heath insists on breaching the contract, I've laid down a safety net for you. Just keep moving forward boldly,” Tyrone said, gently ruffling her hair.

If Pinnacle Materials broke the agreement, Tyrone planned to leverage his connections to divert building materials from Evercrest Group's major projects over to White Corporation, ensuring their construction wouldn't stall. It was a calculated move to buy White Corporation time and pave the way for Alicia.

Alicia understood his intention, but doing so would essentially drag Evercrest Group into the line of fire.