The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 32
Jane was grinding her teeth in consternation.
Beside her, Jacelyn was clinging intimately to Danny’s arm while sizing Jane up at the same time.
Truth be told, when she saw the gorgeous Jane emerging from that fancy car, Jacelyn was immediately overcome with envy.
What’s more, Jane herself hadn’t spared her so much as a single glance, and Jacelyn was not pleased by that one bit.
Having heard something interesting, she whispered to Danny and Luke, “Goodness me, that Jane really gets around! She’s got powerful friends, buys an expensive car like it’s nothing ... but does she have someone special? Perhaps, rather than those big tycoons, she might have picked up some new toy boy!”
Smack!
The moment Jacelyn said that...
Jane slapped her right across the face. “You’d better watch your mouth. What’s this ‘toy boy’ nonsense?”
“Did you just ... slap me?!” Jacelyn held her face, quite nearly slapped senseless.
Jane seemed ready to strike her again.
However, Luke caught her hand. “Jane, dear, tell us if there’s any truth to Jacelyn’s words. Have you gotten yourself a pet lately?” He seemed genuinely nervous about this.
“Let go of me, Luke! What business of yours is it, whomever I like?” At this point, Jane sorely wished she’d stayed in the car. Even if Luke had caught sight of her, all she’d had to do was step on the gas and make a break for it.
Now, there was all this talk about tycoons and toy boys ... She had gone through so much trouble to improve her image with Richard, and now, all that had gone to waste!
But the more she behaved this way, the more Luke feared it might be true.
D*mn it, how much money had he spent on this girl already? And to think she’d been keeping a little something for herself on the side?!
Richard sat in the car, listening to them squabble.
There wasn’t much to be said.
Jane loved money. Richard had known that all along.
Once a hostess at some hot springs resort up in the mountains, she now held an executive position. There was no way she wouldn’t have some dirty little secrets here and there.
At the moment though, Richard would much rather for Jane to just drive away right now.
Suddenly, a shadow loomed beside him as someone appeared by his side.
It was Jacelyn.
After the slap she had taken, she was anxious to see if there was any swelling. If so, there would be hell to pay.
As such, she turned her head this way and that in front of the passenger-side window. She even pouted a little to see if her cutesy charms had been diminished in any way.
Good, still cute!
Jacelyn nodded contentedly. Then, a shiver of alarm ran through her.
Through the glass, she had noticed the vague outline of another person. A man.
How scandalous!
Right now, nothing else could have mattered more.
She smirked at Jane, and said to Luke, “It’s true, Luke! There’s another man she’s been seeing, and he’s in the passenger seat of her car right now, too scared to step out into the light!”
It was as though Jacelyn had happened upon a whole new world of wonder.
Compared to Danny, Luke came from an even more well-off family. They were very influential around these parts, too.
Jane was about to receive her reckoning. Served her right! Feel the pain!
“What?!” Hearing this, Luke and Danny both peered into the passenger seat. Because the windows were tinted, neither had paid much attention at first nor noticed anything.
Upon closer examination, there was indeed someone inside there.
Unbeknownst to them, Richard was already belting out wall-to-wall expletives!
For crying out loud! Now he was getting caught up in all this mess?!
He had a bad feeling about this whole thing—because right now, a crowd was rapidly growing outside the car!
“What’s going on?”
The crowd swelled in size. Curiosity was mounting.
“Not sure yet, but it seems that hot babe had something going with that rich dude, but she’s also been cheating on him with a toy boy on the side. Now, they’re making a scene!”
“That’s right! The other guy is in the car as we speak! This is going to be the dramatic reveal! I’m dying here!”
“Heh, heh ... If only it were me in that car right now. That girl is totally fine! Ah-woo!”
Many of the guys present were making no secret of their envy.
Sitting in the car, Richard wished he could smash his head against something.
“Danny, what’s going on?” Two figures appeared from the crowd. One, a man, and the other, a woman, both who came over to join Danny.
“Oh, Victor, Whitney ... we need some help over here!” Danny said.
He briefly explained the situation.
Everyone craved the spotlight. When something was going on, especially with such a large audience gathered, there would always be people who wanted to get themselves involved and be a part of it!
“So that’s how it is. Alright, we’re all friends here. Let’s resolve this matter together. Whoever’s in that car, could you please step outside so we can clear this up?” Victor wore a mask of disdain.
“That’s right, that’s right! Come out so we can talk!” Jacelyn echoed excitedly.
“No way! Who do you think you are? Get lost, all of you!” Jane snapped and then turned on her heel, storming off. At this rate, Richard’s good name was going to fall to ruin. She wouldn’t be able to make up for that!
But this was only making Luke more anxious.
Burning with jealousy, he was losing all sense of reason.
“Jane, don’t you walk away! One way or another, I’m getting an answer out of you!”
Then Danny and Victor were there, trying to open up the passenger door.
However, there was no need.
Seeing how things had reached this point already, Richard opened the door and stepped out on his own.
The way he saw it, if he hesitated any longer, it would only make matters worse!
“Richard!”
“I’ll be d*mned!”
“The hell?!”
“What?!”
Danny, Jacelyn, Victor, and Whitney all planted their jaws on the ground.
“Why are you here?!” Jacelyn gasped.
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