Billionaire's Match (by Tangy Candy) novel Chapter 461

After learning that Khloe was the Morrison heiress, Stella felt an unexpected sense of calm.

What had happened to their family was a calamity they could never have avoided.

Angela had been a curse. Khloe was their destined reckoning.

Lauren had already fallen. She was old and no longer capable of holding up the family. Arthur currently had to rely on the family, and Stella did not want Trey to sink into complete ruin again.

After listening to Stella, Trey said nothing. He turned and knelt once more before Lauren.

He did not speak. He silently cried.

No matter how Stella tried to call him up afterward, he neither answered nor moved.

At dawn, Lauren's heartbeat stopped.

The entire Fox family was present. After the doctor confirmed the time of death, they followed procedure—washing and dressing her body, preparing for the funeral.

By the time everything was done, it was already morning.

Lauren had left a will. Her funeral was to be simple, with no grand ceremony. She was only to be buried together with her husband.

After cremation, her ashes were brought straight back to the mourning hall set up at the Fox residence, where Trey kept vigil.

Exhausted, Stella stayed with him for a while, together with Alicia and Stanley, before going to rest.

Alicia and Stanley did not remain long either. Someone still had to look after Arthur.

For the time being, however, they did not dare tell him about Lauren's death.

When they left the Fox family estate, Stanley hesitated, clearly wanting to say something.

But she did not dare ask. She was afraid that once she did, she would never be able to sleep again.

"That's just the truth," Stanley went on. "Didn't you hear? Khloe is the Morrison heiress, and her husband is the CEO of the Hunt Group. Either one of them could crush your family with a flick of a finger."

He gestured with his hand, looking as if he wanted to die on the spot.

"In front of Khloe and Nick, we're nothing but ants. Have you ever seen ants chasing after people to bite them? I think everyone in your family, from old to young, has completely lost their minds!"

Under normal circumstances, Alicia would have slapped him for saying that.

But now she had lost her anchor. She was terrified and said nothing.

Stanley felt nothing but regret.

He had long known that Khloe was no ordinary woman—her looks, her abilities, her bearing all marked her as a true young lady of a great family. If Alicia had not interfered back then, he could at least have maintained a decent relationship with her.