Chaos Girl Rewrites the Script novel Chapter 299

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Vivienne stared hard at Aurelia, but to the rest of the room, her intense scrutiny simply looked like the guilt of a liar being exposed.

Evelyn immediately seized the advantage, her tone dripping with vindication. "Did you hear that? This uncultured little stray attacked first! She backed Lara into a corner—was my daughter just supposed to stand there and take it? Lara was defending herself. How is that her fault?"

Talia scoffed loudly. "Are you deaf? Your daughter was the one who lured my daughter to the Lotus Pond in the first place. No matter how you spin it, Lara's motives were malicious from the start."

"Inviting her to the pond makes her malicious? Maybe she just wanted to talk! My Lara has a heart of gold. She goes to church every Sunday. There is no way she would ever bully anyone! It's this feral little street rat who's the problem. God knows what kind of trash she was raised by before she got here. Talia, you'd better watch your..."

Before she could finish, Caspian, who had been completely motionless, suddenly grabbed his glass of water and splashed it violently across Evelyn's face.

The sharp crash echoed loudly as he followed it up by hurling the heavy glass onto the hardwood floor, shattering it into pieces.

The explosive sound made everyone in the room flinch in sheer terror.

"A feral street rat? Trash?" Caspian slowly got to his feet. He pointed his cane directly at Evelyn's dripping face, his voice rumbling with lethal intent. "I'm not dead yet, and you already dare to disrespect my authority?"

Evelyn's mind went completely blank. She stared in shock at the shattered remnants of the antique crystal glass on the floor. It was part of Caspian's absolute favorite set. There were originally only five in existence; he had dropped one years ago when he received the devastating news of Sebastian Ravenshire's death, and now he had intentionally smashed another.

Benedict hadn't seen the patriarch this furious in years. Terrified, he hurried forward to steady him.

Alaric was stunned. After a moment's hesitation, he stepped out from behind the screen.

"Grandpa, please calm down. Your health."

With Alaric leading the way, Cyril and Julian immediately followed, rushing to surround their grandfather with anxious concern.

The proclamation struck like a lightning bolt. Even Vivienne was entirely blindsided.

As the undisputed pillar of the family, Caspian held seventy-one percent of the Ravenshire empire's shares. Even after subtracting the public family trust, he retained twelve percent purely as personal equity. And no one dared underestimate that twelve percent—once the rest of the shares were divided among the heirs, that fraction was more than enough to maintain absolute control over the entire dynasty.

Billions of dollars in stock was already enough to drive anyone mad with greed, not to mention all of the patriarch's off-the-books personal wealth.

Families as massive as the Ravenshires always operated through trust funds. While the assets were astronomical, every expenditure was strictly monitored. Personal wealth, however, was an entirely different beast—it could be spent however the owner pleased.

"Dad!"

Even Talia was stunned, her face an absolute picture of disbelief.

Caspian stared dead-eyed at Evelyn. "You said she was a stray with no proper background. Is her background proper enough for you now?"