From His Fake Wife to Billionaire Heiress (Riley and Lucas) novel Chapter 32

Chapter 32 The Secret Plot

Chapter 32 The Secret Plot

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She finished her dinner quietly, paying no attention to the others at the table each lost in their own private calculations–ar went straight up to her room.

After closing the door, she flopped lazily onto the bed, picked up her phone, and suddenly remembered what had happened jewelry store earlier that day.

She texted Sebastian, “Have you picked out a wedding ring yet?”

But after sending it, there was no reply for a while.

Riley checked the time and figured he was probably in the middle of a game and too busy to respond.

She didn’t ov

after all, this was just a marriage of convenience.

e nightstand, she got up and headed into the bathroom.

a rare moment of peace, over in Sophia’s room, Lucas, Julian, and Anthea filed in one after another, the last.

or quickly, still wearing just the right amount of hurt and worry on her face.

not! I won’t allow this!” Anthea was the first to snap. She dropped onto the sofa, her carefully maintained face twis in. “Riley cannot have Lucas‘ baby. Who does she think she is? With that kind of background–if it weren’t for her being al to Ashford Group back in the day, I never would’ve let someone like her marry into this family in the first place.

Letting her carry the Ashford name all these years has already dragged our standing down. If she actually has a child, all of Havenbrook will laugh at us.”

Julian ignored his wife’s outburst and fixed a sharp look on his son. “Lucas, what’s going on here? I thought you arranged for Ri to take something to prevent pregnancy. Why is she suddenly so fixated on having a baby?”

Faced with his father’s question, Lucas‘ expression flickered with unease.

He rubbed his temples in frustration, his voice weary. “It’s because I promised her a belated proposal It’s given her all these unrealistic ideas,”

dearing the word “proposal“, Anthea lost it again. “I told you, you never should’ve agreed to something so absurd.

“With where she comes from, marrying into our family was already more than she deserved Even as a placeholder Mes. Ashford, we’ve shown her plenty of respect and let her live comfortably all these years What more could she possibly want

“Now she’s getting greedy, expecting some fancy proposal? You’re lifting her up too high what does that leave for our Sophia and Jeremy?”

Under his mother’s barrage, Lucas looked even more work down

He drew a slow breath and tried to explain “Mom, please calm down. The proposal is just a temporary solution.

“Riley has been with Ashford Group for years Several of our long term projects, not to mention some of our toughest major clients

she’s the one who brought them in Now that Sophia’s taking over a lot of things havent been fully smoothed out yet if anything goes wrong or there’s an emergency, we might still need her to step in and help

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“But don’t worry, it’s only for now.

“Once Sophia learns the ropes and gets settled in properly, I’ll find a way to call off the proposal. Riley… she’s always been and understanding with me. I’m sure she’ll see my position and won’t make a fuss.”

Sophia felt a little better after hearing Lucas say that.

She knew that in his heart, her place and Jeremy’s were something Riley could never match.

remembering how confident Riley had seemed at dinner, she couldn’t shake a growing worry.

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im, and spoke with concern. “Lucas, your plan makes sense… but what if Ri

ot before you end the proposal?”

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