Sham Marriage Quit Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 353

Chapter 353 Heartless Daughter

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“Elena Sterling, Has Group is Dad’s life’s work. With just a few words, you’re destroying everything he spent decades building. How can a daughter be so heartless?”

Camille immediately seized the chance to accuse Elena, eager to prove her loyalty to Richard Hart.

Although the company was currently under Elega’s control, many senior employees were still loyal to Richard.

As long as he changed his mind, there was still a chance to turn things around.

As for the Sterling family….

It was obvious they did not truly value Camille.

They hardly looked like people who would leave her any inheritance. Even though Hart Group had declined over the years, it was still a substantial fortune.

Most importantly-

She refused to lose to Elena.

“Heartless?” Elena let out a cold laugh. “Camille, don’t you think it’s ridiculous for you to lecture me about conscience?

“When Hart Group started collapsing, you couldn’t wait to run back to the Sterling family and reclaim your identity. You even agreed to cut ties with the Harts completely. Richard and Catherine gave you one hundred percent of their love all these years, while I didn’t receive even one percent of it.”

“And now you want to talk to me about loyalty?”

Camille’s expression stiffened.

“I only went back to help Hart Group survive the crisis!”

“Oh?” Elena smiled mockingly. “And what exactly did you accomplish? You came back with the title of Sterling heiress… and then what?”

Camille bit down on her lip in humiliation.

“Enough.”

Richard rubbed his temples, feeling a pounding headache coming on.

Elena’s words had finally forced him to face reality.

At this point, she was his only remaining option.

“You can leave,” he said coldly to Camille. “Unless there’s something important in the future, you don’t need to come to the company anymore.”

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Camille’s face nearly twisted with anger

Her fists clenched tightly

She refused to accept being thrown out like this.

“Dad… what about the investment you promised Nathan?”

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Previously, she had repeatedly pressured Richard into investing in Nathan Hawthorne’s pharmaceutical division within Hawthorne Group.

But until now, there had been no progress.

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And she had a strong feeling that if Richard stopped supporting the project, Nathan’s investment would completely fall apart.

“Investment?” Richard exploded in frustration. “That man is nothing but a useless parasite living off others. Can’t you use your eyes when choosing a man?”

“If it weren’t for Nathan Hawthorne, would our family have ended up like this? Would you and Elena have become enemies?”

He unleashed his anger on Camille without restraint.

Humiliated and furious, Camille shot Elena a vicious glare before storming out.

Elena, meanwhile, was very satisfied with the outcome.

Richard then handed her the files she had previously asked him to organize.

“These are the projects we lost recently,” he explained. “Most of them were already finalized. We were only waiting to sign the contracts, but suddenly they were stolen by newly established companies.”

Originally, Richard had suspected the Kingsley family was deliberately targeting Hart Group.

But after investigating, he discovered it wasn’t them.

To this day, he still could not figure out who was behind it.

Elena lowered her eyes and flipped through the documents in silence.

Inside were records of Hart Group’s projects over the past six months, along with detailed information on the rival companies that had taken their resources.

It was almost as though Hart Group had fallen into a streak of terrible luck during the past half year.

Long–term clients were poached one after another, while new projects kept getting intercepted before completion.

Especially the massive project from last month.

Somehow, Richard had heard rumors that a high–speed rail station would be built in the western district of the city.

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Hart Group imfnediately spent an enormous amount of money buying nearby land, planning to develop a large commercial center

But in the end-

There was still no confirmed approval for the rail station.

Rumor now claimed the location might even be moved elsewhere.

The land had already been purchased, the funds invested, yet construction could not begin.

Not a single dollar had been recovered.

Richard truly had lost his mind from desperation to make such a feckless decision.

After thinking for a moment, Elena called Lucas Carter into the office.

“Yes. Chairwoman Sterling?”

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Elena handed him the commercial center proposal.

“Who first suggested this project to Richard?”

Lucas glanced through the file before answering.

“Ms. Hart. She said she heard the information through connections in the Sterling family.”

No wonder.

The Sterlings had always worked in real estate development. It was perfectly normal for them to have access to insider industry news, which explained why Richard had trusted the information without hesitation.

But Camille had never cared about business matters before.

So why had she suddenly gone out of her way to bring this up to Richard?

Elena stared at the list of competing companies in the documents, deep in thought.

After work, she returned home.

Not long after entering her bedroom, someone knocked on the door.

“Elena.”

It was Evelyn Kingsley.

Elena immediately walked over and opened the door.

Evelyn stood outside with an unusually serious expression.

“Come downstairs with me.

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A sense of unease rose in Elena’s chest.

She followed Evelyn downstairs:

In the living room sat Walter Kingsley, Simon Kingsley, Carol Powell, and Sophia Kingsley.

The moment Sophia saw Elena, she blinked rapidly at her with a strange expression.

Elena instantly understood what this was about.

She had never told Evelyn or Walter about taking over Goldcrest Group, but she had mentioned it to Sophia and asked her to help monitor matters at Velmora Media.

Apparently, word had gotten out anyway.

Just as Elena expected, Evelyn spoke first.

“I heard from Carol that you’ve gone to Hart Group.”

She frowned deeply.

“What exactly are you thinking, Elena? Hart Group is already a complete mess. Isn’t managing Velmora Media enough? Why would you involve yourself in the Hart family’s problems too?”

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