The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1712

"You don't even have the courage to live, yet you have the guts to die?"

"You're planning on starving yourself to death, right?"

"Do you have any idea what starving to death actually feels like?"

Claire stepped forward, her voice cutting through the tension.

Tandy didn't intervene, and Mr. Charles showed absolutely no sign of anger.

In fact, the warlord looked thrilled, desperately hoping this sharp-tongued young woman could finally break through his grandson's armor.

Even if she wasn't a master debater, at least she was beautiful, right?

Lucas used to appreciate beautiful things. Maybe her striking appearance was exactly what the boy needed to snap out of it.

"What the hell do you know, you ugly..." Lucas snapped, ready to hurl another insult.

"Who are you calling ugly?" Claire's voice cracked like a whip.

Lucas flinched, genuinely startled, and finally took a good look at Claire.

Okay, she definitely wasn't ugly.

"I was talking about the ugly old dinosaur next to you!" He quickly pivoted, glaring at Tandy.

Tandy raised an eyebrow.

"Everyone gets ugly when they get old. Back in my prime, I was twice as handsome as you."

He wasn't offended in the slightest.

Back in his military days, he had broken the hearts of half the nurses on base. Ugly? Please.

"Bullshit!" Lucas adamantly refused to believe this ancient doctor was ever better looking than him.

Because if that were true, it meant Lucas was destined to become even uglier when he aged.

He simply couldn't accept that reality.

"If you can't even handle the concept of being ugly, you're definitely going to hate what starvation does to your face."

Claire pulled out her phone and callously pulled up graphic medical photos of emaciated, starved corpses, shoving the screen into Lucas's face.

"See these people? They starved to death."

"Their eyes bulge out of their sockets, their skin shrinks tight against their bones like dry twigs, and they end up looking like grotesque aliens."

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