Rich Radiant and Over Him (Alicia and Vincent) novel Chapter 281

But Maddox didn’t care about any of that. All he saw was Tyrone’s talent—a man who would excel wherever he went—while Easton and Marcus, without the Lynch family fortune, would end up starving on the streets.

How biased can a person be? Biased enough to take everything that belonged to his eldest grandson Tyrone and hand it over to Easton as a wedding gift.

Alicia’s expression darkened. She knew Clayton was only looking out for Tyrone’s future.

But… she couldn’t help her own feelings.

She didn’t want to leave Tyrone.

Yet if she stayed, was that truly the best thing for him?

“I… I could get pregnant soon. If I had a child…” Alicia started to say, wanting to point out that if she gave Tyrone a child, he could inherit the Lynch family estate.

“Miss Shelton, you have to understand—if Tyrone divorces you and marries Nicole, he won’t just inherit the Lynch fortune. He’ll have the White family’s as well.” Clayton’s tone was blunt, leaving no room for misunderstanding.

Reginald only valued Tyrone so much, helped the Lynch family so much, because he saw Tyrone’s potential and wanted to leave White Corporation’s future in his hands.

For the first time, Alicia truly understood why Reginald had gone to such lengths to send Clayton to her.

Reginald’s real hope was for Tyrone to inherit the White family legacy.

“I’m sorry… I need to think about it.” Alicia stood abruptly, nerves fraying. Her glass slipped from her grasp and crashed to the floor. She instinctively crouched to pick up the shards, but a sliver of glass cut into her finger, and blood welled up instantly.

Clayton hurried over, grabbing napkins to press against her bleeding finger, and called out, “First aid kit! Now!”

A staff member rushed over with the kit. Alicia set the bloody napkin on the table as the server carefully disinfected her wound and put a bandage on her finger. Alicia murmured a thank you, then fled the room, unable to face Clayton any longer.

She didn’t want to see Clayton.

She didn’t want to leave Tyrone, either.

But only if Tyrone could win both the White and Lynch family legacies would he truly have what he deserved—what matched his abilities and his birthright.

He was meant to stand at the very top.