Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 321

“Where?” Zane’s voice was low and heavy.

Jeremy, oblivious to the tension, still sounded cheerful. “About an hour's drive round trip from downtown.

Zane furrowed his brows, realizing something.

Fabian was a cunning man. He could have easily seen through Jeremy's intentions, yet he still agreed to the

meeting. That could only mean one thing.

The western district land was likely about to change hands.

“Zane, | did you a solid, didn’t I?” Jeremy said.

“Yes, you really did,” Zane replied.

Jeremy had practically given away the western district land just to help Zane. The sacrifice was massive.

“I think so too. Zane, you can’t forget what you promised me.” Jeremy reminded him.

“Got it.” After hanging up, Zane stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, a glass of red wine in his hand, his eyes

deep and unreadable.

‘If | want to satisfy Fabian’s appetite and get him to leave the Murphy Family alone, I'll have to offer him

something even more tempting than that piece of land,’ he wondered.

At the Murphy residence, the moment Baron received the news, his face darkened.

Fabian had already set his sights on the western district land, and the Murphy Family had done everything they

could to avoid him, coming up with all sorts of excuses to delay things.

Yet Jeremy had taken it upon himself to provoke Fabian and even arranged to meet him so far away.

The worst part? The conversation had nothing to do with the land at all. It was a blatant attempt to toy with

Fabian.

The Evans family held immense power in Jorlandia. They were one of the top families. Offending them would

bring the Murphy Family nothing but trouble.

“Baron, don’t worry. We'll talk to Jeremy when he gets back. We can’t just take Mr. Evans’ word for it.” Judy said,

frowning.

“What's there to ask?” Baron said coldly. “If he’s already sent someone to relay the message, he’s clearly trying

to make the Murphy Family look bad. The western district land? There's no saving it now.”

Musk’s expression grew tense. “Baron, is there really no other way?”

Baron let out a long sigh. “If Mr. Evans hadn't shown up for the meeting, we might have had swiggle room.

We could have played dumb since there'd be no solid proof.

“But he went. That means we can’t just brush this off. When Jeremy gets back, I’m going to teach him a lesson.”

“Baron, calm down,” Judy said, trying to ease his temper.

Before she could finish, a teasing voice cfrom the doorway. “Well, what's the occasion? Everyone's here.”

“Jeremy, chere.” Judy shot him a look, but Jeremy didn’t catch on at all. “Judy, what's wrong with your eye?”

he asked.

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When judy didn’t respond, Jeremy’s gaze shifted to his father, who was sitting there with a dark, stormy

expression. A chill ran down this spine. Wait a second. Did | mess up? he wondered.

“Dad?” The moment jeremy got the word out, Haron cut him off with a furious roar.

“You still know I'm your dad? Do you have any idea what kind of mess you made today?” he yelled,

“Today?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow. All | did was have lunch with Fabian, Wait? Don’t tellDad already knows

about that? he thought

His stomach dropped. He glanced at Musk, silently begging for help, but Musk simply turned his head away,

refusing to acknowledge him.

Jeremy was officially on his own.

“Why are you looking at Musk?” Baron snapped, “Jeremy, did you meet with Mr. Evans about the western district

land?”

“Yes” The second the word left his mouth, Baron's fury was about to explode.

Jeremy quickly added, “But | never planned to actually discuss it. It was just a smokescreen”

“You wantto praise you for being clever? Baron let out a cold snort. “Do you have any idea that because of

your so- called smokescreen, we might actually lose that land?”

Hearing that, Jeremy could no longer stay calm.

He did not understand what Baron meant. All he did was use the western district land as an excuse to meet

Fabian, but now it was about to change hands,

Jeremy frowned and looked at Baron, confused. “Dad, what do you mean by that?”

“What do | mean? Do you have any idea who Fabian is? You really think your little tricks could fool him? He

walked right into your trap on purpose just to get to this moment, Baron said.

Seeing that Jeremy still did not get it, Baron was about to explode again. Judy quickly tugged at his sleeve and

shot him a look before turning to Jeremy. “Jeremy, you really made a mistake this time. The Evans family holds

power not just in Jorlandia but in all of Clusia,

“I do not need to remind you of that. You offended him and gave him leverage over us. From now on, even if we

wanted to avoid him, it would not be possible.”

Jeremy's expression grew darker. “Why? What, is the Evans family going to force us into selling?”

Baron scoffed, “Why not? We are already at a disadvantage here. If we refuse to acknowledge our mistake, what

will happen to the Murphy Family's reputation? And what about yours?

“Besides, do you think Fabian climbed his way to the top by playing nice? His ruthlessness in the business world

is infamous.”

Just as Baron finished speaking, an aged voice sounded from behind. “Baron is right. Jeremy, you were reckless

this time.”

The moment they saw who it was, the Murphy siblings immediately stood up, ready to assist him. But Ott waved

th “It is just a few steps. | can still walk on my own.”

off.

Only then did everyone sit back down. Once they were all settled, Ott leaned on his cane and looked at Jeremy.

“Jeremy, tellwhat happened. Why did you provoke Mr. Evans?”

Jeremy thought about it carefully but still did not tell the truth. He simply said, “Grandpa, this was my fault. If

you want to punish me, go ahead. | will take it.”

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