"Vanessa, don''t y games with me. Tell me right now, by what right did you get those shares?" Faye was so furious she lost allposure, the usual courtesy she showed Vanessa reced by pure resentment over the stolen inheritance.


    On the other end, Vanessa''s tone grew cold. "Faye, if you want to know, I''ll tell you. It was a gift fromn, and Dad agreed to it."


    Faye''s eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you say?"


    "Faye, I know this is hard for you to ept, but it''spensation fromn," Vanessa continued. "It''s also his breakup settlement for me."


    Faye''s mind reeled again. Vanessa andn had broken up? That would exin whyn had been so cold to her earlier. So Vanessa hadn''t been able to hold onto him after all. But to take thirteen percent of Yeaton Holdings as a breakup settlement was a direct blow to her interests. How could she not be enraged?


    "Vanessa, have you no shame? Why should you get shares in our familypany just because you andn broke up?"


    "Why?" Vanessa couldn''t be bothered to pretend anymore. "Because it was through my connections that Yeaton Holdings had the chance to go public. Have you ever contributed anything to Dad''spany?"


    "You—" Faye was so angry she was speechless.


    Vanessa wasn''t wrong. Ifn hadn''t suddenly stepped in, Yeaton Holdings would still be a second-ratepany. Its market value had surged over the past year entirely because ofn''s influence.


    "Faye, I know you''re upset, but this is a done deal. You''d better learn to ept it."


    With that, the call ended.


    Faye stared at the disconnected call, steadying herself against her desk, her body trembling with rage. She had never imagined that Vanessa would usen to see a piece of the Yeaton Holdings inheritance ahead of time, and a three-billion-dor piece at that.


    But was what she said about breaking up withn true or false?


    She hoped it was true. Otherwise, if Vanessa actually married into the Goodwin family, she''d probably get greedy enough to try and take over all of Yeaton Holdings.


    Faye called her mother back. Her mother immediatelyunched into a stream of curses on the other end. After letting her vent, Faye, still not ready to give up, dialed her father.


    "Faye, what is it?" Rnd Yeaton''s voice came through.


    "Dad, what''s going on? Why did you give thirteen percent of thepany''s shares to Vanessa?"


    Rnd was silent for a few seconds before his tone became stern. "Faye, stay out of thepany''s business."


    "Dad, it''s the business you worked


    so hard to build! Why would you just


    hand it over to her? I''m your


    daughter, too! I want you to give me thirteen percent of the shares as well, Faye cried, her sense of injustice overwhelming her, she was the legitimate Miss Yeaton; what right did an illegitimate daughter have to enjoy such privileges?


    "What do you know?" Rnd snapped on the other end. "Stop being so childish. Thepany is giving me enough headaches as it is."


    With that, he hung up. Faye was both furious and devastated, but she vowed she


    would not let an illegitimate daughter take what belonged to the Yeatons. She would get back what was rightfully hers.


    Faye sat back down, her mind in a fog. She had once thought that by getting into the civilian projects division, she could use her


    connection to Vanessa to get into the core team. But now that


    Vanessa andn had broken up, did


    that mean she would never have


    that chance?