Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 122

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"What if Lucius Whitman sees it?" Liliana had never suffered such an indignity in her life.

Grant thought about it and realized she was right.

Grant was her father, but he was no high-society elite. In his early years, he had merely been a chauffeur for the immensely powerful Prescott Family back in the country. The luxury car he drove for them was so rare you couldn't find a second one nationwide. Spending so much time behind the wheel of millions of dollars had deluded him into acting rich. He placed astronomical expectations on his only daughter, Liliana, convincing himself that working for a billionaire family practically made him half a billionaire himself.

Whenever his employers weren't looking, he would sneak Liliana into the luxury cars for joyrides.

Grant's ultimate dream was for his daughter to marry into a powerful, wealthy family, elevating him from a lowly chauffeur to the esteemed father-in-law of a corporate titan.

He spent his free time obsessively binge-watching cheap soap operas where clueless billionaires fell madly in love with foolish, ordinary girls. Grant firmly believed his daughter was leagues above those naive heroines. Liliana had been sharp since childhood. Even though her mother had run off early on, Liliana held no resentment toward Grant. The father and daughter relied entirely on each other. Grant had brainwashed her from a young age, leading Liliana to genuinely view herself as a chosen queen destined for the elite circle.

By the time Liliana blossomed into a stunning young woman, Grant had emptied his life savings to buy a house in a good district and enroll her in an elite international school, determined to have her hook a wealthy husband from the very beginning.

Shortly after starting school, Liliana met Lucius. When she discovered a crucial secret—that Lucius had mistaken someone else for his childhood savior—the father-daughter duo quickly plotted to exploit him.

A couple of years later, The Prescott Family's investments in highly lucrative industries triggered an exponential growth in their wealth, prompting the entire family to emigrate overseas. Grant eagerly tagged along to continue driving for them.

Liliana, however, lied to her father, claiming she wanted to finish her education domestically with Lucius. She staged a falling out with Grant and spent the next several years leeching off Lucius's wealth, eventually manipulating him into fully funding her own study abroad expenses.