48: Prestige on the Water
Author: WillyCatchFish
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Paisley returned to the bedroom and saw Owen lying on the bed, scrolling through his phone. She walked over and tugged on his ear.

"Ouch! What are you doing?" Owen yelped.

"What do you think I’m doing? Why did you embarrass Violet's friend like that? You let him pay for the meal but didn’t let him eat, then you and Tian had a grand feast with Violet. What does that look like? If word gets out that the head of The Brown Family set up a scam to con an ordinary person out of a 6-million-dollar meal, where would you hide your face?"

"Well…"

"And don’t forget—you followed your own daughter with Tian. Don’t you think that’s going too far? You might be Violet's father, but she has the right to make her own friends and live her own life. If people found out, what would the media say? Even if Violet did nothing wrong, your actions could be twisted by the tabloids, painting her as irresponsible. That would be a huge scandal, and no matter what, Violet wouldn’t be able to shake it off. You’ve al
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