SWNOVELS Chapter 31
Chapter 31
Leah stared at Selena with a coldness in her eyes that was hard to conceal, her fists clenched dead tight.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the fury in her heart, biting her lips and speaking with some difficulty, "Selena, your mother's things of course belong to you, it's just that in the Riddle family's affairs, the only one who can make the decision is father, I'm afraid that if I make decision without his permission, it will displease him."
"I didn't ask you to tell the Riddle's company what to do." Selena smiled lightly, her clear eyes rippling with a layer of coldness, "I just ask you to make a promise, is that hard?"
Leah trembled lightly, her expression clouding over as she gritted her teeth and said, "Selena, you know full well that father-"
Selena abruptly spoke and cut off her words, the smile on her face disappeared and her expression became extremely cold, "Leah, don't talk about all that nonsense, you say you can't decide what Chairman Riddle does, but you can refuse, right? He gave it to you and you said it wasn't something that belonged to you and you didn't want it, is that hard?"
Before Leah could retort, Selena smiled arrogantly, her eyes overflowing with disdain and dignity.
"No matter how glib you are, you cannot change the fact that I am the rightful bloodline of the Riddle family. As long as I am not dead, no matter how good you are, you will always be an illegitimate daughter born of a mistress. You are not qualified to covet the succession of the Riddle family, and even more so, you are not qualified to get involved in everything that belongs to my mother!"
Leah's face froze, and her eyes took on an extra touch of chilly anger.
Molly was so angry that she wanted to tear Selena apart. Anyway, her attitude towards Selena had been exposed to the public.
She shouted angrily, "Selena, you're a fool who can't do anything, how can you manage the Riddle family if you're given it? Leah will take the Riddle family to the next level, you will only ruin it! Your father saw that Leah was better than you and that's why he intended to let her inherit the Riddle family!"
Luke looked at Molly, who was hysterical, and the corners of his lips curled up in a sneer.
"Mrs. Riddle, you are worrying too much, Selena is a shareholder of Olympus Group, her status is very valuable. How can she be bothered with such a tiring job of managing the Riddle family? There are plenty of talented people countless times better than Leah who are willing to do the job for her."
Selena didn't even bother with Olympus Group, so how could she possibly care about a mere Riddle family?
In the case of the wife of Osvaldo, Selena was an existence that the Riddle family could not compare in any way. Whether the Riddle family ends up being Selena's or not, Leah and her mother are only worthy of looking up to her.
The others were shocked by Molly's words.
"Molly's logic is so surprising, what my mother left me must be given to an illegitimate daughter just because I'm not good enough? And you are still so justified. What a typical vicious stepmother!"
"Let's not even mention that Selena is the rightful heir to the Riddle family, what she needs to guarantee is just the share left behind by her mother alone, and this mother and daughter are pushing back like this, this behaviour is really shocking!" Molly was about to argue, but Leah turned around and looked at her with an angry face, "Mom, how can you say such things?!"
Molly was well brought up and had long been accustomed to Selena's timidity and submissiveness, and inevitably developed a domineering and vicious nature.
Today, she was provoked by Selena to lose her temper again and again, and was accused by so many people in public, if this continues, their reputation may never be redeemed.
Leah could only swallow this anger for the time being, even though she was no longer willing to do so.
She softly scolded Molly, and then turned back to look straight at Selena, her face was pale, her eyes were scarlet, but her expression was firm and serious, "Selena, you know I don't mean that, if an oath can gain your forgiveness, then I am willing to make a promise."
She swallowed the lump in her throat, her expression and voice dripping with a resignation and pain that she had held back to the very core.
The corners of Selena's lips pulled up in a smile, her smile stunning and clear, staring at her.
Leah bit her lips, her face full of humiliation and concealment, "I swear, if I covet the shares left behind by your mother, I will be punished-"