The Mysterious Billionaire

Paige did not expect a text from Lamont.
She thought she misread his name. Why did he contact her in advance even though there was still another day till their
appointment?
Could there be something else?
Paige stared at the text message for a while. She had to go and see him no matter what had happened, so she replied to the
message immediately, "I'll be right there."
"I need to deal with some issues, so please don't alert anyone else and come alone, Miss Anderson," he sent another message.
She frowned and thought for a moment before agreeing with his request, "Okay, I'll go alone later."
She immediately rushed to their meeting point after leaving Joseph. It took her a while to find the exact address, but it was just
an ordinary two-story house.
She stopped the car and rang the doorbell.
Paige was shocked to see the person that had opened the doorbell, "Are you Aunt Lucian?"
The one who opened the door was Lucian Barnbook, who used to serve her mother.
Paige didn't have a deep impression of her, but she had been helping her mother with things before she turned eight, so she was
equivalent to being her mother's assistant.
Lucian had helped her mother manage the company as well as her personal affairs. However, she had left due to unknown
reasons later.
Her appearances had not changed much even though a decade had passed, so Paige recognised her immediately.

She welcomed Paige with a gentle smile, "Miss Anderson is here, please come in!" Lucian was not surprised to see her. Did she
know that she was coming?
But Lamont was the one who sent her the message, so did they know each other?
Paige followed her into the house with doubt.
She was invited to sit on the sofa while Lucian poured her a cup of tea, but she did not drink it. She put the cup of tea on the
table and said, "Aunt Lucian, do you Know Lamont? I came here because of his text message."
She smiled and said, "Miss Anderson, I sent the text message."
"You sent it? Why did you pretend to be Lamont?" Paige asked in surprise.
"I didn't pretend to be him. He called me and asked me to send you a message," Lucian explained.
"You know him?"
"Yes, I know him, and I even know why you are looking for him, She did not hide anything.
"Are you in trouble now? Did Liam reveal his cunning plans and hurt you? You were isolated and helpless, so you remembered
Madam Natalie's words and looked for Lamont with the clues she left for you, right?"
"How did you know?" Paige was extremely shocked.
"Because I know that Liam is not a good person. I know that he would reveal his evil character sooner or later. I know that he
would do horrendous things to you and Madam Natalie!"
She gasped for breath and continued saying, "Miss Anderson, I know that you will be very unhappy when you hear how I talk
about Liam, but I have to tell you some things. You won't know how terrible he is if you haven't experienced it yourself."

If Liam didn't have a mistress and an illegitimate daughter, and if he had not taken actions against her, Paige would have been
furious at Lucian for running her mouth and ruining their father-daughter relationship.
Instead, she listened calmly to her scolding without any emotion now.
She looked at her very calmly and replied, "I'm not unhappy. So, can you tell me what you know, Aunt Lucian?"
"Of course. Let's start with why I left Madam Natalie. Miss Anderson, you were still young then, so you probably don't know why I
left the Anderson family, do you?"
Paige nodded. "Yes, I don't know, and my mother never mentioned it either."
"This is all Liam's fault. He set me up! I was already following your mother when he and your mother first got together. Your
mother was a beautiful and noble person who was gentle and kind, but Liam was nothing compared to her. He was a cunning
man who wanted her for her status and wealth, and he could do nothing other than being mean and shameless! I was highly
against their relationship, but I was in a low position, so I could not control your mother's decisions. Therefore, I could only watch
your mother marry him without being able to do anything."
Lucian sighed, "I had been secretly observing him after your mother married Liam. I always felt that he was evil and had some
ulterior motives. At that time, your mother had always been in charge of the company and I was the one assisting her. He
couldn't interfere with the company, so he schemed against me instead."
"How did he scheme against you?"
"A contract. When I went to sign the contract, Liam asked someone to drug my drinks and changed the contract when I was
unconscious. Your mother lost a lot of money because of it, and I always blamed myself for it. I told your mother about my
suspicions about Liam, but she didn't believe that he would be so mean and shameless, and she thought that I was making it up
instead. I gave up and left the Anderson family after I saw that it was useless to persuade her."
Paige thought for a moment after hearing her story and asked, "Did my mother ask you to stay?"
"No, she did not! She gave me a very high wage of dismissal fee instead." Lucian replied.

"Why didn't she ask you to stay?" Paige continued to ask.
"I don't know, perhaps she thinks that I'm not suitable to be her assistant? I've always had a problem with Liam, so she probably
felt uncomfortable being stuck in the middle," Aunt Lucian laughed at herself.
"Do you hate my mother?" Paige asked again.
"I don't hate her, but it's her fault! I don't have any evil intentions towards her and everything I do and say is for her sake.
However, she chose to disregard all of that and stuck up for Liam instead. I would be lying if I said that I didn't blame her."
Lucian didn't avoid the question at all, "However, I couldn't blame her at all when 1 knew that she had passed away. I regretted
my actions now that I see you here. After all, things might have not turned out like this if I had gone back to look for her."
Paige frowned, "What do you mean?"
"I mean that your mother might not have passed away so early," Lucian said with a remorseful expression.
"She handed the company over to Liam to manage later as she had no credible assistants around her. She must have been
shocked if she had found out about Liam's true intentions. As someone who likes to bottle things up, no one could help her as
there was no one around for her to complain and talk to. This should be the main reason why she fell sick."
"Is that so?" Paige frowned after listening to Lucian's words. Her mother had been in good health, but everything gradually went
downhill. However, they never found anything wrong with her when she went for an inspection in the hospital.
She passed away very suddenly. They had even gone shopping before it happened, and she had been in good spirits at that
time.
However, those good moments did not last long. She suddenly fell ill at home and passed away after being sent to the hospital
for two days.
She had never suspected the cause of her mother's illness and thought that it was an accident. However, after listening to

Lucian's story and thinking about Isabella and her daughter, could it be that her mother's disease was triggered once she had
found out about Liam's affair?