Chapter 73: Chapter 73

Mrs. Xavier slammed the table in anger and stood up, "You’re simply too much!"

Paige Sterling didn’t care how furious Mrs. Xavier was and continued, "I’ve fallen for someone, but with my status, getting close to him is really hard. So, I had no choice but to start with Austin Xavier, after all..."

She paused, "That person is Austin Xavier’s father, a man wealthier and more charming than Austin."

Paige wore a look of infatuation, "I just love mature men who are elegant and witty."

She didn’t doubt for a second that Paige was joking. After all, online gossip about Paige usually involved older men.

So maybe Paige wasn’t after her son but was eyeing her husband.

That old man might not be a big deal, but she had held the position of Mrs. Xavier for so many years; she couldn’t let some vixen compete with her son for the family fortune.

Mrs. Xavier was shaking in rage at Paige’s shamelessness, pointing at her but unable to speak. Get full chapters from 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽

"You’re disgraceful!"

She almost wanted to tear this woman apart at that moment.

After a good while, Mrs. Xavier took a deep breath, "Fine, tell me, what else do you want?"

Paige, "Mrs. Xavier, don’t take it like that. I’m not someone so materialistic; it’s just for love."

Paige went full drama queen, "I will not compromise for my love, even if you give me a billion, I will not submit!"

Mrs. Xavier, "You truly are greedy, wanting a billion? Wishful thinking, I’ll give you at most a million!"

Paige picked up the check from the table, "A million is all you want to offer me? So, this check with any amount you want written on it was just a trick to deceive me?"

Come to think of it, if Paige can twist men into starting companies for her, it’s obvious that a million can’t satisfy her appetite.

Mrs. Xavier almost had a heart attack from the frustration, took another deep breath, this time pulling out a check for ten million.

"Only ten million, no more. I advise you to take it and leave quickly, or else you’ll end up with nothing!"

Mrs. Xavier thought Paige would continue pretending to be aloof, but who knew Paige would nod immediately.

Taking the check, she said, "Mrs. Xavier, rest assured. I always keep my word; from now on, I’ll definitely keep my distance from your son and won’t approach your husband!"

Paige happily left with the check.

After all, this was given to her by Mrs. Xavier herself, so it shouldn’t count as fraud, right?

Julian Hawthorne was waiting for her at the door; seeing her with a check, he knew what she’d done.

When she got in the car, he patted her head, "Happy to cause trouble?"

He was almost suspecting he had gotten himself a little swindler; she wouldn’t miss any chance to target someone else’s wallet.

Paige squinted her eyes with a smile.

Who knew Austin Xavier could be so useful?

Seeing Paige leave the café, turn, and get into a luxury car, Mrs. Xavier was once more fuming to the point of spatting blood.

Turns out her son wasn’t Paige’s only target, this woman sure had some capabilities.

Paige kept her word and blocked all means of contact with Austin Xavier.

Just when Austin thought their relationship had eased after that rear-end incident, he discovered Paige had blocked him.

Austin’s face turned green with anger and went to find Paige.

As soon as Paige saw him, she hid far away.

Austin exclaimed with a grim look, "Paige, what do you mean by this? Am I some plague that you have to avoid me ?"

"Austin Xavier, don’t come looking for me anymore, stay away from me."

"What do you mean? Didn’t you say you’d wipe the slate clean last time? Are you playing me?"

Paige helplessly said, "Because your mom came to me, told me to stay away from you, and never look for you again. She even gave me ten million, and for ten million, I agreed with your mom."

His mom surely misunderstood.

And Paige actually did such a thing for ten million.

"Paige, you would really do anything for money!"

"Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of person I am. Congratulations on finally seeing me clearly!"

Having been made furious by Paige, Austin went home with a bad complexion.

Seeing Mrs. Xavier sitting on the sofa reading a magazine, he asked, "Mom, did you go find Paige?"

Mrs. Xavier raised an eyebrow indifferently, "So what, did she complain to you?"

She stood up and said, "Young girls today are really good at two-facedness, agreed with me not to tell you, and then immediately runs to you to complain. Son, can’t you see? This kind of woman knows that with me around, she can’t have a chance to marry into a wealthy family, so she’s trying to drive a wedge between us! This kind of troublemaker is not worth it."

She already knew Paige would probably try to garner sympathy with Austin.

Mrs. Xavier was prepared; once she revealed that Paige had taken her check, Paige would be completely out of the picture.

"Anyway, I will absolutely not agree with you being with that sort of actress," Mrs. Xavier said, full of disdain, "Women in the entertainment industry, who knows how many men they’ve slept with..."

"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about!" Austin couldn’t take it anymore and interrupted Mrs. Xavier, "Mom! That’s Paige!"

Hearing her tone, Austin could tell how his mom had been like in front of Paige.

No wonder Paige tricked her for money.

"I know she’s Paige," seeing her son shout at her, Mrs. Xavier was even more disgusted with Paige.

Austin then said, "She’s Uncle Sterling’s daughter, Paige Sterling! The heiress of VastReach Group, Paige Sterling!"

Mrs. Xavier’s expression suddenly froze, "What did you just say?"

Austin couldn’t be bothered to say more, leaving Mrs. Xavier to digest it herself.

Mrs. Xavier took a while to react, "You never told me this!"

To be honest, she only saw Paige twice when she was little, hadn’t seen her for years, even forgot her name, how could she have known that the Paige in the entertainment industry was Jared Sullivan’s daughter Paige Sterling?

Now remembering the things she said to Paige earlier, her cheeks were burning.

She was hoping Paige could marry into the Xavier family. Jared Sullivan only had this one daughter; whoever married Paige would be marrying into the entire Sterling family.

The Xavier family had discussed marriage alliances several times, Jared Sullivan seemed to have pushed back due to reservations.

She knew it was because, as a child, Paige was scared by witnessing her punish a mistress at the Xavier’s house.

After that, Paige almost never came to the Xavier’s house, and if she saw her, she would avoid her.

Now, after such an incident, Paige obviously wouldn’t like her as a mother-in-law.

Mrs. Xavier was furious, this time she shot herself in the foot, why didn’t she properly investigate before going to find Paige?

Furthermore, Paige, even knowing she misunderstood, never clarified from beginning to end and still took ten million from her.

She had been savvy her whole life, how did she fall into this trap today?