Chapter 8
The crowd began murmuring among themselves when they heard that Miah was going to make an appearance soon.
heard that the eldest daughter of the Sampson family wasn’t good at anything and that she only spent 30 minutes on her exam yesterday?”
“Use that brain of yours, will you? Eliza only came to be after Dylan had dumped Mah’s mother back then. You saw the second daughter of the Sampson family just now, such poise and so pretty tool How could Miah, who had been lost for so many years, compare with her younger sister?”
But I’ve heard Bobby Gallagher seems to have taken a liking to her?”
Bobby Gallagher kes Mish? You have to be mistaken it’s more likely that he likes Eliza!“
Muhcast a rough glance over the ball from the top of the stairs just before she went down.
The guests who were here today were more or less the same as those from her previous life.
During the same banquet in her previous life, Dylan had invited a lecturer from Eastside University in advance to publicly announce that Eliza had scored the best out of all the admission candidates. The Sampsons then conveniently took advantage of the inheritance condition and logically gave the 10
million to Eliza
Sure enough that same lecturer was also here today
the same trust
s1.fund company agents hired by her mother in her previous life were also present
The agents were standing together and were very good–looking Standing slightly apart from the other guests, they were tall and had an elegance about
them that made them stand out as well
Among them was a major industry player that everyone was eager to sink their claws into
Lawrence Gentry.
Lawrence was said to be a genius at investing.
He was internationally regarded as a god in the stock market due to his ability to easily make several billion using the crocodile investment approach
“Bobby Gallagher may not be here today but Lawrence Gentry lat
The Sampson family is really something they were even able to invite Lawrence Gentry! I heard that all the shares he invests in grow like crazy! Just a Ittle bit of advice from him and your journey to financial freedom will no longer be just a dream..”
“Look, he’s over there!”
However, no one dared to approach him,” see him, but The Great Gentry has always kept his distance from strangers. Anyone who approaches him without permission will immediately be chased off by the assistant at his side…”
It was at this moment that someone made a revelation. “Theard that the reason Cawrence is here is related to the matter of the inheritance left by Dylan’s dead ex wife
Dylan’s dead ex-wife? Who’s that?”
That’s night, Lawrence was Miah’s mother’s younger brother
In other words, he was Miah’s uncle
In her previous life. Lawrence had recognised her immediately when she entered the hall,
And during the banquet, he had fought tooth and nail for what was rightfully hers
However, at that time, Miah had been brainwashed by the Sampsons into thinking that he was an unscrupulous businessman. And because she had believed the Sampson famly’s slanderous words, which led to her completely misunderstanding her uncle’s genuine intentions, she refused to cooperate with hem
Thus, all her mother’s hard–earned money went into Eliza’s and Holly’s pockets!
Miah’s delicate eyes hardened with frost at the thought of this.
Holding the rating as she descended the spiral staircase, she intentionally found an angle where the back of her neck would be in clear view of Lawrences direct line of sight.
Standing not far away, the usually composed Lawrence, who was ging instructions to his subordinates, was stunned when he saw the birthmark on Mah’s neck.
The Gentry family had four sons and only one daughter, Jasmin,
As time went by, neither of the four Gentry sons had gotten married as they were too busy with their careers.
Jasmin was the only one who had fallen in love with Dylan at fest sight and gave birth to Miah.
Jasmin’s four brothers all doted on the little niece as she was the sole newest member of the family
ater on, when they heard something had happened to Jasmin and that Mah had gone missing, they scoured the entire world but couldn’t find her
Now that she was back, they wouldnt wait to give her the world
As Miah walked down the final step, she heard the insincerely courteous Dylan say into the microphone,
Presenting my eldest daughter, Might
“So beautiful”
“She’s nothing like what the rumours say at all. On the contrary, she has a certain composure that Eliza lacks”
Congratulations, Mr. Sampson”
Mush was wearing a black gown today.
She was very tanned after having spent most of her time outdoors under the sun when she was younger. As it would take some time for her skin to revert back to its natural colour, she had deliberately worn a black dress because it wouldn’t dul her skin tone
Black war typically not an eye–catching colour, but on such an occasion where the majority of the women were dressed in either red or white, it made her stand out like a noble and elegant black swan. The other women all appeared to be overly adorned and unrefined in comparison.
Dylan and Holly exchanged glances with each other at this moment.
Seeing that it was the right time, Holly immediately addressed the Eastside University lecturer. “Ms. Barry, since we are already having such a joyous celebration today, why don’t you also share some good news with us!”
The results of Eastside University’s entrance examination had been released. The reason Holly had invited Barry Madden here today was for her to announce Miah and Eliza’s results in public as she wanted everyone to see that her daughter, Eliza, was truly the best
However, Barty appeared to be having a dilemma. 1 think it’s best to do this another time when there isn’t an audience.”
“Another time? Why? You’d only be adding to the celebration, Ms. Barry, so please announce Eliza and Miahis results!“.
Barry’s forehead was covered with cold sweat
Having heard about Eliza from one of her previous teachers, Barry had a good grasp of her charader and as such tried to dissuade Holly again. Tm afraid such a public announcement will only hurt your daughter’s self–esteem…
Contempt and disgust flashed across Holly’s eyes, having mistakenly thought that the “daughter” Barry was referring to was Miah.
Hurt her self–esteem? Why would that matter? Shell be fine, so just say ”
Eliza, who had been standing to the side, was so excited that she was quivering all over.
1 can finally wipe away my past humiliation she rejoiced internally.
After enduring for so many days, she was going to grind Miah’s dignity into the ground.
“Just wait and see, Miah is an idiot! Not only is she poor, but she’s also stupid! I am the sole daughter of the Sampson family!” Elza proclaimed to her classmates around her
“That right, Eliza’s the best”
“Anyone can tell that Miah is a dunce with one glance. So what if she’s a little good–looking?”
“She’s just Eliza’s stepping stonel What right does she have to compete with Eliza?”
Barry produced two result slips and prepared herself to do as Holly insisted.
“Eliza Sampson, total score: 432 marks,” she announced first
Everyone in the hall was shocked.
*She got 432 on a paper that is worth 500 marks! With results like that, she can enter any of the nation’s top universities!”
“Hey Mr Sampson, your daughter is so good at her studies!”
“Congratulations! It’s a blessing to have such an excellent daughter!”
“Ek is outstanding ”
Everyone in attendance at Grandma Sampson’s birthday banquet today knew that Eliza was Dylan’s favourite daughter.
In spite of there being a highlight of Miah’s reunion with the family earlier on
As such, they began sucking up to Eliza
Not too far away. Lawrence’s gaze was as cold as ice as he stared at Eliza and Holly
“Oh, my dearest granddaughter is really amazing Grandma Sampson piped up
“God really has blessed us Sampsona by giving us such an amazing granddaughter like Eliza?”
“Look at how outstanding your sister is, Miah! We have to send her abroad to the best university for her postgraduate studies
It had begun.
The Sampsons were flaunting Eliza’s potential in front of so many people.
To ensure that Miah would definitely relinquish her inheritance to Eliza under the threat of being on the receiving end of everyone’s moral judgement.
