Chapter 235 Scheming schemers
A few months had passed by in a blink since Rose’s surgery.
Lester and Rose continued to scheme against each other while playing dumb.
Rose had only one kidney. In the months during her recovery, she had the flu and some stomach problems.
Moreover, she continued to hire private investigators to track down the doctor who had scammed her.
Lester had to agree to keep up the pretense. So, he continued to give her large sums of money.
Rose was amassing all the money to prepare for her exit plan. She and Romeo had already bought a small villa and put it under Romeo’s name to avoid suspicions. There’s where Romeo stayed these days. They had already squared away some loose cash and created FDs for later.
Neither of them knew anything about business or stocks. So, they could not invest in shares.
But one day, Romeo overheard someone talking about a large piece of land in the suburbs close to a lake. Rumor was – Smith Group was planning to build an amusement park less than a mile from there.
Everyone predicted that its price would skyrocket by the following year.
Many investors clamored to buy that land, even paying 10x the price.
Romeo could not resist the temptation. He told Rose about it, but she was afraid it might be a trap.
They tracked down the owner and spied on him for a few days. On seeing him getting approached by multiple people throughout the day, they confirmed the legitimacy of the situation.
Finally, Rose could not resist her greed, and they leased their villa to collect all the money needed for the purchase.
Romeo went to the man and spent many days persuading him to sell the land.
He offered a higher price than most people and finally convinced him.
They did not waste any time in sealing the deal.
Romeo and Rose celebrated their victory in a small club.
On the other hand, Lydia continued her life as usual. She was not smart enough to see the stiffness and competition between Lester and Rose. She continued to socialize and spend money without doing anything productive.
Lester was getting increasingly sick.
He knew it was Rose’s trick, but he could not do anything to her. He even had to spend large sums of money almost every week to pay for the phony investigators.
He panicked when hospitalized for failing organs. He was not old enough to have multiple organ failures.
As he lay there, he suddenly thought of Liliana. She was his biological daughter. She would donate her organs if required.
Thinking of this, he relaxed a lot.
Besides, he had his backup plan ready. His properties abroad were developing well, and his house was well managed. Ready to move at any time.
He even found a young woman abroad who was infatuated with him.
Emily was knocked out by her step-sister and sent to a club. She was being forced and was clearly out of her depth.
She seemed unaware of most things and looked like someone who had never been to a pub or had a drop of alcohol. She continued to recite holy texts and implored everyone to behave.
Lester had pitied her and saved her.
She had been smitten with him ever since.
Emily thought that Lester was her guardian angel. She thought he was an old bachelor with no family who had saved her out of pity.
Lester let her work in his house and manage it.
He would have time to play with her after he settled his issues.
Lester focused on recuperating.
He had most things ready. He was waiting for his son to come back.Content © copyrighted by NôvelDrama.Org.
He would ultimately win, and Leon would roll over his grave, regretting the moment he had decided to pass some of his assets to Anne and Liliana rather than handing everything to him.