My Flirtacious Husband novel Chapter 717

Chapter 717 A Heavy Price

Lilian Helt was the daughter of Byron, the thirty-third patriarch of the Helt family of Dartan.

She was also Jack's ex-wife.

Throughout Genevieve's four-year stay in Dartan, Jack never wanted her to find out about the Helt family and Lilian. She had never even seen a photograph of the latter.

With skin so fair it looked snow-white, Lilian was more beautiful than Genevieve had imagined.

The purity of her ancient family's blood granted her the right to haughtily look down on the rest of the world, with her ethereal loveliness out of reach for most mortal men.

Though Genevieve was confidently aware of her own beauty, she nevertheless felt insecure standing before Lilian.

After regaining her composure, Genevieve walked toward Lilian when she suddenly realized that her host was wheelchair-bound. Despite being clad in a long, white dress, the absence of a carpet over her lap revealed a glint of black metal protruding from the hem of her skirt.

Genevieve's footsteps faltered, though she quickly retracted her gaze. However, Lilian's sharp eyes caught her in the act.

Instead of displaying any sign of dejection, she pulled apart her skirt to reveal a pair of cold, black prosthetic legs. “Though I survived my self-induced car accident, my legs had been so mangled that they had to be amputated. I only wear my prosthetics to feel less empty underneath when I wear a dress.”

Genevieve pursed her lips and said nothing. Instead, she turned to the bar for some cups and brewed some coffee. She placed one of the cups before Lilian.

Amidst the ensuing silence, the steam rose steadily from the cups as the fragrance of coffee enveloped the room.

Unfortunately, it did not occur to her that her maid had been under Jack's employ.

During Lilian's convalescence at the hospital, her maid confiscated her phone and lied that her father had called and asked if she was well.

As a result, she had missed several urgent phone calls from her father regarding the tumultuous changes that were happening outside.

Lilian noticed something amiss about her maid upon returning home. Only after demanding her phone back did she realize that Jack had gained total control of Helt Corporation with the help of outside forces.

The shareholders and the executives had been culled en masse through his cruel measures. Unable to accept the harsh reality, her father leaped off a skyscraper to his death.