Chapter 131 – Twisted Fate of a Billionaire’s Daughter Undercover

At that point, Nathaniel would express how sorry he was and then say all the nice words to soothe the Ramos family.

As these thoughts ran through his mind, Nathaniel broke into a smile.He beckoned for Carl to come close.

“Contact the media.Ask them to spread the tumor that Gordon has asked Keenan to give up the land that Ashlyn was interested in.Devin is good at turning public opinion in his favor.We’ll show him that we can do it too.”

“I’ll get on it right away.Anything else?” Carl asked.

Nathaniel waved his hand.He was sure that, when everything fell into place, Ashlyn would never be able to marry anyone else.

Carl had been spot on when he predicted Jenifer’s possible actions.

After she left Nathaniel’s study, Jenifer went straight to her room with the bottle.

She was very uncomfortable with the whole thing and she badly needed to confide in someone.

Nathaniel had practically asked her to drug Ashlyn, but she did not want to do it at all.

Knowing Nathaniel, she knew that he would not take kindly to his orders getting flouted.

Jenifer began to think of a possible solution to this dilemma she had found herself in.

After a while, it finally occurred to her to tell Gordon, so she picked her phone and called him.

When Gordon saw his mother calling him, he frowned.

At first, he didn’t want to pick it, but he changed his mind and answered it.

“Mom, what is it?” he asked impatiently.

“Gordon, please listen to me.I have something important to tell you.You and Ashlyn—”

But Gordon cut her off before she could land.

“Mom, I don’t want to talk about this now.I have a meeting to attend.Talk later.Bye.”

Jenifer’s face fell when she heard the beep that signified that the connection had been cut.

Her son did not want to listen to her at all! Who then would she turn to? After that painful snub, Jenifer became almost like a ghost.

In fact, she became so depressed that Denise noticed it and she approached her one day to find out.

“Mom, you’ve not been yourself for some days now.What’s wrong? Did Dad’s mistress confront you again?”

Denise had a strong disgust for Leon’s mistress.

What annoyed her most was the fact that the woman always shamelessly flaunted her relationship with Denise’s father.

The more Denise thought about it, the angrier she became.

“Don’t worry.I’ll deal with that bitch myself.By the time I’m done with her, she’ll never think of bothering you again.”

Before Denise could march off to go deal with her father’s mistress, Jenifer grabbed her hand and held her in place.

“Stop acting rashly, Denise.It has nothing to do with her.”

“Then why have you been looking so sad day after day?” Jenifer sighed.She had no choice but to tell her daughter the real reason for her depression.

Denise was stunned.

“Wait, Mom.Do you mean Grandpa asked you to drug Ashlyn?”

But Jenifer quickly put her hand over her mouth to shut her up.

“Stop saying it out loud for everyone to hear! Your grandpa told me very clearly that I must not tell anyone!”

“Wow.So, is Grandpa that desperate to have Ashlyn back in the family?”

Jenifer didn’t respond, but Denise could tell it meant yes.

Before Jenifer could stop her, Denise took the bottle from the dressing table.

“Mom, you can’t drug her.If you do it, Gordon and Ashlyn will hate you forever.But don’t worry.I’ll take care of it.All you have to do is ask Betty out and then tell me about it.”

With that, Denise ran out of the room with the bottle to prevent her mother from getting it back.

Looking at Denise’s retreating figure, Jenifer began to regret telling her about it.

In the manager’s office at Fairway Group “Miss Ramos, Jenifer Jones has asked to see you again.”

Hearing Talia’s words, Ashlyn raised her eyebrows and said, “I’m busy.”

She wondered what the Jones family was up to.

Gordon and Denise no longer bothered her.

Now, it was Jenifer.

This was the second time that Jenifer had asked to see her.

Even though Ashlyn had been her daughter-in-law for three long years, that was all in the past now.

Since she had divorced Gordon, there was no need for her to meet with his mother.

Talia nodded, but she didn’t leave.

Seeing that Talia was still in her office, Ashlyn raised her eyebrows questioningly.

“Is there anything else?”

“The land in the north of the city is currently the most trending topic on social media.”

Ashlyn was surprised.

“Wow.That’s a good thing.It’s free publicity, you know.”

But Talia didn’t look as happy as her boss was.

Apparently, she had more to say.

“Many people are beginning to question how you got the land.They’re saying Gordon asked Keenan to give up the land and gave him a project as compensation.”

“There’s nothing to worry about.It was true,” Ashlyn said with a careless shrug.

The rumor peddlers had gotten tired of spreading the news about actors, so they paid attention to Ashlyn.

Either way, Ashlyn didn’t give a damn.She liked the free publicity.

It would help to put the project she had in mind in the spotlight, which would save her a lot of expenses in terms of hiring publicists.

Seeing that Ashlyn was not concerned about the matter, Talia let it drop and didn’t bring it up again.But in her mind, she felt the Jones family was behind this.

A few days ago, after Gordon and Devin had apologized to Ashlyn for their fight on her father’s birthday, the public preferred Devin and urged Ashlyn to choose him.But now, more and more people chose Gordon over Devin.

Who else could it be behind this than the Jones family? If Talia could figure it out so easily, Ashlyn could, too.She just didn’t care.

After all, she would never allow the internet to influence her life.

After the news was exposed, people began to talk about the love and hate between Gordon and Ashlyn again.

Aiken, who had also been following the matter like everyone else, felt that Gordon was getting smarter.

It was only after he called to congratulate him that he found that Gordon had no idea about the rumors.

After he got off the phone with Aiken, Gordon’s face became gloomy like a horizon with storm clouds hanging over it.

Just then, Lowell walked in.

Finding his boss in such a mood, he stood there, wondering whether to come back at a better time or just talk to him.But eventually, he summoned up the courage to do the latter.

“Mr.Jones?”

Gordon looked up and noticed Lowell’s presence.

But instead of asking what he wanted, he simply got up and said, ‘I’m going home.I’ll be back in the afternoon.”

After saying that, Gordon walked out of the office.

Lowell just stood there, unable to say anything.

The look on Gordon’s face and the tone of his voice were clear indications that it was not the safest of times to talk to him.

Lowell could only stand there and watch him leave.

Throughout the journey to the villa, Gordon’s face remained gloomy.He was very far from happy.

Immediately he heard about the rumor currently making the rounds, he knew that it was most likely his grandfather who had ordered Carl to spread it.

When he remembered what Ashlyn had said to him a few days ago, Gordon still felt the sting.

It was like a slap in his face.He wished he could forget it, but he just couldn’t.

Gordon stopped at the traffic lights and was so carried away by his thoughts that he didn’t notice when the lights turned green.

But he was jerked back to reality by the loud honking from the cars behind him.He shook his head to clear off the cobwebs from his brain and then stepped on the gas.

Less than half an hour later, he arrived at his grandfather’s place.

The butler was surprised to see him since no one had been expecting him.

The time of the day, too, was not a usual time for a visit from Gordon.

“Mr.Jones,” he greeted nonetheless.

But Gordon’s only response was a glance at him before he walked straight into the villa, his face still as gloomy as ever.

By the time Gordon walked in, Carl was informing Nathaniel about how people were responding to the rumor.

But noticing Gordon’s sudden presence, Nathaniel signed to Carl to stop.He had not called for his grandson, so why was he here?

“Gordon, why are you here and by this time?” he asked in his usual direct manner.

“Grandpa,” Gordon greeted with a frown.

The next thing he did was to walk up to Nathaniel and practically confront him.

“You got someone to spread the rumor online, right?”

“So, is that why you came here? To challenge me?” Nathaniel growled, his face getting darker.

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