Chapter 243

Having spent years navigating the treacherous waters of the entertainment industry in her past life, Lucy White had seen all kinds of scheming and deceit.

Giselle Gould's petty schemes were transparent to her at a glance.

Since the woman had come looking for trouble, Lucy wasn’t about to hold back.

"Excuse me, ma'am, do I know you?" Lucy tilted her head, feigning confusion.

Giselle forced a saccharine smile. "I'm your aunt—your mother's own sister."

She deliberately raised her voice. "You can deny me, but surely you won't deny your own grandfather?"

Lucy gave her a once-over before bursting into laughter. "With a face like that, you dare claim kinship?"

Her gaze shifted to Winston Gould beside her. "My grandfather passed away long ago. My mother's last name is White. What does that have to do with the Goulds?"

Winston's face darkened instantly.

"Is this the fine daughter Grace White raised?" he thundered. "Cursing your elders—such insolence!"

Lucy arched a brow disdainfully. "My mother always said she had a mother but no father to speak of. And you, old man, have the nerve to lecture me about respect?"

"No wonder Giselle and her daughter are so shameless—it runs in the family!"

Suddenly, she gasped in mock realization. "Wait... could it be that you and your daughter have some unspeakable relationship?"

"After all, Giselle had no qualms seducing another woman's fiancé. What's seducing her own stepfather compared to that?"

"I heard you two walk around arm in arm, closer than most fathers and daughters."

Lucy dramatically covered her mouth. "Oh my! Is Fiona Von your illegitimate child?"

"No wonder you're handing the Gould Group to her—she carries your blood, even if her origins are... questionable."

Her words detonated like a bomb among the onlookers.

Whispers erupted instantly, and the crowd's gazes toward the Goulds shifted with suspicion.

Winston trembled with rage. "You—you vile creature! How dare you slander your elders!"

Giselle paled. "You little bitch! How dare you spread such lies!"

Lucy smirked. "Struck a nerve, did I?"

"When you drove my mother out of the family all those years ago... was it because she discovered your dirty secret?"

She turned to the crowd, raising her voice. "Tell me, what kind of father treats his own daughter like that?"

Giselle completely lost control, lunging at Lucy with claws bared. "I'll rip your lying mouth apart!"

Before she could get close, several security guards intercepted her.

Hunter Wilde stepped forward, his expression icy. "The Goulds' despicable behavior isn't welcome here at our auction house."

"Leave. Now."

Winston swayed, his vision darkening from sheer humiliation.

Never in his life had he been so thoroughly disgraced!