Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon novel Chapter 373

Suzan glanced at her father, testing the waters. “Dad, is that guy really rich?”

“Rich?” Shepard gave a dry chuckle. “He’s in the top ten of the global billionaire rankings. That’s not just rich—that’s unimaginably wealthy.”

He went on, “Lyman can’t even compare to Lionel. Because Bancroft has three sons, the shares are split up. But Lionel? He owns The Harper Group outright—seventy percent of the whole thing is his.”

Suzan blinked in disbelief. “So his net worth must be in the hundreds of billions?”

“Exactly.” Shepard nodded.

His own fortune, stacked up against Lionel’s, was like a drop in the ocean.

Suzan’s eyes sparkled, her mind racing with possibilities. If only she had that kind of money—she’d be set for life!

But Vera was the first to recover. “Honey, are you thinking straight?” she said, nudging Shepard. “You really believe that just because you find Effie, she’ll help you? Did you forget how she and that old woman humiliated you the last time you went looking for them?”

Shepard’s face clouded. He had remembered—and that was exactly why he hesitated now.

If Effie’s heart had been with him and Suzan, he would have told her about the family connection long ago.

Vera pressed on, “Effie’s doing just fine now—she doesn’t need us. The ones struggling are us! Look at Suzan, going through so much for the Lloyds, and have they even come to visit her once?”

“Why do you think that is?” Vera pinched herself hard, forcing out a few tears. “It’s because the Lloyd family thinks they’re better than us. They look down on your little business—on all of us.”