
Chapter 1
As night fell in California, the Assex residence was filled with brilliant lights and cheerful voices.
Today marks the birthday of Madame Claire of the Assex family. Despite her age she was still the epitome of elegance and beauty. Even more remarkable, was the beauty and elegance of her two daughters.
One is considered the most beautiful in California, and the other is said to be the most handsome on its campus.
Countless men who had drooled because of their beauty took that chance, and came to wish Madame Claire a happy birthday.
"Mrs Claire, I present to you, the Pearl of the East Sea. Wearing it will help your flexibility.
Happy birthday to you!" "Madam, I present to you, a jade stick. May you be young and may all your wishes come true."
As the gifts were given to her one by one, an expression of joy could not be hidden on Madame Claire's face. He feels very happy.
Like a bolt of lightning, a young man wearing worn jeans rushed into the villa with a depressed face. She said to Madame Claire, "Mom, my mother is seriously ill and needs immediate attention. Can you lend me half a million dollars?"
Everyone was shocked and looked at the young man. Disappointment is seen on their faces. He had the courage to not only come empty-handed, but also to ask for half a million dollars from his hands.
Has he gone mad? A faint voice among the crowd asked, "Who is this person?"
A man in a suit arrogantly said, "Who else? Alex Rockefeller is the son-in-law of the Assex family. The useless husband of Lady Dorothy. She was just a husband by name, Lady Dorothy was a virgin. .
Otherwise, none of us would be here today!" The villa exploded with laughter as he finished his sentence.
A beautiful woman sitting on the sofa looked at Alex in disappointment. She is the wife of Alex, Lady Dorothy Assex. They have been married for almost a year, but Alex's status in the family is worse than the nanny's. He was never even allowed to enter his wife's room.
A year ago, on their wedding day, Alex's parents had a traffic accident. His father, William Rockefeller, was pronounced dead on the spot, his mother in a coma until now. Worse, his father is framed for corruption, and his company and all his property have been confiscated, Alex being evicted from the Rockefeller house.
A man who was once treated as a young prince turns into a nobody overnight. Naturally, her money-loving mother-in-law hated her very much. To pay her mother's medical bills, she had to sell the only house she owned under her legal ownership, and it was still not enough to pay the exorbitant costs incurred by her care.
She was just told by the hospital that she would have to immediately shell out half a million dollars for critical surgery, otherwise her mother would only have three days of life left.
Alex has run out of all other options, he has no choice but to come to ask the family for money. Seeing Alex pleading in despair, humiliating her in front of her guests on her birthday, Madame Claire's face flushed red in anger.
He took a piece of his birthday cake and threw it at Alex and said, "You're really trash, the only thing you know how to do is ask us for money every day. Do you think our money grows on trees?
Is it not enough to give you ten thousand dollars every month? How dare you come here begging for half a million rupiah? Your mother's medical expenses are like a bottomless pit. No need for surgery, just prepare the funeral already!"
Alex immediately released his tightly clasped hand
Lady Dorothy finally stood up and handed Alex some tissue, She then said, "Mom, you have to be more friendly about this, there's no need to be physical."
At this moment, Beatrice, Dorothy's younger sister, said cynically, "Sister, why are you still defending this trash?
See her. Has he donated a penny since he came to our family? Did he ever give us a gift? me and Mom?
There are many young, talented, and qualified men here today.
One of them is a thousand times better than him." The moment they heard Lady Beatrice Assex's words, all the young men couldn't wait to speak up.
"I agree Marrying this loser is really unfortunate for Lady Dorothy, it's much better to cancel the marriage immediately" one young man said.
"I'm willing to marry Lady Dorothy right away, I'll give you the dowry of a mansion in Beverly Hills worth thirty million dollars and twenty million dollars more in cash."
Someone else immediately shouted, "Thirty million dollar big house in Beverly Hills? It must be the cheapest house in the neighborhood! I'm willing to give you an eighty million dollar mansion in Beverly Hilis if you marry me, Lady Dorothy!"
Others shouted, "I, me, mel. As long as Lady Dorothy marries me, all of Jones's billions of Farmily assets will be yours."
Alex's face paled in embarrassment.
Dorothy's face also turned pale, She was depressed because of the words her mother had said next.
Mrs Claire was happy to see everyone offering a sky-high dowry for her daughter's wedding and said, "Gentlemen, please calm down and listen to what I have to say.
To be honest, my daughter Dorothy has recently been in trouble. And accidentally met Sir Gaston Gates of the Thousand Miles Corporation.
Sir Gaston threatened to stop our Construction Assex business.
"Whoever is willing and able to help Dorothy out of this mess, you got my blessing to marry off my daughter."
He did not mention that Sir Gaston had requested the assistance of Lacy Dorothy, otherwise he would have expelled the Assex family.
Alex was filled with anger and exclaimed loudly, "I disagree, Dorothy is my wife.."
Madame Claire slaps Alex in the face and says, "Who's your wife?
Don't you realize you're nobody? You have no right to speak."
He asked again, "Gentlemen, what did you say?" Upon hearing of Gaston Gates threat, everyone vying to marry Lady Dorothy changed their attitude drastically and did not say a word.
Thousand Miles Conglomerate is a leading company in California. Their assets are worth trillions of dollars. One word from the Gates family could make the world shake.
Even scarier is the fact that Lex Gunther, the owner of the Thousand Miles Conglomerate, known as Lord Lex is the Don of the California underworld, with unexpected powers and influences.
None of them were crazy enough to make enemies of the Thousand Miles Conglomerate just to marry Lady Dorothy.
Watching the total silence back then, Madame Claire's heart sank slightly in agitation.
Suddenly, someone said, "Alright, I'll settle this matter with Thousand Miles Conglomerate, and once it's done, I'll marry Lady Dorothy."