“CHEAP MAN!” She Left Her Fiancé For Her Lover—Unaware He Was Heir To A $4B Empire
Chapter 4
Sophie had never expected Daniel to become a billionaire.
She had always assumed his father’s company would go to someone else.
Daniel had never talked about inheritance.
He had never shown off.
Never wore expensive watches.
Never talked about private jets.
She thought he was simply modest.
Now she realized she had been wrong.
Daniel owned the company she had always dreamed of entering.
She felt sick.
Adrian had become increasingly distant.
His attention changed once Daniel became chairman.
The luxury weekends continued.
But the affection didn’t.
One night, Sophie confronted him.
“Do you love me?”
Adrian smiled.
“Of course.”
“Then why do you barely talk to me?”
“I’m busy.”
“With Daniel?”
“With business.”
She frowned.
“You knew he was rich.”
“I knew his family was rich.”
“You said his father wouldn’t leave him the company.”
Adrian shrugged.
“People die.”
Sophie stared.
“You used me.”
Adrian laughed.
“You used yourself.”
She slapped him.
He grabbed her wrist.
“Don’t embarrass me.”
She pulled away.
“I hate you.”
“No.”
Adrian smiled.
“You hate that you chose wrong.”
Sophie left.
That night, she went to Daniel’s office.
He was still working.
When he saw her, his expression hardened.
“You shouldn’t be here.”
“I need to tell you something.”
“I already know enough.”
“No.”
She placed a file on his desk.
“This is Adrian’s real plan.”
Daniel opened it.
She had taken photographs of emails.
He read them.
Adrian planned to force Cole Global’s hotel division into financial distress, then buy it cheaply.
But there was something worse.
One of Daniel’s executives was helping him.
Sophie had discovered the plan after realizing Adrian never loved her.
He only wanted access.
Daniel looked up.
“Why help me?”
She swallowed.
“Because I was wrong.”
“That doesn’t answer me.”
“I thought you were cheap.”
She looked ashamed.
“I thought money was everything.”
Daniel remained silent.
“I hurt you because I thought you couldn’t give me the life I wanted.”
“And now?”
“Now I know you could have given me anything.”
Daniel closed the file.
“That’s exactly why I can’t trust you.”
Sophie nodded.
“I understand.”
She turned to leave.
“Wait.”
She stopped.
Daniel looked at the emails.
“Why is Adrian targeting this specific division?”
Sophie looked confused.
“I don’t know.”
Daniel studied the acquisition documents.
The hotel division had been losing money.
But there was one hidden asset.
Land.
Hundreds of acres.
A future development corridor.
The land alone could be worth several billion dollars.
Adrian wasn’t buying hotels.
He was buying land.
Daniel realized his father had known.
The next morning, Daniel uncovered a secret project.
His father had been quietly preparing to develop that land into a massive green infrastructure district.
If completed, it could create thousands of jobs.
Adrian wanted it for himself.
Daniel made a decision.
He would not sell.
He would build his father’s final project.
Then his lawyers delivered another surprise.
The land had been transferred into a special trust.
And the person named as its protector wasn’t Daniel.
It was someone else.
