The Billionaire's True Heiress: From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 490

To keep anyone from bothering her, Claire put her phone on silent. She had no idea she’d just missed a small avalanche of calls from the Latham family.

Latham was almost bursting with pride after hearing that Claire had won the gold medal. He even watched her interviews online, beaming like he’d won himself. He just wanted her to come home for a nice dinner to celebrate.

But when Claire didn’t pick up his call, his mood turned dark. He convinced himself she was getting too full of herself now, ignoring him on purpose. He asked Octavia and Lance to give it a try too, but neither of them had any luck. No answer.

Latham’s face went from disappointed to downright furious.

Octavia tried to calm him down. “Latham, you can’t take it personally. She’s not really our daughter anymore. Of course she isn’t going to come running just because you say so.”

“She won a gold medal. Let her be proud for a change. She deserves it.”

Latham frowned, not buying it. Did a medal suddenly turn her into someone arrogant? “She’s gotten awards all her life and never acted like this.”

The girl who used to be so obedient had changed. But who was really to blame?

“She was our child back then,” Octavia said quietly. “Now, she isn’t. It’s just not the same.”

“She’s got her own family now. Maybe she wants to celebrate with them. I really think you should try not to overthink. She’ll call you back when she can.”

Still fuming, Latham canceled their restaurant reservation and told the chef at home to hurry up with dinner. What more could he do? Claire had grown up. She had her own opinions, her own life. He couldn’t control her anymore.

He let out a bitter breath. “This is all because of you and what you did before. Claire’s probably still hurt. Otherwise she’d never just ignore everyone like this.”

In his head, the problem was Octavia and Cindy, and now he was stuck dealing with the fallout.

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