?Chapter 349:


    Katrina’s frustration boiled over. She nced toward Alexander’s room, the door firmly closed since he had returned home.


    An uneasy thought crept into her mind. Ever since Alexander had moved in, he seemed to pay little attention to Joyce.


    Yet, whenever Dani was in the living room, Alexander suddenly made himself present.


    Was he here for Joyce, or was it for Dani?


    Katrina’s fists clenched tightly, her nails pressing into her palms.


    Her eyes narrowed, dark with determination.


    No one would stand in the way of her daughter’s happiness.


    Caiden and Katrina spent the entire day glued to their phones, eagerly awaiting the three hundred million Cedric had promised to appear in their ount.


    They called the bank repeatedly, hounding them for updates on the transfer.


    They stared at their phones, obsessively refreshing the bnce page, doing nothing all day but waiting for that transfer notification.


    Across the room, Dani watched them with a smile that was cold and indifferent, as if she found their behavior amusing.


    As night fell and the money still hadn’te through, Katrina’s frustration reached its breaking point. Unable to hold back any longer, she stormed to the door, determined to confront Cedric as he returned home.


    “Cedric, you’re a man of great wealth and influence, yet I never thought you’d go back on your word.”


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    Cedric had just returned from a meeting. His brow furrowed at the sight of her, and his gaze darkened with irritation.


    Beneath his calm exterior, fury simmered, and he spoke coldly, “Are you out of your damn mind?”


    The money had already been transferred from Cedric’s personal ount; there was no reason it shouldn’t have arrived. Earlier that day, the bank had assured him the transaction would bepleted by morning, and Cedric had trusted their word.


    Now, with another meeting looming in just thirty minutes, he was running out of time—and patience. The Harper family’s nonsense was thest thing he wanted to deal with. Just seeing them made his fists clench in frustration.


    He brushed past Katrina and made his way inside.


    Katrina instinctively stepped forward to block him once more, but then she saw Dani sitting in the living room, ying games, and froze in her tracks.


    Katrina realized that Cedric’s forced politeness towards them was driven solely by his rtionship with Dani.


    If they pushed him too far and angered him, they might not get a penny.


    To Katrina and Caiden, it didn’t matter who had been there for Dani in her childhood.


    What mattered now wasn’t the past. What mattered was getting the money into their ount to secure their own luxurious lives. Katrina gave Caiden a quick, calcting look.


    Caiden hurried after Cedric up the stairs and into his room. Once inside, he forced a grin and handed Cedric his phone, disying his bank ount details.


    “I really didn’t want to trouble you, but the money hasn’te through yet.”


    Cedric opened his mouth to speak when a knock echoed at the door. Dani leaned casually against the doorframe, her cool eyes locking with Cedric’s.


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