The Heiress

Chapter 95

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Chaeyoung ended up spending lots of time with Claire. Of course, the latter had already put back her disguise. After all, it was still day time. They didn't want others to have any suspicions.

Now, that Chaeyoung was already aware of Claire's struggles, Chaeyoung decided to cancel her trip to Luxembourg. She immediately asked, Jennie, to offer an apology to the Prime Minister's assistant, who sent the invitation.

However, no matter how much Chaeyoung asked Claire for more details, the latter was tight-lipped. She would not budge and would only say that Chaeyoung did not need to know more of those things.

For Claire, Chaeyoung was the most important person, more important than her own life. She did not want her to become more aware of the secrets that she had been keeping.

When Chaeyoung started asking about the Vercello Family, Claire just informed her that her grandmother was not aware that Claire was alive, so they were eyeing Chaeyoung right now. She also informed her daughter that every Matriarch of the Vercello family should marry the person that the elders wanted them to.

That piece of information made Chaeyoung and Lisa wonder if the Vercello Family had already made their move and sent someone for Chaeyoung. Of course, guessing things like that was useless, since no one was aware of the real competence of that family.

According to Claire, the Vercello Family was highly secretive about their rules and system. That was the main reason they could rule the underground in Western countries. Every criminal group in the West, be it big or small, respected and feared that family.

She had also told Chaeyoung that the Lee Family was the only family that could rival the Vercello Family's influence. In fact, in the black market, the Lee Family was known as 'the Vercello of the East'.

The Lee Family was also the reason the Vercello Family found it hard to spread their influence to the Eastern countries.

"So the Lee and Vercello Families…" Chaeyoung muttered. "Do you think my grandmother is aware that I am from the Lee Family?"

"I am not sure." She shrugged. "I honestly don't know anything, other than father knows, about the Vercello Family. When I was in the black market, working for the military, I was not able to find out anything about them. Their members, their headquarters, nothing. As if they don't exist at all."

"So... how do they make their presence known?" Lisa asked, pondering how she could find out more about that dangerous family.

"They usually use other gangs to do their dirty work. That's all I know." Claire answered. "Everyone knows that your grandmother is the current Matriarch, but no one has ever seen her. No one knows how she looks like."

"You mean, we don't even know if she is alive?" Chaeyoung asked, full of disbelief. An organization that was like a ghost. How was she supposed to know if she was already talking to one?

Claire stared at Chaeyoung, unable to answer her question. To be honest, she also did not know anything about her mother's organization.

"Don't tell me that you haven't seen grandmother once?" Chaeyoung asked.

In response, Claire shook her head. "Not even once… When I was in the military… no one knows my identity. Except for Henry Lee.. we uh… we have some history and he accidentally found out about it. He is a very smart person. He was able to put two and two together."