The Billionaire Ex-Wife and the Beggar He Became novel Chapter 476

The little girl spoke with such calm, yet such finality. She had endured pain that no one her age should ever have to, and she had been reborn from it. She had figured many things out. For one, her mother was the person who loved her most in the world, and that would never change.

As for her father…

"I'm giving 'Nicholson' back to you. I'm not a Nicholson anymore. My name is Perkins," Tiana said to Julian, then took Winona's hand and left.

The massive villa, once glittering and luxurious, was now a wreck. It was empty. If a man's wife and child were gone, what was a house but a pile of ruins?

As Julian watched Tiana get into Yves Prescott's car and drive away, tears streamed down his face. He cried out in a hoarse voice, "Tiana…" But she never looked back.

Shortly after they left, Frank arrived. Seeing the devastation and Julian drinking heavily by himself, he sighed and left without a word.

That afternoon, Janetta and Forrest Nicholson arrived. Sophie had called Janetta and told her everything. When Janetta saw Julian completely drunk, she broke down and wailed, "How did my son's home end up like this? Where's my granddaughter? How could she disown her own father? Where is Henrietta? I'm going to tear her limb from limb…"

"Stop wailing!" Her cries were grating on Julian's ears. He looked at his mother with drunken eyes. "Are you happy now that my family is destroyed? Is this the 'blessing' you promised? The 'good fortune' your perfect new daughter-in-law was supposed to bring?"

"Oh, my son…" Janetta's sobs grew more bitter. After a moment, she suddenly stood up, grabbed her husband Forrest, and stormed out.

Half an hour later, Janetta learned from the bodyguards tailing the Shepherds that Henrietta had been taken by her son Jason to a private orthopedic clinic.

The next day, after holding Felicity for twenty-four hours, the police released her due to insufficient evidence of fraud. As a disheveled Felicity emerged from the detention center, the first person she saw was Julian, waiting to pick her up.

Julian stared at her with sharp, cold eyes. "As the general manager of the retirement community project, were your procedures legal?"

Felicity froze. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"The first construction site in the Western Suburbs… it collapsed," Julian said.