“What?”
Mr Clark and the other members were shocked at the bodyguard’s words.
Even Rhiannon herself was surprised when she heard how much they earned as she never thought that Octavius was so rich that he could pay them that amount.
Nonetheless, she didn’t dare show her surprise as it would be others suspicious of her and she couldn’t let them be.
She was aware that some of them pretended to be friendly to her as they had seen her bodyguards' true strength and didn’t want to cross her.
“What? Rhiannon! How can you pay them so much money? Where do you even get that kind of money?” Mr Clark angrily and in disbelief.
The money he believed that Rhiannon paid them was so generous that he wondered where the latter always got her money from as he really gave her money.
“Why do you need to know?” Rhiannon asked as she raised her eyebrows as she didn’t care about the curious eyes on her.
“Why do I need to know? I am your father! How can I not know how much money you got? What if you are doing something illegal out there?” Mr Clark asked in a displeased tone but Rhiannon chuckled when she heard his words.
“Do you think so low of me, Dad? I understand that to you, Kaylee is your only daughter but you have no right to say such things about me! My mother never did anything illegal thus why do you think that I will do something illegal?” Rhiannon asked coldly making the man stunned.
Even those who had doubted her felt ashamed. Each of them knew that Rhiannon adored her mother and always wanted to be like her. To follow her mother’s footsteps and achieve her mother’s dream.
“But where did you get so much many?” Mr Clark asked as he didn’t want to give up.
Rhiannon looked at him straight in his eyes as she wanted to see through him.
“My mom was a rich woman, do you think that she can leave everything to you and nothing to her precious daughter? Her baby whom she carried for nine months and has her blood running in her veins?” Rhiannon asked with a smirk as she wanted her father to be envious of her.
Mr Clark sighed in relief when he heard her words but at the same time, he felt uncomfortable knowing that the latter had more than him and he was the father.
“Rhiannon, does that mean that you are a billionaire?” one of the shareholders asked curiously.
Rhiannon glanced at the woman and then at her father. When she saw the dark look on his face, she knew what he was thinking and smiled inwardly.
“I don’t know about. After all, my aunt is the one who always gave me some monthly allowances and because I wanted to make dad and mom proud, I always invested it as I knew that I was the future president. I started paving the way for myself that time,” she answered innocently but they were all happy with her.
Not many heirs and heiress would do such a thing. If they were given the money, they would use it in limited edition bags, outfits, jewels, and even cars. But when they looked at Rhiannon, they somehow felt pity for her and at the same time, they were guilty that they kept pressing her on working extremely hard.
“Mr Clark, you really have a promising daughter! I wish that I had such a daughter as I would even retire in peace,” one of the men said as he stared at Mr Clark causing the others to nod their heads agreeing with them.
Mr Clark flashed the man a smile but deep down, he was confused and didn’t know what to say or do.
He remembered that Kaylee would always ask for money for shopping while Rhiannon always locked herself up in her room or the music room. When one requested for designed clothes, Rhiannon would always request for some books she had come across or heard of.
When Kaylee was given her allowances, Rhiannon would just smile at them and seemed to be happy for Kaylee but at this moment, he couldn’t help but ask himself whether what Rhiannon always showed on the service was her true self or was she just pretending.
“It’s good to invest and earn a lot of money but I don’t think that it is necessary for you to employ bodyguards and pay them so much,” Mr Clark said as he didn’t want to ask Rhiannon for forgiveness although he was the one at fault.
Rhiannon felt a sharp pain pierce her heart. Although she wanted to stay away from her family and start a new life, there was still some softness every time she saw her father but the man always ended up ruining her happy mood.
“It's my own money, Dad! I worked for it. Never taken a penny from you. Or have I ever asked you for it? Okay, I have but you always came up with excuses so you cannot give it to me. Or Kaylee would see that I don’t need it as Aunty always gave me more than a million in a month. How can it be the same? That’s my aunt and you are my father! I always looked up to both you and Mom but what did you do? Of all the people present, you have no right to criticize me!” Rhiannon said coldly as she stared at him.
“Also, I am more than 20 years thus I am regarded as an adult. Have a husband thus everything that belongs to me will always be my husband’s and vice versa,” Rhiannon added.
“Rhiannon, just because you have some money and think that they can do anything in the world doesn’t mean that you are more clever than me! I am your father and have lived twice your years thus I have seen how the world works,” Mr. Clark said trying to use the money to make Rhiannon fire the guards and he would hire them.
“I know what is on your head dad, I am your daughter thus how can I not see through you?” Rhiannon asked with a smirk while the latter panicked upon hearing her words.
“You are right that not everything revolves around my life. I will fire them when you tell your daughter and your wife to bring me my jewel. The necklace, bracelet, and ring pairs.”