43. She Strikes Back!

Lucy’s POV

I never expected to see my grandma again after all these years. She has this ingrained belief that I am a product of an illicit love affair, so when I visited her in her Swiss home a long time ago, she seemed somewhat aloof from me.

I took a deep breath and was about to say something, but her palm landed on my face.

I touched the side of my face and slowly looked at her with shocked expression and asked, “Grandma—”

"Don't call me your grandma. Your family and you are such a shame to my name. Oh, why are you even here? Do you not know that Mr. Roux owns this hotel? The one who fell victim to your father's con?"

Stepping back, I noticed Jane's gleeful expression as she watched me cower in shame.

"Maybe your dad owes a lot more to all my acquaintances," Grandma Barbara said as she sighed and looked at me with disgust.

I wiped away my tears and pursed my lips.

"Are you now completely deaf? I asked you, why are you here?"

"He is still your son," I said as I looked up. "Yo