Inheritance Crisis: The Evil Aunt Wants to Kill Me

At the age of 25, I inherited 200 million dollars from my parents.

After refusing to entrust the property to my aunt, Lauren Reed, for safekeeping, strange things happened at home.

One morning, I found peanuts in my milk, which I was allergic to. On my way home from work, a billboard nearly struck me as it fell.

However, when it was later revealed that the victim of these incidents was Lauren's daughter, Taylor Reed, Lauren couldn't stand it any longer.

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My parents died in a car accident when I was 12 years old. For the next ten years, I was raised by Lauren.

As I recalled, Lauren had always been gentle to me but stricter with Taylor.

Taylor was only half a year older than me, and we had been attending the same school since childhood.

When I was a child, Lauren would beat and scold Taylor due to her declining grades. However, Lauren always treated me with tenderness, reassuring me, "Chloe, it doesn't matter if you can't get into a good university. I will support you for the rest of your life."

After I started working, Lauren arranged for Taylor to join the core department of the Mitchell Group. However, she decided to transfer me to the relatively less demanding Human Resources Department.

But I had always been luckier than Taylor.

During our senior year of high school, Taylor would study late into the night every day, yet she only managed to gain admission to a less prestigious university.

On the other hand, despite casually spending my evenings playing computer games at my friend's house, I effortlessly secured admission to the top university in the country.

After graduation, Taylor joined the Marketing Department of the Mitchell Group with the help of his parents.

Meanwhile, I received an offer from the Mitchell Group's R&D department due to being an honors graduate from a top university.

Not long after I started working, Lauren transferred me to the more leisurely Human Resources Department.

Afraid that I would be dissatisfied with her decision, Lauren repeatedly told me, "Girls don't have to work so hard. Chloe, you're pretty and will marry a good man. But Taylor is not that lucky and can only rely on her own hard work."

I just smiled faintly at that time and did not refute it because I knew that my argument would not bring me any benefit.

In the following years, Taylor toiled day and night, putting in overtime on projects, while I lived a leisurely life, working regular nine-to-five hours.

However, Taylor made frequent mistakes at work. If it weren't for Lauren who always cleaned up the mess for her, she would have been kicked out of the company.

But my situation in the company was very different from hers.

I had a minor in management in college and also interned at a well-known local manufacturing company during several vacations.

So now, even though I was no longer working in a field related to my major, I had gained the favor of company executives through my personal efforts and intelligence.

In less than three years, I was promoted from a specialist position to Human Resources Director.

Lauren had tried to suppress me.

However, over the past few years, the human resources informationization projects that I proposed and executed had garnered attention from company executives. As a result, Lauren could not do anything to me in the short term.

The Mitchell Group was originally my parents' business, but now, Lauren and her husband, Jake Reed, had become vice presidents of the company.

I became aware that Lauren's actions in recent years were driven by her fear that I would continue to excel and eventually reclaim control over the Mitchell Group.

But she seemed to have forgotten that the Mitchell Group had never truly belonged to them.

Just after my 18th birthday, I received an inheritance agreement.

The agreement was delivered by Aaron, my father's assistant and now one of the company's executives.

The agreement stated that when I turned 25, I would inherit the 200 million dollars in assets left by my parents while they were alive, as well as 45% of the shares of the Mitchell Group.

Aaron told me that my parents had drawn up the agreement when I was born and gave it to him for safekeeping.

Originally, my parents had planned to save this fortune as a birthday gift for my 25th birthday.

However, they never expected that within a few years, they would have an accident.

Now, this wealth had come back to me as an inheritance, serving as both a shield to protect me and a weapon empowering me to fight against others.

When I arrived home, Lauren appeared unusually enthusiastic.

"Chloe, you've been working hard lately. I asked Sadie to prepare your favorite food for you to nourish your body," she said.

"Aunt Lauren, I already ate outside. You enjoy your meal. I'm gonna go back to my room." Still immersed in the memory of my parents, I no longer wanted to force myself to act kindly towards Lauren.

Unexpectedly, Lauren stopped me, asking, "Chloe, did Aaron come to you today?"

I knew that Lauren had many spies in the company, and such a big matter as the change of equity ownership couldn't be hidden from her for long.

But I didn't expect her to ask so quickly.

"Chloe, I know your parents left their assets to you. But considering that you only graduated a few years ago, it might not be the safest option for you to keep such a large sum of money. Why don't you transfer the shares in your hands to your me..."

"Aunt Lauren," I interrupted her. "I went to visit my parents' graves today, and I'm still feeling sad now. Let's talk about it later."

With a few tears streaming down my face, I turned and went back to my room.