Lucinda was not spared from Ben's sharp tongue. Scarlett had experienced firsthand how argumentative he was and couldn't believe she would come to love it. That woman needed to be put in her place and he did just that - she disliked him less now.
Lucinda shot up to her feet, face red, "Don't speak to me that way!" She banged her hand on the table, " Do you know who I am?"
"Yes, tell me exactly. Who are you? Did you win a Nobel award? What's your achievement so far?" he challenged her, eyeball to eyeball.
Lucinda's mouth opened and closed helplessly, what could she say exactly? She just owned a retail chain opened for her by her husband while the Alcantara family's conglomerate includes restaurants, convenience stores, a chain of hotels, and a lot of other subsidiaries. Unlike how she depicts herself, Lucinda was once from a poor household but she let her husband's success get into her head, forgetting her humble background.
