Chapter 142: Search Engine Detective

Charlotte The first few results were the usual—LinkedIn profiles, some business articles, nothing out of the ordinary. But as I scrolled further down, something caught my eye. An old article, buried among the rest, mentioned Damien in connection with a prominent family. My heart skipped a beat as I clicked on it, the headline making my breath catch in my throat: “Damien Ben: Heir to One of the Country’s Wealthiest Families.” I stared at the screen, my mind racing. Heir? Wealthiest families? Why had Damien never mentioned this? I knew he was well-off, but this? This was something else entirely. The article was brief, only a few paragraphs long, but it confirmed what I had suspected—Damien came from money. A lot of it. The Ben family was old money, one of those names that carried weight in high society, though they kept a relatively low profile. The article hinted at a private engagement that had ended quietly, with little fanfare, but it didn’t go into detail. I tried to dig deeper