Stephen turned to look at Yvonne. "I'm helping you."Yvonne was enraged. "I don't need your help.""So, I'll leave?""You …" Yvonne pulled him back forcefully. She said through gritted teeth, "Don't you dare!"He had already made himself known. If he were to leave right now, Leonard and Claude would probably get suspicious!Stephen was in a pleasant mood after teasing Yvonne. "I've looked into them. I found out that they like to play golf whenever they get together, so I booked the entire golf course to wait for them.""Why are you looking into them? You—""I've told you. I want to help you." Stephen looked at her so sincerely that Yvonne felt rather uneasy. She looked away and grumbled, "I don't need your help. Stay out of this."Stephen ignored her. He shrugged Yvonne off and quickly followed Leonard and the others.Yvonne wasn't really interested in golf. She followed along while listening to them happily chat about golf. She felt a little bored.The golf course was hu

Meanwhile, Yvonne pulled Stephen over. She questioned him with furrowed brows. "Why are you going to the Annual Executive Meeting?"Stephen looked into Yvonne's eyes. "How many times do you want me to tell you?""Then, how many times do you want me to warn you?" Yvonne sounded exasperated. "Don't you know what sort of organization Emerald Group is? Don't you know the type of people you're going up against? Even the two old men you saw just now. They're extremely cunning!""Even if I'm heading into the lion's den, if you're going, I'm going too." Stephen continued, "Also, I'm not doing this for you. Emerald Group came after my grandfather. I'm not going to let it go just like that.""But …" Yvonne hesitated. "I can help you talk to them about this, but—"Stephen snickered. "Getting a woman to help me fight my battles? How much of a wuss do you think I am? I fought hard to attend the Annual Executive Meeting. You have no right to stop me. Who are you to stop me?"Stephen leaned

They entered a room. The server sent in some fruits and alcohol before leaving the room and closing the door.Instantly, the room was silent.Claude started a topic, recounting how fun it was to play golf with Stephen the other day."You sure hid your identity well! We only found out that you're the CEO of Anderson Group when we went back and looked into you!"Stephen nodded. "Compared to the two of you, my achievements are nothing."Leonard exclaimed, "You're being too modest!"Listening to their conversation, Mark raised an eyebrow with interest. "Mr. Anderson, I don't think you came all the way here just for a round of golf, right?"Stephen looked at Mark with an equally pompous stance. "I'm here to see you too. You promised to work together, yet you hurt my family. Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"Mark chuckled nonchalantly. "Mr. Anderson, what are you talking about? I have no idea. When did I hurt your family?""My grandfather fell into the lake, and then ther

Mark had no intention of looking in her bag. He choked Yvonne even harder. Yvonne continued to look at him firmly.When she was on the brink of suffocation, Yvonne suddenly had an illusion. She seemed to have seen Mark when he was young. He'd had a lollipop in his mouth.Leonard rebuked, "Enough! Are you really going to murder someone right in front of our eyes?"Mark let go. His expression was ugly.Leonard looked at the documents in Yvonne's bag. They were all the clients that Hope Health Services had served all these years. On top of that, there were reports on the profit that Hope and Miller Jewels had made.Money wasn't the main thing. The most important thing was the connections. Hope was internationally renowned. The people that they were in contact with were way beyond Emerald Group's imagination.If Yvonne became a Principal, Emerald Group would surely advance with the resources she had.Leonard and Claude looked at each other. Leonard said in all seriousness, "Clau

Later, Yvonne asked the server to bring her a first-aid kit. She stitched up Stephen's wound herself.Thanks to the numbing cream, Stephen no longer felt pain. He let Yvonne work on his wound while he scrolled through the internet with his other hand.Just as Yvonne had said, she was all over the internet at the moment.First, it was Miller Jewels. They announced that they would donate 70% of their profits from the year-end collection to Tara Foundation.Then, there was news about a gala that the founders of Tara Foundation were holding. They invited all the women entrepreneurs Tara Foundation had invested in to come and share their success stories.The gala was broadcast live to the public, showing them that many women had their lives changed because of the Tara Foundation!Everyone was singing praises for Yvonne at that moment. Her name was trending on the internet, and it was still gaining traction.Mark couldn't do anything to Yvonne when she had such high-profile attention.

In the video, Gwen was seriously injured. She was tied up to the bow of the yacht. The yacht cruised through the waves. The salty waves splashing on Gwen's injuries were bound to be extremely painful!Only Mark, that monster, would come up with such ruthless ways of torture!On the way to the docks, Yvonne was so furious that she almost bled from gritting her teeth.When she got onto the yacht and saw Gwen covered in blood and seawater, her fury reached its peak. She rushed to Gwen but was stopped by a few men in black."Mark! I dare you to come at me! I'm the one going up against you! It has nothing to do with Gwen!" Yvonne yelled hysterically. She had never lost her composure this way before.Mark held a glass of wine in his hand. He smiled at her mischievously. "Do you think I'm dumb? She belongs to the Group, yet she has always been helping you, an outsider." Mark raised an eyebrow. "Since I can't do anything to you, I can only vent my anger on her. But she's a tough one

In the end, Mark still handed Gwen over to Yvonne. Before Gwen lost complete consciousness, the last thing she saw was Mark leaving without looking back.She had followed Mark for more than ten years. In the end, she had been abandoned as if she were a piece of trash. He didn't even look back.Gwen was completely disappointed. Her heart sank.She only came around three days later.Yvonne had just given Gwen a round of acupuncture when she saw the latter slowly opening her eyes. She was delighted. "Gwen, you're up!"Gwen looked terrible. She looked at Yvonne in a daze."We're at Xenia's. I've been treating you for the past few days. You're seriously injured. You need bedrest for some time. If not, your injuries will leave a scar," Yvonne gently explained in a tone of guilt.Gwen had been whipped. Every whip had torn her flesh apart. On top of that, she had been drenched in seawater. It was extremely troublesome to deal with.Yvonne had almost cried while cleaning Gwen's wounds.

The driver dropped Yvonne off at the entrance of a garden tearoom. A server immediately led Yvonne in.Inside, it smelled of tea and flowers. The moment Yvonne entered the tearoom, she was attracted to the smell. Her worries seemed to have lessened, too.Yvonne approached Leonard and Claude. She said with a smile, "You two sure know how to pick a place. ""You were just always too busy dealing with the auction house in the past. If not, how could you not have known that such a great place exists?"Then, Claude gestured for Yvonne to sit. "Come and try Leonard's tea."Yvonne sat down and looked at Leonard, who was brewing his tea in silence. Yvonne didn't dare let her guard down in front of these two old, sly foxes.Leonard seemed to have noticed it. He handed Yvonne a cup of tea and said casually, "You're one of the Principals now too. We're equals."Yvonne immediately said, "How could I dare to consider you two my equals? In terms of age, you two could be my grandfathers! H

Leonard and Claude had first met Mark when he was 10 years old. Mark had been fighting his way through the slums at the border ever since he was young. He had been filled with hostility. He had fought as if he had nothing to lose.Whenever the people at the mines had mentioned him, they had often said he was just an orphan brat.The other children had constantly ganged up on Mark just because there had been no one to protect him. Once, he had smashed another child's head with a rock.The parents of that child had been violent people too. They had gotten a few thugs to beat Mark up.It had been a rainy day. Mark had been sprawled on the ground, brutally beaten up. He had been covered in blood, rainwater, and mud.He had been injured all over and couldn't even move. However, the murderous intent in his eyes had never diminished. It only grew even more intense instead.Just as a hammer had been about to hit his head, Leonard and Claude had intervened and stopped it.Ever since th

"No," Yvonne subconsciously denied it. She immediately felt sheepish, so she looked away. "I was just thinking about how my official stamp should be here soon."Gwen nodded. "It should be."Right at this moment, the door opened. Mark entered and approached Yvonne without any expression on his face. He threw a little bag and a folder of documents at her.Yvonne caught them and roughly glanced at the folder. It was all the businesses that were given to her.Not bad. Leonard and Claude had given her quite a lot. Other than her original jewelry brand and auction house, they had also given her an entire mining area at the border. She had even gotten a well-known drug company.Her net worth had just gone up by billions of dollars.She looked at Mark and smiled. "Thank you for bringing this to me, Mark."Mark's expression darkened. "Don't get too cocky so soon." He hadn't wanted to make this trip, but Leonard and Claude wouldn't budge. They found all sorts of excuses to force him to