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He looked at Howard and said, “Howard, investigate the matter. If Thea was behind this all along, she wouldn’t be let off the hook so easily.” “Yes.” Howard nodded. Meanwhile, Tommy wore a scheming look on his face. He flashed Wendy a victorious smile. Lex stood up and headed upstairs to rest. In the hallway on the first floor, Howard looked at Tommy. “Do you have anything to do with this?” Discomposed, he hurriedly explained, “What are you talking about, father? How’s that possible?” Howard said coldly, “This is no small matter. If anything happens, it’ll bring about the destruction of the Callahans. Thea is no fool. She couldn’t have done such a thing.” Tommy indeed panicked when he saw the deceased’s family making a commotion. That was because his plan should have been flawless. He only wanted to create trouble for Thea. Although something was wrong with the medicine, it was not supposed to be fatal. “Father, Thea is bossing us around. If this continues, she’ll be
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After making the arrangements, Howard returned to the Callahans’ villa. “Father, I’ve concluded the investigation. There’s indeed substandard and fake medicine in Eternality Hospital. Thea was behind this all along. She held Yosef Zaborowski, the person in charge of handling the medicine hostage and instructed him to substitute them for fake medicine. That way, she was able to pocket the profit for herself.” Howard chose his words carefully as he faced Lex. He was reluctant to do this. However, he would never hand the Callahans’ businesses over to Thea. His son, Tommy, only wanted to create trouble for Thea. He merely went along with it. “I’ve also discovered that the men making a commotion outside Eternality Hospital today were men from the Hills. They’ve long conspired to embezzle as much of the company’s funds as possible while they still held the reins of power.” Smash! Lex slammed the table. Howard’s heart skipped a beat. If Lex found out they were the main cul
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Yosef was trying to frame her. “Grandpa, I’m innocent.” “Enough.” Lex chided, “Thea, no more of this in the future. Give up your position as the chairman for now. Howard will be the new chairman, while you’ll be the vice chairman. Learn from him in the meantime.” Lex turned to leave. Although Thea had made a grave mistake, she was competent. Besides, she had connections. As they had worked hard to bring her back, Lex did not chase her out of the family. Instead, he demoted her. Howard shook his head and sighed. “Thea, you’re still young and have a long way to go. I hope you’ve learned your lesson.” “I-I’m innocent!” Thea cried out. “Yosef, tell grandpa it wasn’t me. It’s not me. Why are you framing me? Why?” Howard helped Yosef up and said, “Yosef, this isn’t entirely your fault. We can only blame those who mess around thinking they have the authority to do so. You’re already sixty years old. You should retire.” “T-Thank you, Mr. Howard.” Yosef apologized prof
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According to James, they should detach themselves from Eternality and establish their own business. However, Gladys was against it. It was obvious that this was a conspiracy by Howard and his family. Leaving the family was precisely what they wanted. Gladys could not stand for this. They knew it was a plot. Yet, they could not provide any evidence and could only watch helplessly. “Leave this to me.” James' heart broke upon seeing Thea’s aggrieved look. Pulling her hand, he consoled her, “I’ll reason with Yosef.” “It’s no use. If reasoning worked, he wouldn’t have framed me. We don’t have any evidence.” Thea shook her head, crying. “Don’t worry. I have a plan.” James stood and turned to leave. After leaving the Callahans’ residence, he gave Henry a call. He instructed him to call Jake Graham to locate Yosef’s place of residence. After the Blithe King’s succession, Henry lost the authority to use official intelligence networks. Hence, they could only utilize the u
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Exasperated, Lex bellowed in rage, “Go get me Thea and her family now!” “Yes.” Tommy wore a smug look. He snorted deep down, “What will you do now, Thea?” The Callahans’ villa was not too far from Thea’s place. Tommy did not call. Instead, he showed up without warning. James was already home. Upon seeing their dejected looks, he said with a smile, “No worries. Yosef has confessed to it. He’s now on his way to the Callahans’ villa to admit his mistake. Soon, grandpa will be here.” Upon hearing this, Thea glanced at James. “W-What did you do to him?” James smiled, “Nothing much. I just gave him a scare. After threatening to throw him off the eighth floor, he spilled the beans. He even said he would go to the Callahans’ villa and tell them the truth.” “Haha, nice one, James.” “I feel much better now.” They rarely praised James. James, on the other hand, smiled faintly. Not long after, a knock came on the door. James said with a smile, “It has to be the Callahans.”
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Gladys stood up and shouted, “Yosef, have a little conscience when speaking!”“It…It was Thea who forced me to do it. Then, she made James threaten me to frame Mr. Howard,” Yosef insisted that it was Thea and James who had threatened him.“You…” Gladys’ face darkened.Thea also felt deeply wronged.She had been devoted to the family but ended up in such a situation.James took a deep breath to suppress his anger. He understood that he was currently in Cansington, a city of peace, and no longer at the Southern Plains.“Enough!“Isn’t this enough? Thea, I can forgive you if you’ve made a mistake. After all, you’re still young and can’t resist temptations. As long as you recognize your mistakes and correct them, then you can be forgiven. However, what is it you guys were trying to do? Murder?” Lex shouted.“I didn’t!” Thea shouted back.Bang!Lex slammed the table and stood up abruptly. “We’ve already come to this point, but you still refuse to admit your mistake?”“Grandpa, I
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“Mom, that’s absurd! How could it be me?” Thea teared up, feeling wronged. ‘It’s alright if Grandpa doesn’t believe me, but even my own parents are doubting me,’ thought Thea.“Mom, I trust Thea wouldn’t do such things. It must be Howard’s family pulling something sketchy,” said David.Alyssa nodded. “I agree. Our family has fifty percent of the family business’ shares, and Thea reclaimed the executive chairman position. Howard has always been in control of the family business, so how could he possibly be willing to give it up?” “Ha,” Gladys sighed.Initially, Gladys thought they were about to have a good life and never expected so many things to happen. “Am I really not fated to be a rich wife in this lifetime?”“How about we start our own company? With Thea’s capabilities, we can surely make a name for ourselves in the capital of medicine, Cansington,” James suggested.“Easy for you to say. Do you know how much you need and how difficult it is to start a company?” Glayds s
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James was left with no choice.The family was unwilling to improve themselves and just wanted to sit back to enjoy success.Knock, knock, knock!“David, go open the door,” said Gladys.David was not in the mood, so he glanced at Alyssa beside him. “Babe, you go get it.”Alyssa was lazy to get up and glanced at James. “You go, James.”James was depressed about their behavior.The whole family was so lazy. However, he did not say anything and went to open the door.At the door stood an elderly man in his 70s or 80s. He dressed very simply and was carrying a few bottles of good wine.“W-who are you?”James glanced at the man standing outside the door with curiosity on his face.“Y-you must be James. I’m Thea’s granduncle, Trevor Callahan.” “Oh, come inside.” James invited Trevor into the house.The whole family’s faces darkened as soon as they saw Trevor entering the house.“What’re you doing here?” Gladys asked coldly.“Gladys.” Trevor approached with the good wine bottle