The next morning, Benji put Jane in a car and got the chauffeur to take her to the airport.After waking up the night before, Jane has been in a daze.Benji asked hesitantly, "Can you find your way home?"Jane looked at Benji in a daze for quite a while before nodding gently.She had to quickly understand what was going on with Claude and Emerald Group.When Benji saw Jane nodding, he took a step back. He was just about to close the car door when Jane reached out to grab him."Can you give me your contact?" Jane asked.Benji was suspicious. "What do you want it for?""If …" Jane asked tentatively, "If I need help, can I come to you?" Although her mind was a mess, from the moment she left the room, she had been secretly observing her surroundings.None of the men there looked like they were good people. They had a murderous look about them. From that alone, Jane could speculate that Benji's boss wasn't any ordinary simpleton.Although she wasn't sure what was going to happen i
Then, Otto found an excuse to leave. When he turned around, he saw Stephen standing nearby. Their hostile gazes met for a moment before vanishing. Otto nodded a little at Stephen, retracted his gaze, and left.Yvonne seemed to have noticed it. She turned to see Stephen walking over to her.The sun shining through the window on the hospital corridors seemed to make him look even more regal and arrogant.She couldn't help but think back to the night when Stephen had shielded her while retreating. After a moment, she realized that her heart was beating wildly.Stephen stopped right in front of Yvonne. He glanced at the document in her hand. "When are you planning to take over Leonard and Claude's businesses?"Yvonne came to her senses. "I'll have to go and see Claude first. Then, I have to hold a funeral for him. I could take the chance to meet all the executives of Emerald Group.""Okay. I'll come with you." Stephen added seriously, "Julian can stay here and watch over Curtis. I'
The next day, the plane landed safely. Yvonne and Stephen rushed to the hospital's mortuary to see Claude's body.Yvonne did a simple check-up and found a tiny needle scar on his arm, which could have been easily overlooked."He must have been injected with something to cause a heart attack." Yvonne furrowed her brows. "It's too bad I can't go past the family's consent to do an autopsy. If not, I could find out if his heart attack had been caused by his sickness or drugs."If she could get an accurate autopsy report, it would help her weave her story better and shut the mouths of the executives in Emerald Group.However, at that moment, the right to explain was in her hands. The autopsy report wasn't important anymore.Yvonne pushed the corpse back into the mortuary fridge and instructed, "We'll hold a funeral for Claude in three days. Spread the news immediately.""Yes, Ms. Miller!" her subordinate responded before leaving the mortuary.Stephen went up to her and asked, "Have
Stephen was about to get up when Yvonne gently pushed him back down.She calmly approached Jane. "Ms. Ford. Even now, are you still trying to blame me for Claude's death? "How did Claude die? Don't tell me you don't know. Let me ask you—when Claude was imprisoned, where were you?"Yvonne deliberately raised her voice. She said painfully, "You were with Leonard! "Because Leonard was willing to take you with him to make the firearms deal. You abandoned your grandfather just because of a deal!"She continued, "After the accident at the site of the deal, you went missing. I sent men to search for you for a few days to bring you back so you could send Claude off."Yvonne shook her head. "Ms. Ford, I didn't want to put things out so explicitly, yet you insist on blaming me. I can't side with you anymore.""Y-You're lying!" Jane's eyes widened in bafflement. She never thought that Yvonne would be so good at acting!"You can get people to look into this and see whether I'm lying or n
That night, Yvonne opened the door and entered a room. The only light in the room came from a lamp lit on the nightstand next to the bed.Hearing sounds, Jane looked up to see Yvonne. She immediately squirmed and whimpered through the gag around her mouth, as if she were complaining.Yvonne went in closer and pulled a chair beside the bed. "As things stand, what else do you want to do? What could you do? Jane, if you're smart, you'll listen to me. I wasn't going to make things difficult for you, but it's too bad. Your behavior today has let me down."She added, "Keeping you will just be a problem in the future."The light shone on half of Yvonne's face. The other half of it was in the dark, yet the smirk and condescending expression on her face were as clear as day.Jane looked at her with eyes widened in bewilderment. Her face lost all its color. What did Yvonne mean by that? Was she going to kill her like she had killed Leonard and Claude? Was Yvonne mad?Jane let out muffl
"Sure," Yvonne happily agreed. She crossed her arms around her chest and scanned everyone with interest. "Tell me, what are your suggestions?"Clearly, no one had expected Yvonne to be so easy-going. They were stunned for a while before chiming in with their suggestions."You can give me Claude's casino in Astonia. I have long thought of expanding there.""The mine in Sellerstown could be mine. I just bid for another mine there last month. I could use it!"Yvonne listened to them in all seriousness and touched her chin while pondering. "From what I'm hearing, you all want the businesses that you have been involved in.""Yes, we can merge with the businesses we have to expand and develop our business. This way, it would be easier to manage it as well.""Yes, we can take the business that we are familiar with and have experience managing. Nothing will go wrong that way!"Everyone discussed it in excitement, as if this was going to go the way they thought it would.A gentle snic
After dealing with Claude's matters, Yvonne could finally take a breather.The night before she left, she got her men to pack up Claude's belongings. She realized that Claude's phone had always been off.She charged the phone. Soon, it lit up. Then, countless notifications bombarded the phone.Messages from Anthony of Well Spring Pharma caught her attention. She tapped into the notifications to see Anthony pleading sincerely with Claude."Claude, when you see this message, please give me a call. I have important things to discuss with you."There were 20 or more messages like that.The rest were Anthony's concerns about Claude, asking after him. But his intention was just to get Claude to contact him as soon as possible.Yvonne looked at the messages and couldn't help but snicker.Stephen, who was sitting next to her, looked over. "What is it?""Nothing. I just find it interesting." Yvonne showed him the phone. "Anthony's treating Claude as a lifesaver. If he were to find ou
At the same time, someone barged into Cory's building. His men were on guard. They stood in a row in front of him, glaring at Mark with caution.They could sense the air of hostility radiating from Mark. They didn't dare to go closer to him at all and only stood there on guard.Cory drank the remaining red wine in his glass before slowly getting up. He pushed his men aside and headed toward Mark."For the past few days, you—"The next second, a shiny gleam flashed across his eyes. A dagger was right on Cory's throat. A few drops of blood seeped out from where the blade had cut his flesh.Cory's men moved in closer in unison, but Cory raised his hand to signal them to stand down.He lowered his gaze to the dagger. "I know you're angry, but killing me will be useless.""Why?" Mark clutched the dagger tightly. He asked through gritted teeth, "Why didn't you attack that night?""For personal reasons." Cory didn't want to explain too much. He looked into Mark's eyes. "Consider thi