After sending Bartholomew off, Otto turned to Yvonne and thanked her seriously, "Thank you."

"You should thank Calbert too. He was the one who found out about Mark meeting Cory. He also found out about Cory's men's whereabouts, which is the only reason why we could rescue Georgie."

Otto shook his head. "No. Thanks for being cautious too. You were on guard against Mark, so you were able to stop worse things from happening.

"Ms. Miller, I finally understand what you said. I can't go up against Mark alone. That's the reality."

Otto smiled self-deprecatingly. "I was too arrogant. If it hadn't been for all of you, something terrible might have happened."

Bartholomew openly supporting Mark during the meeting was a small matter. If anything had really happened to Georgie, Otto would have felt extremely guilty.

"You only realized this now—" Stephen had just opened his mouth when he received a warning glare from Yvonne.

He gave her a side glance, clearly unhappy about it.

Yvonne could