After saying goodbye to Amelia, Rebecca hopped into her car and headed out

Meanwhile, Amelis pulled out her phone and chot Ryan a message: [Rebecca’s here. If the suffers even a tiny bit at the Curman family, I won’t mind hacking into your company and blowing up some secrets.

Since they’d added each other as contacts, this was actually the first time Amelia had ever messaged him

Ryan replied almost instantly: [Don’t worry.)

Amelia put her phone away and didn’t bother checking it again.

Ryan turned to Old Mr. Lawrence and asked, “Did you give those folks a heads–up?”

Old Mr. Lawrence replied, “No.”

Ryan’s brows furrowed in frustration.

Anyone could tell Ryan was clearly annoyed by that answer.

He was the one who had invited Rebecca and promised to make sure everyone treated her right. Now he was hearing that Old Mr. Lawrence hadn’t prepared anything at all–it seriously ticked him off.

“I had them show up an hour early,” Old Mr. Lawrence said, old but still sharp. “Everyone should’ve arrived by now. If you need to say something, now’s your chance.”

Ryan fixed his eyes on Old Mr. Lawrence–he couldn’t shake the feeling the old man was setting him up.

Old Mr. Lawrence pressed, “Why are you just standing there? Rebecca’s gonna show up any minute. Do you want her walking in and overhearing stuff she’d hate to hear?”

“What exactly are you trying to pull?” Ryan snapped, the usual respect gone from his voice.

Old Mr. Lawrence just replied calmly, “I just want Becky to come home for a meal, meet her uncles and grandpas in the family. That’s all–what else did you expect?”

Ryan just sat there, not moving an inch.

Old Mr. Lawrence was starting to get anxious.

“What’s he doing just sitting there? It’s almost time–he should be out there talking to those people already, Old Mr. Lawrence fretted.

“Aren’t you going?” he pressed again.

“I’m not going over there until you tell me what you’re really after,” Ryan said, his tone icy. He’d grown up in a world full of schemes, from the Guzman Group’s shares down to the smallest details of daily life.

He’d kept his cool through more than twenty years of family scheming.

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that time, he and Old Mr Lawrence hardly

out of the bloe, it was hard

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the worst of you dad, Old Mr. Lawrence finally spoke up. Sure, I was harsh with you and Amelia before, but Becky’s your daughter, part of the Guzman family There’s no way I’d go that

him, not even

no way he’d

trick in

dinner tonight, Old Mr. Lawrence said, realizing he couldn’t win this standoff. He was worried that if they kept arguing, it would ruin everything he’d planned. “That’s all

look with a skeptical edge. “You sure

to be unsure about? Just go see for

get his answers face to face–no way the old man could bluff his

into the main hall, he saw the place was

in, everyone turned to look at him. Since he was the CEO of the Guzman Group, most people started buttering him up, but of course, Miles’s crew couldn’t resist throwing

He just laid out what he needed to say, then gave them a warning: “Rebecca is my only child, and I’m fiercely protective of her. I don’t want to hear anything inappropriate at the dinner

someone from Miles’s faction stepped

on them like a warning shot. “Just saying- most

in the room

faces darkened and shifted; even the

the Guzman family didn’t bat an

out in their favor. From a practical angle, nobody wanted to see

future. With how much Ryan and Amelia cared

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help her manage the Guzman

exactly what

But that wasn’t important

both their expectations and Jeffrey’s influence once he arrived to make the share transfer go

minutes

at the Guzman family

family’s dinner was ready, and nearly all the

family banquet was all about seniority and status–at the head table sat Old Mr. Lawrence, Ryan, the other key Guzman shareholders, and, sneaking in late,

Mr. Lawrence’s left, with

looked around, asking, “Who’s that seat saved

there really wasn’t anyone else in the family who qualified to sit

clear–no other family member seemed worthy

tell me that’s for Jeffrey?” someone else at the table

Why would he be coming?” one

aside from the family dinner, there’s an

to do with the Hanson family, so why are they even coming?” someone

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