After the divorce, he begged

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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he and Old Mr Lawrence hardly ever

Old Mr. 1 serence pulling all this out of the

20

Lawrence finally spoke up. Sure, I was harsh with you and Amelia before, but Becky’s

ignored him, not even

way he’d go

pulled out every dirty trick in

he couldn’t win this standoff. He was worried that if they kept arguing, it would ruin everything he’d planned. “That’s all

a look with a skeptical edge. “You

to be unsure about? Just go see for

and headed out. He knew he’d get his answers face to face–no way the old man could bluff

Ryan stepped into the main hall, he saw the place was

to look at him. Since he was the CEO of the Guzman Group, most people started buttering

say, then gave them a warning: “Rebecca is my only child, and I’m fiercely protective of her. I

someone from Miles’s faction stepped up,

his eyes bore down on them like a warning shot. “Just saying- most of you aren’t getting any younger. I’m sure you’d all prefer your golden years to be

The vibe in the room instantly grew

faces darkened and shifted; even the clueless ones caught on–Ryan was laying

rest of the Guzman family didn’t

favor. From a practical angle, nobody wanted to see the family shares end up in Miles’s kids‘ hands once the old folks were out of

shares ended up in Rebecca’s hands, they wouldn’t have to worry about the family’s future. With how much Ryan and Amelia cared about their daughter, they’d make sure to marry her off

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manage the Guzman family in the

saw exactly what they

But that wasn’t important

use both their expectations and Jeffrey’s influence once he arrived to make

forty minutes

at

ready, and nearly

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

Mr. Lawrence’s left, with the spot right next to her left

and looked around, asking, “Who’s that

of it, based on seniority and rank, there really wasn’t anyone else in the

clear–no other family member seemed

someone else

Why would he be coming?” one person

Quinn mention that aside from the family dinner, there’s an important guest from Jelasburg showing up

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