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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Old Mr Lawrence hardly ever exchanged more than a few

Old Mr. 1 serence pulling all this out of the bloe, it was

20

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 low when it

not even bothering to

way he’d

in the book, Ryan scoffed

said, realizing he couldn’t win this standoff. He was worried that if they kept arguing, it would ruin everything he’d planned.

him a look with a skeptical edge.

there to be

didn’t bother saying anything else. He just stood up and headed out. He knew he’d get his answers face to face–no

into the main hall, he saw the place was already

of the Guzman Group, most people started buttering him up, but of course, Miles’s crew couldn’t

them any mind. He just laid out what he needed to say, then gave them a warning: “Rebecca is my only child, and

what?” someone from Miles’s

“Just saying- most of you aren’t getting any younger.

The vibe in the room

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

rest of the Guzman family didn’t

own kid actually worked out in their favor. From a practical angle, nobody wanted to see the family shares end up in Miles’s kids‘ hands

they wouldn’t have to worry about the family’s future. With how much Ryan

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who could help her manage

what they were

But that wasn’t important

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

forty minutes later,

up at

dinner was ready,

all about seniority and status–at the head table sat Old Mr. Lawrence, Ryan, the other

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

around, asking,

based on seniority and rank, there really

family

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

be coming?” one person

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

the Hanson family, so why are they

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