Chapter 739 Cousin

“Sandstone?” Sonia blinked and looked at Toby. “Oh, I get it. You said that the Herrais family exists, but they don’t use that name. So your mother comes from the Sandstones, right?”

“Smart,” Toby praised.

Sonia looked embarrassed. “You’ve made it obvious, so if I can’t even guess that, I’m… That’s not important.” She waved her hand. “But there are a lot of families in the nation with the same last name. Which family did your grandfather come from?”

“The one in Westsanshire,” Toby answered.

“Westsanshire…” Sonia thought about it, then her eyes widened as realization struck her. “The one who’s friends with the Salzburgs?”

“Yes.” Toby nodded.

That was why his mother used to date Connor.

“I see. So the Sandstone Family is your mother’s family, huh?”

“Yes. Even though they’re the Sandstones, the lynchpin is actually a Herrias, so the guys in Westsanshire call them the Herrias Family,” Toby explained.

Sonia nodded. “I see. Since they’re in Westsanshire, I didn’t know the Sandstone Family was the Herrias Family, but I’ve heard rumors about your company being at odds with Sandstone Group. Is that true?”

“That is true,” he told her honestly, and he squinted.

news shocked Sonia. “Wow, that’s real? I thought that’s your mother’s family. So why

grandfather.” He patted her head gently, but

could see that he

take over, but halfway through the succession, my grandfather’s brother showed up and took away the rest,” Toby

that?” Sonia looked

“No. What they took was just something that’ll be obsolete in the near future. It just looked valuable back

her position. “I read finance news a lot. Last week, I saw an analysis on their company’s situation. The news said they’re working on a sunset industry, and they’ll be booted out of the business world if they don’t change soon. I actually thought it was sad that an old company was going to be

be upset if she said that. And as expected, Toby wasn’t

now. They thought they got something good, but it’s really something I don’t care about. Even if they didn’t take it, I would have given them half of the inheritance and worked with them too. Before he died, my grandfather said he owed his brother a lot, so I would have given them half of the inheritance anyway, but…”

sadly. “But they

the business, but since they took it forcefully from me, what happens to them has nothing to do with me. That’s why I didn’t help. They started a smear campaign against us after they went back. That’s why you heard the

but they can do what they want. It’s not

they were up to.” Toby smiled. “But I’m actually friends

stretched her arms. “Second

brother of the current head of the Sandstone Family—my uncle. He knows he’s not in line for the inheritance, so he didn’t work with his brother back then. He protected my mother when they were kids, so the bond is still there. That’s the only bond I have with the Sandstones.” Toby straightened out her clothes which had gotten

up in his embrace.

my cousin.” Toby suddenly

“Cousin?

me

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