Chapter 44

The drama ended with Jasper promising not to meddle in the Gardner Group’s business.

After Sophia and Javier left, Newton looked around at the mess in anger. “What a shame! All the men in our family just have to fall for those scheming Gardner women!”

Jasper bent down to pick up the things on the floor while his mind spun. Could someone have replaced Jonah at the meeting in Yoarkley?

But he knew his father wouldn’t have recognized the wrong person. They had fought twice at a shopping mall. There was no way Newton could have been mistaken unless he was showing early signs of dementia.

Jasper picked up a hand fan and asked, “Grandpa, is this yours?” Newton sighed and said, “Just look at me. I must have lost my senses in anger. Bring it to me.”

Newton’s gaze softened, and he said, “Alice made me this fan herself. The patterns and calligraphy are all her own work.”

Alice knew calligraphy? She also knew how to draw?

didn’t know how to respond. When she was with him, she was

to Liana, who knew how to play the piano, dance, and sing. Besides being gentle, obedient, and pretty, Alice had no other talents.

brightly like a diamond after leaving him? She exuded confidence

she thought that he did not deserve her at her best, but Jonah did? So she didn’t love him, but was only fulfilling

every weekend and sometimes go for a walk with me. Other times, she would accompany me in

she put pen to paper, I could tell she had more than ten years of experience. She wrote with

much better than that decadent Gardner girl. But alas, you’re blinded by love and can’t tell

was one meaningful and beautifully written prose on it. It said, “If I were young again, I would make a mountain

intently. Her writing and style looked identical to the calligraphy hanging in Alyssa’s office, the one she had wanted to gift

He also recalled hearing

right? How could it be?

in Yoarkley. He was having a meal with his father and Silas. He reported on the progress

face. His eldest son was good at everything but was too religious. No amount of power, fame, or wealth could stop him from becoming a

it’s not like you to suddenly spoil the Beckett Group’s soup like this.” Winston took a sip of red wine and savored its taste. “Don’t you always advocate dealing with problems peacefully? Why did you use such an

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