Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 290 Bill Isn't Completely Blind

Just as the heated conversation reached its peak, I pushed open the door and stepped in my w carrying a cool undertone. "Well, isn't this lively"

Bill froze the moment he saw me, looking as uneasy as guilty man caught in the art. 1te hurriedly down the bowl in his here?"

als. "Zocy? What are you a

I raised the food container I was holding. "Dad, I heard you were busy, so I went out of my way you something to eat."

Sadie, ever the jealous one, glared at ine and steered, "Copycat,"

I placed the food container on the table in front of him "So, Dad, whose cooking are you going to

Bill looked torn, his ce etched with the kind of struggle only a father can feel. On one side was Sardie, his long-pampered darling. On the other was me-someone he couldn't afford to upset. After a long pause, he finally said, "Sadic, I had your cooking last night. Tonight, I'll try what your sister

made.

At least he wasn't foolish enough to pick Sadie. My food was made to save lives, while hers might just end his.

Sadie pouted, clearly unhappy. "Hmph, you're so biased, Dad."

"Fine, fine." Bill sighed, trying to appease her. Leave it here; I'll eat both."

Sadie, sensing a chance to assert her position, didn't even bother keeping it from me. "That's more like it. Dad, I want to work at the company."

But Bill didn't hesitate to shut her down. "No way."

"Why not?" Sadie stomped her foot. "Dad, there are no sons in this family. I'm just trying to help you out

so you're not overworked."

"You haven't studied finance or management. How exactly are you going to help me? I'll agree to anything else you ask, but this is non-negotiable. I have important documents to handle. You should leave now." Sadie stomped her foot again, shot me a glare, and stormed off.

Once she was gone, Bill sighed and rubbed his temples. 1 unpacked the food I had brought, setting it neatly on the table. "Why not let her work here?"

aside, I know my own daughter. She's great at enjoying life- parties, food, and fun. But business? Not a chance. And now she's involved with Ashley. The sudden interest in the company is more about helping him

look and chided, "That's no way to talk to your father. I'm

a grin. "Alright, elder, eat up. I brought this just

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Bill

to figure out-straightforward and stubborn, a classic no-nonsense traditionalist.

responded best to a soft, charming approach, which Zoey could never master, leaving Sadie

make this yourself?" he asked,

bluntly, "You wish. Do I look like I have that kind of time? The Boltons' cook made

some nerve, girl. I don't

was grumbling, but he

around his office, casually

things off," he admitted without hesitation. He probably knew I

Given they

to kill him, I doubted the attempts would stop at tampering with

be hidden cameras in his office, carefully placed to

move.

didn't stop me as I poked around, lifting items and peering into

interested in business, you can start at one of the branch. offices. If I ever decide to go back to

I care," I replied, feigning

already helped me move my stash of gold bars to our marital home. With that kind of fortune, I could literally sleep in the bed of gold, waiting for its value to skyrocket. Why would I bother to work hard? Bill, however, had grown

quickly-true to his

here, look over

so-called death, I'd heard that

once a desolate suburb was about to undergo a transformation, with tycoons scrambling to snatch up

had managed to secure a piece of it-the very lot I'd once submitted a bid for. "Well, it turns out you are the

hadn't died, would Luke have

the matter?" Bill asked, sensing

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and a commercial district. If the area developed as predicted property values would soar, dragging everything around them upward. "What do you think?" he asked, clearly testing