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Grace glanced over Willow's statement, which closely aligned with their plan.

In it, Willow had taken all the responsibility upon herself and revealed that Matthew had been unaware of the situation. But upon learning the truth, he had fulfilled his paternal duties. To express her regret, she chose to retire indefinitely.

Esme had managed to take down Willow in less than two hours.

Grace breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Esme called, "I've taken the child."

"Congratulations, Mrs. Thorne. You've gotten what you wanted."

"I've done what you asked. With my influence, Willow will never show her face in society again. You can rest easy."

Grace smiled, looking out over the cityscape from the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"How did you persuade Willow?"

weakness is her child. I told her that if Matthew fell from grace, her child would have no future. "Faced with two ends, she naturally knew what to do. Of course, I gave her a sum of money enough for a lifetime, on the condition she never sees the child again." "A win-win

be compassionate and won't

chuckled. "What do you take me for? Ms. Lewis, it might seem like I helped you, but really,

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matter how powerful he becomes, Esme holds the strings. Doesn't she owe

away from Amirate Corporation. Grace watched it disappear into the distance, feeling utterly

ever been so obsessed with Benjamin, who

resolved, and the public moved on to other news. Everything returned to how it had been

night, Grace lay in

off. Benjamin might be cunning, but such lowly tactics weren't

to that. "Really? Benjamin and his family are capable of

seemed to agree. "The apple doesn't fall

That was true.

Grace was about to say something, Lydia

silent for a while before Zoey messaged Grace privately. "Did