Chapter 258

"Bribery? So you bought them off? I don't think that would work. They'll probably just mock you behind your back." Dexter sounded a bit concerned.

"No, no." Angela continued, "Each of them was given a different gift."

Dexter looked a little shocked for a moment, then a glimmer of admiration showed in his eyes-though he quickly masked it. "Explain."

Angela crossed her arms, looking triumphant as if she had the whole world in her grasp.

"Francis is obsessed with collecting antique artwork, so I sent him an antique painting that Bill had bought at an overseas auction years ago.

"He was suspicious of my intentions, but he couldn't resist the allure of the artwork and ended up accepting it, albeit hesitantly.

"As for Dale, he's a simple brute. He's not particularly capable but is obsessed with money. He's also as stingy as they come. So, I gifted him a black card that had a million dollars on it. The one Grandma gave me back then was—"

"What?" Dexter was stunned. "That card is one of only 30 in the world, and you just handed it over? What were you thinking?"

realize something's off in a few months and fly into a rage. But it'll already

be furious when he realizes I treated them differently and will have

resent me he'll also start resenting the other two who got

seemed like

huff.

held back by his mother for years and forced to work

position at one of our subsidiaries. On paper, it looks

million and gave him an additional

into the distance, her mind conjuring up Pete's

spoke but was ruthlessly efficient. Over the years, he had done a lot for Andrew yet received little

look. "I never knew you were this skilled at reading and

her hand

from

your side for so many years would be a real failure if I

he hadn't

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