Chapter 147

Meanwhile, at the Stone family's house.

Cheryl, her face marred by bruises, cried in Yafe's study. "Dad, Liam has gone too far! Look what he did to my face, how badly he's hurt me! I won't just let this slide, and as for Celena..."

Yafe's face darkened with fury as he threw the cup across the room, his voice thundering, "Liam has crossed the line, living under our roof and attacking you repeatedly! He shows no respect, Cheryl, come with me. We're going to see Mr. Stone. I can't believe he'd dare to act like this on our turf!"

Cheryl hurried after him, worried, lacing her voice, "Dad, what about the deal? What do we do? Are we going to just roll over and let Celena have it?"

With a distant smirk, Yafe replied, "Don't worry, I've got a plan up my sleeve."

to eye with

let Celena

Yafe marched into Mr. Stone's yard, Cheryl in tow, her face

just look at Cheryl! Look what that outsider Liam has done to her! He's running wild in our house, with no respect for our rules! If Celena secures this deal and digs her heels into the company, what's

Mr. Stone's feet, her sobs shaking her whole body as

beating! I told him, 'This is the Stone family's turf, and we don't take

performance was Oscar-worthy, to

to ice as he listened to her sob story. With a sharp crack, he slammed his cup down on the table, his eyes—a stormy mix of cloudiness and age—blazing with fury. "The nerve of him! Liam's out of line, acting like he doesn't know whose roof he's living under.

piled on. "Exactly, Dad. Think about it. If we let Celena take over this deal, she'll get too much power in the company. Next thing you know, Liam will use it to take over our company. We'd be... Dad, you need to consider

can get the upper hand over the

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