Chapter 161

Isadora held the file folder in her hands but didn't open it right away.

Deanna took a sip of her tea, watching her. "Go ahead. Take a look."

After a long pause, Isadora finally opened the folder and pulled out a document and a small recording device.

Deanna's voice reached her ears:

"This document gives you thirty percent of The Vaughan Group's shares. From this moment on, you're the largest shareholder."

"And this recording—well, it's a conversation between your dear friend Nanette's cheating boyfriend and another woman. If this gets out, I'm sure Nanette's name will be cleared, and she'll get her life back."

Isadora's fingers were icy and stiff as she gripped the papers, though deep down, she almost wanted to laugh.

The Fitzgerald family matriarch was every bit as formidable as the rumors suggested.

She'd dug into Isadora's background with surgical precision-right down to knowing exactly what Isadora wanted most.

Without a second thought, Isadora stuffed everything back into the folder.

gaze at Deanna, whose smile remained warm and grandmotherly. Isadora's own voice was clear but edged with coldness. "Mrs. Fitzgerald, are you

on the table, moving

have a few women

if you stay by his side, but let me remind you: The Fitzgerald Group has a long-standing alliance with

hope you understand your place, Miss

chill swept through

understood exactly what Deanna

the woman in the shadows, the mistress who never made it into the spotlight, she could

be simpler?" Deanna shook her head. "You don't understand. A gentle warning is always more

the strained relationship with his grandfather, if I pushed too hard, I'd only drive a wedge

couldn't even remember

seemed to glare at her, and she

the fridge and drained it in a single gulp. The

Isadora opened her laptop

Then she called Nanette.

the other end, Nanette was out

up? I

recording of Halley. It's pretty clear-he was just playing

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