No Strings Attached

Chapter 38

“I’ve covered the debt for you, lan said, “but if you lay a hand on her again, don’t expect me to show any mercy just because we’re blood.”

The major project that Casey was involved in had always been under the supervision of his mother. It wasn’t until things went south that lan realized it was all a trap set by her.

Leonora had lured Casey in, then orchestrated a leak of information from him. Her goal was nothing short of driving the Bell family to bankruptcy and putting Casey behind bars. The true reason behind his mother’s machinations was still a mystery to lan. If it was all about some old flame between Victoria and his father, it seemed far–fetched. So, lan dug into his mother’s accounts and uncovered her embezzlement of charity funds.

The Hayes family had always been pillars of philanthropy. If his father, who was abroad, caught wind of this, he’d divorce Leonora without a second thought.

Leveraging this dirt, lan managed to wrest control of the project from his mother, taking charge himself.

Leonora sneered coldly. “Fine, then you better keep your people in line. It’s best if they don’t end up in my hands.”

she left the room.

the shareholders‘ meeting commenced. Leonora, with Heidi in tow, entered the room, introducing her as the new assistant.

the

a slight nod–a cordial greeting as if there was no bad blood

curious. Clara seemed different since her return, enigmatic in a

lan turned to Clara and asked in

meeting documents.” She flipped through the stack of papers in front of lan, but the

look for it, Mr. Hayes,” Clara

meeting. Ms. Clara, do you intend to make the shareholders

you have a suggestion for

not my job to fix your mistakes. If you can’t handle this, maybe you’re not cut

chief secretary, I’ve never had such an oversight. To judge me before we know the