Chapter 654

After hanging up the phone, Manager Sullivan carelessly packed up a few of his things and left the factory.

East Coast.

Melvin sat in his office, staring at the email Mr. Lambert had just sent. The entire timeline was laid out-every detail, every suspicion, all the context. He read it twice, barely blinking.

He never imagined his mother would go this far behind his back, meddling in the West Ridge factory like this.

Then again, maybe he should've seen it coming.

Three years ago, when Sarah handed him control of the Sanders Group, his mother had already started revealing her true intentions-dropping hints, making comments, all nudging him toward taking over. But there was no need to seize anything. Sarah never wanted power. From day one, she'd made it clear she had no interest in running the company. She wanted to be a psychologist. The company had been a burden she was more than ready to pass on.

So what was the point? Did it really matter who held what shares?

He'd fought bitterly with his mother over it back then. It ended with a blowout argument and two full years of silence. He only started talking to her again last year-when she swore she'd stop pushing.

hadn't stopped at

Group. And now she'd even reached into West Ridge. Melvin couldn't help but feel a bitter sort of admiration for the lengths she was

replying to Mr. Lambert, he opened

was clear they were trying to shake off

still remembered. Just hearing the name Harbour Crescent sparked sarcasm and side-eyes. It wasn't

time, the details had evolved. A better strategy. More originality. The previous plan had already been leaked by the Wilsons, so the surprise factor was


that support came from people who wanted

a lot of it was genuine. They liked

Meanwhile, at Reynolds Corp...

not only been holding down the company's daily operations-he'd also helped Zachary clean

contracts that once tied Reynolds Corp and Wilson Corp together were a tangled web. And untangling that web? That was the biggest job Steven had taken on. But

other hand? He could

Zachary—this was Steven. And

Steven simply played dumb, shrugging it off with a smile.

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