Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1232

Sophie froze when she saw Angelo's name flash on her phone screen.

"Why haven't you guys come back yet?!" Angelo's voice was frantic on the other end. "It's been ages! I've called a million times, and no one answered! I thought something terrible happened!"

"Mr. Angelo, what's going on?" Sophie asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

"Don't you know? The Mintons have a new successor! Overnight, this guy convinced all of The Mintons' shareholders to make him the new CEO!!"

Sophie's heart skipped a beat.

The Mintons?

She immediately locked eyes with Colby, who seemed just as startled as she was.

Colby wasted no time in waking up Adler and Jenna. "Something's up. We need to get back, now."

Jenna and Adler, still half-asleep, stumbled into a taxi with the others back to the Burke Estate.

walked in, the TV was blaring news about The Mintons'

of it all, asked, "Wasn't Odie the biggest shareholder?

pulling the strings," Sophie muttered, her brow

But... why so fast?

in, "Odie's incapacitation news just broke, and already someone is replacing him. Could this puppet master be powerful enough to control The Mintons

Sophie turned to

"I don't know. He's been out cold, and I can't

from upstairs, his eyes locking onto the

asked around, but no journalist knows who this new CEO is,"

even in Summerfield.

Sophie glanced at Colby.

Odie's critical condition to bait the

had deep ties with The

new CEO was

the mastermind,

a breakthrough