Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 716

The Gardner Residence.

Although Benedict only sired one son and one daughter, he had many siblings of his own. Gardner Corporation was a family business. While he was the major shareholder of the company, his other relatives were also significant shareholders.

As the person in charge of the company, Colton's actions led to a rise in value to everyone's net worth. It meant they just waited to be paid their dividends while they did nothing. That also meant they had no right to complain about anything.

Even so, they still harbored a few unseemly ambitions.

Currently, Gardner Corporation was one of the top companies in the world. If they could hold the power, they would surely have much more wealth than they did now.

Olivia sat on the couch with her hands clasped together and an unpleasant look on her face. She then looked up at Benedict.

"Nicole's mom killed my mother," she exclaimed. "That is why I will never permit her to marry into this family!"

His face was expressionless. Ever since he found out Madeline was his wife's murderer, he had been going through difficult days.

When he closed his eyes to sleep, all he could think about was how his wife looked while lying in a pool of her own blood.

Day and night, that was all he thought of. Several days of that was enough to exhaust him.

Sitting beside Olivia was a middle-aged man.

"That woman killed your wife, Uncle," he said. "The Gardners cannot forgive her for that!"

Something in his eyes made it clear he was slowly being swayed by that logic. He gradually clenched his fists.

"If Madeline Houston had truly killed my wife," he darkly said. "I would never allow Nicole to get together with Colton either."

Olivia knew how much Colton liked Nicole though, so she worried. "What if he disagrees with that? He seems to be quite in love with her."

Benjamin had spent the last two days in agony ever since he found out about what happened. Deep down, he was furious. However, he was the head of the family. Hence, he had to suppress his emotions.

Wendy frowned as she listened to the older members of the family continuously chatter. "Why must the children always suffer for what the older generation did?" she asked in dissatisfaction.

Her question made the elders of the family look at her.

She stared into their eyes without fear as she continued to speak.

"My brother loves Nicole. Let him love her, for Nicole is not Grandma's killer."

When Olivia heard that, her face went pale with anger. She slammed a hand hard against the table surface as she began to roar at Wendy.

"What nonsense is that? If that woman could do a hit-and-run, how could any daughter raised by her be a good person?"

Wendy had a short fuse. When she heard the questioning tone in Olivia's voice, she shot to her feet and barked out a retort.