Chapter 128

“What is a bad thing?”

Annie focused on the road ahead, her hands firmly on the steering wheel, her gaze resolute. “To me, anything that goes against morals, the law, or ethics is a bad thing.”

Noella chuckled softly. “I feel the same way.”

Annie sighed in relief, grateful that Ms. Noella shared her views. It gave her the courage to share her troubling discovery!

“The guy Yvonne was playing cards with seemed a bit too close for comfort. I checked Yvonne’s accounts, and the money coming in recently was either from Ashlyn or that guy, and it wasn’t chump change. From their chats, it looked just like a normal business relationship. At first, I thought he was some relative of the Schnabel family, but he wasn’t. That’s why I kept an eye on them.”

Annie believed that anyone giving away large sums of money for no apparent reason was definitely suspicious!

“The thing is…” Annie hesitated, clenching her teeth as if struggling to speak, “Yvonne, she calls the guy ‘Dad‘.”

The chat logs gave Annie the creeps.

She thought she’d stumbled upon something bizarre, but it turned out this guy really acted like a dad to Yvonne. Yet, she’d never heard of the Schnabel family adopting godfathers for their

kids.

Noella nodded, understanding that if someone was that close to Yvonne and giving her so much money, he was probably her biological father.

If she remembered correctly, Ashlyn publicly claimed that Yvonne was an orphan. It seemed they might have been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes.

“What’s his background?”

“He’s a businessman, but from the Gruber family. We can’t really probe further.”

The Gruber family held significant sway in Imperial City. Though they didn’t quite match the Pollack or Schnabel families, they still held influence. Digging into Gruber affairs wasn’t simple.

Annie did right not to pry deeper.

“I see. Thanks for the ride. Go home and rest; we can talk more after you’ve slept.”

Noella noticed the dark circles under Annie’s eyes – a clear sign of lack of sleep, probably from the hectic days with Yvonne.

Ms. Noella ask her to drive

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Chapter 128

rest? What kind of angel was Ms. Noella?

watching Noella enter the gallery, reluctant to leave.

with her every day. Oh, how she longed to switch

jobs!

cut ties with us, and we have an exhibition scheduled – the invites are already out. If we can’t proceed as planned, it will tarnish

the verge

her tone even, “When

invites, but those suppliers just backed out on us without any notice, not even willing to pay the penalties.”

her office chair and glanced at

A coincidence?

related businesses. Essentially, all were industries that thrived thanks to the

many pieces are

can’t get the

exhibition

Noella look worried? Perhaps she was overwhelmed by the

find another solution for the exhibition hall. Leave the artwork

materials? If it

We don’t use subpar materials, and they’re not good

measured look. “Construct with a space frame system, using aluminum for the main frame. Change the venue to an oil painting theme,

work, but the

to cooperate? If finding a suitable space frame supplier

10:05

Beckett “Beckett, I need a batch of

them delivered

in Travis’s evest

new boss was none other than Ms. Noelta from the Schoolbel tamily What material could the Schnabel family not procure?

Master Killian’s oil paintings,

plan. Don’t worry.”

about to say more, but seeing Noella’s calm demeanor, he

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