The atmosphere in the great hall tensed up immediately. There was even a sense that blades would be drawn at any second.

Ever since Stefan faked his death and Jovan colluded with his cronies in an attempt to seize power in H Group, the Hunt family was divided into two warring factions. The first took Alexander Hunt’s side, while the second took Arthur Hunt’s side—and from then on, the two cousins then became adversaries.

Alexander had a forthright personality, so when he saw Arthur approaching from a distance, he immediately glowered and blurted, “Hmph! I can’t believe you have the gall to step into this house! If I’m not mistaken, I don’t think my father ever invited you and your wife here today!”

“Come on, Alexander! Why are you treating me like I’m a stranger?”

Arthur, cunning as an old fox, wore a wide phony grin on his face as he walked up to Alexander and put his hand on his cousin’s shoulder in a fake brotherly gesture.

“How could I not be here when it’s such a happy occasion for the Hunt family?” he asked. “I’m your cousin, after all! Anyway, the more, the merrier, right? I must raise a toast to you today!”

soon as she stepped through the door, she jeered, “Say, you two are indeed lucky, Alexander and Francine! You managed to get a daughter-in-law, a grandson, and a granddaughter in one fell swoop! I do envy you! Arthur and I can never hope

when compared to Francine. Before she married Arthur, she always regarded Francine as her imaginary rival. Then, after marrying into the

herself against Francine, her husband against Francine’s husband, or her son against Francine’s son, she always came up short. She finally won, albeit barely, when she compared their

her breath and

shame at all as they proceeded to calmly and respectfully offer old Mr. Hunt a cup of tea

a seat!” old Mr. Hunt told them in a

this greedy brother of mine and his cunning son? They almost took

younger brother! How could

his feelings were hurt and let out a sigh. “At the time, no one knew if Stefan was alive or dead. H Group was thrown into chaos, and Jovan stepped

was under a lot of pressure since he

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