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!”

Sheila Hunt, followed behind him, clad in a luxurious wine-red coat and carrying a limited-edition designer handbag. As 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

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

a comparison, whether it was 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 daughters-in-law,

hold it together, but she held her breath and gathered her strength. She would

and Sheila seemed to have no shame at all as they proceeded to calmly and respectfully offer old Mr. Hunt a

Hunt told them in a lukewarm voice after

generous! Don’t you remember the shameful deeds of this greedy brother of mine and his cunning son? They almost took over the entire company! If I were you, I would’ve booted them from the Hunt family a long

You’re my own younger brother! How could you accuse me of such

into chaos,

not surprising that he was under a lot of pressure since he was a

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