Chapter 739 Cousin

“Sandstone?” Sonia blinked and looked at Toby. “Oh, I get it. You said that the Herrais family exists, but they don’t use that name. So your mother comes from the Sandstones, right?”

“Smart,” Toby praised.

Sonia looked embarrassed. “You’ve made it obvious, so if I can’t even guess that, I’m… That’s not important.” She waved her hand. “But there are a lot of families in the nation with the same last name. Which family did your grandfather come from?”

“The one in Westsanshire,” Toby answered.

“Westsanshire…” Sonia thought about it, then her eyes widened as realization struck her. “The one who’s friends with the Salzburgs?”

“Yes.” Toby nodded.

That was why his mother used to date Connor.

“I see. So the Sandstone Family is your mother’s family, huh?”

“Yes. Even though they’re the Sandstones, the lynchpin is actually a Herrias, so the guys in Westsanshire call them the Herrias Family,” Toby explained.

Sonia nodded. “I see. Since they’re in Westsanshire, I didn’t know the Sandstone Family was the Herrias Family, but I’ve heard rumors about your company being at odds with Sandstone Group. Is that true?”

“That is true,” he told her honestly, and he squinted.

I thought that’s your mother’s family. So

the one in charge isn’t my grandfather.” He patted her head

he

inherited the family business, but he only sired one daughter, that was my mother. After they passed away, I was supposed to take over, but halfway through the succession, my grandfather’s brother showed up and took away the rest,” Toby said coldly. “My grandfather just passed away back then. I wanted him to rest in peace and keep things under control, so I didn’t fight them. I let them take

that?” Sonia

they took was just something that’ll be obsolete in the near future. It just looked valuable back then. I think you’ve heard about their financials being in

saw an analysis on their company’s situation. The news said they’re working on a sunset industry, and they’ll be booted out of the business world if they don’t change soon. I actually thought it was sad that an old company was going to be bankrupt. I thought they should go with the flow instead of stubbornly insisting on the old ways. Now that I know they’re actually robbers, I don’t feel sorry

upset if she said that. And as expected, Toby wasn’t upset at all. In fact,

really something I don’t care about. Even if they didn’t take it, I would have given them half of the inheritance and worked with them too. Before he died, my grandfather said he owed his brother a lot, so I would have given them half of the inheritance anyway, but…” Toby

him sadly. “But they

was the one who gave them the business, but since they took it forcefully from

they can do what

really cared about what they were up to.” Toby smiled. “But I’m actually friends with their second

her

the inheritance, so he didn’t work with his brother back then. He protected my mother when they were kids, so the bond is still there. That’s the only bond I have with the

up in

Toby suddenly remembered something, and he looked at

at him curiously. “Cousin? I don’t remember

one who danced with me back at the ball,” Toby

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255