Chapter 380

Edward uttered, “There’s not much we could do, then. Our people couldn’t find out anything, and Eugene isn’t dumb enough to let us convince him to do a DNA test.”

Lara requested, “Grandpa might know something, since he investigated this. Perhaps you could pick up some clues from him.”

Edward replied, “Yeah, I know what to do. Don’t you worry.”

He joined her in bed and held her in his arms.

Lara let out a sigh. “Ben can’t do anything right. At first, he ruined his chances with the Smith Family, and now the Jones. I guess we’ll have to count on our Aleena now.”

Edward said, “Be patient. Aleena’s still young. Why don’t we talk about this in two years?”

Lara squinted her eyes. “It doesn’t matter that she’s young. I keep getting this feeling that Eugene is hiding something. He's got this different air around him now. We all know how far his influence stems. With that negligible power of his, he doesn’t stand a chance against us. Could he be getting support from somewhere else? Why am I feeling that we are losing more and more of our grip over him now?”

Edward explained, “The company has been growing rapidly for the past two years. He does seem to be getting out of our control. Or you could be right—he might be busy getting chummy with Brian to join forces with him.”

back then. And here we are. Not only did we fail to hold any

took a deep breath and admitted, “Yes, it’s all my fault for

wouldn’t have happened. I actually have nothing against your son, but it’d be fair to at least be on equal standing with him. This is what I call ‘insurance’. I just don’t want to be defenceless

The next day.

the first thing in the morning to check

he merely replied, “I’m

brow and asked, “What’s going

agitated, Brian answered,

pursued, “Did you feel any headache after

replied, “Woke up? I

surprised. “You didn’t sleep? What did

to get it up the whole night, but it was useless. Damn it! The Quintets’ gang must have gotten someone to hack our computer systems. Once I’m done with this, I’m going

gang members are probably good at fighting and robbing. Tech-savvy tactics, such as

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