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.”

the one that fed them. This was all because you decided to let Eugene stay back then. And here we are. Not only did we fail to hold any shares in the company, he also took the throne from us, with Grandpa backing him.

“Yes, it’s all my fault for

on him. “I shouldn’t blame you. Had I come into your life earlier, all these 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.

in

exhausted; he merely replied,

brow and asked, “What’s going

Brian answered,

any headache

up? I didn’t even

was surprised. “You didn’t sleep? What did you

company’s server system went down. The IT department was trying to get it up the whole night, but it was useless. Damn it! The Quintets’

The Quintet’s gang members are probably good at fighting and

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