Ashton looked out of the car window, deep in thoughts. It took him a while to answer, “He is after money, but not from me.”
I looked at him, puzzled.
He raised his eyebrow and warned, “Look out! Red light!”
I turned back to look ahead and jammed the brakes, startled.
He clapped his hand on his forehead and mocked, “I managed to escape unharmed from Shane, but in the end, I die from my wife’s carelessness. That is a little outrageous, don’t you think?”
I frowned and chided, “Stop spouting nonsense.”
He chuckled and the atmosphere lightened.
The traffic light turned green and I drove on.
big due to the incident in Moranta. He hired Shane to make
matter?” I
telling
involved in the oil industry. They had some factories and a pharmaceutical company. Their business then was not as diversified nor huge as compared to now. The main player in the oil sector was the Sanders, one of the most prominent families in K City during those days. The oil sector wasn’t a major industry at that time, so the Sanders assigned the concession of that business to their adopted daughter, Winona Stovall. When
“The Winona Stovall you mentioned is my grandma?” I had to clear
Ashton nodded.
the Sanders? Why is
Sanders. However, Mrs. Sanders got pregnant not long after and had her own
probed,
from my forehead and continued, “After Winona married into the Murphy family, the industrial revolution and development of the electronics sector caused the oil industry to grow by leaps and bounds. As the exploration rights in the country were in your grandma’s hands, the Murphys jumped in and did big-scale exploration and extraction. Instantly, they rose to become one of the richest families in K City. Some of the old-money families tried to cozy up to the Murphys. Others felt threatened by their rise, so they plotted against the Murphys. As your grandma held the key to the rise of the Murphys, she was
the sandalwood box grandma left for me, isn’t it?” I made an intelligent
Armond tried to
When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett) Chapter 927
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