At last, Rose and the others brought Oliver's ashes back to Regalia to prepare for his funeral. Around the same time she arrived, Jonathan's private jet landed too. "Mr. Finch, I received a message from Finch Manor demanding your instant return." Finley walked alongside Jonathan.Jonathan had returned to Regalia because of Rose. However, he hadn't expected his family to know his location as soon as he touched down.Jonathan furrowed his brows without a word. It couldn't be more obvious that he had ignored Finch Manor's message. His footsteps did not halt for even a second.After getting into the car, he instructed Finley, "To the Young residence." He was confident Rose would be there because she had arrived in Regalia for Oliver's funeral."Yes, Mr. Finch," responded Finley.As the car left the airport, a group of luxury cars appeared on the road and surrounded Jonathan's vehicle. Then, his phone rang with a call from Finch Manor. Jonathan scrunched his eyebrows at his family'
"I know what you're planning!" Eleanor glared at Yosef, her demeanor cold. She saw through his schemes easily. If Ms. Maize married Jonathan, it would increase Yosef's chances of regaining his power at Finch Group.The startled Yosef played dumb. "Mom—""Stop it. The Finch Group now belongs to Jon, and you should stop plotting. Your only duty now is to stick to your position and assist Jon instead of poking into his private business," lectured Eleanor. She would not let anyone harm the family.Although Yosef's capability was far from Jonathan's, he remained ambitious. That was something Eleanor understood. She glanced at his son and was ready to head upstairs.Yosef was reluctant to give up. His goal today was to be the matchmaker between the Finches and Maizes. Even Eleanor sounded extremely pleased earlier! He couldn't accept the sudden twist…When Eleanor arrived at the staircase, Yosef quickly added, "Mom, regarding the marriage alliance with the Maizes…"She halted her ste
"Grandpa put himself in danger for Rose, so you better not make things worse for her!" Anastasia made it sound like a warning, but the rest quickly caught the hint."Ms. Anastasia, are you saying Mr. Young Senior passed away because of her?""What exactly happened? Can we interpret that as her causing Mr. Young Senior's death?"The journalists were relentless, shooting out questions harder than before.That was precisely what Anastasia wanted. Although she successfully threw Rose under the bus, she kept it as subtle as possible. Facing the reporters, Anastasia quickly explained, "That's not true. You're speculating." She looked protective of Rose by "defending" her.After noticing the awry in her statement, they couldn't possibly just accept her half-hearted explanation. On top of that, the protagonist was right before them. They needed to get this scoop!They refocused their attention on Rose, ignoring Anastasia. "If Mr. Young Senior died because of you, are you directly respo
When Rose opened her eyes, she was surprised to see someone in front of her. "Jonathan? He's back in Regalia too?" she wondered.Upon seeing his scrunched eyebrows, she finally understood Jonathan had protected her from the attack. "A-Are you alright?" She stood up with Miles' help and hurriedly went to check on Jonathan.However, Jonathan turned away from her and shielded her with his tall body. His gaze then landed on the journalist. The latter had long been petrified to see Jonathan.Although there were minimal reports regarding the new ruler of Finch Group, he knew who Jonathan was as a journalist. He could easily disregard the Youngs, but he dared not mess with Jonathan and the Finches.Upon realizing that he had struck Jonathan's head, he hastily explained, "Mr. Finch, I didn't mean to hit you. I wanted to teach her a lesson…""You… teach her a lesson?" Jonathan's gaze turned cold."Yes…" The journalist quickly realized something and retracted his words. "No, I… I… I…" He
Leonard answered Finley's call and said slowly, "Yosef's family controls FMZ Media. I'm afraid that…"Finley couldn't care less if the devil himself controlled FMZ Media. Yosef's family had always been Jonathan's archnemeses, and they had tried to kill him while he was in Aquastead on several occasions. Wiping out FMZ Media was the least they could do to settle the score with Yosef's family."Mr. Finch was also beaten up by someone from FMZ Media," Finley said gravely. "Do you think we should spare them?"Leonard was rendered speechless by this. The paparazzi had beaten Jonathan up. How had they gotten away with such a feat? Something must have happened to lead up to this shocking event.He was about to press for details when Finley explained, "The paparazzi nearly hurt Mrs. Finch. So, I'll ask you again. Do you think we should spare them?"Finley had been Jonathan's confidante for a long time, and his voice was laced with the chilling promise of a terrible wrath.Leonard froze.
Yara Maize was the eldest heiress of the Maize family.Upon hearing Bella's suggestion, Yosef calmed down considerably and said, "You're right. The marriage alliance between our family and the Maizes must go through. I don't care if Jonathan is against it. He will marry Yara and that's final."Bella cleaned up the porcelain fragments on the floor. She was dismissive of Yosef's words as she said, "You think Jonathan will be against the marriage? You underestimate Yara's charms. I doubt any man won't want to marry her." She sounded proud of Yara.Yara had been abroad for a while and did not have much contact with Jonathan. If she hadn't, she would have already ensnared the latter with her feminine wiles."Let's make a bet. Now that Yara and Jonathan are in Regalia, she'll have the latter begging to marry her in a month!" Bella proposed confidently.Yosef perked up at the sound of this. "Very well then. A month it is. Let's see what happens after that."If Yara succeeded in winning
Yara marched up to Kate and gripped her by the arms. "What did you just say?"Startled, Kate eyed Yara with bewilderment. She had mentioned only one name earlier, and that was Jonathan's. She said carefully, hoping she was answering Yara's question, "M-Mr. Jonathan Finch."She saw Yara's eyes light up. "Jonathan… Jonathan…" Yara mumbled under her breath, her mood lightening as a sudden thought crossed her mind. "This is perfect! Don't you see? This is my chance!"Her chance to get close to Jonathan, the new person in charge of Rise Entertainment, and have him handle the controversy before it spiraled out of hand. As long as she could see him—or rather, let him see her—she was confident she could make him fall for her.Yara could already see her plan falling into place. Feeling victorious, she turned to Kate and ordered, "Put out a statement using my social media account and make it sound like I was so focused on my work that I didn't pay attention to any scandal, false or not.
The reality made Rose's nonchalance feel like a slap to Anastasia's face. She could not help the jealousy boiling in her as she stormed up to Rose, intending to slap the cavalier grin off the latter's face.Anastasia raised her hand, but as she brought it down in an arc, Rose seized her wrist.Rose had regained some strength after sleeping, and she did not hold back. Anastasia tried to pull away from her grip, but her struggles were to no avail. She glowered at Rose and commanded, "Let go of me!"Rose snorted. She would be a fool to let Anastasia go and earn herself a slap across the face. She maintained her vise-like grip on Anastasia's wrist even as the latter seethed."We're in Young Estate right now! If you don't let go, I'll scream.""Go ahead," Rose said, a cruel challenge flickering in her eyes. She didn't bother playing nice now that things had escalated to the point of near-violence. "Don't think I don't know that you tripped me outside the estate yesterday."She had