She set someone else up for her own personal interest. How could she be fit to be Myers Corporation’s successor?North’s gaze turned sharp. “Are you saying that I worked together with Mr. Shelby to set Reina up and that I’m a horrible person? Is that it?”For some reason, Linda panicked. “Y-Yes!”Suddenly, North smiled. “I think so too.”The crowd was stunned. Did North know what she was saying? She thought that the one who planned this whole thing was a horrible person? She was practically insulting herself that way!“Since Marlin Brandy is here, I might as well make things clear.” North leveled Mr. Shelby a meaningful look. “I bribed you and asked you to give suggestions to Reina in order to make it seem like she copied my design, is that right?”Mr. Shelby broke out in a cold sweat, but he no longer had a way out of the situation. “I’m sorry I let you down, Ms. North, but I’m willing to shoulder all responsibility, don’t worry. But you did indeed give me the order to do so.
Everyone at the center of the banquet hall was stunned by the turn of events. Reina bribed Mr. Shelby. She did indeed plagiarize North’s design and also accused her of plagiarism. It was all for the sake of becoming Myers Corporation’s successor. North was the one who was set up and who had mud thrown on her. What would have happened to her if Marlin Brandy had not helped her?“Ms. North is so pitiful…”“They’ve seriously widened my eyes. The entire Myers family is full of shameless b*stards, and Reina Myers is even a celebrity! But she set up her own sister!”“Mr. Henry must know about it too. He knows exactly what will happen to North Myers after she’s disowned and accused of plagiarism. He just wants her dead!”Henry’s face turned red, and he felt faint. “What nonsense… I’m North’s father—”“Bah! How can you even call yourself a father at this point?!”“But with how things are right now, will Marlin Brandy still want to work with Myers Corporation?”North twirled her hair
When did Gerald get here?!Did he hear anything important?Gerald’s eyes flashed with something unidentifiable as he smiled. “I heard something about Star just now, so I’m a little curious.”North stammered, “Oh, yes, that’s right. Marlin, let me introduce you. This is—”“Hello, Mr. Gerald.” Marlin extended his hand. “We meet again.”A dangerous glare shone in Gerald’s eyes. “Indeed. I wasn’t expecting you to come to Peacevale.”North blinked. “Wait. You two know each other?”Marlin had met the Howard family many years ago and watched their family drama unfold. He was simply not expecting the “son” the Howard family looked down on to be Gerald. At that time, Gerald had just returned to the Howard family, and he was at the lowest point of his life. He had climbed to his position from the bottom of society, but his eyes shone with a wild, aggressive glare. They had met again ten years later, and Gerald had become the famed leader of the Howard family. Gerald said coolly, “We
What… did Gerald just say?Did he just call her Star?!He knew who she was!North was flabbergasted. Before she could recover from her shock, she heard him say, “Also, you sure don’t even bat an eyelid when you praise yourself, huh?”North felt her heart leap to her throat, and her face turned red from embarrassment. “You…”But she just could not finish her sentence. Her mind was blank. Only one thought remained. “Aaaaaah! Even though he knows, he still lured me into taking the bait!”North then decided to just give up. She squared her shoulders to say, “I’m brilliant! What’s wrong with me praising myself?!”Gerald just cocked an eyebrow in amusement and said profoundly, “True.”North felt her words die on her tongue. Just then, Connor handed a document over, and Gerald took it. “This is the contract. Take a look.”North gave it a brief look before she suddenly saw a name. “Millor? You’re giving me this studio?”“I have to be sincere if I want to work with Star, right?”
North blinked. “It’s time for lunch, so can’t Gerald come back for food? Wow, despite having such a huge business empire, you won’t even let your own son eat?”“What nonsense! You little…”Mike quickly patted Patricia’s back. “Gerald, what are you doing? You know that Mom is sickly, so why are you making her angry? You could have just talked this through calmly if you have business with us?”North clicked her tongue. “You’re such a pitiful creature, Gerald. You haven’t even said anything, and you’re already accused of being a bad son.”“That’s enough!” Cedric frowned. “Since you’ve come back, just tell us what you want.”North looked at Cedric. He was one of the culprits who caused Paige to die of depression. Gerald’s expression did not change, and he went straight to business. “I’m here for Millor’s equity. Sign the agreement, Mr. Cedric.”He placed the agreement to transfer the equity for Millor and also to change the leader of the studio in front of Cedric. Patricia’s ex
Mike stared at Gerald and wanted to find traces of anger on his face, but there were none. Gerald just looked up coolly. “Sure.”Mike then felt as if he had taken revenge, and he felt great. “It’s good that you agreed to it. I’ll have the manager make arrangements right now. Speaking of which, you promoted him, but he only listens to me now. Will you hold a grudge against him?”North felt displeased. This b*stard… Was he addicted to boasting?She really wanted to mock him, but Gerald just gave him a cool look. “If you want to use someone who’s useless to me, go on ahead.”North snapped her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Mike’s expression stiffened. What did Gerald mean by that? If the manager was someone useless to Gerald, did that mean that Le Mieux was also useless to him?No. He must be lying. Once Gerald saw the profits the restaurant was generating, he would be so jealous!Even if Gerald got Millor back, Mike still had a firm hold over Le Mieux!But Patricia had a bad feeling
Gerald wanted to see how Mike managed the restaurant ranked among the top five in Peacevale. North’s eyes flashed with cunningness. If Howard Corporation would rather spend money to beautify the restaurant’s financial reports, then that meant that they were worried about people saying that Mike was useless. If that were the case, she should stir up some trouble and let everyone in Peacevale know that Mike was indeed a waste of space!…Soon, their food was served. North flicked her fingers. No one noticed, but some white powder landed in the fish stew. Mike acted like the owner of the place. “Try the food and see whether the taste has changed over the years, Gerald.”Gerald asked coolly, “Why do you want to know?”“I just want to know whether the restaurant was better in your hands or mine.”Mike then gave the manager a look. “What do you think?”The manager immediately praised Mike, “Of course, it was better in your hands! You’re the best leader I’ve ever seen. Every d
Cedric felt indignant on Mike’s behalf, and Patricia spoke up for him, too.“Well, aren’t you just a petty one, Gerald? You and Mike are brothers. Do you have to hold a grudge for so long just because he got a restaurant? Aren’t you just trying to accuse us of being biased by letting North taunt him like this?“Have you ever wondered why we’re biased? It’s simply because you’re not fit to be considered our son. You can’t compare to Mike in any aspect, which is why we—”“It seems that you’re both blind and brainless, Ms. Patricia.” North interrupted her with a fake smile. She waved the phone in her hand. “I made an audio recording. I’ll put it on repeat for everyone to hear.”If this recording got out, the Howard family would become a joke!“North, this is a family matter. Do you have a death—Ow!”Before Patricia could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a sharp ache in her stomach. She stumbled, and sweat started to form on her forehead. Why did it hurt so much?!Patricia met N
He moved his wrists and frowned.Did North sleep for the entire day? Was she disoriented?North sat by the bed with nothing to do. She watched as time passed. Strange, why wasn’t she awake yet? Was she that sleepy? Could it be that the advanced exam questions were too difficult and she did not want to wake up?North could not help but think about the questions. Hmm… they did not seem very difficult. She had thought of a solution!Indeed, people had endless potential when they were dreaming. They could even come up with answers to such difficult questions!North was afraid that she would forget and wanted to wake up quickly, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not wake up. She closed her eyes and opened them again, but she was still in the room.North frowned and muttered to herself, “What’s going on…?”Gerald looked at her silently.He also wanted to ask what was going on.“North, do you need my help?”North hesitated. Even though it was a dream, she was still a littl
North exclaimed in surprise.It turned out that Gerald could be sarcastic too!Gerald did not give Patricia any time to react. He was just short of chasing the entire Bracken family out.While the Bracken family was leaving, Gerald heard Mike grumble, “Mom… If you knew this was going to happen, why didn’t you adjust your act earlier!”Patricia was furious. “I did all of this for you. How could you fall for Gerald’s tricks?!”“But Gerald was right. They suspect that I’m not Paige’s son because of you!”…Giselle’s smile became more and more sarcastic. When the Bracken family disappeared, he said, “Accompany me pay respects to Paige. Also, get someone to clean Glass Manor inside and out.”He wanted to get rid of the bad vibes the Bracken family had brought in.…A few days later, when they returned to Royal Sights Residences, the Bracken family actually stopped causing trouble.North was about to graduate, and she had one final exam. She saw the class group chat exchanging adva
“Why? Do you think that I’ve forgotten how Paige died?”Giselle never expected that this shameless family would have the audacity to make an issue out of Paige’s death.“You make it sound so simple. Even if Patricia dies today, you would never disregard her last wishes. Is everything you do for the good of the Bracken family?“Still, the only person the Bracken family has ever had to sacrifice was Paige!”Virgil snapped, “Nonsense! I’m Paige’s biological father, how could I…”Giselle sneered. “Stop putting on an act. You didn’t look for your daughter when she was missing. You didn’t feel sorry for your daughter when she returned. You kept asking her to tolerate the adopted daughter. When she was sick, you even stopped her treatment so that she would die and let your adopted daughter marry her husband.“Virgil, I’m sick. I’m not dead yet, and I haven’t lost my memory. If this happens again, I’ll destroy the entire Bracken family!”Giselle looked at the bodyguards she had brought
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.Virgil found it hard to breathe. “Let go! Are you crazy?!”“I’m asking you a question. Where is Paige buried? Tell me!”Virgil’s brain was deprived of oxygen. Without thinking, he roared, “How would I know? Let go, you crazy woman!”Patricia screamed, “Madam Giselle, what are you doing? Let go of him. Do you want Dad to die?”Gerald’s second uncle also shouted, “Madam Giselle, why are you doing this to us? Don’t treat your husband like this!”“You don’t know? You don’t know at all, do you?” Giselle ignored everyone. She looked unremorseful. She scoffed.“You claim to be severely depressed about your daughter’s death,” Giselle retorted. “Despite that, you actually don’t know where your daughter’s grave is!”As soon as she finished speaking, the entire place fell silent.When Virgil realized what he had just said, his face turned pale and he stopped screaming. He trembled as he spoke to Giselle hatefully. “You did this on purpose…”That wa
Mike said weakly, “North, we paid our respects to my mother before we went out today. We didn’t say anything because we were afraid that Grandpa wouldn’t be able to accept it.”As expected, Virgil clutched his chest and looked like he was about to faint.Patricia cried out, “Gerald, are you satisfied now that your grandfather is trembling in anger? We’ve kept it a secret for so many years. Despite that…”Everyone sighed. So, that was how it was.It was indeed Ms. Paige’s death anniversary today. However, the old man had fallen into a state of depression from the intense guilt. He then mistakenly thought that his daughter had passed away in May.As his family, Patricia and Mike could not bear to make the old man feel more guilty. Thus, they maintained the facade.In fact, they would pay their respects to Paige every year.This made sense. After all, Virgil was old and could not stand such harsh emotions.The people from the Bracken family jumped on this chance to scold Gerald. “
Everyone was dumbfounded. North was really bold!North blinked. “What’s wrong, Mr. Virgil? Why are you so angry? Did I say something wrong?”“What nonsense! Paige is my daughter! How could I intentionally let her die?!”North widened her eyes. “I didn’t say that you intentionally let her die! It’s just that the Bracken family didn’t like her and looked down on her. The medical staff didn’t care about her either. In the end, they didn’t even treat her and let her die.“I know. It’s not your fault. After all, you were so busy. How could you have the time to take care of a daughter you don’t love?”Virgil clutched his chest. “What nonsense…! Shut up!”“North!” Patricia screamed. “Gerald, are you just going to watch her anger your grandfather? Your grandfather’s health isn’t good…”“What did I say wrong?”North sighed. “Look at what Mr. Virgil said. Ms. Paige passed away at the end of May, so why didn’t he treat her for two whole months from the end of March to the end of May?“Th
Mike knew that he had fallen into North’s trap and was speechless!He was so anxious that his expression changed. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and huge beads of sweat dripped down. “Um… I…”“Mike!” Patricia saw that the situation was not good, so she hurriedly interrupted Mike and pulled him behind her.Then, she took a deep breath and pretended to be helpless and upset.“Gerald, what nonsense are you talking about?! We’re family. If you have anything you’re upset about, just tell me. There’s no need to cause trouble at the banquet and make an issue out of Paige’s death anniversary!“We’re all Paige’s family, and Dad is also Paige’s biological father. How can we not know when her death anniversary is?“Paige’s death anniversary is at the end of May. It’s not today at all. You… You’re too much!”Virgil looked aggrieved. He nodded and said, “That’s right. Paige’s death anniversary is in May. Gerald, I know you don’t want to give up her inheritance. Moreover, I didn’t fo
Everyone’s eyes fell on Gerald.Gerald looked up slowly and said calmly, “Ms. Patricia, why did you choose today to hold a banquet for Mike?”“It doesn’t matter what day I chose!” Patricia roared.“So, you did choose the date.”Gerald looked down at Patricia from above. His cold gaze made Patricia suddenly feel suffocated.Her “son” had a murderous look in his eyes. “Any other day would have been fine, but not today.”Patricia hated the look in Gerald’s eyes the most. Why was he so arrogant? Why was he looking down on her? Why was he like that b*tch?She screamed, “Gerald, I’m your mother! Mike is your brother! It’s fine if you don’t love me, but you keep finding fault with me. What right do you have—”“Today is the anniversary of Paige’s death.”Gerald interrupted her.Patricia’s face turned pale, and the words that she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. The scene instantly fell silent.What did Gerald say? What day was it today?Today was the anniversary of Paige’s d
Patricia felt a lump in her throat. “You…”“Connor, come out.” North interrupted her.Then, a group of people dressed in black walked out of nowhere and played mournful music. Connor walked in the middle and placed a memorial tablet on the table.Everyone looked at the memorial tablet curiously, wanting to know whose memorial tablet it was. When everyone saw the name “Paige”, they instantly fell silent.North and Gerald paid their respects. Then, they placed the bouquets beside the memorial tablet.Their actions stunned everyone.Had they come to pay respects to Paige?Patricia was trembling. She stared fixedly at Paige’s name on the memorial tablet. She clenched her fists.Paige!Gerald had paid his respects to Paige at a banquet for Mike. Was he crazy?! She was so unlucky! Paige was already dead, but she was still the center of attention at Mike’s banquet!After paying her respects, North turned around. “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to pay your respects?”