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
“Mr. Mike could not win the argument, and then Mr. Cedric and Ms. Patricia said their stomachs were hurting. Mr. Mike said the same and even insisted that Gerald and I poisoned them.”At this point, North shook her head. “Officer, the three of them only had the fish stew. To prove that we’re innocent, Gerald and I both had a bowl of fish stew, but neither of us showed any reaction.”Gerald watched how seriously North spun her tale and smiled. “North, you don’t have to explain in such detail. We are innocent, and I believe that justice will prevail. I’m sure the police will help prove us innocent.”Right then, some doctors showed up, too.Mike and his parents kept wailing as the doctor in the lead took blood samples from them. The fish stew was also taken away to be tested.Fifteen minutes later, the doctors were all frowning in confusion.Mike was angry and upset. He was determined to pin all this on Gerald. He asked impatiently, “Doctor, are we very severely poisoned?”The doct