Chapter 501

“Don’t push your luck, North—”

“Is that so hard to answer? Looks like you’re still biased toward your ‘adopted’ son. Oh, dear. I’d better ask Madam Bracken—”

“He knows! Mike knows!” Patricia replied with gritted teeth. “I’m sorry, Gerald. I’ve been fooled. Mike said you were already so successful, so you deserved a proper break after working for so many years. When he said he was willing to manage Deep Pool Corporation for you, I believed him.

“I’m your biological mother. Why would I help an adopted son steal your life’s work? It was an honest mistake. Please don’t let any outsiders ruin our relationship!”

“Oh… So, you’re saying it’s all Mike’s fault?” North beat Gerald to the punch with a passive-aggressive tone. “You’d better punish him properly then. A false heir trying to usurp the true heir? How dare he? Am I right, Ms. Patricia?”

“How dare you?!”

“North’s right.” Gerald suddenly smiled with a mysterious look in his shifting eyes. “Mike’s shares should be mine. If we’re talk