"You said that, not me," said Mr. Zink swiftly upon hearing what Steven said. "Mr. Hughes, I never said Senior Howard's death is related to Mrs. Hughes and Dan!"After that, he looked at Gwen and begged her to agree with him. "Miss, I'm sure you heard what I said. I never said that, right?"Gwen furrowed her brow and felt bad for how pitiful Mr. Zink looked. As a lawyer, it was his duty to fight for justice, but since he was badly injured, he did not even dare to tell the truth as he was afraid it would cause more trouble.She sighed and said, "Mr. Zink, you don't have to be so afraid. Steven… He's not the same as the others. He won't betray you, so you don't have to be afraid that he'd ask you to testify."As she was talking, she looked at Steven who was driving. Gwen's reply shocked Steven because he never thought Gwen would say that to Mr. Zink. For a moment there, he did not know if he was more surprised or thrilled to hear that.Even though he knew there was a higher chance G
Inside Howard Mansion, Dan could not help curling his lips into a smirk when he read the comments about Thomas and Joshua on the internet."That Joshua Lynch has always been a pain in the ass. I've always wanted to find some way to get rid of him, but I never thought he'd wind up like Thomas." He lifted his wine glass to his lips and took a sip from it. "If I'd known killing that old geezer would bring us so much help, I would've done this sooner."Not only did we manage to get rid of Thomas, but we even chased that Joshua Lynch right out of Saigen City too. What a pleasant surprise!"Tina gazed out the window as she took a sip from her wine glass. "That's right. I never thought that old geezer's death would solve all our problems like this. We've finally reaped what we sowed. I can't believe that after all these years, we finally lived to see our hard work pay off!"Even though it was in the middle of winter and temperatures were subzero, Tina could not help feeling a surge of war
"What the hell are you talking about?" Tina despised hearing things like this, so she immediately flew into a rage when she heard her own son talking this way. "Can you not be such a party pooper? We were celebrating our victory! What could've gone wrong?"She strode over to Dan and snatched the laptop out of his hands. "We've won. Unless that old geezer somehow was raised from the dead, there's no way we could've failed. Besides, haven't we already confirmed his death? How could he possibly be revived?"Before she could even finish her sentence, she caught sight of the image on the screen.Senior Howard was dead, alright, but at this moment, she was staring at an image of him before his demise.In the video, Senior Howard was leaning against his headboard, wearing the familiar hospital gown. His face appeared pale, but his voice was just as boisterous as ever."If you're watching this video, it means that I'm probably dead by now, but there are some things I'd like to clarify to
Tina's entire body froze upon hearing this.She stared dazedly at the man on the screen, her ears ringing so hard that she could not even hear her son calling her name.Dan was right…They were screwed.With Mr. Zink being abducted and Senior Howard's last words announced on the internet, everyone in Saigen City would know that Dan was not Senior Howard's biological son and that she had deceived him.Tina had put in so much effort to plan this and naively thought she had succeeded, but it turned out that Joshua was always one step ahead!The night before, when she and Dan were still figuring out how to kill Senior Howard without anyone suspecting them, Joshua had already laid out his plan.Tina closed her eyes, her face as pale as a ghost."Everyone," all of a sudden, Joshua's voice rang out. "This video was taken when I went to visit Senior Howard yesterday. I promised him that if he pulled through, I'd never reveal this video for the whole world to see, but the fact that all
When Tina and Dan arrived at the police station, they bumped into Yannie and Thomas, who were on their way out.The four of them crossed paths.Yannie pursed her lips when she saw them and instinctively grasped Thomas' hand.Just a few minutes ago, she had promised the cops that she would keep a stern eye on Thomas so he would not do anything rash after bailing him out. At this moment, when she caught sight of Tina and Dan, she instinctively tightened her grip on Thomas' to prevent him from acting rashly.Thomas could sense her worry. He furrowed his brow slightly and curled his lips into a smile as he stared at Tina and Dan. "I'm assuming neither of you thought you'd end up here so soon, huh?"Even though he had not known of Senior Howard's will and death before he was captured, the cops had enlightened him on the events that happened prior to his release.Tina paused, clearly slightly surprised by Thomas' comment, then sneered. "You're right; I hadn't expected this at all. Who
Tina's entire body stiffened, and she frowned at him. "What…kind of relationship do you have with him?"She could tell from Thomas' attitude that he and Joshua were not just ordinary business associates."He and I go way back." Thomas curled his lips into a smirk as though he could sense what Tina was thinking and disdainfully added, "Aunt Tina, you're far more naive than I thought. If you had spent the time to actually get to know Joshua, you would've discovered just how smart he is."Not only does he dominate Banyan City, but he even turned Merchant City into his business empire within a year of arriving there. You and I can barely even begin to imagine the true extent of his wealth and power."The Howard family's fortune is of no attraction to him at all. If he wanted to, he could've established a new business and dominated the entire Saigen City within months, so how could I have bought him out with money?"Despair crept across Tina's face.She always thought that Joshua had
"I guess you do remember." Thomas curled his lips into a smirk when he saw Tina's face turning pale. "Well, I told Joshua about you blinding my Aunt Rianne, so he was willing to come over to Saigen City and throw you into prison himself, even without the promise of money. However…"He sighed. "I never thought you'd be so cruel as to kill that old geezer.""Why are you so surprised?" Tina sneered at him. "Since Carl had the guts to leave everything to you in his will, why are you so surprised that I had the guts to kill him and take back what's rightfully mine?"A glimmer of malice crossed her face as she snarked, "After Eanne died, he was in such a slump that all he did for a long time was drink and drink nonstop. If it weren't for me, if I hadn't dragged Howard Group back from the edge of bankruptcy, he wouldn't even be where he was!"He can't take away my credit for helping him, can he? How dare he dismiss me with just a small bungalow and a branch of the company? Since when have
Silence blanketed the atmosphere.Yannie bit her lip and stared at Thomas, her face pale as she asked tentatively, "What do you mean? Are you talking about…what she did to you with Tina yesterday?"Well, if you are…I think you should indeed get your revenge on her too."Yannie still had no idea how she would go about dealing with this.She had lost sleep the night before, trying to figure out if she should tell Thomas the truth. Therefore, she did not know that Thomas had already put two and two together, nor did she know that Luna had already told him the truth.At this thought, she paused for a moment and said, "Actually…""You don't have to continue hiding anything from me; I know everything." Thomas sighed and gently clasped her hand. "After we were separated yesterday, I called Luna, and she told me the truth."He sighed and continued, "I know…I know that Denise and I did unspeakable things during the period of time my memory blanked out. Is that right?"Yannie bit her lip