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
Yannie's entire body stiffened upon hearing this. She lifted her head to stare at him, intending to say something, but no words came out.If this happened to her in the past, she would have begged Thomas to show Denise some mercy, but at this moment, she felt that Denise deserved to be punished.She recalled what happened at Howard Mansion the day before.At that time, after Tina and Senior Howard left for the hospital, Yannie begged Denise for mercy as her men dragged Thomas into the room. She even got on both knees to beg her. "Please don't do this. When Thomas finds out about this, he won't stop at anything to get revenge."However, Denise merely stared at her triumphantly and said, "Is that so? Do you think you know Thomas better than I do? You're right; if he finds out I slept with him without his permission, he'll be irate. Though…"She squatted so she would be at eye level with Yannie and lifted her chin, forcing Yannie to stare right into her cold gaze. "It'll be an entire
Even though Thomas had at one point hated his father's guts, he was still his father at the end of the day.Besides, even though Senior Howard had committed many mistakes in the past, he still displayed remorse and tried to make up for his mistakes after finding out that Tina and Dan had deceived him for so many years.The truth was, this was more than enough.Thomas believed that if Senior Howard had pulled through, he would continue finding ways to patch things up between them.Sadly, fate had different plans. Senior Howard had passed away before he could do so and before he could even meet his own granddaughter.At the thought of this, Thomas sighed and took Yannie's hand in his. "Let's go. We'll stop by to see Riley, then give my father a proper goodbye. After everything is settled, let's pay Joshua a visit to discuss what should happen from here on out."Yannie nodded and curled her fingers around his.According to Tina, Thomas was doing all this just to get his hands on th
"That's because I promised Senior Howard I'd do anything to protect his lawyer." Joshua sighed and turned to glance at the streets below him with a look of helplessness. "I wasn't the one who had filmed Senior Howard's will—it was Mr. Zink."After I received the recording, Senior Howard had called me himself to ask me to protect Mr. Zink. This was why I sent Steven and Gwen to rescue him before I posted the video online."Luna was surprised by this.Joshua was right. If he had released the video prior to ensuring Mr. Zink's safety, Tina and Dan would find a way to exterminate Mr. Zink before they got arrested. Therefore, Joshua had taken great care to ensure Mr. Zink was safe before going after Tina and Dan.At this thought, Luna sighed and said, "You're such a detail-oriented person; nothing ever seems to faze you or disturb your plans."No matter what happened, Joshua never failed to remain calm somehow and be the most reliable person among them in the face of adversity."Do yo
"Riley is missing?" Luna was astounded by this. "Yannie, calm down and tell me what happened.""Well, this is all I know—" Yannie was gasping for breath as she explained, "Tina and Dan have been arrested because of Mr. Lynch's help. After Thomas and I came out from the police station, he wanted to visit her, so I came with him to the hospital…"She sniffed and continued, "But when we arrived here, we discovered that all the guards that had been assigned to look after Riley disappeared."We couldn't help thinking something was wrong, and when we got out of the elevator, we ran into Riley's doctor. When we tried to ask him what was going on, however, he immediately ran away as though he had seen a ghost."Thomas and I immediately knew something bad had happened, so we ran all the way to Riley's room. When we got there, we realized that Riley was missing, and there was another baby girl in there."Yannie sobbed as she said, "Luna, we're in the security room right now, but the person
Sean?Luna's brow furrowed in confusion. "What's he doing here in Saigen City?"Luna and Joshua had flown all the way to Saigen City for other people; Luna had come to join Gwen on her trip whereas Joshua was here to help Thomas settle his business.However, Sean did not possess any friends or family in Saigen City, so what was he doing here?"He's here to experience the world-renowned Saigen City winter, of course." Joshua curled his lips into a smirk, gently clutched Luna's wrist, and pulled her into his arms. "Let's all meet for dinner tonight. We should invite Thomas and Yannie too."Luna stared at him in puzzlement, her brow still scrunched. "What on earth are you talking about?"Why was he suggesting inviting Thomas and Yannie to dinner with Sean?The three of them did not know each other well, and even if they were friends…Thomas and Yannie would probably be worried sick about Riley, so how could they want to attend a gathering with Sean?At the thought of this, Luna sig