However, Robert and Sean had lived like father and son for many years. Robert wasn't completely heartless, after all."Didn't you try to persuade him?" Robert stood with his back to Angeline, his eyes reddened. "There'll be a bloody battle when he returns to the Kingston family. He'll have to face the evil forces who killed his parents.""Everyone has something they need and want to do, Granddad. Like I said last time, I'll wait for him but won't stop him." Angeline's voice was firm and calm. "Besides, he has something to anchor him. He has you, the two children, and me. He won't risk his life to fight. You should trust him. He was raised by you, after all." Robert gripped his walking stick tightly and shut his eyes.Perhaps it was because he was growing older, but Robert recently felt like many things were slipping out of his control. He no longer had the strength to do anything about it."Since you've already made your mind up, it won't change anything, even if I disagr
At 2:15 am, Robert's and Angeline's phones rang simultaneously.When Angeline arrived downstairs, Asher was already there to pick Robert up. Once Robert had gotten changed, the three of them headed to the hospital in the same car.Several people were already at the hospital when Robert and Angeline arrived. When they discovered that Robert was there, everyone greeted him at the hospital parking lot. They offered words of comfort and condolences to Robert, who walked with a firm step despite his head of almost entirely white hair.People from the funeral home were waiting for Robert to show up and take a last look before sending the body to the crematorium.Everyone waited outside, leaving the hospital room for Robert and his adopted son.Angeline stood at the door expressionlessly. She gave meticulous instructions. "Don't let the news about Mr. Lawson's death get out for now. We must not let the media know. Mr. Lawson Senior will return to the office tomorrow morning and simul
The company's high-level executives were slightly more reassured after hearing what Taylor had to say.Robert soon walked out of the hospital room with Angeline supporting him. The Lawson Global senior executives hurriedly went up to them. The people from the funeral home carried Sean out in a body bag. Robert held his walking stick with both hands, his eyes red. He said hoarsely, "Tonight has been hard on all of you.""Our condolences, Mr. Lawson Senior!""Mr. Lawson Senior, we offer our deepest condolences…"Robert nodded. He was unsmiling, and deep lines of fatigue were etched on his face. He walked into the hospital elevator with Angeline's help.Taylor carefully noted and instructed all the executives, "Tomorrow morning, Mr. Lawson Senior will return to the office to chair a meeting. Before that, please do not leak the news of Mr. Lawson's sudden death."Although both Angeline and Taylor had given instructions to keep Sean's sudden death a secret, news of it still spread
Lawson Lapdog: "That's right! Even if Ms. Lawson did want to commit murder, she wouldn't have tried to kill two at the same time! Wouldn't that make her actions clear to everyone? Someone like Ms. Lawson wouldn't be that stupid."When Robert arrived, he exited the car and walked into the building with Asher. He leaned heavily on his walking stick. The staff members at Lawson Global prevented anyone from greeting him, and the workers' group chats began to explode. The board of directors were seated in Meeting Room One, and their brows were deeply furrowed. The news of Sean's death had caught them completely unaware. The assistants and secretaries of the various directors of the board were exchanging information outside the meeting room. The directors were also clustered together in the meeting room, trying to sieve information from each other to piece together the complete picture. "I couldn't get through to Mr. Millstone this morning. It was the same with Mr. Powell, Mr. Lawson'
"You're overthinking it. I finalized my will long ago and told Sean and Angeline very clearly. Sean clarified that he did not want to inherit the Lawson assets and shares. Angeline was only able to join Lawson Global because Sean was preparing her to take over at the company in the future." Robert's voice was calm. No one had expected this revelation. When Angeline first joined Lawson Global, everyone had been expecting a fight for the successor's rights. They even thought Angeline and Sean only pretended to get along for Robert's sake. After all, the Scott sisters maintained a cordial relationship with each other at first, but their true colors were only revealed when their power struggle intensified. Who would have thought that Sean did not want the Lawson inheritance or that he had brought his relative Angeline into the company to prepare for a future handover? Even Daniel, who had been with Robert for many years and never questioned him, was flummoxed. He wondered if
At the same time, Lawson Global would focus on making a breakthrough with the lithography machine as Marvonia still struggled with raising production volume. During this time, Marvonia would not be able to enter the domestic market for mid-level chips. Lawson Global would improve the domestic production of lithography machines and chips so that they could penetrate the high-end market.After the meeting, the heads of each department delivered Angeline's instructions to their subordinates so that each department could continue working according to their plans. Even though she was Sean's fiancée, Monica only learned about his death through Lawson Global's official Twitter account.She immediately closed the door to her office and called Angeline to inquire about the events."Don't worry. Our collaboration will not change despite Sean's death," Angeline said. "I prefer working with you over Lara. Not only have we known each other longer, but you've shown me your sincerity from the
"Yes." Melissa nodded. "However, it won't affect us much. If you hadn't pushed the plan back for a year, our original plan would've occurred on the third of next month anyway. There isn't much difference, and it'll be better for us to return early so Dexter won't cause any trouble."When Sean was still Shane, genetics technology hadn't been significantly developed yet. Despite that, his parents had spent a considerable sum of money for him to get his DNA sequenced by a biology laboratory. If Sean wanted to return to the Kingston residence as Shane and claim his inheritance, he would have to prove his identity using his genetic data. When Melissa began planning for Sean's return, she married Cory Walden, Sean's decoy. She then hid him away from everyone by claiming that he was in poor health. Even Sean's uncle, Dexter, was barred from seeing his "nephew" because he was too sick. Melissa told them that Sean would return to Kingston after recovering. Dexter had assumed that M
Sean spoke earnestly to Melissa. He had grown up with her, and his mother had always wanted a daughter, so she doted on Melissa. Emelia had even said that she wanted Melissa to be her daughter-in-law. Their families had enjoyed joking around like that.However, Sean only had room in his heart for Angeline. Perhaps Melissa had grown accustomed to the idea that they would become husband and wife one day, and maybe that was why she was helping him so much. Or perhaps she was doing it because of their long friendship, like her father, Brian Lane. Regardless, Sean was very grateful and would do his best to repay them for their help. Still, he would only ever have Angeline as his wife.Since he could only see Melissa as a sister, he figured it would be better for him to clear the air now.When he saw Melissa's shocked expression, he ruffled her hair like he used to do when they were kids. "I'll take you to meet my wife when everything is over."As Melissa watched Sean leave the roo