"Ari, what you told me before was all a lie?" Joseph asked tremblingly, "You helped Damian in the beginning, just to watch him fall... No, you were the one who dug the hole, right?"Arianna smiled mockingly, saying, "That depends on how you look at it. I dug a hole, but I planned to lay the foundation and build a tall building, and Damian insisted on snatching it. He took it, but instead of building towering structures, he continued digging a hole and then leaping into it. What else can I do?”She should not be the one to blame. It was Damian who wanted to jump into the trap. She just... did not stop him."Alright, great!" After hearing the truth, Joseph was completely ashamed, propping himself on the side of the sofa and slowly sitting down. "I didn’t see it coming. My baby girl, how could you be the one to deceive me?""Dad. There‘s more for you to see!" She smiled coldly. "Over the years, I’ve done many things for the company. You ignored my talents and abilities and only focus
After a moment of silence, Joseph suddenly raised his head and broke out in laughter. “Amazing! Oh, dear daughter, I’ve underestimated you!”Arianna just looked at him coldly, not having much of a reaction. She might have had a crushing defeat today if she had not done this.After laughing for some time, his phone rang. He was not in the mood to answer it, so he picked it up after some time. “Hello?”Suddenly, he raised his head after exchanging a few words with the person on the other end. Standing up, he asked anxiously as his gaze averted to Arianna, “What? Are you sure that you searched everywhere?”Puzzled, Arianna looked back at him.“Okay, I got it. Calm down. No, don’t call the cops. Wait first…”Then, he hung up and glared at Arianna. His phone was still in his hand. “What have you done to Damian?”Arianna had no idea what he was talking about.“Is there a need for you to put on an act in front of me at this point?” Joseph scoffed, unable to trust her at all right no
“What’s the point of me doing that?” Arianna scoffed and continued, “Don’t worry too much. I’m sure he’ll show up soon.”“Really?” Joseph’s eyes lit up. After all these years, he was used to depending on this daughter of his, and he trusted her out of habit.“Soon, the cops will come for him because of the issue with the perfume. If he’s missing, the cops will also look for him, so don’t worry too much about it. It doesn’t matter whether you report this or if you looked for him. Just wait and see.” Arianna picked up a document and glanced through it calmly.That was the truth of the situation, but how could Joseph not worry?“Forget it. I’ll look for him if you’re unwilling to do so!” He turned and left the office, looking much more worn than before. When he exited through the door, Nathaniel came in, and the two almost bumped into each other. Turning back, Nathaniel asked, “What’s with him?”“It’s nothing,” Arianna said casually. “Where have you been for the past two days? I do
"As long as you safely do things, it’ll benefit you," Arianna said coldly and glanced at him. She saw him leaning there, playing with a pen, and thought of what happened just now, "By the way, Damian is missing. Do you know about this?"Nathaniel raised his eyebrows. "Oh? I didn’t know about that. How could he be missing? Didn't your old man lock him up?""Dad kept him in and didn’t let him go out, but I heard that he disappeared. My dad suspects I did it," Arianna frowned. If Nathaniel was not behind this, then who was?"He doubted you? Why are you tying that kid up? He is now the police’s key target and of no use to us whatsoever."“I was the first person my father suspected after this happened.” Arianna grabbed a pen and signed the document. "Go send someone to look for him. If you find him, let me know immediately.""Why should we do that? The police will find him anyway," Nathaniel disagreed."Just go and find him!" Arianna was very impatient. "Go! I still have a lot of thin
She also had a lot of debit cards, but not all of them were in use. Lily had not used that specific card for a long time, so she did not know how much money was in it and did not receive any notifications. Therefore, even if someone sent money to that account, she would not know."You’re not aware of such a large sum?" Pointing at the receipt, the officer thought she was lying."This may be a lot of money, but I don't pay much attention to it," with a disdainful smile, Lily continued, "Although I haven't earned so much as a perfumer over the past few years, I still earn quite a lot. With my current ability, it is not difficult to earn this amount.”"Of course, it’s not difficult. All you need to do is add something to the formula, and it’s that easy! Who wouldn't feel tempted?"As far as the current evidence was concerned, it was against her, but there were still holes everywhere in the story. The officer also questioned Lily as he usually would, and the Tanners prioritized this ca
After all, there was no conclusive evidence. Although the Tanner Corporation put precedence on the case, La Beauté Group was difficult to mess with. Alexander went through the formalities and quickly released Lily on bail.There was nothing to say along the way, but his face was gloomy. Alexander was furious, and Lily noticed it. It would be better if he had said something, but he did not. It seemed like an enormous storm was brewing.She took one of his hands lightly and said, "I'm fine."Alexander looked at his wife and remained silent. He only turned his hand over and held hers."I'm fine. Don’t I look okay? The police only needed me to answer a few questions for the investigation. They don't have any conclusive evidence and only some speculative insinuations," she said softly."They set up a scheme, but unfortunately, they didn’t do it well. I should have arranged to meet up with Damian earlier so at least it can prove that I may have colluded with him," she said half-jokingly
Stephanie was not surprised to see Arianna again. She sighed and said, "Arianna, do you have to do this?" "Aunt Stephanie, what’s wrong?" Arianna asked with a smile. "Your uncle may not last for the next few days. Can’t you just wait a while more?" “It's not that I can't wait, but there are so many things in the company waiting to be decided. It's difficult for me to do things without proper status."She smiled, "Aunt Stephanie, with your and Uncle Derrick’s shares added up, it should be about 55%. It’s useless for you to hold onto the shares anyway. Why don't you just transfer them to me? I’ll make good use of them!""You want control of the company and also our shares? Arianna, when did you become so greedy?" "Didn’t you just say we’re family? Why are you calling me greedy? If Benedict were still here, I wouldn’t stand a chance! Now that he's gone, what are you doing with the shares anyway? It's better to leave it to me, and I can offer you a great retiremen
After all, these were still two major shareholders, so she could not be too harsh, lest it was bad news. Stephanie appeared unassuming, so Arianna had no idea she still had such a ruse up her sleeve. Could it be Derrick who arranged it? She glanced at the man lying on the hospital bed, who was not angry at all. How could he still be able to arrange such a thing? "Arianna, you can go home. We will notarize when the lawyer comes," Mr. Jackson said. "You don’t trust us?" Mr. Quinn added on. "How could that be? Both of you are veterans of the company, and I definitely trust you. It's just that my uncle has been in poor health recently. The will, I'm afraid..." Before she could finish her words, Mr. Jackson said, "Don't worry about that. We’ll have the doctor do a detailed examination to ensure it’s carried out in a conscious condition. Besides, making a will is just in case anything happens. It’ll be best if Mr. Tanner can recover." "Yeah, I agree as well!