The Bowen family was rich, but Hilda's family had mines. Moreover, they were diamond mines and rare metal mines, so they were not inferior to the Bowens at all! Hilda strode over with her head held high. "Hilda!" As soon as she saw her, Gianna called out to her, her eyes full of delight. Then, in a stepmotherly voice, she said, "Oh, I bet you didn't see this coming, did you? Uncle Jerome loves me so much that he is personally helping me. Today, Arlo asked to meet with you to talk about your mother and I. I hope you won't stop us, otherwise..." She slammed the table as she said this. "Otherwise, I'll ask Arlo to stop his cooperation with you so that you'll suffer a great loss! Your brand is nothing without Smith Group. I'm advising you, stop criticizing. You're not worthy!" Before Hilda could speak, Gianna continued coldly, "And don't make unwarranted assumptions about the Bowen family's matters and judge us based on your malicious thoughts. You're no match for us!" Whew! It had
Arlo stopped brewing the tea and looked up at Hilda. Undoubtedly, he knew who she had meant by 'her'. Hilda wants to slap Gianna? And she wants me, her cousin, to do it? No matter how foolish Gianna was, she was still a part of the Bowen family. Slapping her would be a slap to his face! Arlo hesitated. "That's not a good idea." The corners of Hilda's lips curled up slightly as she turned her head toward Gianna. Behind her, Francis' hand shot out to slap Gianna across her small delicate face. The guy struck with no regard for gender, causing Gianna's nose to bleed on the spot. At once, the whole place fell silent. Upon seeing this, Arlo's mouth twitched. No one had dared to slap a member of the Bowen family before, much less in front of him! For several seconds, Gianna was stunned. She was dizzy from the slap, and her mind was blank. It took a while for her to come back to her senses, and that was when she let out an ear splitting scream. It was a good thing they were in a priva
Jerome said nothing. His young, well maintained, and wrinkle free hands were holding a cup of tea as he gazed thoughtfully out the window at Taadi City's magnificent view. "This matter needs to be further discussed." That night, Arnold carried Gianna, whose face was swollen from being beaten up, to Jerome. As soon as they got there, Gianna grabbed Jerome and cried, "Uncle Jerome! You have to back me up! That b*stard wants to ruin Connie and I! Uncle Jerome, you have to help me! My dad is going to kill me" Jerome glanced at Gianna, who was beaten up and swollen, but his eyes no longer held the love it used to. What a useless person. She can never do anything right. Arnold was usually very gentle, but today, he was extremely harsh. He could only see red as he lashed out at Gianna with a whip. "What did I tell you in the first place? Have you forgotten everything?! You useless girl! Sooner or later, you're going to get us all killed!" Although Arnold and Jerome grew up in different
Hilda gently leaned her head on Nathan's arms and continued, "In fact, I knew about it a long time ago. I knew... But I still wanted to get close to him, I thought that I could still salvage something." Hearing her words made Nathan's heart turn heavy. Adrian Damien no longer remembered Connie, nor did he know about Hilda and her brother, but Hilda and Connie still knew him. Hilda did not say anything more. She had destroyed her relationship with the Bowen Family because she wanted to get rid of any remaining hope. Afterward, she would not have the chance to get close to Jerome anymore. She would just have to treat it as if she never knew this man. However, she still reckoned Connie did not deserve this. Connie had been missing him for more than twenty years, and yet this was the result she got. Hilda had never felt the love of a father before, and now she had lost it, but it did not feel like that great of a loss. Connie, on the other hand, had loved him so much... Nathan hugg
Halfway through the conversation, Connie suddenly got up and said, "You guys carry on." Frostily, she turned away. She did not utter a single word since she came down, and now she was leaving after just throwing out one sentence, which just went to prove how indifferent she was. Is this the woman from Taadi City that's rumored to dote fiercely on her daughter? Her character and appearance do not match that description at all! Milo spat in his mind. Watching her retreating figure, Jerome felt a bone chilling sadness in the simple arc of her back. What's this woman grieving about? The three of them sat there for a brief period. After clarifying matters and talking a little about business, they got up to leave. "Let's go together." Linux got up as well as they were headed to the neighbor's house anyway. Hilda had finished touching up her makeup, so she followed them out. They then walked to the neighbor's house together. From the way they dressed to their nature, Arlo and Milo w
When the Bowen family arrived, there was a slight racket. But after a while, everyone went back to minding their own business. Although their partnership had failed, it was only right for them to exchange a couple of words upon meeting. Rex stared at the Bowens for a long time, then felt bored and walked away. The pandas are more interesting than the Bowens anyway! Meanwhile, Hilda was surveying the Bowen family. Quite a few of them had come today, including Jerome and his sons, Arnold and his daughter, and two young men that she had never seen before. The two young men looked almost identical, and one could immediately tell that they were twins. They stood slightly taller than Arlo and Milo, and both pairs of twins looked fairly similar, but the taller pair had on cold expressions and seemed reluctant to speak. Are they Bowens too? And they're twins? "Those are my brothers, Oscar and Oliver Bowen." Unbeknownst to Hilda, Milo had come to stand beside her. He kept his eyes focuse
The Bowen Family is joining hands with the Damien Family? What sort of international joke is this supposed to be?! Could it be that Arlo doesn't know that I've beaten Sahara several times before? Don't tell me... Arlo couldn't get over the fact that I played him? Is that why he deliberately invested in Sahara? Because he knew that the two of us held grudges against each other? But, investing in a project costs hundreds of millions! Did he really do it on a whim? That can't be it... The Bowen Family isn't that rich! Or perhaps, Arlo was fooled by Sahara. Sahara might not have been good at anything else, but she was definitely good at fooling others. Furthermore, she was still a world champion and naturally had the air of a celebrity. It was possible that she had completely fooled Arlo. Yeah, that must be it... It looks like Sahara is going to be my business rival. Oh, well, what can she do? I've already brought Bourne down once. Even if she has Arlo on her side, I'll just need to d
The Bowen Family and the Damien Family had been very close recently, so it was nothing strange to see Gianna and Sahara together. However, Gianna was standing behind Sahara and glaring resentfully at Hilda. It seemed like she blamed Hilda for not being able to be with Connie. Thus, Hilda hurriedly dragged Sonnia with her as she left. After they walked quite a distance, Sahara and Gianna finally entered the cinema together. After receiving the investment from the Bowen Family, Sahara no longer considered Hilda as an opponent she needed to be wary of. She was about to expand her wings and achieve great things together with the Bowen Family. She was also going to deepen their relationship while she was at it so that she could successfully marry into the Bowen Family. When that happened, getting rid of Hilda was as easy as killing an ant. Hence, she and Gianna chatted happily as they entered the cinema to attend the movie premiere. She comfortingly said to Gianna, "Don't take it to he