LOGINJoseph knew Cora had come to Tidecrest to help Stacey take on Henry, who was actually Joseph himself. He was unhappy that Cora had chosen to team up with an outsider to deal with him, which would only bring chaos to Jenton. Now that Stacey had betrayed Cora, Cora could finally see her true colors. That was partly the reason why he had forced Stacey's hand. Joseph didn't say much. Once Cora was feeling better, he had her people take her back to Jenton. He then warned her not to say or do anything for now. The moment Cora returned to her villa in Jenton, she felt free again. The more she thought about what had happened, the angrier she became. She called Stacey to demand an explanation, but she almost died of embarrassment when Joseph's voice came through. Cora hurriedly apologized before ending the call, but her heart started racing again. Stacey's phone was with Joseph, so that meant he had already gotten hold of her. If Joseph grilled Stacey and she couldn't keep her mouth s
Joseph was a little taken aback by how readily Stacey agreed to his demand. He had no idea how she had managed to convince Cora to do it.On the way to the villa, he was consumed by hatred for Cora and Stacey. He despised Cora for having zero self-respect and letting someone else manipulate her into doing what they wanted. "I may have let you off as Henry, but as Joseph, I'll never let you get away with this!" Those thoughts churned in his mind as he hurried to the villa.He was determined to humiliate Cora in front of everyone, and she had only two choices—divorce or die. He intended to make her pay for what she had done. The moment he walked into the villa, he saw Cora lying on the bed, wearing a full face of makeup. Any normal man would have been tempted to pounce on her, but Joseph felt utterly humiliated. Joseph hurried forward and grabbed Cora's neck, intending to strangle her to death. Then he noticed how limp she was, and she seemed to be unconscious. Joseph realized
Stacey's fighters had already lost five matches, and she knew there was no way they could win the next five in a row. Her defeat was sealed, leaving her frustrated and unwilling to accept defeat.Stacey pointed at Joseph and exclaimed, "Your men must have taken some kind of drug! You cheated!""Is that all you can think about? You're so petty! We're not even in the same league. Even if we continued sending our men for another 100 matches, you'd never win. "I've just been letting you have your fun. Did you really think you could take on us Zahns? Of course. You can always say I chose to bully someone weaker than myself. "If you manage to win even one of the next five matches, I'll take my men and leave Tidecrest. See you in three days," Joseph said before walking away. Once again, Stacey thought Joseph was looking down on her. She no longer had faith in her own people, knowing there was no way they could take down his men, so she immediately went to seek help. Three days passe
Cora thought she could slip past Joseph this time, but the truth was, she had underestimated him. He wasn't deliberately keeping tabs on her or having her followed. He was trying to establish himself in Tidecrest and had a lot to deal with. After killing Chester, Joseph knew retaliation was just a matter of time, so he had been keeping an eye on Chester's family, including Stacey. By coincidence, he learned that Cora had visited Stacey. Stacey, huh?Joseph went through the intel on Stacey and noticed something intriguing. She had a background in outsourced risk mitigation in Tidecrest and owned a well-established security company under Tidecrest Dynamics Group."Bet you have no idea just how much I know, huh?" Joseph chuckled.He now had several identities, and ever since the Zahns had expanded their influence outside of Jenton and forced their way into the Croma faction's Roundtable Council, the mythical-tier families had once again shown how powerful they really were. One da
Even when Chester and Stacey were naked together, he felt no desire for her. His body simply wouldn't respond to her, and the same went for her. Put simply, nothing could make them want to sleep with each other. Sure enough. Stacey tried to work up some tears, but none came. She finally gave up and decided to get down to business. "Cora, are you here because of Phoebe?""That's right. She actually came to me and tried to blackmail me over what happened between Chester and me. She tried to extort money from me. "Of course. To make things worse, Phoebe went to my husband and lied to him about Chester and me. "My husband gets jealous easily. He's really upset about it.""I've heard a lot about Dr. Hart. But I didn't think you'd come looking for me.""Stacey, my husband's teamed up with Henry, and with the Zahns in the picture, I feel like things just got a lot more complicated. It'd be hard to even take them down."Oh, right. You must've known about the Zahns back then. Why
It wasn't long before Cora learned her people had been intercepted while tailing Phoebe, and they had lost track of her. Seeing that Joseph had no intention of backing down, Cora knew there was little she could do. Joseph wasn't in any hurry either. He seemed calm, but deep down, he felt conflicted and hurt. Cora was a woman and had to deal with men in the business world. A woman as beautiful as she was bound to attract male attention.Frank and Jonas had been involved with Cora from the start, and so had Chester. To some extent, they had to be her type. And since they had a shared financial interest, it only made sense that they had gotten close. Cora was already comfortable with other men. It wouldn't be surprising if things eventually got physical between them. She claimed she hadn't cheated on him, hoping he would believe her. A man and a woman might be able to resist temptation once or twice. Still, as time went by, especially with alcohol involved, one thing could easily
Joseph was prepared for this and met Cora's gaze head-on. "Cora, you're now the richest person in Jenton. Your net worth is what, 80 billion dollars? And that's even a conservative guess. I'm not going to make some ridiculous demand to split everything equally. That money isn't mine, and I didn't ea
Joseph walked into the bar and found the owner, Anne Wells. One look at her long, dark curls made him start to doubt that what the hotel front desk had told him was fake.Sure enough, when he said he wanted to repay the room fee and deposit, Anne immediately refused. She denied ever driving him to
Joseph rejected Cora's unreasonable demands without hesitation. "No way. I meant every word. The paternity test result is real, which means your cheating is real. You've already been unfaithful, so there's no point in keeping this marriage going. We have to di—""Joseph, is this the sort of attitud
Joseph met Bernard's scrutinizing gaze and said, "It's genuine. I didn't believe this was the truth, either, so I did a few more paternity tests with different labs. But the results… they didn't change."Bernard didn't speak right away. He just stared at Joseph, his eyes sharp and probing.A bitte







