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SOPHIA. “Food is ready, milady,” Lucas said, placing a plate on the table. “Prepared with love by your special chef.” I let out a chuckle, the aroma of the food seeping into my nostrils. It smelled so good. “Thank you, my love,” I replied. “I always enjoy your food.” He sat across from me with his own plate of food. We ate slowly, chatting about this and that. Laughter filled the room as we had our dinner, letting ourselves relax after a whole day of work and chaos.After Richard was arrested, I started receiving threats on my phone. Lucas managed to block any messages from an unknown number from reaching my phone, but we were aware of the threat that was looming around us. Regardless, we didn't let those issues get in our way. We tightened our security and helped the police with the search for Olivia by offering a reward to anyone who found her and reported her to the police. So far, she hadn't made a move. But I was sure she would soon. After all, those who lost everything w
Days later…LUCAS.“Mr Hart, how do you feel about not being able to find your sister-in-law? Where do you think she could be hiding right now?”“Mr Hart, what will happen if Oliva Hart is not found? Are you and your family in danger?”“Mr Hart, what’s the plan for the Hart Group? Does it belong to you alone now?” "Is your brother going to be released from prison?" Reporters threw questions at me from left and right, each one of them desperate for me to say something that they would twist with bold captions. Luckily, I was being led out of the company by my squad team. Although the reporters couldn’t come close, they were able to fire questions at me, hoping I would answer them. But I said nothing. It had been a few days since Richard got arrested. And as expected, the news of his arrest caused an uproar, not only in the business world but in Edenport City as well. The Hart Group was making headlines, but not for the right reasons. Richard was the vice chairman of the group, and
LUCAS. “What is the meaning of this? Who is this woman, and why did you let her in here?” Richard questioned, his nostrils flaring. “Security, take this filthy woman out of here immediately!” A chuckle escaped my lips. “Why are you in a rush to chase her out, brother? She hasn’t even introduced herself yet.” “Why should we allow a nobody like her to waste our time when we have an important meeting?” Richard questioned, his face red from anger. He looked like a pressure cooker that was about to explode. “Lucas, did you bring her here to disrupt our meeting?” “Why don’t you let her talk first, brother?” I asked and then narrowed my eyes. “Or are you afraid of what she might say? You keep shouting... I'm starting to think you're trying to distract us.” “Who’s this woman, son?” Dad asked.I folded my arms across my chest. “Before I let her explain why she’s here or who she is, I would like to tell my brother that I know Elias was adopted. So there’s no way he could have been switched
LUCAS.“Sir, it’s time. The meeting will start in ten minutes,” Wilson reported when he entered my office. I arched an eyebrow. “What about my brother and his son?”“They are already in the conference room, sir. All the shareholders have gathered too.” “Good. Everything is set for the show,” I murmured, glancing at the screen of the tablet in my hands, a smirk curling on my lips. My brother sure was in a hurry to announce his new heir. Before he could even announce it to the board, he had already spread the news to the media. Talk about digging one’s own grave. Did he know today would be his end, and he wanted the whole world to know?The news about the Hart's new heir had already gone viral. Media pages came up with their own theories, posting long essays about what this would mean for me. I chuckled darkly. If only they knew… I had no intention of having that actor become a business opponent of mine. I flicked my wrist and glanced at the time. The witness was going to be here i
LUCAS. “We found the midwife who attended to Olivia thirty years ago,” Caspian said on the phone, making my eyebrows furrow. "She's the only one who's alive. She had been hiding, but it wasn't hard to locate her."The investigation team had been working relentlessly on finding evidence about what happened thirty years ago. A few days had passed since we sent out a few private investigators to the remote locations where the suspects were supposedly sent back then. Luckily, they managed to find something.“Has she talked?” I asked. “No… All she’s saying is that Olivia was pregnant and she gave birth to a baby boy. She’s sticking to that story, man. It’s not like my men can force her to talk without hurting her. And we can't torture women.”I clenched my fists. “I want to meet her.” “I doubt she will be changing her testimony. Whoever paid her must have given her a hefty amount.” “I still want to meet her. Perhaps if she meets a Hart, she won’t be tight-lipped any more.” I glanced a
RICHARD.“Mr Hart, I really hope you have something good for us this time. Your son, Elias, has been a huge disappointment,” Zhang Wei, one of the shareholders who used to back me up, said. I clenched my hands into fists, my anger towards Elias increasing. He had really messed things up for me.A ripple of murmurs echoed through the conference room at the hotel. I was impressed. Zhang Wei had managed to gather almost half of the most influential shareholders and investors in the Hart Group. They were seated around the oval table in the conference room, and the scent of bourbon filled the air as they drank and waited for me to speak. Beside me, Damon stood tall, dressed in one of the tailor-made suits I’d bought for him. He looked smart, looking like a future CEO. I forced a smile, glancing at Zhang Wei before turning to look at everyone. “There’s no need to worry about that, gentlemen. Thank you all for sparing some of your precious time to meet me today.” “Well, Zhang Wei did sp