"Let's give the new pharmaceutical research center further thought. Meeting adjourned."Justin's face was as pale as a sheet and as cold as ice. Unable to continue the meeting, he stood by the window after everyone left, backlit by the light, staring at his dimmed phone screen with a vicious gaze. A few minutes later, another call came in from a private number. He swiped to answer and slowly raised the phone to his ear, his jaw tight and sharply set. "Oh, Justin, my dearest nephew, I thought you were too afraid to answer my call," said Zachary mockingly. Justin curled his lips into a stiff smile, as if it had been carved into plaster with a knife. "Of course not, Uncle Zachary. Not when you're my mother's only living relative. I was in a meeting earlier, so I couldn't answer.""I suppose you're a busy man now, Mr. Beckett, occupied with all your work. I was just wondering whether you're truly capable of managing the corporation you plundered."A dark gloom surged in Justin's e
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