Tony stayed silent, still fiddling with his antique.Manny turned to Susan. Susan read the papers, wearing her reading glasses. Sensing Manny’s gaze, she replied indifferently, “Manny, you should know that I have never interfered with the family affairs. It’s not like this is in my power.” During her younger days, she put up with Tony’s affairs. Now that Manny had taken over from Tony, she finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. However, Susan remained discreet at home since Tony was still alive. Tony was a cold-blooded monster. Susan did not want to be killed at her age. “I’m up there in years now. I don’t have the energy to deal with these matters. I’m sure there’s nothing you can’t do at your age. “You’re not a child anymore. You’re the head of the Longbottoms. Sure, you might only hold an acting position, but you’re still the leader. Show what you got and command some respect. “It’s not about brute force at this age. It takes wits and wisdom to succeed, or

Tony stayed silent. He was worried. The concern had been eating away at him for over two decades. The last thing he wanted was to end up like Belinda, giving away his hard work. That was why Tony poured everything into the investigation, leaving no stone unturned. He would kill anyone who roused his suspicion. Many innocent people lost their lives simply because Tony suspected them and killed them by mistake.Among his list of suspects, only Laurence survived the multiple hits. Between the hitmen sent by Tony and Manny, all attempts failed. The best outcome they ever achieved was injuring Noelle.However, Laurence escaped unscathed. Not only did they fail to kill Laurence, but they had to face Laurence’s harsher retaliation. Noelle was Laurence’s most trusted bodyguard, and they were never seen without each other. Roxy believed that Laurence and Noelle were a little too close. It was highly plausible that Noelle was Laurence’s woman. Even Manny believed Noelle was L

Susan said, “Look at where our son stands in our family. Sure, he’s been playing the part of an acting head for a while, but he hasn’t gained much loyalty. “He never experienced the struggles we went through to rise to power. The position was handed to him by you, so he had it easy. He can’t truly understand what everyone else has been through.“A lot of the senior members aren’t pleased with his attitude. He’s nowhere as respectful as you are. You keep a bond with them because they stood by us when we built everything up. “Manny doesn’t share the bond we forged. He never went through the struggles with them. The way Manny sees it, they are just entitled old men living off the past glory, and he has been trying to cut into their interests. “He hasn’t extended their children much grace either. He doesn’t want to give them special treatment. I can understand that he wants to hold onto power, but he has to throw them a little something once in a while. He can’t just withhold everyt

“It’s your decision. I’m just your bodyguard, in charge of your security. I don’t have an opinion on anything else.”Laurence looked at her for a moment, wanting to say something, but ultimately stayed silent. He merely sighed and then started working in resignation.Now that Laurence was actually working, Noelle did not have to keep staring at him fixedly. She walked out of his office but did not go far. Finding a spot, she sat down and grabbed a few magazines to pass the time with.Laurence’s secretary, Paul, poured her a glass of water.“Have some water, Noelle.”Noelle nodded slightly.Laurence’s secretary was a man and was younger than Laurence and Noelle by a few years, but had been working for him for quite a few years now and was well-trusted.The employees of Longtail Group all knew that although Noelle was Laurence’s bodyguard, she was a special one. After all, they grew up together and had eighteen years of a familial bond with each other. The way Laurence treated Noe

The wheel loader driver did as Laurence instructed and delivered the crushed flowers to the entrance of Longbottom Corporation, dumping all of it there.The security guards at Longbottom Corporation were still wondering why a wheel loader and an Isuzu were there until the flowers were dumped at their building entrance. They immediately came to their senses and ran out to question the driver.The driver replied, “These flowers were given to Mr. Young by Ms. Longbottom, but he didn’t accept them, so he asked us to transport them back here.“Now, he’s returned them to her. Remember, Mr. Young didn’t accept a single flower from Ms. Longbottom.”The driver drove off.The security guards exchanged trepid glances before hurriedly taking photos and sending them on to their team leader, thereafter reporting it to the higher-ups.Soon, Roxy received a call from her father.Manny gave her the tongue-lashing of her life over the phone.She was still waiting at the Longtail Group entrance f