At the Sundale Group Northfort Region Headquarters, Desmond Watson, the regional director, received a call from Marius and obeyed everything Marius said.When the call ended, Zane was excited. He said to Zane Parkinson, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, "Mr. Parkinson, this is great news!""Tell me about it!" Zane said lazily.Zane was the youngest son of Sundale Group's CEO. Although he was 40 years old, he was still incompetent. His father sent him to Northfort to work in the regional headquarters to nurture him, but Zane never acted like he was Desmond's subordinate because of his identity.Desmond knew Zane's position in the company was just for show. That was why Desmond still treated Zane as his superior to gain favor because Zane might be the next in line for the CEO position."Mr. Patterson Senior said he will become our customer if we cancel our partnership with V Corporation. With Mr. Patterson Senior supporting us, we'll be able to expand Sundale Group's influence i

"Your husband?" Zane had ill intentions toward Vivian. He wanted to use this business meeting to take advantage of her, but he was having trouble looking for an excuse. Zane got an idea when this incident happened."Ms. Lorimer, I'm very sorry." Zane said sincerely, "I think we have to terminate our partnership.""Mr. Parkinson, why?" Vivian was anxious.As the first major client of V Corporation, Vivian hoped to keep a close relationship with Sundale Group."Do I need to make myself clear?" Zane shook his head and said, "Your husband beat up my son at Cromford University. Although I admire Ms. Lorimer, I think our partnership can no longer remain.""Mr. Parkinson, perhaps there's a misunderstanding." Vivian quickly said, "My husband is not that kind of person!""Ms. Lorimer, are you saying that my son deserved to be beaten up by your husband?" Zane said angrily."Mr. Parkinson, that's not what I meant!" Vivian shook her hand and said."Enough!" Zane stood up and said impatient

At Sundale Group's Northfort regional headquarters, Zane looked down the floor-to-ceiling windows and saw Vivian arriving at the entrance."Mr. Parkinson, Vivian is here," Desmond said behind Zane with a smile. "You will be able to enjoy yourself soon."Soon after, someone knocked on the door. It was Vivian.Desmond welcomed Vivian and left after closing the door behind him, "Ms. Lorimer. Mr. Parkinson. I'll be leaving.""Ms. Lorimer, let's proceed directly to our deal," Zane said lazily. "I like a woman who always makes the first move. The more you obey me, the safer your husband will be. Do you get what I mean?"I understand," Vivian said unwillingly. She had no choice but to sacrifice herself to save Marcus."It's terrible!" Suddenly, Desmond rushed in. "Mr. Parkinson, bad news!""What is more important than what I'm doing right now?" Zane got angry when Desmond interrupted him.However, Desmond had no choice but to risk incurring Zane's wrath because it was an emergency."

A loud smack filled the air. Cherry became baffled because she had gotten slapped again. This time, the one who did it was Marius. She cupped her cheek while her eyes trembled with confusion and bitterness. "Wh-why did you do that, Grandpa?"Marius felt he had every right to be pissed at Cherry. The idiot had humiliated Oliver before everyone and said he was nothing. How could she have done that? Marius had done everything to get on friendly terms with Oliver. Yet, Cherry's one move ruined everything."I apologize, General Undergrove!" Marius lowered his head to express his sincerest apologies. "My granddaughter only offended you because she didn't know who you were. Please forgive us!""Mr. Patterson Senior, your granddaughter seems arrogant." Oliver's eyes narrowed to slits as he spoke. "If you hadn't rushed here in time, I fear she might've beaten myself and Marcus into a pulp.""Huh? W-Well …" Cold sweat broke out on Marius' forehead once he heard that. "You must be joking, G

Norman and Shirley had five daughters, and all of them had also given birth to females. As such, once a daughter was selected to inherit the Childes' business, she would have to give birth to another child.If that child was still a female, they'd have to change their surname to Childe as well. This was to ensure that the Childe family would be able to continue their bloodline. Now, Lisa was extremely unwilling to let Norman and Shirley remove her family from the Childe family tree. "Since everyone's here, let's start!" Shirley said. Meanwhile, Norman took out the Childe family tree. "Hold on!" Lisa said angrily. She told her parents, "Mom and Dad, according to our family rules, a family can only be removed from the family tree if they committed a grave error. What sort of atrocious crime did we commit for you to resort to striking us off the family tree so ruthlessly?""Seriously? Would you need to ask?" Howard snorted. He added, "Vivian was persuaded by an outsider to l