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Stone Group was founded by Miles‘ father, Frank, and Seth Ziegler.
Seth was Frank’s good friend and Miles‘ godfather.
Except for Miles and Frank, Seth was the largest shareholder of Stone Group.
I asked some old employees of the company and learned that Frank had agreed to let Seth’s son be the vice president at the beginning.
Later, Seth’s son did serve as the vice president for half a year. However, during that half year, he made random investments and blindly carried out reforms, which not only lost money but also made the company a mess.
So Miles couldn’t stand it anymore and kicked Seth’s son out of the company.
Seth didn’t care on the surface, but he was doing things behind the scenes.
He relied on Frank’s trust and did whatever he wanted in the company.
At first, he just embezzled public funds, but later his ambitions grew. He was the one who framed the Stones in prison in the previous life.
But fortunately, I discovered it in time in this life.
I would never let the Stone family repeat the same mistake.
I did not choose to tell Frank directly but handed all the evidence to Miles.
As for how to decide, it should be up to him.
Miles was more decisive than I thought. When he learned about Seth’s ultimate goal, he went
to collect more evidence in person without hesitation.
When all the evidence was conclusive, he called the police directly.
I was completely relieved when I saw Seth and his son being taken away by the police.
The crisis of the Stone family was over.
Afterward, Miles did not ask me why I suddenly investigated the company, and I did not take
the initiative to explain.
That problem was over.
But when I proposed to leave the company, Miles‘ usually indifferent eyes filled with a sense
of grievance.
“Don’t you want to stay?”
I shook my head with a firm attitude.
Maybe I could develop faster by relying on Stone Group, but I didn’t want to.
I didn’t want my company to depend on Stone Group, just like I didn’t want to depend on
Miles. What I wanted was to be able to stand shoulder–to–shoulder with Stone Group one day.
The arrest of Seth and his son was done quietly, and only a few old employees in the
company knew about it.
So Hanna was still waiting happily to see me suffer, but she didn’t know that I had alreac dealt with everything.
The closer the time came to the bankruptcy of the Stone family in the previous life, the more frequent Hanna’s calls became.
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Trequent Hanna’s calls became.
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“Lena, I had a dream yesterday that the Stone family is going bankrupt. If you want to eat anything, just buy it now. Otherwise, you will be hungry and sleep on the street. Haha.”
Hanna’s sharp and piercing laughter came into my ears through the phone.
Seeing that I ignored her, she didn’t get angry. She laughed and hung up the phone. It didn’t matter. Soon she wouldn’t be able to laugh anymore.
Hank’s scandal was about to be exposed.
It wasn’t long before Hanna’s birthday came. I didn’t plan to celebrate her birthday, but I couldn’t stand her pestering.
In the hotel, Hanna was wearing a red suspender dress, a pair of silver stilettos, and a Chanel bag.
It seemed that she had played the role of a rich lady.
Seeing me coming, she glanced at me condescendingly, and the excitement in her tone was almost unstoppable.
“Where’s Miles? He’s not arrested, is he?”
I smiled faintly.
“He’s in a meeting. He’ll be here soon.”
Hanna laughed exaggeratedly as if she heard a joke.
I didn’t blame her for being cocky. After all, the Stones got imprisoned a few days before her birthday in the previous life.
At this moment, she must think that I was pretending to be calm.
At the dinner table, Hanna kept urging me to call Miles, but I refused every time.
Hanna’s eyebrows were raised high, and the joy on her face could not be concealed. She even hummed a song, obviously extremely happy.
And I ate calmly, not affected by her at all.
Hanna saw that I didn’t respond and knocked on the table impatiently.
“Lena, are you still in the mood to eat? Listen to me and call Miles. What if he gets into trouble?”
Seeing that I ignored her, my parents also urged me to call.
Before I took out my phone, the door of the room was pushed open.
Miles walked in wearing a tailored suit. He still had no expression, but there was some displeasure in his eyes.
He sat down next to me naturally and held my fingers together.
“Sorry, baby. I just finished a meeting, so I’m late.”
After saying that, he glanced at Hanna, who was dumbfounded, and his tone became cold.
“Hanna, thanks for your concern. People who don’t know would think you wish me something
bad.”
He expressed his gratitude, but everyone could hear the displeasure in his words.
My parents hurriedly explained to him when they saw this.
Hank and Maria lauahed from ear to ear since they saw Milos
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Hank and Maria laughed from ear to ear since they saw Miles.
With one look from Maria, Hank came over with a wine glass and got close to us.
“Miles, come on. Let me toast you.”
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Miles used the excuse that he was driving and didn’t drink but just took a sip of water with a
lukewarm attitude.
Hank had a flattering smile on his face. Just as he was about to say something, Hanna came back to her senses. She stepped back in disbelief, muttering, “Impossible. Impossible. This is impossible.”
Hank looked at her suspiciously and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Hanna seemed to have found her backbone, took a few steps over to pull him, and said
anxiously, “It must have been postponed. Yes, it must be like this. Honey, how about you quit your
job and start a business tomorrow?”
Before Hank could speak, Maria slammed the table and stood up. She stepped forward and
pinched Hanna hard.
“What are you talking about? I worked so hard to raise Hank and sent him to school. He finally got a decent job. You want him to quit? I’m telling you, no way!”
Hanna patiently advised. “Maria, you don’t know, Hank will be a good businessman. As long as he quits his job to do business, we can drive luxury cars and live in a villa in a few years. Then we will hire a few nannies to take care of you, and you can enjoy life!”
Maria sneered and had a firm attitude.
“Don’t think that I’m stupid because I’m old. How can it be so easy to do business? You want
my son to resign? Let me tell you, no way!”
The smile on Hanna’s face froze. She also got angry and yelled hysterically, “What do you
know? If you don’t let him quit, you’re holding him back!”
The two of them quarreled fiercely.
Hank, who was standing aside, pretended not to see it and didn’t stop or persuade them.
In the end, their quarrel ended with Hanna being slapped by Maria.
My parents hurried over and pulled Hanna behind them, with gloomy expressions on their
faces.
Hanna covered her face and trembled with anger. Not to mention being beaten when she
grew up, my parents didn’t even let her do housework.
Her eyes fell on Hank, who was silent. She anxiously pulled his sleeve.
“Honey, say something!”
Hank pushed his glasses and said earnestly, “My mom is right. How can business be that easy? My mom is old too. Can’t you just listen to her?”
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easy? My mom is old too. Can’t you just listen to her?”
