When Stella heard of what happened in the Conrad Group from Logan when she was in the Steward Group, she remained silent for a while, then sent Logan out of the room.
Stella wasnât surprised at the result at all.
Donald sat on the couch and clicked his tongue, âIâm going to defend Clarence next time if anybody tells me that Clarence was a cold-blooded person.â
Stella was speechless.
It seemed like Clarenceâs choice was within their expectation.
Stella paused a while and continued, âWould it be hard for Clarence to survive in the Conrad Group in the future?â
Donald replied, âNot necessary. When Clarence took over the Conrad Group a few years ago, Dempsey arranged many of his people in the Conrad Group to monitor and control Clarence. He did well back then, and Dempseyâs people got chased out of the company at last.â
âSince he was able to get to where he is and fully in charge of the Conrad Group today from scratch, thereâs nothing he couldnât do. Furthermore, the situation now is way better than when he first took over the company.â
Stella sighed. She didnât know what to say.
After a while, Donald said, âBut...â
Stella looked at him, âWhat?â
Donald raised his brows, âIt was nothing. Alright. So, weâre done for today. I shall head back to the chamber. Call me if you need me.â
Stella nodded, âSure.â
Donald headed to the Conrad Group after he got out of the Steward Group.
Clarence was in his office, as well as Vincent when Donald arrived at Clarenceâs office.
Donald walked in, âSo, what are you all talking about? Isnât it a little late to feel regret?â
Vincent said, âIâve dug up Jonâs background. He was an ordinary British Born Chinese. Even his resume was clean. Nothing is special about him.
Before this, he hadnât gone back to Britain in over ten years.â
âThen how Dempsey contacted him in the first place? I couldnât figure that out.â
Clarence said calmly, âJoanna was probably the connection.â
Donald said, âSpeaking of which, who was the person behind Joanna? We havenât got any clue about it even after weâve watched her for so long.â
Vincent replied, âThe person was well-hidden. I think even Joanna didnât know who the person is. He only offered help once a while for Joanna.â
âWhat should we do now then?â
Vincent and Donald looked at Clarence after the question was raised. Clarence raised his brows and said slowly, âWhy are you all looking at me? Just go with our plan.â
Donald said, âBased on how you treated Justin, Iâm thinking youâre probably not going to do anything to Joanna.â
Clarence sat on the couch and sounded cold, âJustin and Joanna are different individuals.â
âThatâs what you think, but is Justin seeing things that way as well?â
After a long pause, Clarence replied, âItâs different.â
Donald asked, âHow so?â
âThe Conrad Group was initially belonged to Justin. It doesnât matter to me if I had to give everything I had to Justin,â Clarence sounded cold, âBut itâs a different case for Joanna. She almost killed Stella.â
Donald said, âIt would be best if Justin could let go. If he clung onto the past, heâs going to be a problem.â
Vincent sighed, âJustin sees things much clearer and deeper than us. Itâll be unsolvable trouble if this happened to us. After all, he had to choose between the reality and his mother who raised him.â
Justin had been a kind person all along.
Heaven and hell were only within a flash of thought.
...
Stella had promised Sherry to go shopping with her the night before. So, Stella headed to the workshop after sending Clarence a text.
Clarence probably wouldnât leave the company so early as he just had a board meeting today. Clarence would probably still be in his office after Stella finished shopping with Sherry.
Stella received Winnieâs call when she was driving.
Winnie came back as she finished her roadshow.
Stella said, âGreat! Iâm on the way to go shopping with Sherry. You want to tag along?â
Winnie replied, âSure. Where to?â
Stella sent Winnie the destination after she hung up the phone.
After Stella, Sherry and Winnie met up, three of them looked like they had something on their mind. They were sighing along the way.
Stella, Sherry and Winnie were sitting in the coffee shop. Sherry bit her straw and asked, âWhatâs wrong with your guys? Is there anything worse than what Iâm going through? Itâs not easy for all three of us to gather here. Lighten up yourself!â
Winnie didnât know what happened to Sherry. She asked, âWhat happened to you?â
Sherry answered casually, âNothing big. Itâs just that I got pregnant after a one-night-stand.â
âWhat?â
Winnie was surprised, âWho?â
Sherry tried to fake a smile. She didnât know how to tell Winnie.
Winnie sounded out Sherry on her reaction, âIt was Danielâs?â
Sherry chocked over her drinks. She coughed, then gave Winnie a silent acquiescence.
Winnie asked, âWhat are you going to do now?â
âThe doctor said it is too early to have an abortion now. He asked me to wait for a suitable time. I think itâs only a few days away.â
âDid Daniel know about it?â
âIâve told him, and he said he needed some time with it. Weâre grown-ups. I understand what he meant.â
Winnieâs tongue was tied. She didnât know what to say to Sherry.
After a long pause, Winnie glanced at Stella, who zoned out. Winnie bumped Sherry with her elbow, âWhat about her? Whatâs wrong with her?â
Sherry whispered, âYou havenât gone back to the office after you came back, right?â
â... Usually, I donât go to the office unless there are important agreements to sign or discuss.â
âThen you wouldnât know that the Conrad Group has been turned upside down.â
After Sherry told Winnie what happened in the Conrad Group, what surprised Winnie the most was, âMr. Conrad had a brother?â
Sherry nodded, âIâve only seen him twice. I guess whom the gods love dies young, or in this case, full of misfortunes.â
After a long while, Stella returned from the spaced-out status, âWhat were you guys talking about?â
Winnie and Sherry both felt speechless.
Stella didnât think it was a big problem for Justin to get into the Conrad Group and held forty per cent of shares.
After what happened, it was obvious that the conflicts between Clarence and the Conrad family surfaced instead of being kept hidden like how they used to be.
The battlefield was transferred to the Conrad Group.
Stella used to think that Justin could keep himself out of the battle, but based on what happened in the Conrad Group, Justin was probably trapped in the eye of the storm now.
Joanna was a foe, but Justin helped Stella before.
Furthermore, Justin was special to Clarence.
Justin was forced to be involved in the battle, and no matter how hard Clarence tried, the harm was inevitable.
Most importantly, nobody could change the fact that Joanna was Justinâs birth mother.
But Stella couldnât let go. She couldnâtât forgive Joanna.
Stella guessed nobody would feel easy when the time to make decisions came.
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