Chapter 149



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“After Noah had that accident, Joseph kept Noah close to him. An investigation was done, but there were no leads. Only that the nanny did slack off at work to go out and that it wasn’t the first time she had done that.

Noah had been compliant, so nothing happened. However, the day before Noah had the accident, he had a fever and was very uncomfortable, so that’s why he had the accident.”

Kevin could clearly remember that accident because, after knowing Joseph for so long, it was the first time he had seen Joseph get so angry. After all, Noah was his biological son. Although he said he didn’t care and had simply gotten a son as a way of coping with Harrison, that he wanted him to settle down and have a family, he was more anxious than anyone about whether Noah really did suffer an accident.

“What happened to the nanny afterwards?” Benjamin asked.

“Of course, she was fired to go back to her hometown. After Joseph kept Noah close to him, all the maids were chosen by him. If it was possible for him to take Noah with him when he went on a business trip, he did so. Even if he didn’t take him, Violet would also go to take care of Noah at that time. After all, she wasn’t the only woman who wanted to become Noah’s stepmother, but she was the only one who could get close to Noah. So she definitely didn’t dare neglect him.”

“Not necessarily.” Benjamin’s face was indifferent, “If Violet is only able to get close to Noah, after Noah had the accident, she had the opportunity to get close to Joseph, then Violet is obviously the beneficiary of the accident.”

“Yes, she is the beneficiary.” Kevin didn’t understand the hidden meaning in his words, “Isn’t that what I mean?”.

Hayden, however, understood.

“You mean Noah’s accident might have something to do with Violet?”. Everyone at the table froze.

Benjamin’s face still showed no emotion and he said unhurriedly. “I’m just speculating. After all, in the past, Joseph was well known for not liking women and Violet was the only woman who occasionally appeared around him, but the attitude he had towards Violet was more or less dry. But if it’s all based on what she can do by taking advantage of Noah, it makes sense.”

Hearing this statement, a shiver ran down her spine.

What could be done by making use of a child?

Hayden quickly thought of cases of child bullying that led to mental illness.

After some children suffered severe psychological trauma when they were young, that could leave a shadow on their life, so that they would refuse to communicate with others thereafter?

“How can that be?” Kevin was stunned, “You focus them too much on conspiracy theory. Even if Violet had guts, she wouldn’t dare do anything like that in front of Joseph. You have to know what two years ago she was an unpopular actress who had no support. She was quite satisfied with her position at the time and this was the reason Joseph let her become his fake girlfriend, so she could cheat on Harrison.”

“There was no end to the desire. She managed to have great achievements in two years. Joseph’s given her a lot of help, hasn’t he?” Benjamin suddenly changed the subject, “Let’s go eat, it’s getting cold.”

“…”.

After the meal, Kevin and Benjamin were cleaning the dishes in the kitchen. And Kevin took the opportunity to ask him bluntly. “Why do you know so much?”.

“Is it hard to know?” Benjamin looked at him, “Look it up on the Internet and you’ll know. It’s the 21st century now.”

“What is your purpose for deliberately looking this stuff up?”. Kevin became even more alert.

“I want to find my memory.” Benjamin shrugged his shoulders very relaxed. “Maybe it’s because I’m a student at the police academy, so I was born sensitive to things around me. I’m just casually chatting, why are you so worried?”.

Kevin frowned, “You’d better stop here.”

“Oh?” Benjamin looked at him curiously, “You seem to have a lot of information wrapped up in these words.”

“No information. If you don’t want to get in trouble, you’d better not mention this matter again. Do you really think others are stupid and don’t know anything? It’s a matter involving huge financial interests; it’s not as simple as you think.”

“…”.

Benjamin raised his eyebrows in a noncommittal attitude. Of course, he knew that huge financial interests could drive people to madness.

Kevin thought his warning might more or less make Benjamin hold back, but before he left, Benjamin told Hayden everything he said next, word for word.

After closing the door, Hayden didn’t even know how he had gotten back to his room. He just felt that his mind was tangled as if strings were tightening it and he couldn’t untie it.

So what Kevin’s words meant was that Joseph really did know what had happened that year?

But why was he still acting like he didn’t know and kept saying that Noah couldn’t talk because he had a high fever due to the nanny not taking good care of him?

For financial interests, could a person really use his child as bait and a bargaining chip?

Benjamin’s words kept ringing in her ears.

“Shortly after Noah had an accident two years ago, Joseph’s cousin gave him the position of CFO of ST Group. Even Harrison regained the shares he owned through legal channels and he was excluded from the board of directors. The only Beckham Family rival who could compete with Joseph thus left. This allowed Joseph to remain safely in his position as CEO of the ST Group.”

Until the current generation of the Beckham Family, Joseph was in fact the only son, but there were many cousins from side branches. In the past, many of them were listed as board members of the ST Group or held important positions in various departments.

At that time, Harrison said that, if Joseph did not marry, it would not entitle him to inherit anything. In order to obtain the right to inherit, he was even able to find a surrogate mother to bear a child for him. At the time, Noah was nothing more than a small life that he didn’t really care about.

The more Hayden thought about it, the more he felt a shiver run down his spine. He didn’t dare delve into it.

Maybe it was all because he’d been thinking too much.

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Late at night, in a secluded jazz bar, the voices of people chatting in the booth mingled with the music of the place. A slender woman walked past the audience area and headed straight for the second-floor box. As she pushed open the door, her face under the sunglasses tensed slightly.

In the box, there was only a young man sitting by the window as he watched the jazz performance downstairs. A glass of whiskey was placed on the table in an industrial design style.

Seeing his face, Violet clutched her purse tightly and walked over, “You’re Lachlan?”

“Since you’re here, why do you keep asking, even though you know the answer?” Lachlan looked at her dismissively, “Sit down, relax. Even if I want to charge you with attempted murder, I don’t need to do it now since I still have plenty of time.”

Violet blanched. She looked around frightened and lowered her voice, “I’ve already told you that I can give you any amount of money you want. Forget that matter.”

“I like money, but this time I want to play it differently.” Lachlan curved his lips and there was a trace of coldness in his eyes, “I want to get back what belongs to me. If you help me, I’ll pretend that the previous affairs where you hurt me and the life you ended never happened.”

“What do you want me to help you with?”

“Joseph’s son is truly an eyesore to me. Help me get rid of him.”

Violet’s face changed, “You want me to kill someone?”

“What’s the big deal, you’ve done it before anyway.” Lachlan looked at her coldly.

Violet shuddered violently.

“Aren’t you thinking of being the young Mistress of the Beckham Family? Get rid of that child who’s in the way and then you’ll have a chance. It’s okay for me to hold a grudge against Joseph too, plain and simple.”

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