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Sophia sensed Yosef’s hesitation and continued to taunt him, “You treat her as your daughter, but she secretly sold Jackson Group behind your back… Does that sound like she sees you as her father?”
Yosef’s temples throbbed.
He wasn’t that angry initially, but Sophia’s words struck a nerve, and he felt a surge of discomfort.
He sighed heavily, his hands clenching into fists on his knees!
Seeing this, Sophia knew she had mostly succeeded and gave Joanna a look.
At first, Joanna didn’t understand what it meant. A moment later, she realized and hurried over to Yosef. “Uncle Yosef, don’t worry, my brother and I will be loyal to you in the future.
Yosef was in a fit of anger, but after hearing this, he felt a lot better.
Sophia seized the opportunity to remind her, “Why are you still calling him uncle?”
Although Joanna was a little reluctant, she obediently changed her words, “Dad.”
“Honey, look how well–behaved our daughter is!” Sophia pulled Yosef’s arm and whispered in his ear, “With Jackson Group, our family can live a good life…
Under such circumstances, Yosef had no room for resistance.
Instead, he was moved by this fabricated kinship. “Okay, our family is the most important right now.”
He undoubtedly acquiesced to all of Sophia’s plans.
Sophia glanced triumphantly at Joanna and felt proud.
Joanna silently clenched her teeth and thought, ‘All I want is for Yvonne to be dead!”
After successfully winning over Yosef, Sophia began her plan.
She said, “Honey, there will be a party on the cruise ship tonight. Joanna and I will be in charge of holding Hayden back, and you can ask Yvonne to meet
“But she’s not even answering my calls now… Yosef was very distressed.
“Just tell her that her mother had something to tell her before she died, and she will definitely come to see you!”
Sophia gave her vicious advice. She knew Yvonne’s weakness!
“Well… Yosef hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded. “Fine.”
At that moment, he couldn’t tell whether he had been brainwashed, or whether he was doing this to get Jackson Group back. Compared with money, a daughter seemed insignificant.
After the discussion, Yosef went to the restaurant to order food. Sophia said that she would change into a dress with Joanna and go there later.
Changing clothes was just an excuse. In reality, she had something to discuss with her Joanna.
She asked, “Joanna, have you met Zachary since you boarded the cruise?”
“No.” Joanna shook her head, her expression impatient at the mention of his name. “Mom, please stop mentioning him. I feel sick just thinking about him!”
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Sophia was visibly disappointed. “Why haven’t you figured it out yet? You should be with Zachary after what happened and use him to climb your way up!”
“But I like Hayden!” Joanna was firm on this matter. She refused to be with Zachary
“What good will that do for you?” Sophia grumbled, but her heart still ached for Joanna. “Once that little bitch, Yvonne, is dead, you might still have a chance with Hayden
“Really?” As if seeing a glimmer of hope, Joanna immediately grabbed Sophia’s hand.
“Hayden wants complete control of the Parker Group, so he definitely wants to get rid of Zachary. You can collect information on Zachary for him. Won’t he be eternally grateful to you?” Sophia sneered as if she had long grasped Hayden’s weakness.
She was originally from a poor family. It would take her three days to walk to the nearest town whenever she wanted anything She even wort out her only pair of sandals as a result.
When she saw the neat and tidy clothes worn by the women in town, she swore to herself that she would make a name for herself in this world.
All these years, with no background, she had relied on one man after another to make her fortune.
To her, men were nothing more than playthings in her palm.
Sophia wondered how someone like her could give birth to a daughter who was so love–struck.
Joanna was in n
“Of course!”
pain at first, but after hearing Sophia’s analysis, she suddenly was enlightened. “Mom, are you telling the truth?”
“But Will Zachary despise me?” Joanna began to worry again.
Sleeping with a man was nothing, but sleeping with Zachary in front of so many people was a bit serious.
Sophia patted her hand. “Of course not. I have two children, don’t I? Yosef is still completely smitten with me. The most important thing a woman must have is means!”
Joanna nodded but seemed unconvinced.
Now Sophia just had to wait for Yosef to deal with Yvonne, and she would have all she wanted.
Night fell quickly.
The vast sea was pitch black, but the cruise ship was brightly lit. It was another night of revelry.
To make up for the slight lack of experience this morning, I specially asked the kitchen to prepare a seafood feast to entertain the guests on the cruise ship.
Anyway, the sea was not short of fresh seafood.
“I heard about what happened this morning. You handled it beautifully. Jamie sat opposite me and raised his glass to me.
“Thank you.” I also raised my glass, but only took a sip.
I was not good with alcohol.
Since I was responsible for the whole trip, I had to make sure not to get drunk. Otherwise, it might have delayed things. “You will not forget about me when you become successful, will you?” Jamie joked.
I rolled my eyes as I pointed to the king crabs on the table, “Can’t all this delicious food stop you from talking nonsense?”
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“It would be great if Cici could come back. She loves crabs the most. Jamie stared at the crabs in front of him, his eyes unconsciously becoming unfocused.
Cici Cocker was his girlfriend. She left after Nevin hit him and hadn’t come back.
“How long is it before her graduation?” I asked.
Jamie didn’t answer me, but looked up dejectedly and drank all the wine in his glass.
Seeing how he looked. I thought that Cici was afraid of running into Nevin, so I said, “Nevin won’t dare to provoke her
anymore.”
Jamie waved his hand at me, and after a while, he said, “She doesn’t want to come back. She said she likes the environment abroad and plans to immigrate there.”
I was speechless.
Cici was receiving a better education abroad. If she felt that it was better for her to stay there, no one could force her to come back.
This explained why Jamie had been spacing out and sighing for no reason lately.
“Do you miss her a lot?” I asked after a few seconds of silence.
Jamie clenched his teeth, then pretended to be indifferent. Even his tone was a bit more roguish. “Why would I miss her? There are so many young and beautiful girls here. I can like whomever I want
