Chapter 68 Collateral Damage.
“What do you mean Susan, fuming with rage, was caught off guard by Patrick’s sudden remark
She had just worked herself into a fury over Stella, and now this man had the nerve to ask her to give Stella whatever she wanted Was that a joke?
Patrick’s voice was cold. “Half an hour ago. I got a call. The message was simple. If we don’t give her what she wants, we can forget about running the company.”
Susan’s eyes widened in disbelief. You actually believed that?”
This was Rivermount. Who could possibly threaten us like that? And more importantly, who made the call! Half an hour ago didn’t I just leave Stella’s place?
Patrick continued, “Do you think I wanted to believe it? But in the past thirty minutes. I’ve partners pulling out of our deals”
two calls from major
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Those partnerships were pillars of the Reed Group
Two major projects, gone in half an hour. Whoever was behind it was clearly no ordinary person.
Susan stood stunned. “You mean, all this happened because I didn’t agree to her demands?”
Patrick replied coldly. “She was mentioned by name. Who else could it be?”
Susan was at a loss for words.
Patrick’s voice dropped. “What did she ask for?”
to that?”
Susan answered, still fuming “She wants to cut ties with us. Completely. You think I can agree to
She had assumed Stella’s last phone call had just been a bluff. But now? Clearly not
young girl pulling in 980,000 dollars in a year. There had to be someone powerful backing her. But her methods…..
Thinking about it made Susan’s heart ache. That was her daughter. How could she bear it!
Patrick’s breath hitched. “She really said that?*
Susan confirmed, “What else could it be? What couldn’t I afford to give her!”
At this point, Susan wished Stella had asked for something material. Jewelry, a house, money. She would have agreed in a heartbeat.
As long as Rianne and Eddie were still willing to help treat Lilian, she could agree to anything
But what Stella wanted was not material. She wanted nothing more to do with them.
And how could she accept that?
Susan trembled with fury.
Patrick’s voice sharpened. “What did you fight about this time?”
His tone was not just annoyed. It was accusatory,
The call he had gotten had not been a bluff. He fully believed the person on the other end could wipe out the Reed Group if they wanted to.
Susan snapped, “She made 980,000 dollars last year. Don’t you think I deserve to know how? She’s still my daughter. I don’t want her selling herself short
Chapter 68 Collateral Damage
Every single fight between Susan and Stella seemed to start the same way: Susan did not know how to talk to her
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They had not raised her. They did not understand her temperament. And if she used the same domineering tone she always had, Stella would never play along
Patrick’s voice laced with blame. “How many times have I told you to be patient with her?”
Susan rolled her eyes. “Oh.
you the one who said not to give her a credit card when you came back from
Kingston Heights?”
When it came to Stella, neither of them had the high grouil
Patrick snapped. To not wasting any more breath on this. Just handle it!
Susan asked in mockery. “And how do you suggest I do that? She’s not answering my calls. She won’t see me.
And when she had finally gotten a chance to meet with her, just look at how that turned out.
If you can’t fix this, your days as my wife might be numbered Patrick ended the call in a fury
To think that the company’s biggest crisis stemmed from a mother–daughter feud. What a joke.
Meanwhile, Patrick made a call to Ethan.
As soon as Ethan heard that the Reed Group’s troubles were all tied to Stella, his mind immediately went to the man standing silently by her side.
That man… Could he really pull the strings to cancel too massive projects in thirty minutes? Iho was he
“Ethan,” Patrick’s voice was anxious. “You know your father’s stance on me. And now with Lilian, the pressure is already. intense. But this?”
The Keene family had long been unhappy with him, and now there was a new player, one he could not even identify. squeezing him from the shadows, te felt like he was suffocating,
Ethan’s voice was as cold as ice. “Understood. I’ll handle it.”
He ended the call and glanced down at the cast on his left hand.
His voice to Jason turned frigid. “Still haven’t figured out who that man is?”
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