Charles stared down Christopher's innocent-looking face as rage overtook him.

Just when he was about to blow up, James gave him a chilling look that woke Charles to his senses.

James expressed during the car ride that Bella possibly was not the one who was out to get him.

His mind wandered back to their conversation. "If Bella wanted to ruin you, she would've done it when you got a little too close with her sister. Why wait until now?

"Besides, only I and one other person know all the details about your little thing."

"Who is it? Who is ruining me? I want to make him pay!"

"Astrid."

"That's right! That bitch! She must have ratted me out to reduce her own sentence. I will make sure she stays behind bars."

you out, she couldn't possibly do much behind bars. The police couldn't have collected all the evidence. It's

be?"

checked Astrid's visitation records, and he visited her recently. But Dad is in favor of Christopher right now, so it won't do us any good to confront him directly. We need to get in Dad's good

is great! Thank God my three sons are with me

at the reunion. "We can be a happy family, dedicated to building the Iverson Group. Let's not get ourselves in any more trouble. You worked hard, James, but Chris was instrumental in stabilizing the company stock and getting the

some good news to share." James cut him off

made a

it?" Overjoyed, Lance could turn a blind

"Bring it in."

hand at James' command. The secretary

confusion and flipped through it with

close the deal on this? This is a great

Christopher's face froze, and

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