Vivienne froze for a moment.

Was Maddox implying that she should carry on with this contract?

"Exactly as you're thinking," Maddox slid the contract toward Vivienne. "The Perez family has its own fish to fry these days, not focusing on bionic tech. And I know the reason the Ashfords have stood the test of time has a lot to do with this project."

He paused, his gaze growing intense before he continued, "The person who got the Ashfords involved in the first place was your mother, Karen, right?"

Vivienne nodded but remained tight-lipped.

She was not ready to stir the pot with the Perez family's waters still uncharted.

"Vivienne, only the Perez and the Boyd families are in on the bionic tech secret. Your mother managed to bring this concept to life, and it's nearly identical to what the Perez family envisioned. I think she must have seen their initial concept draft. I'm not saying she copied or stole it. I'm just saying..."

"Uncle, I get what you're trying to say."

Vivienne smiled at Maddox.

She knew he was beginning to question her identity.

If her mother had indeed introduced those concepts, matching the Perez family's ideas, it only meant she had some connection with them.

If that was the case, could Karen perhaps be Sasha?

Maddox hesitated to voice his suspicion, fearing another disappointment.

Vivienne tucked the contract away. "Thanks, Uncle. I'll take it from here and push the research forward."

Maddox nodded. "Yeah, I believe in you."

He also believed that she must be his niece, his sister's daughter.

this

At the Ashford Mansion.

as an abrupt blow, derailing

had intended to consolidate his power by winning over the Boyd Group's shareholders with her help. It would save him a great deal of

and key and the murder footage

turned pale

thought was his trump card

going on with Eliza? Did she really kill Wendy?" Gillian had woken up

still preoccupied with dreams of marrying

down and asked, "Gillian,

don't want to deal with her anymore. Percival has

with

friendship was one of mutual

to find a way to get close to Vivienne and retrieve the Boyd family

"Dad, you still want to entangle with them? A

Those two items are crucial for our family. We won't be at Vivienne's mercy anymore if you manage to get them. Hurry before

seeing Patrick's ashen face, she swallowed

seen her father

For the Boyd family

them, Vivienne had heard every word of their

headphones, chuckling as she reviewed the translated

only managed to stay afloat all these years relying on

was fixated on the contract rather

monitoring satellite imagery on his computer, where three red dots were converging into a trap around a factory at the

that loyalty to my mentor is

lips. "Traitors

later, Mara's call

"Bro, it's Mara."

laced with sobs, still not fully comprehending how the Boyd family had fallen

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