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.

with a paternity test looming, this

At the Ashford Mansion.

came as an

lineage, and Patrick 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 trouble. Plus, she was supposed to retrieve the Boyd family signet ring

under lock and key and the murder

pale

was his trump

Eliza? Did she really

preoccupied with dreams of marrying

and asked, "Gillian, has Mara called you

I don't want to deal with her anymore. Percival has already cut ties with them, so she's useless to me now." Gillian

bother with someone

friendship was one of mutual exploitation,

to get close to Vivienne and retrieve the Boyd family signet ring. And try to find the contract Wendy left behind. Tell her

puzzled. "Dad, you still want to entangle with

say. 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 Vivienne

to probe further, but seeing Patrick's ashen face,

seen her father

number. For the Boyd family fortune,

them, Vivienne had heard

off her headphones, chuckling as she reviewed the translated documents

afloat all these years relying on GTO." Vivienne shook her head. The man

the contract

was monitoring satellite imagery on his computer, where three red dots were converging into a trap

had any sense, he'd realize that loyalty to my mentor is the wisest

"Traitors always meet a

Mara's call

"Bro, it's Mara."

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

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