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.

paternity test looming, this was a

At the Ashford Mansion.

arrest of Eliza came as an

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 from

and key and the murder footage spreading like wildfire online,

turned pale

thought was his trump card had become

Eliza? Did she really kill Wendy?" Gillian had woken up to see Patrick pacing and was

was still preoccupied with dreams of

and asked, "Gillian, has

Besides, I don't want to deal with her anymore. Percival has already cut ties with them, so she's

bother with

one of mutual exploitation,

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

puzzled. "Dad, you still want to entangle with them? A family full

as I say. Those two items are crucial for our family. We won't be at

probe further, but seeing Patrick's ashen

seen her

For the Boyd

had heard every word of

she reviewed the translated documents on the

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

was fixated on the contract rather than ensuring

imagery on his computer, where three red dots were converging into a trap around

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

her lips. "Traitors always meet a

later, Mara's call

"Bro, it's Mara."

laced with sobs, still not fully comprehending how the

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