Chapter 739 Cousin

“Sandstone?” Sonia blinked and looked at Toby. “Oh, I get it. You said that the Herrais family exists, but they don’t use that name. So your mother comes from the Sandstones, right?”

“Smart,” Toby praised.

Sonia looked embarrassed. “You’ve made it obvious, so if I can’t even guess that, I’m… That’s not important.” She waved her hand. “But there are a lot of families in the nation with the same last name. Which family did your grandfather come from?”

“The one in Westsanshire,” Toby answered.

“Westsanshire…” Sonia thought about it, then her eyes widened as realization struck her. “The one who’s friends with the Salzburgs?”

“Yes.” Toby nodded.

That was why his mother used to date Connor.

“I see. So the Sandstone Family is your mother’s family, huh?”

“Yes. Even though they’re the Sandstones, the lynchpin is actually a Herrias, so the guys in Westsanshire call them the Herrias Family,” Toby explained.

Sonia nodded. “I see. Since they’re in Westsanshire, I didn’t know the Sandstone Family was the Herrias Family, but I’ve heard rumors about your company being at odds with Sandstone Group. Is that true?”

“That is true,” he told her honestly, and he squinted.

thought that’s your mother’s family. So why are they at odds with

in charge isn’t my grandfather.” He patted her head

he was

He inherited the family business, but he only sired one daughter, that was my mother. After they passed away, I was supposed to take over, but halfway through the succession, my grandfather’s brother showed up

about that?” Sonia

“No. What they took was just something that’ll be obsolete in the near future. It just looked valuable back then. I think you’ve heard about their financials being in hot

on a sunset industry, and they’ll be booted out of the business world if they don’t change soon. I actually thought it was sad that an old company was going to be bankrupt. I thought they should go with the flow instead of

would be upset if she

given them half of the inheritance and worked with them too. Before he died, my grandfather said he owed his brother a lot, so I would have given them

him sadly.

them if I was the one who gave them the business, but since they took it forcefully from me, what happens to them has nothing to do with me. That’s why I didn’t help. They started a smear campaign against us after they

can do

were up to.” Toby smiled. “But

stretched her

the current head of the Sandstone Family—my uncle. He knows he’s not in line for the inheritance, so he didn’t work with his brother back then. He protected my mother when they were kids, so the bond is still there. That’s the only bond I have with the Sandstones.” Toby straightened out her clothes which had gotten messy after she stretched

in his embrace. “I

She’s my cousin.” Toby suddenly

at him curiously. “Cousin? I don’t remember seeing

with me back

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