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.

“Wow, that’s real? I thought that’s your mother’s family. So

one in charge isn’t my grandfather.” He patted her head gently, but there was only an icy chill in

see that he was

His eldest son was my grandfather. 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

mad about that?” Sonia looked

took was just something that’ll be obsolete in the near future. It just looked valuable back then. I think you’ve

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 stubbornly insisting on the old ways. Now that I know they’re actually robbers, I don’t feel sorry

hated the Sandstones, so she wasn’t afraid he would be upset if she said that. And

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

at him sadly. “But they let

company started to rot years and years ago. They came to me four years ago, asking me to help them, but I refused. That’s how I am. I would help them if I was the one who gave them the business, but since

see.” Sonia smiled. “I get it, but they can do what they want. It’s not

cared about what they were up to.” Toby smiled. “But I’m actually friends with their second

her

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

curled up in his embrace.

my cousin.” Toby suddenly

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

with me back at the ball,”

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