Chapter 68 Coteral Damage.

“What do you mean Susan, fuming with rage, was caught off guard by Patrick’s sudden remark

She had just worked herself into a fury over Ste, and now this man had the nerve to ask her to give Ste whatever she wanted bWas /bthat a joke?

Patrick’s voice was cold. “Half an hour ago. I got a bcall/b. The message was simple. If we don’t give her what she wants, bwe /bcan forget about running thepany.”

Susan’s eyes widened in disbelief. You actually believed that?”

This was Rivermount. Who could possibly threaten us like that? And more importantly, who made the bcall/b! Half an hour ago didn’t I just leave Ste’s ce?

Patrick continued, “Do you think I wanted to believe it? But in the past thirty minutes. I’ve partners pulling out of our deals”

two calls from major

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Those partnerships were pirs of the Reed Group

bTwo /bmajor projects, gone in half an hour. Whoever was behind it was clearly no ordinary person.

Susan stood stunned. “You mean, all this happened because I didn’t agree to her demands?”

Patrick replied coldly. “She was mentioned by name. Who else could it be?”

Susan was at a loss for words.

Patrick’s voice dropped. “What did she ask for?”

to that?”

Susan answered, still fuming “She wants to cut ties with us. Completely. You think I can agree to

She bhad /bassumed Ste’sst phone call had just been a bluff. But now? Clearly not

young girl pulling bin /b980,000 dors in a year. There had to be someone powerful backing her. But her methods…..

Thinking about it made Susan’s heart ache. That was her daughter. How could she bbear /bit!

Patrick’s breath hitched. “She really said bthat/bb?/b*

Susan confirmed, “What else could it be? What couldn’t I afford to give her!”

At this point, Susan wished Ste had asked for something material. Jewelryb, /ba house, money. She would have agreed in a heartbeat.

As long as Rianne and Eddie were still willing to help treat Lilian, she bcould /bagree to anything

But what Ste wanted was not material. She wanted nothing more to do with them.

And how could she ept that?

Susan trembled with fury.

Patrick’s voice sharpened. “bWhat /bdid you fight about this time?”

His tone was not just annoyed. It was usatory,

The call he bhad /bgotten had bnot /bbeen a bluff. He fully believed the person on the other end could wipe out the Reed Group if they wanted bto/bb. /b

Susan snapped, “She made 980,000 dors bst /byear. Don’t you think I deserve to know how? She’s still my daughter. I don’t want her selling herself short

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Every single fight between Susan and Ste seemed to start the same bway/bb: /bSusan did not know how to talk to her

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They had not raised her. They did not understand her temperament. bAnd /bif she used the same domineering tone she always had, Ste would never y along

Patrick’s voiceced with me. “How many times have I told you to be patient with her?”

Susan rolled her eyes. “Oh.

you the one who said not to give her a credit card when you came back from

Kingston Heights?”

When it came to Ste, neither of them had the high grouil

Patrick snapped. To not wasting any more breath on this. Just handle it!

Susan asked in mockery. “And how do you suggest I do that? She’s not answering my calls. She won’t see me.

And when she had finally gotten a chance to meet with her, just look at how that turned out.

If you can’t fix this, your days as my wife might be numbered Patrick ended the call in a fury

To think that bthe /bpany’s biggest crisis stemmed from a mother–daughter feud. What a joke.

Meanwhile, Patrick made a call to Ethan.

As soon as Ethan bheard /bthat the Reed Group’s troubles were all tied to Ste, his mind immediately went to the man standing silently by her side.

That man… Could he really pull the strings to cancel too massive projects in thirty minutes? Iho bwas /bhe

“bEthan/b,” Patrick’s voice was anxious. “You know your father’s stance on me. And now with Lilian, the pressure is already. intenseb. /bBut bthis/b?”

The Keene family had long been unhappy with himb, /band now there was a new yer, one he could not even identify. squeezing him from the shadows, te felt like he was suffocating,

Ethan’s voice was as cold as ice. “Understood. I’ll handle it.”

He ended the call and nced down bat /bthe cast on his left hand.

His voice to Jason turned frigid. “Still haven’t figured out who bthat /bman is?”

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