New messages bflooded /bin, and A checked her WhatsApp.

bZoe/b: b[/bA, sorry that we couldn’t stop your grandpa. Infuriated, he fainted and was rushed to the hospital, so we had to yield.)

Zon: b(/bThat statement is nothing. You are still one of bus/b.

Logan: [A, don’t take the trending topics to heart. I will contact the police, and you won’t go to jail. I can help if it is inconvenient for you to exin the source of that sum of money.

Caleb: Aria, byou /bhave my support no matter what you choose to do. Am I still your brother?

Silviab: /b[I’m sorry, Aria.]

Aria bread /bthe messages, and a bitter smile shed past her face. The Saxon family finally made their choice, and Aria bwas /bpletely abandoned.

Aria had learned long ago that her real family was the Saxons, At 15 years old, she killed Den and then spent one month observing the Saxon family.

bZoo /bescorted Silvia to school and bter /bhome every day. She kept Silviapany under the burning bsun /bwhen thetter lined up for cakes or coffee.

She secretly prepared gifts for bSilvia’s /broommates for fear that they would bully Silvia…

Logan was a bman /bof action. He frequently bought gifts for his wife and his daughter.

At the auction, he didn’t mind bing a spendthrift as long as there bwere /bitems that interested his wife and his daughter…

Caleb was gentle while Nathan was protective of Silvia unconditionally.

Firm in speech but soft in heart, Joseph sometimes gave bSilvia /bba /bsmiling face, and he was generous in the stock transfer.

Luke treated Silvia as if she were his child. The Saxon family was a loving one. Ania’s attempt to join the Saxon family failed and broke the bnce.

The Saxon family pive Aria love moved with guilt, and they couldn’t trust her unconditionally.

Aria closed her beyes/b, and thest bit of her expectation bwas /bgone. Without the Saxon family, she could lead a good life. She turned off her phone and gor ready for theing meeting

In a conference room, the shareholders were in a heated discussion

“Mr. Oconnor, without the chips from the Cole Group, we can’t continue our projectb, /band our loss will reach more than 25 million bdors/b.”

“We have done a lot for this project. Mr. Oconnorb, /ball our efforts will bresult /bin nothing”

A third shareholder argued, “The Cole Group agreed to surrender another 1% of the profits to us. The Shaw Group is ambitious about medical bbots/bb. /bIf the Cole Group is angered and turns to the Shaw Group”

Right then, his speech was interrupted by the rm clock, Silence fell, and the ck phone on the table became the center of attention.

Johnny Oconnor cleared his bthroat/b, picked up the phone, and silenced it. “It’s 8:50.” What did that mean? The shareholders looked at Johnny with

confusion

“Don’t you demand to meet that mysterious shareholder? She will be here at 9:00,” Johnny exined.

bWide/b–eyed, the shareholders forgot their argument. Seven or eight years ago, the Stars Group was on the verge of bankruptcy, band /bJohnny popped bup /bwith a bunch of researchers and bought it.

That bunch of researchers was mysterious and kept a low profile. They seldom interacted with other workers in the Stars bGroup/bb. /b

o technologyb, /bthe Stars Group was in desperate need of money.

Johnny travelled around the world to look for Investors. One day, he returned with arge sum of money, and the Stars Group bthan /bhad a to btharcholder/bb. /b

Whenever the Stars Group needed money, that mysterious shareholder sent money over in time. Gradually, she spent more and more money in bGroup/b,

Thereforeb, /bbshe /bhad many more shares than the other shareholders did. In eight years, the Stars Group became one of the toppanies in Mandino City- More than onceb, /bthe other shareholders wanted to buy the shares from the mysterious one, but only Johnny kept in contact with her.

This was the lobby of the Stars Group.

Aria walked forward, and the receptionist recognized her and stopped her by asking, “Ms. Saxon, what can I do for you?”

The bad rumors about Aria were widely spread, so the receptionist was rude. Without a word, Aria showed the receptionist her certificate of appointment.

Pouting, the receptionist took the paper over, and her eyes soon became wide open. “May I go in now?” Aria basked/b.

The receptionist snapped back to reality. Trembling all over her body, she handed the paper back to Aria. “Ot, of course.”

Aria took the paper and walked on. In a trance, the receptionist stood rooted to the bspot /band stared at Aria’s back.

Right then, Liam arrived at the Stars Group and caught sight of Aria who wa

was walking into the elevator.

“bWhat /bis she doing here?” Soon, he had bhis /banswer to this question “bGrandpa /bwas right. Aria is the reason why the Stars Group forced us out of the project,” he thought.

Sullen, Liam tapped the table and said, “Hello, I have an appointment with Mr. Oconnor.”

“Oh, well, Mr. Oconnor is in a meeting. It will be over soon. Please wait,” the receptionist responded.

ses and made ba /bcall, Johnny’s assistant went downstairs and led the way for Liam.

The receptionist came back to her senses and mai

This was the conference room. “She’s here.” Speaking, Johnny stood bup /band walked toward the door,

The shareholders bswallowed /bnervously, their eyes glued to the door. After the ss door was pulled open, a figure came into view.

“Aris?”

“Aren’t you a member of the Cole Group board? What are you doing here?”

Johnny exined, “She’s the person who keeps funding1 the Stars Group all these yearsb.” /b

Stunned, the shareholders sprang to their feet. “No way!”

“How old bwas /bshe eight years ago!”

rl keep funding the Stars Group? From millions of dors to billions?

How could a fourteen–year–old girl

Aria pulled a chair over and sat down. Her eyes swept across the room. “Yes, it’s me.” ja took the other people three minutes to ept the truth.

“Did you force the Cole Group out of the project because Liam wants to divorce you?”

“Ms. Saxon, you are thergest shareholder of the Stars Group and have the final say here, but you shouldn’t be carried away by your anger.

b2/3 /b

“You shouldn’t!” Those critical voices contained contempl.

Aria picked up a bss /bof water, took a sip, and then said ndly, “Do you know the Cole Group better fan i do?”

She had been the CEO of the Cole Group for two years, so she knew thatpany well.

The technology of the Cole Group is immature. A researcher from Tech, Ruby Olsen, owes me a favor, and she agreed to join us at the end of this year. She will stay here for one year,” she went on.

Instantly, the others stared at Aria in shock. A researcher from GloTech? Ar could get help from such a talent.

Aria added. “I don’t work in the Cole Group anymore, so we will make our own chip…

The meetingsted for one hour. Waiting, Liam gradually lost his patience. Angered, he stood up and left with his papers.

In the corridor, some noises caught his attention, and he looked over. At the end of the corridor, Aria stood out among the men in suits.