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Chapter 276
Meanwhile, Lloyd was reading the newspaper in Crossley Residence. The usual tranquil countenance
was slowly tinged by displeasure.
Next to him stood his subordinate. "Mr. Crossley, the family of the injured staff were escorted by
someone else when we arrived there. They have the project documents left by the staff. If someone
finds out about the problem of the datas in the documents, we'll lose billions of dollars."
The revealed content was a drop in the ocean because the actual thing that posed a threat to the
Crossley Group was this document.
Lloyd put down the newspaper. "Who are those people? Have you looked into it?"
"Not yet, but I guess that it's related to the person who has done all these lately."
Lloyd sniggered. "If so, there isn't only one party we're facing."
"Do you mean that there's other people involved in this?"
"Aidan ain't a good person. I'm pretty sure he played his part in this." He laid out his thoughts. "It's
caused a big ruckus and we must respond immediately. Find a few managers who handle this project.
Investigate and fire them accordingly.
"As for the documents, they must be in their hands. Since they didn't choose to reveal it, they must be
up to something. We can leave it for now."
After his subordinate left, Lloyd pulled open the drawer of his desk and stared at the old pocket watch
with a murderous glint.
It seemed like his hunch was right—all disasters ensued upon Leanna's appearance.
At that moment, a knock resounded on the door and Georgina's voice could be heard. "Dad?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe put down the pocket watch as he wore his usual expression. "Anything, Gina?"
Georgina frowned. "Is there anything I can help to make the situation better?"
Lloyd replied indifferently, "Don't worry about that. All you have to do is to wait for your engagement at
the end of the month."
"Daniel said that he can ask for help from Mr. Jackson if you can't deal with it. Everyone holds Mr.
Jackson with high regards in Highside. As long as he helps us, others will help us too. Dad—"
"No. I've been through so many hurdles and come this far for the past twenty years. It's not a big deal
for me."
"But—"
Lloyd interrupted her, "Gina, I know what you're thinking about, but we gotta be alert when it comes to
crucial times. Once we let our guard down, we might fall for their traps at any time. Got it?"
Georgina added, "I know, but you should know the situation better. Everyone is avoiding us. I reckon
the Pearson Family is reconsidering the engagement too."
As soon as she finished her words, Lloyd's phone rang; it was a call from Gordon. He answered the
phone and his expression darkened after Gordon said something.
The Pearson Family had been planning on retrieving their power from Aidan by leveraging the Crossley
Family's support. However, the Crossleys could barely fend for themselves either. Even if they resolved
this issue, recovering their position was almost impossible.
Thus, the wisest alternative was to cut ties with the Crossley Family. Aidan's attack on the Zielinski
Family had not stopped. In addition to the Crossley Family's problem, if he managed to convince the
Pearson Family to his side, it would be a total loss for the Crossley Family.
After Lloyd terminated the call, Georgina smiled. "Didn't I tell you, Dad?"
He narrowed his eyes without uttering a word.
Without any relationship involved, there was only business between the Crossleys and Pearsons. The
fact that the Pearson Family decided to back down was not surprising in the slightest.
She continued, "But we can see how the Pearson Family is afraid of Aidan. I bet he spent a lot of his
attention on someone."
Lloyd took a glance at her, knowing what she meant by that. Indeed, a lot of men were protecting
Leanna under Aidan's behest and it was obvious how important she was to him.
A couple of moments later, Lloyd said, "Gina, could you leave me for a sec? I have something else to
do."
When he was finally alone, he dialed a contact number. "I need your help."
…
The Crossley Family had a lot on their plate. With Carlile's early announcement into the bargain, the
studio's issue was finally resolved. Still, the netizens, who gushed about it so fiercely online, did not
apologize… not even one did.
Zoe was eating grapes while exclaiming, "This is how people are nowadays. They don't think before
saying anything on the Internet. They don't care about the truth. All they want is to have a target to vent
their anger."
Leanna smiled upon hearing that. "You gotta sleep now. You have work tomorrow."
Zoe stretched her body. "Time sure flies. I don't think it's enough."
"Let's go for a trip when the weather is warmer."
"Count me in!" Zoe was in high spirits at the mention of that topic. Pausing momentarily, she said, "Oh,
right. Has that b*stard tried to meet you these days?"
Leanna was rendered speechless by how the subject changed so suddenly. "He… Why would he meet
me when he's free? You know how much I wish to stop seeing him."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZoe approached her closer. "For real?"
Feeling awkward, Leanna averted her gaze elsewhere. She parted her lips to say something, but
nothing came out of her throat.
Zoe did not question Leanna's dishonesty as she continued, "Talking about this, Elijah hasn't been
contacting you. He must've given up now, but that's good news. There's no need for you to hesitate
anymore."
"Bed time." Leanna ended the conversation.
Lying in bed, she was reading the latest news regarding the Crossley Family in an attempt to garner
useful information from them.
Even if she was aware that Daniel and Elijah were adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes, she could
not comprehend the whole situation. In other words, she could not understand why they were doing
that.
It was indeed a big blow to the Crossley Family, but they were an influential and powerful family. Even if
the issue had caused a huge ruckus, it should not be able to falter them.
Lloyd must be having a hard time protecting the family. I don't think he has time to deal with me for
now. This is my best chance to dig into the incident that happened that year.
Leanna took out the picture of the pocket watch before looking into related information on the Internet.
While she was concentrating on her investigation, her phone rang and displayed Aidan's name on its
screen. It took her a few seconds before she answered the call, "What's the matter, President
Pearson? It's quite late."
Aidan retorted, "Can't I call you for fun?"
She fell silent upon his retaliation.
Then, his displeased voice resounded. "Are you planning to not call me for the rest of your life if I don't
ring you up? Leanna McKinney, do you have a heart of steel?"
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