Chapter 1059
A guest at the door was still a guest. Noreen personally went to the reception room to meet Howard Hughes.
Howard was a middle-aged man in his fifties. The moment he walked in, he
respectfully shook Noreen’s hand and introduced himself.
“Hello, Ms. Gilmore. I am Howard Hughes, General Manager of Steadfast Trust Asset Management.”
Noreen paused for a second.
She was well aware of Steadfast Trust.
It was the largest asset management firm in Glenhaven City.
As the old saying went, wealth rarely survived past the third generation.
Because of this, many elite families in Glenhaven City, realizing their heirs lacked the business acumen to run their empires, placed their fortunes into trusts to protect their legacy.
Steadfast Trust was always their top choice.
Howard seemed to have rushed over in a massive hurry. Even though the reception room was quite cool, a thick layer of sweat coated his forehead.
Noreen asked Sophia to lower the AC further.
Howard offered a grateful “Thank you,” pulled out a tissue to dab his forehead, and got straight to the point. “Ms. Gilmore, I am here regarding the major crisis Winrich is currently facing. If you require any financial backing, Steadfast Trust is fully prepared to step in and assist you.”
Noreen couldn’t help but feel suspicious. “But I don’t have any financial ties with Steadfast Trust.”
So she couldn’t understand why Howard would stick his neck out to help her at such a critical juncture.
Howard seemed to have anticipated her question. Taking a deep breath, he slowed his pace and explained, “Six years ago, Mr. Seth Harcourt established a highly substantial asset trust with our firm. After more than five years of closed-end management by our team, those assets have quadrupled, growing into a massive capital pool worth tens of billions of dollars.”
“If you need it, Ms. Gilmore, I can immediately liquidate those funds to help Winrich crush its current crisis.”
Hearing the sheer scale of the money, Noreen’s fingers, which were resting on the table, twitched.
The air in the reception room felt like it had been instantly sucked out.
In other words, six years ago, Seth had locked billions of dollars into a trust at Steadfast Trust.
That exact amount was the peak cash reserve Aurelion Group had on its books during its golden era.
It was Aurelion’s absolute lifeline.
Yet Seth, without a second of
hesitation, had siphoned that
massive sum and handed complet
control of it over to Steadfast, Trust,
Howard even admitted, “If the
sudden crisis at Winrich hadn’t
triggered our internal
conflict-of interest protocols, this
hidden trust would likely have
remained dormant forever.”
Noreen’s fingertips instinctively curled inward, her nails pressing deeply into her palms.
Six years ago… That was when Aurelion Group was at the absolute peak of its glory.
It was also the exact moment her relationship with Seth shattered, sending them down separate paths.
Back then, he was openly spending his days partying and mingling with Bianca Lowell.
Yet in the shadows, he had orchestrated all of this.
And he never breathed a single word of it to her.
Howard reached into his briefcase and pulled out the original trust agreement Seth had signed six years ago.
Her fingers trembling slightly, Noreen flipped to the very last page of the document.
Right there, in the beneficiary column, was a single name clearly printed in bold ink: “Noreen Gilmore.”
In that instant, Howard’s voice faded into a distant hum, replaced by a violent flood of memories crashing over her.
She remembered that triumphant night six years ago.
Seth had wrapped an arm around her shoulders as they stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor of Aurelion Group. Pointing at the dazzling Rivercrest City skyline spread out beneath them he had looked at her, half-joking but entirely serious.