Chapter 895
Chapter 898:
Milton replied with a sneer,
“Don’t forget that I’m the one who brought the company all those achievements. Besides, I’m the eldest son and grandson. It’s only natural for me to be the chairman. As for Bart, he isn’t even a Lopez. I think I’ve already been generous by naming him vice president.”
“How dare you speak to me that way?! Erica, you’ve done well. Kudos to you for raising such a good son who doesn’t respect his elders!” Annot fumed.
Milton scoffed and cast a cold glance at Bart.
“My mom doesn’t deserve your praise. Auntie is the one who raised the better son,” he replied sarcastically.
“How dare you!” Annot shouted, trembling with rage.
“Arlo is dead. Stop hiding it! If you can’t produce his will, you’d better hand over his shares as soon as possible. I won’t rest until I take back what I deserve.”
Erica retorted coldly, “Arlo is very much alive. Why do you insist that he is dead? It is normal for a living person not to draft a will. If you can find his body, then we can talk about the inheritance. After all, what is this called in law?” Erica turned to Candice.
Candice quickly responded, “The burden of proof.”
“That’s right,” Erica smiled and repeated, “The burden of proof.”
“How dare you!” Annot shrieked, clearly pissed off.
Erica shrugged casually and said, “It’s time to end this farce tonight. I can only tell you that Arlo is alive. I don’t know where he is, but he will be back one day. It’s ridiculous for you to be fixated on his shares.” Erica had anticipated such a conflict, so she had secretly transferred Arlo as soon as he fell into a coma. She wanted to prevent others from coveting his shares and deliberately killing him. Before Arlo could wake up, she would hold on, no matter how they slandered her.
Annot slammed the table and cried, “As long as I’m here, no one can take Bart’s place in the company.”
𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩: ⲅ𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗍𝖊𝗅𝘀⸱𝖼𝗈𝗆
Bart stood up and walked toward Annot, saying, “Let’s go. Don’t worry. I will find their weakness and take back what belongs to us.”
Annot snorted and turned around arrogantly. She opened the door and left in a huff.
Before his departure, Bart fixed his sharp gaze on Bettina and blurted out, “Did you know it when you were making out with me yesterday? You’re so heartless. You have such a good voice, but you’re a liar.” With those words hanging in the air, he turned around and left, leaving Bettina standing still, feeling a deep sense of shame.
In the end, Bart couldn’t resist slandering and humiliating her in front of everyone. However, it was Bart himself who had forced her into the situation, coercing her to kiss him. How could he utter such words to humiliate her?
Observing this painful scene, Candice hurried to hold Bettina and said, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. Don’t let it affect you.”
Bart’s unscrupulous humiliation caused tears to well up in Bettina’s eyes, and she stamped her feet, venting her frustration. “But Candy, although you exposed his wrongs, it failed to punish him. He is still out there.”
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