This time around, Heather did not immediately rush home to the Langston Residence. Instead, she headed to her office, where she had not gone for quite a while. Throughout the entire journey, she remembered that her company would officially start in another few days.
As a result, there was a chance she would not be able to make it for the previously agreed appointment that she had with the Saffords and she felt quite guilty toward them.
The moment she arrived at her office, she used her fingerprint to open the door. She felt fortunate that she had previously set up a biometric system that could capture fingerprints. Otherwise, she would not have the key with her now.
Because it had been completely empty for such a long time, there was a musty odor in the office. She quickly opened the window to air the place.
The Saffords also had the keys to the office, but it seemed that they had not been here for quite some time as well. Then, Heather switched the lights on.
Even though it was still early in the day, she loved to close the curtains and switch on the lights. The lighting in the office was quite decent, but it immediately became darker as soon as she closed the curtains.
Under the ceiling lights, she switched on her work laptop and carefully looked at the documents in the file. She believed that Tony had picked them out with great caution.
As the time ticked by, it didn’t take long for an hour to quickly pass. Yet, Heather was only halfway through the document as a sentence had caught her eye.
She did not expect that the Saffords would be mentioned in the document, but as it turned out, Paige’s current workplace belonged to the Moriarty Family. It had greatly surprised Heather because she had investigated the company prior to this; the result was that it was an international corporation that was completely unrelated to the Moriarty Family.
It looked like the changes that arose from the incident was something that normal people could not understand. Heather only understood that the international company was affected by the downfall of the economy after she perused the documents. The negative economical turn had created an opportunity for the Moriarty Family to take advantage of it.
However, their actions had also reflected their wealth. It was a staggering fact that they could take over an international corporation that was at the brink of bankruptcy.
What should we do now? The Moriarty Family has already entered the international arena. Are we, the Langston and the Hart Families, able to move this huge tree now?
As Heather flipped through the pages, she saw that it was the introduction to the glorious history of the Moriarty Family. It was only after reading through it that she was shocked about their power.
Things were now increasingly complicated for them. After reading further into the document and finishing the introduction, she felt that something was still missing.
While biting her lips, Heather thought about the proposal Tony had written. There were many courageous plans that he intended to undertake, but it seemed that using the normal tactics would not be enough to even affect the Moriarty Family.
The same piece of document had also introduced other family businesses, including the Locke Group. Heather had been wanting to know their strength and she finally knew about it today.
The Locke Group had many shady records with many other corporations wanting to attack them as well. Even the government was trying to obtain evidence of their criminal activities.
It was only on the surface that the Locke Group looked glamorous because they had many enemies. Under such circumstances, they still dared to provoke the strongest force in the business circle of Bradfort City. Does Matthias still think that the Locke Group is not conspicuous enough?
While reading the introduction of the Locke Group’s background, Tony had also written some of his own speculations. He directly pointed out that Matthias was probably trying to destroy the Locke Group by provoking the business circle’s strongest force.
For the past few years, it was undeniable that the Locke Group had grown a lot under Matthias’ leadership. However, as he was too ostentatious, he had offended many people who wanted to bring down the company.
Judging by Matthias’ intelligence, Tony assumed that he would not deliberately do this. The only explanation was that Matthias had the intention to destroy the Locke Group himself.
Heather agreed to Tony’s assumption after she thought about her interactions with Matthias all this while. Apart from that, Tony also wrote a note for her, asking her to wisely use her relationship with Matthias.
Even though Tony thought that it was worth a bet, he believed that Matthias would increase their chances of success. In an instant, he immediately boosted the confidence that Heather had for Matthias.
After that, he also touched upon the power of Leon’s mysterious family. He summarized it with a word—‘unmeasurable’. It seemed that Leon’s family was the most mysterious and they had the greatest potential. If they could somehow quantify it, Tony would not have used the word ‘unmeasurable’.
Tony knew that Leon’s family was split into various parts. Perhaps, one of those behind the scenes was a part of Leon’s family.
His thoughts had shocked Heather, who had a feeling that his assumptions were correct. After all, she could not think of another family with such great power.
However, Tony also focused on Leon’s family that were separated into various factions. Based on his understanding, there were at least three major forces in Leon’s family, who were waiting to take over Dave’s position since his health was deteriorating as the days passed.
Apart from that, Leon’s family had a huge connection to the Moriarty and the Locke Families. The three families were intertwined together, but Tony had no idea what this meant.
Based on the incident this time, the Hart and the Langston Families were innocents who were implicated. However, he also speculated that Claris, who died way back when, had a secret lover who was someone in power within Leon’s family.
This person could be the mastermind behind everything. Not only did he want to take over the power, he also wanted to take revenge on the tragic incident back then.
After reading Tony’s detailed analysis, Heather thought that it would be a waste of his talent if he did not become a detective. When she finished reading the documents that he had compiled, she finally understood the complicated past of the few big families who tried to hide their true strength.
It seemed like only the power of the Hart and the Langston Families were clearly shown to everyone. She wondered, What are the three big families thinking? The most mysterious of them all is Leon’s family. First, we have no idea how powerful his family is. Second, we aren’t clear on the identity of the person in his family who has been attacking us. However, we have temporarily narrowed the range of possible suspects
Heather naturally thought about Leon’s family party the day after tomorrow. It seemed like she could not afford to miss it this time around. On one hand, she had to hold onto Matthias whereas on the other hand, she had to go through Leon to investigate what exactly had been happening in his family.
No matter from which direction she looked, she felt that she was a heartless person who cheated on both of them. While feeling troubled, she rubbed the bridge of her nose. Tony has passed a rather difficult task to me.
However, apart from Heather, there were no other people who could manage this task. Feeling amused, she returned the document back to the file.
She also needed to make use of her connections with the Saffords. After all, Paige was now working for Caleb, so she might be able to obtain some information from Paige.
Initially, Heather planned to postpone the opening of her company. However, with the ongoing current situation, she thought that she should continue with the original plan and operate as usual.
Since it was no longer early, she planned to invite Paige to her office to have a chat with her. Apart from that, the incident with Leon also had to be settled, especially when there were plenty of things waiting for her to complete.
Heather had not even replied to the text that Matthias sent until now. She had the strong urge to divide herself into three parts. More importantly, if Leon had made their relationship public, she would have a hard time explaining things to Matthias.
She was trying to balance everything out, but she did not know what method she should use to convince Dave to believe that her relationship with Leon was genuine. Is there another way to do so apart from making it public?
Underneath the light, Heather’s thick, alluring eyelashes were slightly trembling as a troubled expression was written all over her face. Unknowingly, she fell asleep in front of the laptop that she had not even used after switching it on as her entire focus rested on the proposal.
In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed. It was already dark by the time she had woken up. As she rubbed her eyes, she had no idea where she was and it took a while before she realized that she was in her office.
Why am I so careless? With an apologetic expression, she stared at the proposal that had changed shape after she had slept on it. Then, she quickly used her hands to flatten it. What have I just done? She despised herself in her heart.
Looking at the words on the proposal, she remembered that she still had some important things to do. The empty pages in the proposal were waiting for her to fill them in.
Heather could not afford to sleep that night as she had to spend the entire night writing the proposal. She had no idea how long it took Tony to prepare the proposal, but she was now running out of time.
She had to bring the proposal to him the next morning. After that, she would have to execute the plan. She simply had insufficient time and too many activities crammed in such a short time.
Wanting to also write the proposal by hand, Heather took a pen from the side of the table. As she had been extremely reliant on her laptop in the past, the action of writing had made her feel quite weird.
Back in the day, she used to have a neat handwriting, but it was no longer immaculate. She smiled as she thought of how Robert had complained about her handwriting. Sure enough, I’ve thrown my talent away.
She quickly wrote out her proposal. The words that Tony had written were carved deeply in her mind, so she did not even need to look at his part. It was only natural for her to continue from where he left off with her suggestions.
The responsibility of dealing with the three greatest families rested on her shoulders. He had already actively and secretly investigated their backgrounds with his hidden strengths.
As Heather wrote the proposal, a lump formed in her throat. I’m now taking the role of a double spy! I can’t believe that I have to do this one day. I had to do what I despised the most in the past.
During the entire process, she only felt sorry that she was doing this to Matthias. Because of Leon’s deceit, she did not feel sorry for him at all. Instead, she could not bring herself to face Leon.
However, Matthias was innocent. Even though she was unclear as to why he wanted to attack her family, she was quite sure that there was some unfortunate past that was hidden from them.
Heather even felt that she was not good enough for him. Throughout the entire relationship, he had genuinely fallen for her, but she kept thinking of the various ways she could use him. This made her feel extremely shameful and guilty.
However, since things had arrived at this stage, there were no other options for her. She could only brave herself to continue to move forward. She yearned for a simple and straightforward romance, especially when she had killed the one she had and turned into someone she used to hate.
She continued to write with a few breaks in between. She was unsure about how to treat Matthias, as she did not know which way would be gentler. She did not want to deceive him after all.
After she experienced the pain of being deceived by a friend from Leon, she did not want Matthias to endure the pain of being hoodwinked by a lover. Hence, she felt conflicted.
Heather hoped that she could truthfully tell everything to him and that he would do the same too. Unfortunately, it was something that could never happen because they had met at the wrong time and the beginning of their relationship was already a tragedy in itself.
She forgot that she had been planning to use Matthias from the beginning. Her remorse had arrived too late as the situation got out of hand.
She arduously wrote down her part with Matthias. Since it was already written into the proposal, she would definitely achieve it. She bit her lower lips as she thought, Let the storm rage on with more ferocity!
