Chapter 147

The other party chose to forgo the initial investment rather than continue the cooperation.

“Don’t bother me with such trivial matters!” Jeffrey shouted, his demeanor as chairman completely gone. “What’s the point of my high salary if it's just to support you all? Get out! All of you!”

Peter glanced at his distraught father. His eyes bloodshot, he said, “Dad, our company is in serious trouble. Someone is deliberately targeting us.”

“Targeting us? Paul doesn’t have the capability, and Joe would never listen to him,” Peter mused.

“It doesn’t make sense to target a well-established company,” Jeffrey said, shaking his head in disbelief. “Where did we go wrong? Why would someone deliberately target us? It’s as if they want to destroy everything I’ve built.”

“Paul can’t openly target us, and Joe is unlikely to follow his instructions,” Peter said. “The person must have the power to force these companies to cease cooperation. But there are only so many individuals with that kind of influence in Jipsburg.”

Jeffrey frowned. “It seems we’ve been focusing on the wrong things. We shouldn’t focus on retrieving the companies; we should find out who’s targeting us.”

A person suddenly came to Peter’s mind. “Could it be Skye? She hates us.”

Peter often wondered why Skylar hated them. She grew up poor in the countryside, but her life improved significantly after joining the Williams family. Could it be dissatisfaction?

“Her? She doesn’t have the capability,” Jeffrey disagreed.

“She can’t do it alone, but she could with a powerful benefactor. Perhaps we’ve been wrong from the start. Her benefactor isn’t Paul. There’s someone else, someone influential in Jipsburg,” Jeffrey said.

He hated to admit it, but Skylar was prettier than Maisy. Men of all ages were attracted to young, beautiful women, and Skylar was both.

Jeffrey calmed down slightly. “I’ll kill her if she’s behind this. You need to investigate and find out who her benefactor is.”

Peter nodded. “I’ll have someone look into it.”

Kenny, who was at the company on business, overheard their conversation from the doorway.

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He felt uneasy and frowned. “We haven’t treated Skye very well.”

“What do you mean? We took her in when we discovered she was part of the family. We let her live with us and offered her the chance to study abroad,” Jeffrey retorted. “She’s just greedy, wanting everything and always disobeying us. We’re better off without her!”

In Jeffrey's eyes, Skylar was entirely at fault.

Peter disagreed. “Kenny, what’s been going on with you lately? Why are you defending Skylar? Our attitude toward her has been consistent since she moved in. Didn’t you say she was disobedient?”

“We were too focused on Maisy and neglected Skylar's feelings. The more I think about Maisy and Christopher, the more uneasy I become,” Kenny confessed.

Peter’s patience wore thin. “Kenny, do you trust Skylar more than Maisy? We’ve watched Maisy grow up. If we treat Skylar equally, wouldn't Maisy feel hurt? Skylar should care about Maisy, not treat her coldly—if she were obedient. Now she’s colluding with outsiders against our family, and she won’t even donate blood to Maisy, who needs it. We’ll have to find another solution.”

Kenny was speechless.

Harvey paced outside the Gardner Group, glancing towards the entrance. Just as lunchtime arrived, Skylar rushed out of the building.