Foreman.


    Foreman had been in Solmaris recently. He had even kidnapped Simone and coerced her into stealing corporate secrets. Although Leonard had turned the tables on him and exposed him as the mastermind, it proved the man was resourceful.


    Therefore, the one who stole his cargo had to be Foreman.


    "That disgusting fly," Leonard hissed. "I should have swatted himst time. How dare hee back for more! Does he really think he can get away with stealing from me?!"<fn7b05> Read full story at f?ndnovel</fn7b05>


    The assistant asked timidly, "Mr. Lerman, what... what should we do now?"


    Leonard''s brow furrowed. The shipment was extremely valuable. Handing it over to the Eder family for free was out of the question. But that treacherous snake Foreman had already spread the rumor that he was double-crossing them. If he didn''t handle this carefully, the Lerman family''s reputation would be ruined, and no one would do business with them again.


    As he was contemting his next move, there was a knock on the door. Simone entered with Aurora. "Brother, Aurora is here to see you."


    As his sister, Simone had stayed by his side at the hospital ever since the incident. Though there had been an explosion at the estate, news of Leonard''s hospitalization was kept under tight wraps. An injury to Leonard was no small matter; if word got out, countless enemies would seize the opportunity toe after him. That was why, despite the misunderstanding with the Eder family, they hadn''t told them Leonard was injured.


    Leonard nced at his assistant. "You can go."


    The assistant knew a solution wouldn''t be found immediately. He greeted Aurora and Simone with a polite smile and left the room.


    Aurora walked to the bedside. "Leonard, are you okay?"


    Leonard looked worse than she had ever seen him. His ear was wrapped in gauze, and his arm was neatly bandaged, but the sleeve below it was empty. His gaze fell upon his missing limb. His face changed. "Where''s my arm?" Simone''s eyes flickered. "Brother, your arm... the men couldn''t find it, so..."


    He had been brought to the hospital in time. With modern medicine, if they had found the arm, it might have been possible to reattach. But without the arm, not even the


    him.


    world''s greatest surgeon could help.


    s


    Leonard''s head snapped toward Simone. "So you''re telling me all those men couldn''t even catch Joshua?!"


    At the mention of Joshua''s name, Simone''s brow twitched. "Brother, what does Joshua have to do with this?"


    "These injuries," Leonard seethed through clenched teeth, "are his handiwork!"


    Simone spoke softly. "Brother, a


    group of unknown intruders did


    break into the estate, but... I reviewed the security footage carefully I didn''t see Joshua anywhere  s


    She looked at Aurora. "Aurora watched it with me. He wasn''t there."


    Aurora hesitated for a moment


    before nodding slightly. "Leonard et


    the cameras in the area where e yout Vere hurt were destroyed in the explosion. There''s no footage."  s


    Leonard was about to retort when he remembered that when he had encountered Joshua, the man had been alone.


    His eyes narrowed. No wonder. Joshua wouldn''t be foolish enough to charge into


    the Lerman estate by himself. He had bypassed the cameras.


    His voice wasced with venom. "That man is as cunning as a fox. He never leaves a trace."


    Simone said, "Brother, are you sure you aren''t mistaken?"


    Leonard looked at her in disbelief. "You think I''m lying to you?"