<b>Chapter </b><b>520 </b>


    Carmen let out a furious yell in her office.


    Her <b>eyes </b>were red <b>with </b>rage<b>. </b>She couldn’t understand why her father didn’t even try to save the BeeShare project and instead went straight to dering it bankrupt.


    Even when she went to beg him, he didn’t even let her see him.


    Esme, the assistant sent by Ernesto, waited for her to finish her outburst before saying, “Miss Carmen Wilson<b>, </b><b>I </b>just found out something. Mrs. Wilson might have kept a lover, and Mr. Wilson found out.”


    Carmen froze<b>. </b>She immediately thought of Kyler and clenched her jaw. Why couldn’t her mother be more careful? She’d already noticed something <b>was </b>off, but now it had even reached her father’s ears<b>! </b>


    She couldn’t help but <b>feel </b>even more frustrated with Alice.


    Resentment toward Alice grew in her heart<b>. </b>She med her for dragging her down. Clenching <b>her </b>teeth, Carmen snapped, “Help me contact my


    uncle!”


    Ernesto had anticipated her reaction. “I know what you want to <b>ask</b>. As for the BeeShare project, listen to your father and drop it. He’s right.”


    <b>“</b>Why?” Carmen was stunned. He was the one who gave her the project at first. And now, he wanted to abandon it.


    “There are indeed many problems with this project that <b>are </b>currently unsolvable. Of course, if Aubree hadn’t interfered, despite the obstacles,pleting it wouldn’t have been an issue<b>.</b><b>” </b>


    “But right now, there’s no ‘if. For both public and private reasons, Ronald won’t continue to invest in this project. Without Wilson Group’s support, the Lawson Group will naturally pull back as <b>well</b>. Diamonde Group couldn’t afford to keep stalling.”


    Carmen understood. It <b>was </b>because of Alice that Ronald wouldn’t give her any more money.


    And as it stood, the mess Aubree had caused truly couldn’t be cleaned up.


    She bit her lip so hard it bled. The taste of blood only fueled her fury. She wished Aubree had died more than ten years ago!


    Ernesto also looked worried. There <b>was </b>something else he feared–the <b>secret </b>of Carmen’s birth. Now that Kyler had been exposed, could Carmen’s background still stay hidden?


    “Then what <b>do </b>we do now?” Without Ronald’s support, she wasn’t even close to being a match for Bryan <i>at </i>Wilson Group.


    Carmen clenched her phone tightly, suddenly recalling that Kyler was likely Aubree’s person. “Uncle, we forgot something. Kyler is probably with Aubree. His sudden exposure<b>… </b>could it have something to do with her<b>?</b><b>” </b>


    Ernesto froze. He hadn’t considered that. He thought it was just an ident.


    Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. Something felt wrong.


    If Aubree was behind all of this, if it had all been part of her calctions… what was she trying to do?


    A terrifying possibility came to mind. Ernesto broke into a cold sweat. Aubree could have known the truth about Carmen’s parentage. She was guiding Ronald to investigate Carmen and Alice. That would be a disaster!


    “Uncle? Uncle!” Carmen called out several times. She didn’t know the truth about her rtionship with Alice. In her memory, she had been brought to the orphanage by someone and had lived there for two years before being adopted by the Wilson family.


    She thought it was Aubree’s big move that had frightened her uncle, so she called out anxiously.


    Ernesto finally came back to his senses. “Carmen, Aubree has to die, or we’ll be in deep trouble.”


    Those human traffickers had also been exposed. Aubree probably already knew how she had been abducted back then. With the truth of Carmen’s parentage added to that, if Ronald <b>ever </b>found out and believed it, they would lose everything.


    Ernesto couldn’t imagine a father reacting kindly to learning that his real daughter had suffered while he had pampered the child of his enemy for


    so many years.


    Hearing his <b>grave </b>tone, Carmen’s heart jumped to her throat. “Uncle, what should we do?”


    “Isn’t Trevor in a scandal right now?<b>” </b>


    <b>At </b>the mention of this, Carmen frowned in disgust. “Trevor never learns. Causing such a mess and dragging thepany down with him.”


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    Trevor’s cheating scandal was blowing up online. No matter how he tried to defend himself, the divorce agreement was real and had been handed ever to Sophia. His reputation was definitely taking a hit


    People were starting to boycott him. Ever since his debut, he’d <b>always </b>used his connection with the Wilson family <b>as </b>a selling point, I boosted his fame, but now it was dragging everything <b>down </b><b>with </b>him. When he was popr, many Wilson Group industries saw increased profits. Now that he <b>was </b>in trouble, that same connection was backfiring hard


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    Carmen absent–mindedly recalled a simr incident from before. How was it resolved? Oh night, Aubree. But Trevor had misunderstood and thought she was the one who helped him. During that time, he had actually shown her genume warmth and smiles,


    1 get it now. This current scandal of his is probably Aubree’s doing too. I’m sure he wants her dead even more than we do right now. Uncle, Ill persuade him.” Carmen smiled faintly


    Ernesto was also pleased. “Right. And once Aubree is dealt with, don’t worry too much about BeeShare. I’ve got news of a new project in Mistmere 1 heard Bryan is also involved. I’ll send you the information. Grab it first and use it to break into the shareholders‘ circle.”


    “Alright, Carmen replied.


    Right now, she was just <b>a </b>project manager. Only by taking on more projects could she climb higher. Without entering the board, she’d never have a real say in thepany.


    <b>Carmen </b>didn’t waste another second. “Help me locate Trevor”


    Meanwhile, after causing so much chaos for the Wilson family, Aubree had already moved on and thrown them to the back of her mind.


    She was already making progress on the n she’d agreed on with Darius.


    Darius had found that researcher. He let the researcher set his own conditions. The man’s name was Frederic Hewitt. Compared to Trevor, he was <b>far </b>more qualified to be called a doctor. He genuinely wanted to create medicine that could cure terminal illnesses and benefit humanity.


    Frederic made only one request. Within theb, he had the final say Neither Darius nor anyone else could interfere with his decisions.


    It wasn’t an unreasonable demand. Darius added a use. Unless Frederic’s actions crossed a major ethical line, he wouldn’t step in. The two sides signed the contract without hesitation:


    Aubree invested half of the funds and with Danus, set up a researchb Relying on her experience, she built him an elite team. They had already begun research, and results were expected soon


    Meanwhile, over at the research institute, the academicians had used the clues Aubree provided to sessfully develop a long–stalled chip. This chip had already entered production. As a major contributor, Aubree had been subtly told by many influential figures. “If you ever run into trouble, juste to us.”


    They didn’t believe the timing was coincidental Aubree clearly had deep knowledge of the problem’s solution. Judging from her uncanny insight, they assumed she was secretly a top expert in the field, just not interested in a research career.


    Some of them had even thought of inviting her to join the institute until they remembered her worth.


    Someone worth billions of dors wouldn’t willingly choose to suffer in academia


    What they could do now was hold onto her and, when needed, ask for a few small favors.”