Joanna whispered a reminder, "Grandma, don''t tell anyone about this just yet. I can guarantee your future will be even more luxurious than it is now."


    The old woman''s face broke into a wide grin. "Oh, my Joanna is the most sensible one. Not like that ungrateful Natalie. You''re both my granddaughters, but she''s aplete traitor."


    "You''re the best. You''re grandma''s sweet girl."


    Joanna sneered internally. This old woman only cared about money; what family affection?


    Only a fool like Wendy would have stupidly funded the Scott family''s rtives to help them get rich.


    Colin left the Scott family estate and drove straight to his mother''spany.


    He needed to show his mother that he was on her side-that she wasn''t alone.


    He drove all the way to thepany building but was stopped by security downstairs. He didn''t argue or cause a scene. Instead, he turned around, walked to the curb outside the main entrance, and made a call.


    He called his mother''s assistant, Lindsay.


    Lindsay answered Colin''s call while she was with Wendy.


    The two were reviewing a new partnership proposal. They had spun off several


    projects from the originalpany to form a new one.


    By now, the oldpany was just an empty shell, but they were deeply engrossed in this new project, working day and night in the office to secure coborations.


    Lindsay looked at Wendy across the desk and smiled. "Wendy, it''s Colin."


    Wendy frowned. She''d heard Colin had be Joanna''s driver, and it was really... disheartening.


    "Let''s hear what he has to say."


    Lindsay answered the call and put it on speakerphone.


    "Hello, Mr. Colin. What can I do for you?"


    "Lindsay, can you let mee up? I want to see Mom. Please tell her I know the truth now. I know what Joanna and Nathan are nning.”


    "I want to help Mom. I need to tell her that even though I''m Nathan''s son, I''m nothing like him. Lindsay, my mom is all alone right now. Please tell her I genuinely want to help her."


    Wendy heard this and scoffed.


    "Colin, since you already know, there''s no need for me to hide-


    ???


    anything. I''m done with you all. Whether you do abroad. or anywhere else, just don''t bother me again."


    He changed his tune this quickly? She didn''t believe it.


    How pathetic. That she had reached a point where she couldn''t even trust her own


    son.


    "Mom, please just trust me this one time. I''m begging you. I really want to help. I''m working as Joanna''s driver now, and I can gather information for you from the inside Joanna wants to acquire yourpany. I''m only just now understanding everything that Dad has a mistress, an illegitimate son, and a daughter on the side, and that Grandma and Grandpa knew all along."


    "We were the only ones kept in the dark. Mom, I''m your biological son. Are you really going to abandon me?"


    Wendy''s face was instantly streaked with tears. She struggled to control her emotions. “Colin, I tried to warn Jared, but he never took my words seriously, and it cost him his life."


    "And you''re just as malicious as Jared was, willing to go after your sister to help that venomous snake, Joanna."


    "You three brothers are all cut from


    the same cloth. I really can''t trust you. Since you know the truth, it''s better to pretend you know nothing. Otherwise, if you Lend up


    you no dead, fr.be


    the one who has to im your


    body."


    Wendy''s voice cracked as she spoke, severing the bond with her own son. It was agonizing for her too.


    But she wouldn''t risk her parents'' lives for these people.


    She was the Don heiress, her parents'' only child.


    She couldn''t let this pack of ungrateful wolves be the reason her parents died of


    anger and grief.