Thinking back now, she realizedn had been plotting this since then. He had seemingly supported Yeaton Holdings'' public offering, but had secretlyid the groundwork for today''s bankruptcy.


    "Vanessa, are you listening?" Rnd''s desperate voice crackled over the phone. "Get over here. We have to see Mr. Goodwin today. He''s the only one who can save us."


    Vanessa''s heart sank. How couldn, that cold-hearted man, possibly help the Yeatons now? And she never could have imagined that a single choice she made back then would bring about the total downfall of Yeaton Holdings.


    "Dad, listen to me-" Vanessa took a deep breath. "Ian won''t help us anymore. Begging him is useless."


    "How could that be? Hasn''t he always taken care of us?" Rnd''s voice was filled with confusion. After all, he had genuinely benefited from Goodwin & Co., fromn helping with his bank loans to securing resources.


    "Dad, let me be honest with you. My rtionship withn isn''t what you think it is. All these years, it''s only seemed good because his mother needed my blood to


    survive," Vanessa finally decided to tell her father the truth, personally tearing down the act she had maintained for so long.


    The other end of the line went dead silent. A few secondster, Rnd''s voice roared, "Vanessa, what are you talking about? Did you do something to offend him? Is this crisis with Yeaton Holdings your fault?"


    Vanessa let out a coldugh. When her father needed her, he treated her like a goddess. But now that thepany was on the verge of copse, he was pinning all the me on her.


    She thought about how he had been capable of abandoning her and her mother to fend for themselves in the slums; she should have known how cold-hearted this father of hers truly was.


    "Dad, I don''t know what you''re talking about. The crisis at Yeaton Holdings has nothing to do with me."


    "You own thirteen percent of thepany''s shares, Vanessa. Finda way to maken stop. Let us gol Rnd''s tone softened slightly turning into a plea. "At least give us a chance to survive."


    Vanessa''s face turned pale. Maken stop? What leverage did she have now? Her blood was no longer effective. Thinking of everything she had done over the past decade she could only hope thatn might remember she saved his mother and not be too cruel, too ruthless. But as for asking him to let them go, she felt it was toote.


    "Dad, I''ll see what I can do," Vanessa could only agree.


    "Don''t forget, you''re a Yeaton too. If Yeaton Holdings goes bankrupt, don''t think you


    can escape unscathed," Rnd added onest angry threat before hanging up.


    Vanessa copsed onto the sofa, feeling utterly powerless. More than thepany''s copse, another knife had been brutally twisted in her heart.


    He had even dragged the entire Yeaton Holdings down with her!


    No, she couldn''t believen had no feelings for her at all. She refused to believe he could be so heartless. Vanessa looked at her phone bit her Tip and picked it up-Content


    Meanwhile, in the CEO''s office at Goodwin & Co., Gavin walked in to report, "Mr. Goodwin, the front desk said that Rnd has left."<pn stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, his gaze dark and cold. "Keep up the pressure. I want to see Yeaton Holdingspletely bankrupt within two weeks." Gavin''s phone rang. He nced at it. "Mr. Goodwin, it''s Vanessa."