Chapter 62: A Heinous Plot


    Suddenly, Irene''s phone rang.


    Edward nced at it and saw that it was Sofia, Irene''s mother. He never thought that Sofia would still


    have the nerve to call Irene.


    He wasn''t fond of his mother-inw. It wasn''t that he held any prejudice against her, but he simply


    couldn''t hold his feelings back whenever he thought of how Sofia treated Irene.


    Not once did she fulfill her duty as a mother to Irene. In fact, she had never treated her own biological


    daughter the way she treated Beth and Tristan.


    "Irene, you''d better hurry up and return to the Jones family! Otherwise, I''ll cut off your mother''s fingers


    one by one." The one who spoke was not Sofia, but the cruel Tristan.


    Tristan had just gambled away the money belonging to the Jonespany, and he had absolutely no


    means of paying it back. The loan sharks woulde to collect his debt tomorrow, so he had secretly


    transferred the sry of the employees into his ount.


    In an attempt to appease the employees that had begun to cause trouble, Tristan told them that the


    Jones family would soon unite with the Wilson family, and the debt would be settled. Just like that, he


    borrowed the fame of the Wilson family for his own benefit.


    "I see... In that case, I''ll attend to things when I return," Edward said coldly, his voice causing chills to


    run down Tristan''s back.


    "Mr. Wilson! I-I didn''t mean to say that! I meant to ask Irene if she coulde pay a visit to Aunt Sofia.


    She''s quite sick, and she can barely move her fingers," Tristan said in a desperate attempt to salvage


    the situation.


    He got quite the shock when he realized it was Edward who answered the phone.


    "Got it," Edward said before he hung up the phone.


    He didn''t want to waste his breath speaking with the good-for-nothing Tristan. Moreover, he didn''t want


    Irene to be affected by the Jones family again.


    Edward wanted to settle matters with the insufferable Jones family once and for all. Recently, he


    noticed that they had been using the reputation of the Wilson family to do some questionable things.


    For example, they lied to their staff that the twopanies will merge, and that the owed wages would


    all be settled soon.


    Were they not using the Wilson family name for their own benefit? In the past, Edward turned a blind


    eye to their actions, but as they continued to behave more brazenly, he needed to put an end to this


    once and for all.


    "Edward, what happened? You seem... upset?" Irene asked tentatively. As soon as she came out of the


    bathroom, she saw the cold expression on Edward''s face as he sat on the sofa. Where did his joy from


    earlier disappear to?


    She had only been gone for just a few minutes...


    "It''s nothing, Irene. Let''s pay Grandma and Mom a visit!" Edward said gently, his coldness from earlier


    nonexistent.


    When Irene was taking her afternoon nap, Edward took the opportunity to deal with the Jones family.


    He didn''t want to let Irene know, for they had never shown concern for her, only using her to achieve


    their nasty goals.


    He didn''t want the Jones family to bother Irene anymore. So he would do whatever it took for her to


    continue living a happy life, free from the pressure of the Jones family.


    However, things didn''t always go the way he wanted.


    "Mr. Wilson, you''ve arrived. Please have a seat. Beth,e pour a cup of tea for our esteemed guest,"


    Tristan said, buttering up to him as though he was serving a king.


    Beth was so happy because she could finally see the handsome and rich man of her dreams. Her


    chances of seducing him would also increase with each meeting.


    She was sure that her beauty and talents would tempt Edward. After all, who would be able to resist


    when the perfect opportunity presented itself? Some celebrities said they weren''t interested in love, yet


    they were still caught in scandals.


    Besides, a rich man like Edward would surely be self-indulgent. Since Irene was pregnant, it must have


    been a while since he let out his frustrations.


    "Oh no! I''m sorry, Mr. Wilson. You haven''t been scalded, have you? Here, let me wipe you down," Beth


    said as she reached out to clean the front of his shirt that she had deliberately spilled tea on.


    As Beth wiped his shirt, she pressed her fingers sensually against his chest, obviously trying to seduce


    him. In fact, Edward was aware that this pair of siblings were not good people. He just wanted to see


    how far they would actually go.


    When Beth noticed how Edward didn''t refuse her advances and continued to allow her hand to linger


    on his chest, she celebrated in her mind. Her intuition was right after all—there was an innate desire to


    cheat in every man.


    She thought that she had sessfully seduced him. Tristan knew what his sister was thinking when he


    saw how she sshed water on Edward''s clothes.


    This wasn''t a bad idea. If Beth''s n worked, he would have a rich brother-inw in the future.


    "Oh my, Mr. Wilson, your clothes are all wet. Let me take you to change into my brother''s clothes," Beth


    said in an extremely amorous voice as she leaned close to Edward''s chest.


    She was sure that Edward had taken the bait. It was now time to carry out the final blow.


    Just as the siblings began to rejoice, Edward suddenly stood up in anger.


    "You''re disgusting. Just look at yourself, someone like you even has the guts to try and seduce me?


    Are you trying to make me puke instead?" Edward said as he looked down on Beth. Disgust and


    indifference were inly written on his face, and nobody dared to speak.


    Beth had been squatting earlier, so she fell to the ground unceremoniously when Edward stood up and


    was very embarrassed.


    "It''s not like that, Mr. Wilson," Beth cried as she begged, tears filling her eyes. She looked like an


    innocentmb to anyone else who saw her, ountable to nothing at all.


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    But he wouldn''t fall for her schemes, for this wasn''t the first time she attempted to seduce him. Edward


    could easily tell what kind of character a person was with just one look.


    "Hmmph, did I misunderstand you? Tell me, did you not use the reputation of the Wilson family and


    Irene''s marriage to your own selfish benefit? After all that you''ve both done, you shouldn''t need me to


    recite your own deeds!" yelled Edward.


    As he spoke, he red at the siblings with such intensity that if looks could kill, they''d be dead. He


    figured that if he didn''t deal with them severely this time, they might push their luck even more next


    time.


    "Mr. Wilson, please save us. Do it for Irene. I-If I can''t pay them tomorrow, those loan sharks will


    dismember my hands and feet," said Tristan.


    He kept begging Edward shamelessly, as though he had caught hold of a life-line. He would do


    anything in his power to hold onto it.


    Tristan and Beth were both kneeling in front of Edward.


    At first, he wanted to use Sofia to force Irene to ask Edward for money, because he knew that she was


    very filial and would not neglect her own mother. But as it turned out, Edward came here alone.


    So he came up with another nst minute—Beth was to seduce Edward. He believed that all men


    would cheat, and Irene was pregnant, so she could not satisfy him.


    "Irene no longer has anything to do with your family. Whatever deal you made with the loan sharks


    have nothing to do with us. Get your hands off me, and don''t bother Irene anymore," Edward said as he


    shoved their grabby hands away.


    But what Edward did not know was that at this moment, someone was taking photos of them on a


    skyscraper opposite theirs.


    The crisis was slowly approaching.


    The photographer was hired by Eric. In fact, the real winner in this situation was him. He was the one


    who deliberately hired those loan sharks. And when Tristan was gambling, his men had already set


    failure up for him behind the scenes.


    Eric wanted Tristan to lose all of his money, so he would be forced to get money from Irene. He had


    The wealth of the Wilson family would then belong to him.


    Eric smiled wickedly when he received those pictures.


    "Mr. Wilson, you can''t just let us die. I''m begging you. Irene will definitely be angry with you if she finds


    out that you didn''t help us," Tristan said. He thought that Edward would change his mind if he


    mentioned Irene. But he was wrong.


    "Seems like you don''t know much about Irene. She would be delighted to know what I said today. Don''t


    you remember how cruel you were to her? How shameless of you to beg her for help," Edward said,


    before leaving the building.


    He felt really disgusted and didn''t want to stay in the house any second longer. He suddenly thought


    about all the suffering that Irene must have gone through, while her own mother didn''t do anything and


    let her be bullied.


    Edward immediately drove home.


    Meanwhile, Beth''s eyes glinted viciously. She had alreadye up with another n to make Irene


    suffer. If she couldn''t get what she wanted, then nobody could.


    This was Beth''s principle of life.


    "Brother, don''t worry. I definitely won''t let that little b*tch go free. She will regret having been born into


    this world. You should just go into hiding for now and see how this unfolds," Beth said fiercely. She


    already had a n to bring Irene down.


    "Okay, sounds good. Beth, you''re such a good sister, so considerate to me. The little b*tch managed to


    escapest time. Now, you must let her suffer a fate worse than death. How dare she note home


    to us!" yelled Tristan.


    Both of them despised Irene. They wanted nothing more than to tear her to shreds to vent their anger,


    so they plotted an even more sinister n.


    "Edward, you''re back. Let''s go for a walk together," Irene said when she saw Edward return. She didn''t


    want to ask him where he had gone.


    She trusted him.