Goodbye, My Love

If Laura and Marina’s rash actions invited Marco’s scrutiny on him, and

Marco ended up discovering his past misdeeds, his standing in the company could be threatened.

Jefferson had not forgotten the previous director of Universe Group, who had crossed Marco and Loraine, leading to his downfall with numerous scandals surfacing, and was now serving time.

For the past few days, Jefferson had been frantically trying to cover up his past actions, apprehensive about Marco discovering anything.

The failure of the shareholders’ meeting made him blame Laura and ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Marina, attributing their incompetence to the failure of his plan. As

Laura kept calling him, Jefferson’s patience began to wane, and he dropped his normally composed demeanor, resorting to harsh verbal criticism.

Laura, hearing the tirade, felt her anger ignite. She snapped back,

“Jefferson, we did as you instructed! It’s your inadequacy that resulted in failure. Not only did your plan fall through, but it also got me and my daughter reprimanded by my mother in law. We might even be ousted from the Bryant family! If anyone deserves to be berated, it’s you! You need to step up and ensure that neither of us gets expelled!”

Jefferson retorted with a scoff, “And what about your daughter’s incompetency? You are well aware! At present, the shareholders perceive

Marina as a troublemaker, dismissing those internet reports as baseless gossip. Not only did it fail to undermine Marco’s position, it elevated his popularity! Unless there is concrete proof that Marco is illegitimate, the shareholders won’t accept it!”

As he spoke, something seemed to come to his mind, and his tone shifted, adopting a pretence of benevolence.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

“Mrs. Bryant, I truly wish to assist you, but I’m an outsider. How can I possibly convince your mother-in- law? Given her favoritism towards Marco, unless we find irrefutable evidence to topple Marco, I regret to say that you and your daughter will remain under his thumb!”

Laura’s expression darkened, acknowledging Jefferson’s words as the harsh truth. Before she could respond, Jefferson abruptly ended the call.

Laura and Marina shared a look, stuck in a stalemate.

Suddenly, an idea seemed to strike Marina.

“Evidence… Mom, let’s perform a paternity test! If we can show that

Marco isn’t your biological son, it would serve as undeniable evidence of his illegitimacy!”

Laura contemplated for a moment and nodded in agreement, “That seems to be our only course of action at this point.”

However, executing a paternity test would mean eluding Liza’s notice

If she caught wind of their covert operations, she would undoubtedly expel them from the Bryant family instantly.

“We need to visit the Bryant family’s hospital for the paternity test,”

Laura stated. She felt a pang of embarrassment. “But I have records at that hospital from when I was pregnant with you. I might be recognized, which could jeopardize our plan.”