Chapter 395 Charmine straightened herself after bowing respectfully at Aunt Claireâs grave, and at the thought of how the woman showed her kindness and shielded her constantly as a child, Charmine silently made a promise: She would solve everything and be with Anthony so that Aunt Claire could rest in peace without fretting over her.
Anthony and Momo solemnly placed flowers on the grave. According to their findings, Claire was very kind to Charmine and took care of her for eight years, but tragedy struck as Charmine accidentally fell into a river when she was just eight. While Claire managed to save Charmine, she was swept away by the water current and drowned. Because of that, Charmineâs life with the Jordan family became harsher as everyone hated her for bringing bad luck to the family.
Anthonyâs eyes rested on the grave. âRest easy. Iâll take care of Charmine.â
Perhaps due to the changes made to the cemetery, a man in black was sweeping the grave a few meters away from them.
Seemingly in his fifties, the man was dressed in a black suit with his hair tied back. He seemed to be relaxed, unperturbed, languid as he moved.
Charmine, upon noticing him, paid him no mind.
It was then Charmine received a call from Kay. âBoss Jordan, Tiffany set up a fire outbreak to save Adam and arranged for Uji Quin to train Robert in Kansas. Adam and Joey already transferred their twenty-five percent shares to Tiffany, and Senior Jordan agreed to it!â
Charmine squinted at the news. Well, that was quick on Tiffanyâs part-she finally started her plan.
That meant Tiffany had 30 percent of the Jordansâ shares after gaining 25 percent from Adam and Joey, while Charmine only had 25 percent. Senior Jordan had 30 percent as well, and that put Tiffany equal to Senior Jordan, having the same authority in the company!
If anything happened to Senior Jordan, the entire company would belong to Tiffany...
Charmineâs face darkened.
Standing by her side, Chris tilted his head and asked, âMommy, the bad woman isnât even the Jordan familyâs blood-daughter.
Why donât you just kick her out? These shares belong to Mommy!â
That brought Charmine out of her maelstrom of thoughts as she bent to Chrisâ eye level.â Youâre still too young, Momo, and there are many things that you donât understand yet. Getting back the shares is easy, but winning back oneâs heart is difficult. Tiffany lived with the Jordans for twenty-three years, and even if they found out sheâs not the actual daughter, they might not even like me. Many things take time. However, itâd be over soon. Now that she took the first step, I hope sheâs ready to pay the price!â
Charmineâs eyes dulled coldly as she spoke.
The middle-aged man standing not far away overheard the conversation, and his face sank a little. The words kept ringing in his ears: âTiffany lived with the Jordans for twenty-three years, and even if they found out sheâs not the actual daughter...!
She was not the actual daughter...
Not the actual daughter...
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Charmine had left with Anthony and Chris while the man still mulled over her words. He gazed at their retreating forms with a solemn gaze.
A bodyguard walked up to him and asked, âSir, would you like to continue the investigation? If what they said was true, shall we bring Madam home right away?â.
âNo hurry. If itâs really her...sheâs getting married anyway. Letâs investigate more before taking action,â commented the middle-
aged man.
âYes, Sir.â The bodyguard left.
After sorting out some paperwork, Charmine and Anthony left the cemetery with Chris. Since Julian and McKenzie were probably plotting against them, it was best to go home as soon as possible.
Anthonyâs phone rang as they got back into their car, and he was greeted with an urgent shareholderâs voice, âMr. Bailey, bad news. There are some issues with our out-reach project. We need to fix it right away!â
Anthonyâs cold expression morphed as he was overwhelmed with emotions. This project had been going on for three years. Why would there be problems out of the blue?
âMeeting in half an hour.â
After that, he hung up and looked at Charmine. âGo home with Momo first. Iâm making a trip to the company.â