Chapter 169
Chapter 169 They Are Too Ruthless
The car drove into the estate and stopped at the entrance to the Marshall Residence, where everyone
got out of the car.
Freya walked quickly. It had been long since she had seen her mother, and she missed her a lot.
Braxton chuckled beside her. “Be careful. You’re pregnant.”
In the living room, Freya saw her mother sitting with her grandmother, both of them holding tablets and
discussing something.
“Oh, Freya has arrived!” Sarah immediately stood up, pleasantly surprised.
“Granny- Freya ran over, acting spoiled, and hugged Sarah, followed by tilting her face to kiss her
grandmother.
Sarah smiled indulgently. “My dear granddaughter, I missed you.”
A whileter, Braxton followed Freya and greeted his grandmother respectfully. “Granny.”
Freya released Sarah and walked over to Sylvia, hugging her arm and acting spoiled. “Mom, did you
miss
me?
Smiling, Sylvia stroked Freya’s long hair. “How could I not miss you?”
As she spoke, her gaze fell on Freya’s belly, and she seemed surprised. “My, your baby bump has
gotten sorge.
“Of course. Don’t you know how long it’s been since youst returned to Caltun?” Freya whispered.
Meanwhile, Braxton chatted with Sarah, bending over slightly so that she could pat his head while
smiling brightly.
Sylvia sneered softly. “I was nning to return a while ago, but you had a n to lure the people
intending to hurt you out from the dark and told me not to worry ore back to Caltun. Have you
forgotten that?”
Hearing that, Freya coughed lightly. She forgot about that.
She looked up and saw Noah Marshall and Ashleying through the door.
The Marshalls had many rtives, but Freya’s grandmother, uncle, and mother were the remaining
main members of the family. The rest were Freya and the others from her generation.
After everyone sat down, Sarah smiled happily. “With Braxton and Freya’s return today, the house has
be livelier. It will be even more lively when Ryan and Mel return tomorrow.”
They chatted for a while, and Noah asked about Freya’s attack from a while ago.
“Have you caught the person?”
Since Freya didn’t want to worry her grandmother and uncle, she smiled and exined, “We did catch
the culprit and handed them over to the police.”
Noah’s face showed a hint of anger. “Who was it?”
Freya hesitated. If she said it was Danna, her uncle might retaliate against the Monaghan Group’s
subsidiarypany in Vroria.
When she divorced Radley, the Marshalls had already put a lot of pressure on the Monaghan Group’s
subsidiarypany. She didn’t want her own problems to affect her grandmother’s family.
Therefore, she smiled and said. “I don’t know them, and I don’t know why they held a grudge against
me, The police are still investigating.”
Braxton nced at her silently.
Freya was afraid her uncle would ask more questions as she hadn’t thought about how toplete her
lies.
After answering, she leaned against Sarah and acted coquettishly with Ashley beside her. “Aunt
Ashley, is lunch ready?”
Ashley asked the butler and smiled. “It will be ready in ten minutes. Just hold on a bit longer. I’ll have
the maid bring you some snacks.”
Next, Freya stayed by her grandmother’s side and listened to Noah and Braxton talk about the
company.
“The Kaufmann Group has been increasing the number of business cooperations with the Hood Group
recently, and we’ve even heard about it here in Vroria. Did you choose to cooperate because of your
personal rtionship with Matthew Hood?” Noah asked.
Braxton shook his head. “I always separate work and personal rtionships. Matthew manages the
Hood Group well. If it weren’t for his parents constantly holding him back, the Hood Group would have
risen to a higher level under his management.”
The casual chatsted until lunchtime, and they moved to the dining room.
All the dishes served were Freya and Braxton’s favorites, and the Marshalls didn’t have a rule that
forbade speaking while eating their food.
Sarah beckoned Freya to her side and asionally served her food.
Meanwhile, Noah and Braxton chatted while Sylvia sat on Freya’s other side, also serving her food.
Soon, Freya’s bowl was piled high with food, and sheughed. “Grandma, Mom, stop serving me. I
can’t finish it all.”
Noah, sitting across from her, looked over andughed. “You should eat more to nourish your body. I
think you’ve lost a lot of weight since thest time you came back—”
However, Noah’s words were interrupted by the ringing of his phone.
“Hello, what’s the matter?”
After listening to what was said, Noah suddenly turned serious. “I’ll be right there!”
Freya looked at Sylvia and whispered, “Mom, what’s going on?”
“It might be the Porter Group again.”
Looking around the table, she noticed even her grandmother and aunt seemed worried.
Once Noah got off the phone, he got up and was about to leave.
“Mom, Ashley, you guys continue eating. I need to deal with some matters.”
Then, Ashley quickly rose to her feet. “I’lle with you.”
After watching the two leave, Freya frowned and looked toward her worried grandmother.
“Granny, is there something going on with our family?
Sarah sighed. “It’s probably Porter Group.”
The Porter Group was arge conglomerate in Vroria and had always had several cooperating projects
with the Marshall Group and the Hond Group.
Freya furrowed her brows.
Meanwhile, Braxton also looked worried. “What’s going on with Porter Group? Did they suddenly
terminate the contract?”
“It would be fine if they only terminated the contract.” Sarah’s face darkened. The Marshalls and the
Porters have always been close since your grandfather’s time. When it came to your uncle’s
generation, the two families gradually increased the number of business coborations. But now, the
Porters have turned against us for their own interests,”
Sarah exined the situation in detail.
In short, the Marshalls had spent a lot of money to buy arge piece of mountainnd from the Porters.
The reason behind that was the information given by the Porters, saying that the government had
selected thend to build a university city nearby.
It was until they bought thend did they find out that the news was false.
The cost of acquiring thend was too high for the Marshalls, and they were now having trouble with
their cash flow. If this investment failed to bring returns, the entire Marshall Group would be in jeopardy.
Sarah’s face fell. “Your uncle originally wanted to admit defeat and build arge amusement park on
thatnd. Since it’s located in the mountains, they could also build some estates to sell and perhapsProperty ? of N?velDrama.Org.
help offset some of the losses.”
Freya furrowed her brows.
Sarah sighed. “But the Porters know that they have tricked us and are afraid that we’ll resolve this
trouble and retaliate. So they’ve been causing trouble at the amusement park’s construction site and
sabotaging it!”
With a sneer, Braxtonmented, “They did this to make sure the Marshall Group can’t recover from
this blow. That way, they can rest assured at night!”
After sighing, Sarah added. “The Porters’ tricks are too ruthless. Your uncle always prioritizes safety in
these projects, butst month, five workers fell off a cliff while building a road, and the authorities
ordered a halt to the construction for inspection. We just resolved that issue, and now it seems that
something else has happened. Our families have been friends for two generations. They have gone
overboard with this!”
Braxton’s face turned cold. “Since they could deceive our family for money, it means they never
cherished our friendship.”