Anastasia had just picked up her bag and was about to leave the finance department when Erica came and stopped her face to


    face. ‘Let’s talk.”


    Anastasia looked at her with folded arms. “About what?” “My mom will never set Dad up, so you must’ve made a mistake. Please


    have her released,’ Erica uttered between clenched teeth.


    Anastasia’s eyes shed fire. “Erica, if you still have a conscience, please care about Dad instead of making excuses for your


    mom. He’s hovering between life and death now.” Erica was visibly startled. “W-What happened to Dad?”


    “From now on, you no longer have to know my dad’s condition.’ Anastasia clenched her fists. In her opinion, Erica’s actions had


    made her unqualified to be Francis’ daughter.


    “What gives you the right to not let me know his condition? H-He’s also my dad,” Erica protested diffidently. Then, recalling that


    she was here to beg Anastasia for mercy, she immediately pleaded in a softer voice, “Sis, please let my mom off! Whatever she


    did, she only did it in a momentarypse of judgment! She’s my mom and your stepmother, after all. Could you please let her off?


    Even if Dad wakes up, he''ll surely forgive her.


    Anastasia darted a look at her in disgust. “It’s useless to beg me. You guys never treated me as part of the family, and | always


    treat you guys as outsiders.”


    Erica suggested, “In that case, Anastasia, what do | need to do for you to let my mom off? How about this? I''ll give you ten


    percent of my shares so that you let her off.” As someone who was greedy for profit, she thought Anastasia was the same kind of


    person as she was.


    Upon hearing Erica’s words, Anastasia only found them an insult to her character. She looked at Erica with darkened eyes,


    saying, ‘I’m telling you,


    no amount of money can save the person who hurt my dad. | want them to pay the price and get their due punishment.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    “You... Frightened by the look in Anastasia’s eyes, Erica took a step back. Immediately, she said between clenched teeth, “Even


    if you''ve got my mom arrested, my mom’s shares are now transferred to Alex. You''d better forget about taking away her shares!”


    Hearing Erica’s words, Anastasia only felt that all the former could see was thepany’s shares. She’s so blinded by greed that


    she’s got no sense of kinship to speak of. What a sad thing for him to. have such a daughter. “Just give him the shares. | don’t


    care about it. Her lips curled into a sneer.


    Erica was angry deep down. Is there anything else that can upset Anastasia?


    With that, Anastasia left with her purse. Elliot has probably arrived downstairs, she thought.


    Erica returned to Alex’s office with her purse. Seeing him standing before the


    French window and looking out the window, she happily walked over to him. ‘Alex, I’ve brought the agreement here.”


    At this moment, Alex was looking at the three Roll-Royces at thepany’s entrance. He saw the man who stepped out of the


    car in the middle, who made him feel inexplicably oppressed even from a distance away.


    “Elliot? Why is he here?”


    Erica’s heart thumped when she saw the man downstairs. Shrouded in thest rays of the evening sun, he looked as handsome


    as a god as he stood there. Just then, however, she saw Anastasia walking up to him; he walked toward Anastasia as well.


    Putting his arm around Anastasia’s shoulders affectionately, he took her bag from her and escorted her into the car.


    Eyes aze with jealousy, Erica ground her teeth in hatred.


    Elliot seemed to sense the gaze from the third floor, for he turned his head and shot an icy look in the third floor’s. direction.


    Alex held his breath; the look in Elliot''s


    eyes made him feel threatened.


    After Elliot''s car drove away, Erica took


    the agreement out of her bag. “Here,


    Alex. Sign it.”


    Looking at the share transfer agreement, Alex felt incredibly torn. He couldn’t decide whether to sign it or not. He still couldn’t


    make a guess at what exactly Elliot wanted to do with Tillman Constructions. If he obtained the 40 percent shares, he might be


    able to make some money. If he didn’t sign the agreement now, he would be nothing.


    Driven by self-interest, he lost his ability to reason, and his presence of mind flew out of the window. In the end, he


    stretched out his hand and signed his name on the document, bing a ve to his desire.


    “Alex, congrats on bing Tillman Constructions’rgest shareholder. I''ll be depending on you from now on,” Erica said before


    coming over to give him a sweet and charming kiss.