Chapter 2388
"Well..."
Jim lifted his head to meet Charles'' gaze head - on.
"I realized that even though thepanies I owned outside of Landry Group were small, they brought
in considerable ie for me.
"I wanted to stand on my own feet by building my career while helping run Landry Group at the same
time."
Charles narrowed his eyes and sneered upon hearing this.
"And why is that? Do you somehow think that Landry Group isn''t good enough for you anymore?"
"Not at all."
Jim leaned against the back of his chairzily and exined, "I just knew exactly where I stood.Even
though Mother had always treated me as her own for many years, I knew full well that this wouldn''t
change the fact that I''m not her son, and that I don''t have the right to inherit Landry Group.Therefore,
no matter how hard I worked, none of this would be mine."
He curled his lips into a bitter smile.
"Initially, I thought Heather was your daughter, but unfortunately, she was not at all suitable to take over
Landry Group, which was why I had beenpelled to stay and run thepany on her behalf.
"If this hadn''t been the case, I would''ve left thepany the moment my side businesses took off."
With that, he turned to nce meaningfully at Luna and added, "
This was also the reason why I refused to take over Landry Group after Luna returnedst year, no
matter how much thepany had been struggling.
"I knew that it''d be easy for me to return but almost impossible for me to leave again, and I wanted
nothing more than to hand over the family business to Luna because this had always been rightfully
hers."
As he said this, he picked up the documents and thumbed through them.
"However, I never thought that Landry Group would fall into my hands once more after Charlotte
brainwashed me and wiped my memories.As for the reason why I never tried to help Landry Group out
despite it being targeted and attacked by Joshua "
He curled his lips into a bitter smile and began to recite some of the names on the page.
"These are the names of thepanies that had been helping Group in secret.Because none of you
had ever been directly involved in running thepany, you''re probably not familiar with them, but I
am."
Joshua narrowed his eyes when he heard the names rolling off Jim''s tongue.
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"I''m more than familiar with all the names of thesepanies because every time Lynch Group tried to
target Landry Group, they''d step up and cooperate with Landry Group, indirectly saving them from
going bankrupt.
"I''ve sent my men to run background checks on thesepanies, and all of them came back with the
discovery that a lone man owned all these businesses, but no matter how hard my men tried, they
couldn''t find more information about this secretive boss."
Joshua curled his lips into a smirk as he nced at Jim.
"Initially, I had thought the man behind the scenes was one of Mr.Charles'' old friends, but it turns out it
was you all along."
Jim nodded.
"That''s right; it was me.As for..."
He lifted his head to stare earnestly at Rosalyn and Charles.
"As for the reason I decided to keep my identity a secret and didn''t even offer to help Landry Group
financially even when faced with impending bankruptcy, I..."
He let out an exhale as a look of defeat shed across his face.
"It was because I knew that Landry Group was no match for Joshua at all, and even if I used all the
money I had to help, there was no guarantee that we''d even be able to put up a fight against Lynch
Group.
"Therefore, if I kept my identity a secret, at least I''d be able to take you guys in if Landry Group went
bankrupt, and you''d have something to fall back on.
"However, if I exposed myself too early and made my assets known, the entire family would go broke if
my assets and Landry Group''sbined couldn''t overpower Joshua."
The entire garden fell silent upon hearing this.
Charles stared at his son dazedly as though he wanted to say something, but no words came out.