The Pinnacle Of Life Chapter 553


    “What?!” Dorothy and Alex were startled when they heard Jenny’s words. Especially Alex. He thought


    to himself, ‘Could the poison Granny ckwood administered have been too


    strong, and it ended up killing her in one shot?’ However, Dorothy was quick to ask, “How did she die?”


    “I heard that she was killed on the scene by a gangster.


    The ringleader is a loan shark who gives out loans at


    a high-interest rate. Benny borrowed 40 million from them, and somehow, some conflict broke out in his


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    office.” Assex Construction and Dorothy-Alex Construction used to be under the same umbre, and


    Jenny still had


    friends over there. As soon as the incident took ce, her friend had immediately called and told her


    about it. After Dorothy heard that, she was silent for a long time.


    Even though the olddy had treated her unjustly and


    had even wanted to conspire against her entire family, she was still her blood-rted grandmother after


    all. She had been alive and kicking, being her domineering self just a while ago. Now, in a blink of an


    eye, her life


    was extinguished, just like that…


    She let out a shaky breath as the sadness welled up inside of her. Alex, on the other hand, felt relieved.


    If Granny ckwood were the one who killed Madam Joanne, he would have certainly felt uneasy.


    Being


    beaten to death by a loan shark, however, had nothing to do with him. This could be categorized under


    the


    ‘reap what you sow’ banner, as all evil had its retribution.


    Jenny continued, “I heard that the culprit had been caught. Benny offered a reward of two million and


    caught


    all of them. He sent them to the authorities on the spot.”


    “You must be very well connected to get this news,” Alex said. Jenny smiled stiffly. “A lot of people in


    ourpany already knew this. It’s blown out of control now.”


    “Hubby, would you like to go see?” Dorothy asked. Alex considered it for a while before shaking his


    head. “Not today. We have all been driven out the door by


    the Assex family. If we were to go over now, it would be messy, and there’s no guarantee they won’t


    take


    their anger out on us. We’ll head there tomorrow.” Dorothy hummed in agreement. The news quickly


    reached ire’s ears. Instantly, she called Dorothy to confirm the news.


    Upon receiving confirmation, ire chuckled loudly. “She deserved it! That old fart should have died a


    long time ago. She


    reaped what she sowed and couldn’t go on living. Even the gods above wanted her out of here.” The


    olddy had overwhelmed her for so many years that she didn’t even have the space to breathe, and


    she


    would be crippled by anxiety the moment she saw her.


    Adding to the fact that they had been poisoned and


    even attempted to snatch theirpany away, ire had lost all positive feelings toward Madam


    Joanne for


    a long time. She changed the topic and said, “Dorothy,e home now. Bring Alex with you. I need


    him for something.”


    “Mother, what devilish things are you up to now?”


    asked Dorothy.


    “What devilish things are you talking about? I simply have something to ask him. Hurry up ande


    home. Buy some food on your way back. I don’t know what happened to this brat Beatrice… Suddenly


    telling me


    that she wants to learn how to cook. She’s used up all the food in the fridge.” Very quickly, Alex and


    Dorothy went to the market to buy two big bags of vegetables and meat.


    Alex held the bags in one hand, while the other held Dorothy’s hand. Their fingers interlocked as if


    grasping


    happiness itself. Wearing a bodyguard’s suit and leading a stunning beauty, the couple had attracted


    quite a few stares. A lot of them were probably thinking along the lines of “This little bodyguard


    managed to take a ‘Miss


    Perfect’ as his bride and has reached the pinnacle of life!”


    “The little bodyguard saved the beautifuldy boss, and she threw herself into his arms. “That’s some


    dumb luck he got thanks to more prayers he made to his ancestors.” Though they were at the receiving


    end of the many gazes and thoughts, Alex and Dorothy were at peace. At


    the same time, in the Assex residence in Senna Port, ire stared at the unmoving picture on her


    phone screen, noting back to herself for a long time.


    It was a picture in a news article, and a man’s face upied most of the screen. This person was Lex


    Gunther. Involving a capital of 30 billion dors, Thousand Miles Conglomerate was going to start a


    large-scale


    lifestyle project in California, one that would affect the structure of its business district.


    ire looked at the face. She waspletely dumbfounded.


    With rms ring in her chest, her heart only served to beat harder. Only yesterday, she had spat on


    this


    person’s face.