Chapter 1120
Bearing in mind the fact that Anna Yard was fond of Sophia, the bodyguards weren’t too harsh on her
when they said, “Miss Edwards, this way, please.”
Sophia got onto her stilettos-d feet and began to make her way to the door. She didn’t look back at
Anne as she drawled, “Miss Osborne—no, Miss Yard, let this be my warning to you: stay away from my
father. He’s a lineal descendant and the head of the Mitchell family. People like you of coteral descent
will never be good enough for him!”
Anne did not miss the cruel emphasis on thest few words.
She also did not miss the mockery in Sophia’s tone when she addressed her as ‘Miss Yard’.
Sophia’s message was as clear as day: the title was meaningless, and the novelty was lost on Anne.
Anne imed to be a youngdy of the Yard family, but she did not even have one single share to her
name.
The door did not close all the way following Sophia’s exit, so Anne could still hear her contemptuous
voice resonating down the hall. “My father’s a busy man, so don’t bother looking for him if you ever
decide to kill yourself again because it has nothing to do with him! He has no time to entertain your petty
life decisions! He can’t be bothered to remember the faces of those he’s only met once or twice, so don’t
even think that he knows what you look like, Anne Osborne! How dare the Yards think that I would set
my father up for some twisted arranged marriage just to gain the benefit of a business deal? My father is
too good for any of you, so you can go screw yourself if you think he would ever be interested in
someone like you!”
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Every one of Sophia’s words pierced through Anne’s heart with unrelenting precision.
She was struggling toe to terms with the possibility that Cooper didn’t love her.
Why would he keep quiet all this while if he had never loved her?
And why did he go along with her to meet Louis Osborne on the day of the art exhibit?
Meanwhile, Sandra tried her best to console the shell-shocked girl. “Hey, it’s okay. It’s all over now. She
was only lying to you. She just wants you to think that you’re not good enough so that you would back off
on your own. She’s jealous because she’s a b*tch born out of wedlock, whereas you are a direct
descendant of the Yard family. She knows her life will be ruined once you marry Cooper, so she’s doing
everything she can to stop that from happening! How could Cooper not love you when everybody else
adores you so?”
The words were empty lies. Sandra knew that Anne was worthless without shares in Ronney Group. The
girl had neither power nor authority, and she was only coteral for the Yards to gain a powerful ally in
the Mitchells. She was no better than a pawn.
Sandra had managed to be a Mitchell by way of her many aplishments. She didn’t want to live
in fear, so she did everything she could to expand her influence. She knew that it was meaningless to
have only a title to her name when what she really needed to have was power; her worth was tied to
nothing else other than the shares she held in and the control she wielded over the conglomerate.
Without the authority that came with being a shareholder in the conglomerate, one would find themselves
in danger of being disposed of at the whim of others who were far more powerful.
But now, in order for Sandra to get closer to the Yards, she needed Anne to marry into the Mitchell family.
If the marriage fell through, Sandra would never have a chance like this ever again!
This meant that she had to do all she could to cate Anne before the silly girl gave up on the idea of
marrying Cooper!
For the past two days, Sandra had done little else other than visit Anne at the hospital, and each visit
wouldst for hours. Many young masters of the Mitchell family had dropped by between intervals to talk
about business, but their presence had been deliberately arranged by Sandra so that she could show
Anne the finest men the Mitchells had to offer.
But Anne was adamant that Cooper was the only one for her, and she would not consider anyone else
despite Sandra’s best efforts to persuade her otherwise.
Oh, Cooper. Just what did Anne see in him? He was nothing more than an obsolete figurehead—an
outcast in the Mitchell family who had nothing to offer. There were plenty of other men in the family who
were younger and more aplished than him, but Anne could not be bothered to even spare them a
nce.
Anne’s stubbornness had now led to Sandra’s predicament. Presently, she was thinking of ways to make
Anne take interest in other men in the Mitchell family while trying to console her.
She knew she was racing against time, for there were others in Bayside City who had their eyes on
Anne.
The Yards’ return was followed by their reconciliation with those who had either drifted away from the
family or adopted different family names, and while it was true that such reconciliation had brought forth
the emergence of many youngdies of the Yard family, it still couldn’t be denied that Anne was the most
important one of all.
Even as she lived now without holding a single share in the conglomerate, she was still Anna Yard’s
niece—that alone ought to have warranted her a more favorable disposition in the family than the other
youngdies!
So what was Cooper trying to achieve by ying hard to get? What more could he ask for when Anne
was already so far out of his league? Did the old man really think he could do any better?
Meanwhile, Sophia had left the hospital. She had managed to let out a string of abusive remarks toward
the bodyguards who worked for the Yards, but in reality, she had intended for Anne to hear every single
disparaging word. Once she was escorted outside, Sophia had regained herposure.
After all, someone had to knock Anne down from her high horse before the little wench thought she was
above everybody else.
Sophia scoffed in disdain as she thought about how Anne had asked to be addressed as Miss Yard.
Not once had Sophia ever made the public deration that she was a youngdy of the Michel family.
She was well aware that Michel Group would never have risen to the peak of its glory if it hadn’t been for
the efforts of those who came before her. Brick by brick, Michel Group had been built up by the likes of
Cooper, Linus and Alice. These geniuses were behind the conglomerate’s power and glory, whereas
Sophia had contributed nothing at all. She had no right to ask to be a shareholder because she had no
credit in any of the conglomerate’s sess.
She had no desire to be a young mistress of Michel Group—she wanted to be the president!
Previously, Sophia and Michael had bought up most of the shares in the conglomerate, which had been
sold off by panicking shareholders when they had first gotten word that Michel Group would be
undergoing a major internal restructuring due to Linus’ termination.
Unlike Anne, who was going to be married off for a profitable agenda, Sophia was waiting for the right
time to use these shares to enter the conglomerate so she could take her rightful ce as the young
mistress of Michel Group.
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While Sophia thought of ways to procure more useful resources, Sandra was obsessed with fortifying her
position, and Anne was thinking of ways to convince Anna to give her some of the shares in Ronney
Group.
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Anne was discharged from the hospital the next day.
She had made up her mind that there was no point in staying in the hospital any longer. After all, it
seemed as if Cooper waspletely under Sophia’s spell as he had never bothered to pay Anne a visit
himself.
However, Anne was determined to marry Cooper, and there was nothing Sophia could do to ruin her
ns.
She must ask the Yards to make her a shareholder. That way, Cooper would have no choice but to marry
her, and no one could get in the way of that!
Upon leaving the hospital, Anne hurried over to the hotel where Anna was staying.
Anna was in the middle of a briefing with a property agent on the matter of purchasing the building.
Seeing as the Yards were keen on returning to the country in addition to their ns of establishing
Ronney Group here, they needed to purchase arge family estate in Bayside City so that the whole
Yard family couldy down their roots. Anna was also looking for a mansion for her own private use.
The Yard family originated from the banks of the Lombardi River, and while some had fled the country,
there was still arge number of the n that remained in the country. The hundreds of years that
followed had seen the continuous return of members of the Yard family, who had subsequently set up
their ancestral halls along Lombardi River. Nheless, Ronney Group would have to establish their
branch in Bayside City as it was the country’s economic stronghold.
In light of this, Anna had been perusing properties in the country. She was determined to pick the best
out of a wide selection of houses, office buildings, family homes and private mansions.
She was in the midst of browsing through the folders given by the property agent when Anne showed up
with her unreasonable demands. Anna couldn’t begin to wrap her head around what the girl was actually
requesting for.
“Anne, what did you just say?” Anna lifted her head to look at her niece in askance. There were no lines
that marred Anna’s smooth, porcin skin; even without an ounce of make-up, the woman looked as
though she had defied allws of time and physics.
Anne bit her lip nervously, then stammered, “Aunt Anna, I’d like to have some shares in the
conglomerate. Cooper thinks little of me because I have no ce in Ronney Group and won’t marry me
otherwise.”
Upon saying that, she cast a resentful nce at the sleeping General. Surely, in light of the cat owning
1% of the shares, her aunt would not think she was crossing the line by asking for a mere 2% or 3% out
of all the shares in Ronney Group, would she?