When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 927


    Ashton looked out of the car window, deep in thoughts. It took him a while to answer, “He is after


    money, but not from me.”


    I looked at him, puzzled.


    He raised his eyebrow and warned, “Look out! Red light!”


    I turned back to look ahead and jammed the brakes, startled.


    He pped his hand on his forehead and mocked, “I managed to escape unharmed from Shane, but in


    the end, I die from my wife’s carelessness. That is a little outrageous, don’t you think?”


    I frowned and chided, “Stop spouting nonsense.”


    He chuckled and the atmosphere lightened.


    The traffic light turned green and I drove on.


    Along the way, he filled me in on the details. “It is Armond. He must have faced a lot of pressure from


    his family when he lost big due to the incident in Moranta. He hired Shane to make a scene, officially


    dering war on me. I suspect he nned to pursue a long-neglected matter.”


    “What long-neglected matter?” I was clueless.


    He started telling me a story.


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    Thirty years ago, the Murphys were not involved in the oil industry. They had some factories and a


    pharmaceuticalpany. Their business then was not as diversified nor huge aspared to now.


    The main yer in the oil sector was the Sanders, one of the most prominent families in K City during


    those days. The oil sector wasn’t a major industry at that time, so the Sanders assigned the concession


    of that business to their adopted daughter, Winona Stovall. When Winona married into the Murphy


    family, she brought the oil business into that family as well.


    I was shell-shocked. “The Winona Stovall you mentioned is my grandma?” I had to clear my doubts.


    Ashton nodded.


    “Isn’t she adopted by the Sanders? Why is her family name Stovall?”


    “Mrs. Sanders had difficulty conceiving, so they adopted a daughter, naming her Winona Sanders.


    However, Mrs. Sanders got pregnant not long after and had her own baby. Due to some personal


    reasons not privy to us, the Sanders changed your grandma’sst name to Stovall, which was Mrs.


    Sanders’ family name.”


    I nodded and probed, “What happened next?”


    He gently swept back some messy strands of hair from my forehead and continued, “After Winona


    married into the Murphy family, the industrial revolution and development of the electronics sector


    caused the oil industry to grow by leaps and bounds. As the exploration rights in the country were in


    your grandma’s hands, the Murphys jumped in and did big-scale exploration and extraction. Instantly,


    they rose to be one of the richest families in K City. Some of the old-money families tried to cozy


    up to the Murphys. Others felt threatened by their rise, so they plotted against the Murphys. As your


    grandma held the key to the rise of the Murphys, she was targeted and suffered much. Your grandma


    knew the importance of oil to the family and the country, so she nned to control the development to


    make it sustainable in the long run. The Murphys were blinded by greed and did not heed her advice.


    Out of desperation, your grandma hid the oil concession document in a secretpartment of a box


    and left with it.”


    “The box with the secretpartment is the sandalwood box grandma left for me, isn’t it?” I made an


    intelligent guess.


    He nodded. “Yes, that is the one. Armond tried to get close to you because he was eyeing that box.”


    I recalled when I first met Armond, it was at my grandma’s burial ground. He stood in front of my


    grandma’s tombstone for quite a while. I did not really pay attention at that time as I thought he was just


    a casual passerby. Looking back, I should have suspected otherwise as he had an unusual expression.


    “I had already given Armond the box!” To me, that was just an ordinary box. That was why I gave it to


    Armond without any hesitation when he asked me for it when we were in Venria.


    Ashton looked at me and nodded, “I know.”


    My eyes popped out of my head. “How can you be so calm when you knew?” I could not imagine the


    consequence, now that the oil concession agreement fell into Armond’s hand. Although the oil


    concession had reverted back to the state, it was previously a private asset. There was no official


    handover, so the Murphys could bring up the issue and seek legal redress.


    He grinned and confessed, “I had the foresight to switch the box.”


    I was stunned. “If Armond knew about that, he would kill us. The document in that box is worth an


    obscene amount of money. If the Murphys get hold of that money, they will have some breathing space


    and can continue their fight with the Fullers.”


    “From the look of it, he had not opened that box.” Ashton confidently smiled. I was intrigued by his


    nonchnt manner. “How can you be so sure he had not opened that box?”


    “If they had opened the box, knowing how the Murphys are, they would have publicized it to bring


    attention to themselves. They would also have contacted the Finance Ministry to taken legal recourse


    to relook into the matter. This would bring in loads of money for the Murphys. It would be difficult not to


    hear about that,” he quipped.