Chapter 206


    206 The Winner and the Loser 206 The Winner and the Loser


    Andrew told Anna that he still had some things to take care of in Sea Cityand he would leave for


    Birminghamter within a week.


    So, Anna and Wayne left first.


    “Someone else was in charge of Carousel Group five years ago, right?” Anna asked as they were in his


    car.


    Wayne had his hands on the steering wheel and was looking intently ahead. He wasn’t distracted when


    he heard that and then said,


    “Richard is a year younger than me. But, he had only finished his undergraduate degree when he


    worked for the group back then. He


    even gave up the chance to pursue a master’s degree at Yale. So he was already the group’s vice


    president when I returned to Ennd. To


    be honest, Grandpa used to think highly of him.”


    Anna was impressed with Richard. She had met him at the Wrights’ house before and remembered


    that he was a man in his thirties


    and looking somewhat simr to Wayne.


    He seemed gentle and friendly, and always had a smile on his face. However, no one could really get


    close to him.


    “Maybe you made Richard feel threatened,” Anna spected as she nced over at Wayne.


    Wayne nodded, then shifted his gaze to the side as if he didn’t care. He replied, “Yes. I am a


    shareholder in the Group and I was


    involved in some of the board resolution meetings. Later, I felt unsure of thepany’s financial


    situation. After my grandfather had it


    checked out, he allowed me to take part in thepany’s management. But I didn’t have quite the


    same power as Richard at the


    time.”


    So, whether Wayne controlled thepany or not, as soon as he returned to Ennd, he posed a


    serious threat to Richard. Peter


    was in charge of the entire group at the time, and he hadplete authority. Wayne was Peter’s only


    grandson, thus there was a good


    chance that he would inherit the groupter.


    “Did he do anything to you?” Anna continued to ask.


    Wayne said with a snort, “Yes, he did some awful things to me. And if he hadn’t done those things, he


    could have kept his job as a vice president. After all, he’s a rtive of mine. Also, when he was


    president, the group was doing quite well. But, the problem was that


    he was too paranoid.”


    Richard felt envious of Wayne after he joined thepany. To make Peter hate Wayne, Richard did


    something in secret and nted


    it on Wayne. Also, he was also the one who spread the rumor that Wayne was gay.


    It was only after Peter heard the ridiculous rumor that he forced Wayne to get married soon.


    Anna was taken aback when she heard his words.


    Could Matthew‘s illness have something to do with Richard?


    she wondered.


    Richard has every reason to hate Matthew, Anna reasoned in her heart, because he is thepany‘s


    future heir, Because of Matthew,


    Richard‘s chances of inheriting thepany became significantly slimmer. This is unsurprising, given


    how much Richard despised


    Wayne


    Then, Wayne frowned and asked, “Anna, did you investigate what happened before to Matthew?”


    “Oh, do you think I’mn joking?” Anna said as she frowned irritably at him,


    “Oh, 10, that’s not what i meant. I won’t stop you from looking into it if you want to. And, if you need


    help, you can ask me all you


    want. You don’t have to deal with this alone.”


    Afterwards, Anna looked just a little less angry. She said, “If that’s the case, then Richard is very


    suspicious. Don’t worry, i’ll look into


    it right away. Well, anyway, I hope you should be wary of him. When I spoke with him the other day, I


    got the impression that he still toathes you.”


    Anna kept a close eye on Wayne’s expression as she stated this because she didn’t want to miss any


    slight change in his mood.


    Wayne then immediately frowned a little. He appeared to be thinking about something and was self-


    condemned. However, he


    quickly returned to normal again.


    “Well, I don’t need to watch out for him. I’m the winner, and he’s the loser.”


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    Anna’s hent kipped a deal when she heard his words. Then, she recalled what Ryan had said to her.


    He spected that the Wrig


    were to me for Matthew’s levet.


    “Oh, so it seems to me that he’s very powerhul. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been fighting for power


    with you for so many years.


    Anna said tentatively


    Wayne replied indifferently, “You’re right, but he shouldn’t have done those things to me in the first


    ce. You know, business


    that way.”


    “What did he do?”


    Wayne was then suddenly silent for a few seconds and replied, “Oh, it was my grandfather who quelled


    that. So, I can’tment


    on anything about it.”


    Anna squeezed his hand and did her best to smile, “Okay.”


    She had thought that Richard was nothing more than an idle loafer. However, sheter knew that


    Richard had known that Wayne


    wasing back that night. Moreover, he did it deliberately to provoke Wayne.


    All of these things led to her leaving the Carousel Group and breaking up with Wayne for good.


    Following the hotel fire, there was a full PR disaster within thepany, as well as a significant drop in


    stock prices. This series of


    things could be traced back to that night in the backyard.


    As Anna continued to think about the incident, she felt a growing sense of dread. She realized that


    even though Richard was an


    extremely sophisticated man, he had lost to Wayne. Moreover, Wayne had won that war entirely and


    utterly.


    After Richard was no longer vice president three years ago, he hadn’t been involved in a single thing


    with the group. Anna felt that


    although Richard was scheming, she could tell that. However, she didn’t know how scheming Wayne


    could be.


    Therefore, she suspected that perhaps they had once used Matthew as a bait in the fight between


    them.


    When Anna saw the sign on the side of the road, she realized they were really back in Birmingham.


    “Where are we going?” Anna asked as they looked at the road and felt puzzled.


    “I’m taking you to the hospital first,” Wayne said right away.


    **Yes, we should definitely visit Peace now,” Anna replied with a nod.


    Wayne found her words ridiculous and asked, “Anna, do you think I’m omnipotent, and you’re very


    tough?”


    “Huh? What are you talking about?”


    Wayne red at her and said, “Well, how am I supposed to know which hospital Peace is in? Did you


    forget that your leg is


    hurt?”


    Anna stopped for a moment before recalling that she had burned her leg. When she left the Sea Town


    Hospital, the doctor advised


    her to change her bandage once a day. Otherwise, her wound would get infected in such hot weather.


    Wartse siphed as he felt resigned and said, “I want you to care about yourself first before you care


    about others. You know, otherwise,


    I will always be worried about you.”


    tema couldn’t help but smile when she realized how much he cared about her and added, “Oh, that’s


    simple! You want to


    LORE, Don’t you? You know, you should do something about it. So, instead of working, you can stay


    with me twenty-four