“Yes. Maka died on this day…”


    When thinking of their eldest daughter who di, Mrs. Gardner trembled when holding the flowers. Finally, she burst into tears and cried in agony.


    Because it was too hard to bear the death of her eldest daughter, she put all her attention on her younger daughter. But every year when it came to the anniversary of Maka’s death, she still felt the excruciating pain.Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org.


    “There, there don’t cry.” Trenton hugged her andforted, “Today is not only the anniversary of Maka’s death but also the engagement day of Makenna. If Maka knew this, she would be happy for her sister.”


    She cried her heart out with gritted teeth, saying, “If it wasn’t for Hugo Reed that bastard, how could Maka… How could she…”


    She was choked with the unbearable sorrow.


    Trenton also looked gloomy, “The Reed family is gone, with only Amber Reed left.”


    Six years ago, he avenged his eldest daughter and forced Hugo Reed to death and ruined the Reed family. But due to Amber’s marriage with Jared, he could noty hands on her.


    He didn’t expect that six yearster, Amber would get the shares of Goldstone and be the major shareholder of thepany.


    “Amber has nothing but Goldstone and it’s easy for me to deal with her.” Thinking of histe daughter, he was also heartbroken, and his hatred towards the Reed family grew deeper.


    She was a little hesitant and said, “Forget it. After all, she is Jared’s ex-wife. If Jared knows, things could be difficult for Makenna in the Farrell family.”


    He hummed and said, “Don’t you know why Jared chose to marry Amber? He did not love her at all. Otherwise, how could he watch her family be ruined and let Goldstone go downhill with cold shoulders?”


    “Don’t worry about it. I will handle all these things.” He added, “That tiara was something that Maka took a fancy to when she was still alive. Remember to ask Makenna for it whening back home and hide it away in case she gives it to others again.”


    She nodded and looked at the baby’s breath in her hand sadly.


    …


    Amber intended to go to thepany to take care of some urgent matters, and then return home to rest.


    As soon as she arrived at thepany, She came over and said, “Miss Reed, Mr. Longman from Wisemas hase here and is chatting with Mr. Lyon in his office.”


    Amber sneered, “Okay, I will go over and take a look.”


    Last Friday, when they yed cards at Red Plum Club, Mr. Longman said he would have someone bring the contract here the next day, but he broke his promise. She was not stupid and knew he wanted to y hard-to-get and waited for her to call him personally.


    Luckily with help from Hayden, she had already got a better partner for herpany.


    She knocked on the door and entered Cole’s office.


    Seeing that Cole was chatting with Mr. Longman, she walked in with a smile and greeted, “Hello, Mr. Longman. It’s been a long time.”


    “Miss Reed, hello.” Mr. Longman stood up and shook hands with her politely.


    Noticing that she simply drank tea and did not bring up the subject about the contract, he said first, “I am sorry, Miss Reed. My business department was too busy these days and did note over to sign the contract with you. So I came here in person to say sorry.”


    While saying this, he pushed the contract towards her side and continued, “Read it. If there’s no more problems, we can sign the contract.”


    Cole frowned and wanted to say something.


    She gave him a look and stopped him. Then she said to Mr. Longman, “My secretary said that she could not get through to your business department. Since our batch of goods were urgent and could not be dyed, I got another factory to do it for me.”


    “Miss Reed, mypany is the best manufacturer at home.” He thought she said this simply to bargain about the price, so he became a little proud. “You keep saying that you attach great importance to product quality, but you chose a random factory to do it just because of time limit?”


    Amber smiled, “Besides yourpany, there is another one called Yutoga.”


    He got speechless.


    “I heard that Yutoga’s orders are scheduled until next year.” He asked in disbelief, “Miss Reed, did you really sign with Yutoga?”


    Back then at the card table, he just said those polite words to her because of Jared’s presence. But he did not expect that she would go to Yutoga.


    She was new to the business circle, but how did she get to know the boss of Yutoga?


    Could it be that Jared was helping her?


    Thinking of how Jared defended her during the  game that day, he thought it was likely for Jared to help her build connections.


    Within a moment or two, Mr. Longman figured out the situation. Then he decided to tell her the truth. “Miss Reed, in fact, I lied to you about the long-term client cing more orders. A few days ago, Mr. Gardner called me and asked me not to take your order.”


    Hearing this, Cole snorted, “I was just wondering why you gave up an opportunity to make money! I guessed that someone must be targeting Goldstone Co.! Well, it turned out to be true!”


    “We have a lot of coborations with the Gardner Group. And it’s pretty awkward for me to handle this.” Mr. Longman smiled sheepishly, “But I still want to work with Goldstone. Otherwise, I would not risk offending Mr. Gardner ande here today.”


    She was in urgent need of partners now.


    Besides this, there were no enemies in the business world. As long as there were interests,panies would work together.


    She smiled, “I can see your sincerity, Mr. Longman. But I’ve already signed a contract with Yutoga. But in the future if I have more demands, I will contact you first.”


    Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. After exchanging a few pleasantries with them, he left.


    As soon as he left, Cole asked her, “I tried to contact Yutoga but failed. How did you get in touch with Yutoga’s boss sessfully?”


    She replied, “Hayden Cohen helped me.”


    She then told him about her visit to Red Plum Club and how Hayden decided to introduce her to Yutoga.


    Cole finally spoke, “If you had known Hayden would help you, you should’ve taught Mr. Longman a good lesson at the card table so that they would be scared to y cards with you again!”


    She chuckled, “They were quite good at ying cards.”


    Back then after she married Jared, she never touched cards again. Over time, except Cole and her close friends, everyone around her thought she did not know how to y it.


    When she chose to y cards with Mr. Longman, it was her first time to touch it after six years.


    “Don’t be so modest” He rolled his eyes at her, “We grew up together, of course I know how good you are at cards! Even your father was defeated by you, let alone others.”


    She thought of her father who hadmitted suicide and suddenly felt a bit sad. “Let’s go. I’ll treat you to dinner.”


    When she got up and put on her coat, her phone rang.


    “Hello?” she answered it.


    “Is this Miss Reed?” a serious female voice came on the phone. “Your bother is here at our police station. Pleasee over here now.”