Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Charlotte looked at the man coolly.

"Mr. Edwards, isn't this just normal business competition? You acquired what you acquired. I'm not blaming you. So why did you come here and say all this?"

Bruce's face darkened as he bowed deeply to her.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault. I didn't know there was a powerful figure backing the Smith Group. I rashly did this to you."

"I'm willing to buy back the shares in that person's hands at a premium, on the condition that you stop acquiring more. Leave me some, okay?"

His extremely humble appearance made Charlotte want to laugh.

Charlotte looked at him coldly. "What would I want your crappy shares for? But since you brought it up, I want to ask you something. I have no grudge against you, so why did you suddenly target the Smith Group?"

Bruce gritted his teeth. "Someone told me to do it."

Charlotte narrowed her eyes, already knowing the answer.

But she still asked, "Who?"

Bruce wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, forced to speak.

"It was Ellie, the heiress of Bliss Group. She has some personal grudge against you and asked me to help her out."

Bruce wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Charlotte's eyes turned cold, but her lips curved up.

"You think that by doing her this favor, if you have any potential cooperation with the Bliss Group in the future, Ellie will be able to help you out?"

Bruce nodded quickly. "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I thought. I was confused for a moment. I didn't know you had such capabilities behind you. If I had known, I absolutely wouldn't have..."

Charlotte raised her hand to cut him off.

"Got it. I'll sell the shares back to you at a premium. You can go now."

Bruce immediately breathed a sigh of relief, though he had mixed feelings.

He shouldn't have lost shares for no reason and then had to spend a large sum to buy them back.

All for doing Ellie a favor!

But thinking about it, selling a favor to the Bliss Group heiress made it somewhat acceptable. It hurt, but it wasn't without benefits.

Bruce thanked her repeatedly and turned to leave.

As soon as he opened the door, he nearly bumped into someone outside.

Richard stood outside, clearly having listened for quite a while, with a mocking smile on his lips.

"Mr. Edwards, I heard you acquired my fiancée's company's market share?"

At these words, Bruce was stunned.

"...Mr. Davis, isn't your fiancée the heiress of Bliss Group?"

The Davis family and the Bliss Group had an old engagement agreement—anyone in high society knew this.

Under Bruce's confused and bewildered gaze, Richard walked straight into the office and stood in front of Charlotte.

"That sister of yours with no blood relation still won't give up. She's using the identity of Bliss Group's heiress to act recklessly outside. Letting her stay—isn't that too easy on her? You're the real Bliss Group heiress. You shouldn't give her any face."

Bruce listened in shock, completely dumbfounded.

He never dreamed that Charlotte was actually the real Bliss Group heiress!

"Could you be Mr. Brown's biological daughter who was lost outside since childhood and never brought back?"

Charlotte glanced at him coolly.

Just one glance made Bruce gasp in fear.

Only then did he realize what kind of person he had offended.

Richard looked at Bruce.

"From today on, all cooperation between Davis Group and your company is terminated."

Bruce's face went pale. Hearing this, his lips moved, but no sound came out.

Davis Group had eight collaborative projects with its company, totaling over a billion.

If they stopped just like that, could his company even continue operating?

Bruce panicked and wanted to beg for mercy, but Richard had already waved his hand impatiently.

"Get out, or it won't just be cutting off cooperation. Understand?"

Bruce nearly collapsed to the ground. Hearing this, he could only turn around and leave in a daze.

After he left, the office fell quiet.

Richard looked down at Charlotte with a smile, raising an eyebrow.

"That mysterious investor Gale who never showed up—that's you?"

Charlotte was surprised. "How did you know about this?"

Richard chuckled softly, his voice lazy. "Actually, I noticed this mysterious investor long ago. She participated in a project I was interested in, then disappeared."

"I've been watching for her movements, wanting to work with her again."

Richard smiled meaningfully, lowering his head to play with Charlotte's hair.

"Didn't expect your investment reserves to be better than mine, Ms. Brown."

Charlotte felt uncomfortable being teased and pushed him away.

"Can you not get so close to me?"

Not only did Richard not move away, but he also stepped closer and lowered his voice by her ear. "You didn't even tell me you had this skill. I thought when you ran into trouble, you'd come to me first."

Charlotte's ears turned slightly red as she huffed.

"You don't really think of me as your fiancée, do you?"

Richard looked at her beautiful face and suddenly laughed.

"Then I wonder if I have the honor of inviting Ms. Brown to dinner?"

Charlotte pretended to be disgusted. "Who wants to eat with you?"

Before she finished speaking, Richard had already pulled her out of the office.

Charlotte looked disgusted, but her lips couldn't help curving up.

As they left, they didn't notice the tea room door in the hallway was slightly ajar, and a figure slowly emerged from inside.

Stella's face was pale as she clenched her teeth.

She had heard most of what happened in the office across the hall.

"Ellie, big trouble! Bruce failed! Charlotte turned around and acquired his company's shares. Now everyone's praising her, saying she's a mysterious investor with powerful connections!"

On the other end, Ellie was silent for a few seconds, then her tone instantly turned cold. "What did you say?"

Stella immediately exaggerated.

"What do we do now? Who knows where she got these connections from, but she's already resolved this crisis."

"What did you say?"

Ellie was shocked and clenched her teeth hard.

She never expected that Charlotte would not only steal her identity and her engagement, but also have this kind of ability.

What mysterious investor?

Who knows what tricks this woman used to get these connections?

No, it must be Richard helping her!

How could she know such powerful people? She's just a fake heiress who was just kicked out by the Smith family.

The more Ellie thought about it, the angrier she got, clenching her fists.

"Hire internet trolls and spread it all over the web! Say that Charlotte stole my identity and stole my man! Say she's using her real heiress status to force the Davis family to honor the engagement, bullying me, this weak and sickly adopted daughter!"