Chapter 408 There’s Nothing We Can’t Talk About
Andrew narrowed his attractive eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on Olivia.
Why was she suddenly asking this question?
But he sensed that Olivia hadn't brought it up on a whim.
What had happened while she was away that would make her have such doubts?
Andrew had always been sharp at reading people's thoughts.
He casually pressed the button for the privacy screen in front.
The space became enclosed, with no sound around them. He beckoned to Olivia, "Olivia, come here."
Olivia looked at him with confusion but still obediently moved closer to him, asking, "What's wrong?"
Andrew easily pulled her onto his lap with one arm.
"Nothing much."
His tone was gentle, yet carried a coaxing quality. "I just want to know what's behind your question.
Is it simply that you want to know, or did something that happened tonight affect you? Or is it something else?"
His eyes were very gentle. When Olivia met them, she felt like her thoughts were being seen through.
She hesitated a bit, as if thinking about how to begin.
Andrew continued, "I believe there's nothing we can't talk about openly between us. Don't you agree?"
Olivia looked at Andrew in silence.
His deep, ocean-like eyes seemed touched by moonlight, yet also like a pool of soft spring water that could embrace everything and make anyone melt into it.
Meeting such a gaze, Olivia's concerns and psychological defenses gradually dissolved.
In the end, she felt a bit regretful about her probing question.
She lowered her head, resting it against Andrew's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "I heard about it—
the Robinson family is using your mother's shares to threaten you, making you have a child with a woman they've chosen."
Even though she knew Andrew wouldn't do such a thing, she couldn't get this news out of her head.
All evening, her thoughts had been occupied by this matter.
Andrew's expression showed surprise mixed with understanding.
No wonder she asked that.
He hadn't expected her to know about this.
Andrew wanted to explain to her.
But before he could speak, Olivia, still resting on his shoulder, said to him, "Of course I trust you. I also know you're not someone they can easily threaten.
But that's the Robinson family we're talking about."
They could even use someone who had passed away for their own purposes.
And they had never been good to Andrew.
For the sake of profit, who knew what methods they might use to force Andrew to comply?
Besides, Andrew had always cared deeply about his deceased mother.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed back to Harmony City so urgently before.
Although Olivia knew Andrew was very capable,
the Robinson family, as a great family in Harmony City with a hundred years of heritage, wasn't an easy opponent to deal with.
Not to mention Brandon and Brandon's father Roman Robinson—these were all ruthless people.
If one day they faced off, who knew what the situation would be like.
Olivia couldn't help but worry.
Andrew finally understood what was troubling her.
However, his expression suggested he didn't take it seriously.
He said to Olivia, "There is indeed such a thing.
When I was dealing with them before, they pulled some tricks and seized a portion of the shares.
Later, Roman did make such a demand."
He openly admitted to this matter, but Olivia's heart sank deeply.
A look of solemnity appeared between her brows.
So it was true.
She had thought Andrew had already resolved the share issue.
She hadn't expected there to be such complications in between.
Andrew casually pinched the back of Olivia's neck with his fingertips and continued speaking.
"Going after my mother's shares was part of their plan from the start.
The purpose was to make me return to Harmony City."
"What?"
Olivia was confused about this. "Why?"
She wanted to lift her head to look at him.
However, because Andrew was holding her and wouldn't let her up, she could only obediently settle back down.
Where she couldn't see, a rare mocking expression appeared on Andrew's usually cold face—very slight and fleeting.
"Because the current state of Skyward Corporation made them jealous.
Skyward Corporation, which was once on the verge of collapse, regained its vitality because of my involvement and now stands above all the established companies.
So they saw my business ability and wanted to use me to elevate the Robinson family to another level.
My mother's shares were the leverage they tried to use to control me.
They just didn't expect that I would defy their wishes. When they couldn't control me, they could only resort to tricks and threats.
They even thought that my refusal to accept them was because I'd grown distant from the Robinson family over the years.
If I had a child, I would have concerns.
So that's the scheme they came up with.
Once there was a child, they could use me for the Robinson family for the rest of my life."
Olivia frowned as she listened. "What do they take you for?"
Her tone was indignant and angry!
Andrew looked down at Olivia's little head in his arms, couldn't help but gently stroke it, and replied, "The Robinson family has always been like that.
From inside out, there's no family affection to speak of.
To them, nothing is more important than profit. Marriage is just one part of gaining benefits.
Making friends, having children, doing anything—it all needs to be tied to profit.
Not just outsiders, even their own offspring get picked apart.
Descendants with outstanding abilities get the family's cultivation and attention from a young age.
The less capable ones are abandoned from the start, left aside to fend for themselves!
The Robinson family are all cold-blooded creatures. Their only purpose in life is to be supreme rulers, controlling others' power over life and death.
If they fancy a woman, they can just take her, regardless of whether she's willing or not.
When they get bored, they just discard her."
By the time he reached the last sentence, Olivia clearly felt Andrew's voice drop very low, his tone seeping with an indescribable coldness.
Olivia's heart trembled.
Before this, she only knew that the Robinson family was Harmony City's top wealthy family, an unreachable existence.
She also knew that Andrew's relationship with the Robinson family was very bad, to the point of nearly severing ties.
But she hadn't known that the Robinson family was actually so shameless and cold-blooded!
No wonder Andrew was so disgusted with them.
Olivia's mind suddenly recalled Saul, who had openly harassed her at the banquet when she first came to Harmony City.
With the Robinson family's power and influence, when they acted arrogantly, they were probably even worse than the Pena family.
Moreover, from Andrew's tone, Olivia could tell that his later words were about what his mother Carolyn Hamilton had gone through.
No wonder he was so resolute when he left the Robinson family.
After leaving, he even changed to Carolyn's surname and was unwilling to return.
If it hadn't involved something of Carolyn's, he definitely wouldn't want to have any connection with the Robinson family for the rest of his life.