Chapter 430 Magnus Is Too Heartless
Last night, undercurrents swept through Silverlight City all night long, and many people who were on good terms with the Stewart family were panicking.
Many people immediately called to cut all ties with the Stewart family.
Another group of people who were deeply tied to the Stewart family felt nothing but regret.
They originally weren't optimistic about the Stewart Group, but after Zander's marriage alliance with the young lady from the Knight family, the Stewart Group showed signs of improvement.
They saw business opportunities and profits in it, so they decisively invested a lot of money.
Who would have thought that now they'd get nothing back - the Stewart Group's stock plummeted, and all the money they invested became worthless.
Meanwhile, Sophia, the mastermind behind all this, was currently sound asleep in Benjamin's arms.
Last night, in order to send Isabella to the police station, the banquet was delayed several hours before ending.
By the time Sophia and Benjamin got home, it was already 3 AM.
Plus, with the drug effects still lingering, she slept straight through until the afternoon.
Although Benjamin had woken up long ago, he stayed lying in bed without moving, letting her hold him while she slept.
When it was time to eat, a servant knocked on the door wanting to call him down for a meal, but he sent her away and specifically emphasized not to let anyone disturb them.
His Sophia didn't like being disturbed while sleeping.
But unexpectedly, someone just had to walk right into the line of fire.
Benjamin was about to get his laptop so he could handle some documents while waiting for Sophia to wake up.
Just then, a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.
A shrill female voice faintly came through from outside - the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
"Get out of my way, what right do you have to stop me? Let me see Benjamin!"
"This is my son's house, why shouldn't I be allowed in?"
"Benjamin, Sophia, come out here! Are you hiding because you're too scared to see me?"
It was Amelia's voice.
Sophia, who had been sleeping soundly in bed, furrowed her brow slightly, seemingly disturbed by the noise.
Benjamin quickly covered her ears with his hand and coaxed softly by her ear: "It's okay, sleep, be good."
In her sleep, Sophia vaguely heard a voice that put her at ease and fell back into deep sleep.
After getting Sophia back to sleep, Benjamin carefully got out of bed, his expression suddenly turning cold.
He opened the door, just in time to face Amelia who was charging in aggressively.
Her expression was twisted, her brows tightly knit, and her face seemed to carry anger.
Like she was coming to get revenge on someone.
Benjamin's cold, deep eyes narrowed slightly as he asked coldly: "What do you want?"
Though his face showed no expression and his tone was calm, it made people feel inexplicably chilled to the bone.
The moment Amelia met his eagle-like sharp gaze, her whole body couldn't help but break out in goosebumps.
She shivered hard, her arrogant attitude immediately cut in half.
"I, I came specifically to see you."
"Ms. Martinez, this is my private villa. You have no right to force your way in. Leave."
Benjamin couldn't be bothered with her, not knowing what trouble she was trying to stir up now.
Seeing him about to leave, Amelia instinctively reached out to grab his sleeve, "Wait, I have something very important to tell you. Can you give me some time?"
She had already lowered her attitude as much as possible.
Her almost pleading tone and expression were completely different from how she acted in front of the servants just now.
The servant watching from the side was stunned.
She never imagined that the woman who had just cursed at her and the one now acting so humble were the same person.
Benjamin noticed the servant's gaze and gave her a look, "Go take care of your work, don't come up to the second floor for now."
The second floor of the villa was Benjamin and Sophia's private area.
Except for cleaning and calling them for meals, the servants generally wouldn't come up here.
"Okay." The servant nodded and headed downstairs.
Worried about waking Sophia, Benjamin specifically closed the bedroom door and stood in the hallway with Amelia.
After the servant left, he said: "You can talk now. I don't have all day to waste with you."
If it weren't for Preston and Tobias's sake, he couldn't care less about Amelia.
Setting aside what she'd done before, just the fact that yesterday she agreed to Isabella's request to drug him - she could die ten thousand times and it wouldn't be enough.
Amelia carefully looked up, observing Benjamin's expression.
"Benjamin, what happened yesterday wasn't my intention. Will you believe me?"
Benjamin sneered: "What do you think?"
He looked down and noticed Amelia was still clutching his sleeve. He frowned in disgust and sternly rebuked: "Let go."
Amelia was startled and suddenly released her hand.
She hurriedly explained: "Benjamin, I know what I did was wrong. Please forgive me, and besides, I didn't give you that drink in the end."
Benjamin mercilessly exposed her lie: "It's not that you didn't give it to me - I saw through everything beforehand."
He and Sophia had already known that Isabella would drug them.
They were just playing along with her act.
He originally thought that although Amelia was usually crazy and erratic, she would still have some sense when it mattered.
He didn't expect her to disappoint him.
Knowing it was Tobias's birthday banquet, she still agreed to Isabella's request to drug him.
Amelia's eyes instantly reddened, and infinite regret surged in her heart, "I know I was wrong. Isabella threatened me."
"You're the precious daughter of the Martinez family. Your status and position aren't something Isabella can compare to. Who could threaten you?"
Amelia: "No, Isabella said she knows where your father is. You know I've been looking for him all these years."
There had always been rumors about Magnus in the outside world, but for over twenty years Amelia had searched for him countless times.
She specifically went to various entertainment venues to look for him and even hired private detectives.
But in the end, she found no information at all.
She suspected Magnus had been deliberately hiding from her, unwilling to see her.
But she missed him so much - these twenty-plus years had been so painful for her.
Magnus was too heartless!
At the banquet, she originally didn't want to help Isabella.
But Isabella leaned close to her ear and said she knew Magnus's whereabouts.
Benjamin paused. Actually, he had also had people search for Magnus's whereabouts, but found nothing.
Chase had told him that two years ago, in order to get Magnus to divorce Amelia, he had people practically turn all of Silverlight City upside down.
In the end, Magnus never appeared - he just had someone deliver the divorce papers.
Benjamin didn't care about Magnus as a father at all - as long as the goal was achieved, that was enough.
So after Amelia left the White Manor, he never had anyone search for Magnus's whereabouts again.
Now hearing Amelia's words, he suddenly felt a trace of curiosity about Magnus. According to Preston, Magnus was an incredibly talented business genius.
He not only studied finance and business management but was also proficient in computers.
Magnus was a very impressive genius.
But later, when Magnus and Amelia's relationship fell apart, Magnus often went out looking for other women.
Preston was furious. He threatened Magnus that if he dared to do that again, he would disown him.
Who knew Magnus didn't care at all and really never came back.
"How would Isabella have information about Magnus?"
Benjamin furrowed his brow, feeling puzzled.