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Chapter 2388 “Well…”
Jim lifted his head to meet Charles’ gaze head-on. “I realized that even though the
companies I owned outside of Landry Group were small, they brought in considerable
income for me.
“I wanted to stand on my own feet by building my career while helping run Landry Group at
the same time.”
Charles narrowed his eyes and sneered upon hearing this. “And why is that? Do you
somehow think that Landry Group isn’t good enough for you anymore?”
“Not at all.” Jim leaned against the back of his chair lazily and explained, “I just knew
exactly where I stood. Even though Mother had always treated me as her own for many
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtyears, I knew full well that this wouldn’t change the fact that I’m not her son, and that I
don’t have the right to inherit Landry Group. Therefore, no matter how hard I worked, none
of this would be mine.”
He curled his lips into a bitter smile. “Initially, I thought Heather was your daughter, but unfortunately, she was not
at all suitable to take over Landry Group, which was why I had been compelled to stay and run the company on her
behalf.
“If this hadn’t been the case, I would’ve left the company the moment my side businesses took off.”
With that, he turned to glance meaningfully at Luna and added, “This was also the reason why I refused to take
over Landry Group after Luna returned last year, no matter how much the company had been struggling.
“I knew that it’d be easy for me to return but almost impossible for me to leave again, and I wanted nothing more
than to hand over the family business to Luna because this had always been rightfully hers.” As he said this, he
picked up the documents and thumbed through them. “However, I never thought that Landry Group would fall into
my hands once more after Charlotte brainwashed me and wiped my memories. As for the reason why I never tried
to help Landry Group out despite it being targeted and attacked by Joshua…”
He curled his lips into a bitter smile and began to recite some of the names on the page.
“These are the names of the companies that had been helping Landry Group in secret. Because none of you had
ever been directly involved in running the company, you’re probably not familiar with them, but I am.” Joshua
narrowed his eyes when he heard the names rolling off Jim’s tongue.
“I’m more than familiar with all the names of these companies because every time Lynch Group tried to target
Landry Group, they’d step up and cooperate with Landry Group, indirectly saving them from going bankrupt. “I’ve
sent my men to run background checks on these companies, and all of them came back with the discovery that a
lone man owned all these businesses, but no matter how hard my men tried, they couldn’t find more information
about this secretive boss.”
Joshua curled his lips into a smirk as he glanced at Jim.” Initially, I had thought the man behind the scenes was one
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmof Mr. Charles’ old friends, but it turns out it was you all along.”
Jim nodded. “That’s right; it was me. As for…”
He lifted his head to stare earnestly at Rosalyn and Charles. “As for the reason I decided to
keep my identity a secret and didn’t even offer to help Landry Group financially even when
faced with impending bankruptcy, I ..”
He let out an exhale as a look of defeat flashed across his face. “It was because I knew that
Landry Group was no match for Joshua at all, and even if I used all the money I had to help,
there was no guarantee that we’d even be able to put up a fight against Lynch Group.
“Therefore , if I kept my identity a secret, at least I’d be able to take you guys in if Landry
Group went bankrupt, and you’d have something to fall back on.
“However, if I exposed myself too early and made my assets known, the entire family would
go broke if my assets and Landry Group’s combined couldn’t overpower Joshua.”
The entire garden fell silent upon hearing this. Charles stared at his son dazedly as though
he wanted to say something, but no words came out.
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