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That was the place she knew best, and pharmaceutical research and development was her strongest suit.
On the other side, Charles emerged from the private elevator and strode. quickly toward his office. When he pushed the door open, he saw Cassius. already seated on the sofa, waiting for him.
“You’re late,” Cassius remarked, taking a sip of his coffee.
Charles replied with a touch of helplessness, “Camilla insisted on coming to the company with me. It took some time to settle her in.”
“Camilla?” Cassius couldn’t help but frown at the mention of the woman. “Isn’t she still blind? And yet she insists on clinging to you?”
Cassius’s face was full of sarcasm. “Her obsession with you has truly been. unwavering for a decade. She’s like a piece of bubblegum that just won’t stick off.”
Recalling the things Camilla had done in the past, he couldn’t help but sneer. “Indeed, without such extraordinary tactics and a thick skin, how would she have had the chance to marry you and enter high society?”
Charles, listening to Cassius’s words, did not refute them. Instead, his expression gradually became more inscrutable.
That was right; everyone around him knew that Camilla had been infatuated with him for ten years, to the point of being unable to extricate herself. He couldn’t believe she had changed.
The act of uprooting all the tulips and planting yellow roses might just be Camilla’s way of trying to regain his attention after waking up.
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Realizing this, Charles felt himself relax. The vague sense of discomfort. that had been weighing on his mind for the past few days dissipated significantly.
Charles looked at Cassius and said calmly, “That’s enough. Camilla is, after all, my wife and the mother of my two children. Please refrain from speaking like this in front of her.”
Cassius, understanding Charles’s thoughts, curled his lips into a slight smile. “Don’t worry. I’ll show her respect in public.”
Cassius had not come today just to complain about Camilla to Charles.
“I checked with my dad last night. The one who acquired Westwide Pharmaceutical isn’t Percival, the publicly acknowledged heir of the Norwood family, but rather the second son who rarely makes an appearance,” Cassius said meaningfully, glancing at Charles as he placed his coffee cup back on the table. “Benedict.”
Charles’s expression darkened slightly.
In their circle, the Lockwood family was not the wealthiest, and their assets were slightly less than those of the Hawthorne family. However, the Lockwood family had been involved in politics for many years, and during the peak of Cassius’s father’s political career, he could enter and leave the president’s house without needing to report.
Thus, the Lockwood family had always held a high status within the circle and could be considered one of the few families that could genuinely claim a connection with the Norwood family.
The publicly acknowledged heir of the Norwood family was Percival, but in recent years, rumors had begun to circulate within the circle that his father had an illegitimate son, Benedict.
Charles frowned. If it had been Vincent, it would have been easier to
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handle. He could have found an intermediary to introduce him and meet. Vincent face–to–face to discuss future cooperation. He was confident that he could persuade Vincent. But Charles knew little about Benedict.
Charles looked at Cassius. “Do you know anything about Benedict?”
Cassius paused for a moment, recalling the scene from over half a year ago in a certain underground club in Montelaira where he had
encountered Benedict.
Benedict’s face had been half–covered in blood, yet he had smiled, slowly lifting his eyelids. That one glance had been filled with such malevolent ferocity and bloodthirsty excitement. It was hard to find ten thousand people as mad and ruthless as him.
Cassius still felt a chill down his spine when he thought about it. He solemnly warned Charles, “You’d better not mess with Benedict.”
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