Confrontation
Charles deeply abhorred Yareli. If it weren’t for his worry for Frances, he wouldn’t have come over.
Frances uttered, “If you’re not going, I will.” “All right, Granny. I’ll go.” Left with no choice, Charles
turned and left. Frances heaved a long sigh. Her body was getting weaker. She supposed she would
have to hand over the Yoeger family to Charles as soon as possible.
Charles headed to Gizem’s ward. In truth, he had a lot of questions for her. When he arrived, Gizem
happened to be resting. “Come in,” she responded calmly after she heard knocking on the door.
Charles opened the door and entered the room. Gizem raised a brow. “It’s you?” He began
impassively, “What did you do to Yareli?” “Ha!” Gizem sneered. “Why don’t you ask what she did to
me?” Charles stared intently at her. “I actually don’t really care for any of that. I have other questions for
you.” In fact, he didn’t care if Yareli lived or died. Gizem looked at him. “What questions?” “What’s your
relationship with Axeworth Corporation?” Charles went straight to the point. Gizem frowned deeply.
Somehow, it seemed that many people knew about her relationship with Axeworth Corporation.
The problem was that outsiders couldn’t have found out about that, unless someone in the group
leaked it. “If I told you that I have nothing to do with this corporation you mentioned, would you believe
me?” Gizem asked coldly. Charles stared at her icily. “You don’t know when to quit, do you?” Gizem
knitted her brows. “These days, I’ve received a lot of information about you.” Charles narrowed his
eyes. “They all show that you are heavily associated with Axeworth Corporation. How do you explain
that?” Gizem snickered. “Information can be misleading.” “My intelligence network has never made
mistakes,” Charles said confidently. “Do you know how much information I have? Plenty, just like
snowflakes.” Gizem frowned.
“It seems that you’re not exactly welcomed in Axeworth Corporation,” he mocked. Gizem’s brows
furrowed again. She didn’t want to answer that. Charles cast her a cold glance. “I’ll just ask you one
thing.” Gizem’s long eyelashes trembled. “What?” “What’s your master’s name?” Charles inquired
sternly. “Five years ago, did he bring a woman home?” Gizem was rather stumped. This man knows
my master! “I don’t know anything.” She fiddled with her fingers. “I lost my memory.” Lost her memory?
Charles didn’t buy that. “That’s a lame excuse.” Right then, Gizem tore off her hyper-realistic mask,
revealing the scorched face underneath. “Five years ago, I was unconscious. I was trapped in a fire,
and my face got burned. When they were trying to save me, something hit my head. I might have
woken up, but I lost my memory. Happy now?” Charles stared at Gizem’s face in shock. She snapped
at him, “I have nothing else to say to you! Leave!” Charles felt awkward indeed. With a horrifying face
like that, life must have been difficult for her. After a moment’s hesitation, Charles turned to leave.
Gizem breathed a sigh of relief. Her face could certainly turn many people away. She took out her
phone and called her master.
“Giz, why are you calling me at this hour?” the old man grumbled. “Master, I want to ask you
something. Who leaked my information?” Gizem was enraged. “It’s barely been ten days since I came
to Chanaea. Now, Samuel and Charles both know about my connection with Axeworth Corporation!”
Her master frowned. “How did they find out?” “I’m not sure about Samuel, but Charles told me that
someone had leaked it to him on purpose,” Gizem said. “Master, if this goes on, I might have to go
back. It’s dangerous for me to stay here in Jadeborough!” She knew that Samuel and Charles had
been looking for information about Axeworth Corporation all these years. However, this time, she had
been tricked. “You can’t come back now,” her master said, frowning. “You haven’t finished your
mission.”
“Ha!” Gizem chuckled bitterly. “How can I proceed like this? You might as well wait around to collect my
corpse!” Her master furrowed his brows. “Don’t panic. I’ll send someone to look into this.” “Fine. I’ll give
you three days,” she said, still upset. “If you can’t find out anything, I’m coming back. I’ll clear out the
pests myself!” After that, she hung up. Her master realized that she was really crossed. “Come in,” he
commanded in a low voice. A man entered. He was Zack Hoffman, one of the old man’s apprentices.
“Get someone to investigate and find out who released information about Gizem. Catch the traitor and
don’t let them off.” “Understood.” Zack nodded. “You may leave now,” said the old man. “Master,
Raymond’s here,” Zack reminded him. The master narrowed his eyes. “Tell him to come in.” Zack
nodded, then turned to leave. A moment later, Raymond came in. “It’s been a long time, Old Mr.
Hoover.” Raymond flashed a half-smile. Hoover was the old man’s last name. However, everyone in
the entire Axeworth Corporation referred to him as their leader. Others like Gizem and Zack would call
him “Master.” Therefore, no one outside of Axeworth Corporation knew about the last name of
Axeworth Corporation’s leader.
Theodore Hoover looked at Raymond meaningfully. “What’s your business here? Haven’t I told you that
I can’t cure your sickness? Just wait for death, will you?” “Haha!” Raymond laughed. “Back then, I
thought I was marked for death as well, but the heavens allowed me to live a few more years. Now, I’m
fit as a fiddle. It seems that they aren’t ready to take me yet.” Theodore snorted. “Don’t be so cheeky.
They might change their mind tomorrow.” Raymond’s lips curled up into a smile. “Old Mr. Hoover, I’ve
received news.” “What kind of news?” Theodore peered at his visitor.
“I heard that five years ago, you brought back an unconscious woman.” Raymond observed Theodore’s
wrinkly face, hoping to spot some clues. Theodore frowned. “Says who?” “That’s not important,”
Raymond said slowly. “Kathleen suddenly died five years ago, but Charles hasn’t visited her grave at
all. Don’t you find that odd?” “Don’t you know that recollection stirs emotions?” Theodore asked
mockingly. “Oh, I forgot.” “Forgot what?” Raymond asked with curiosity. “You don’t have emotions!”
Theodore sneered at him. “Back then, you saw potential in Kathleen and forced her to marry one of
your two sons. You even poisoned Charles to hold her back. Charles doesn’t know anything about that,
right? When he eventually finds out, do you think you can still live?” Raymond scoffed, “You know lots
of things, huh?” “Haha!” Theodore laughed. “Both our organizations are on the same land. For so many
years, we might not be on good terms, but we don’t have bad blood either. Today, you come to confront
me about something so baseless. How do you think I’d feel?”
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