Chapter 520

Carmen let out a furious yell in her office. Her eyes were red with rage. She couldn’t understand why her father didn’t even try to save the BeeShare project and instead went straight to declaring it bankrupt. Even when she went to beg him, he didn’t even let her see him.

Esme, the assistant sent by Ernesto, waited for her to finish her outburst before saying, “Miss Carmen Wilson, I just found out something. Mrs. Wilson might have kept a lover, and Mr. Wilson found out.”

Carmen froze. She immediately thought of Kyler and clenched her jaw. Why couldn’t her mother be more careful? She’d already noticed something was off, but now it had even reached her father’s ears! She couldn’t help but feel even more frustrated with Alice. Resentment toward Alice grew in her heart. She blamed her for dragging her down. Clenching her teeth, Carmen snapped, “Help me contact my uncle!”

Ernesto had anticipated her reaction. “I know what you want to ask. As for the BeeShare project, listen to your father and drop it. He’s right.”

“Why?” Carmen was stunned. He was the one who gave her the project at first. And now, he wanted to abandon it.

“There are indeed many problems with this project that are currently unsolvable. Of course, if Aubree hadn’t interfered, despite the obstacles, completing it wouldn’t have been an issue.”

“But right now, there’s no ‘if.’ For both public and private reasons, Ronald won’t continue to invest in this project. Without Wilson Group’s support, the Lawson Group will naturally pull back as well. Diamonde Group couldn’t afford to keep stalling.”

Carmen understood. It was because of Alice that Ronald wouldn’t give her any more money. And as it stood, the mess Aubree had caused truly couldn’t be cleaned up. She bit her lip so hard it bled. The taste of blood only fueled her fury. She wished Aubree had died more than ten years ago!

Ernesto also looked worried. There was something else he feared—the secret of Carmen’s birth. Now that Kyler had been exposed, could Carmen’s background still stay hidden?

“Then what do we do now?” Without Ronald’s support, she wasn’t even close to being a match for Bryan at Wilson Group.

Carmen clenched her phone tightly, suddenly recalling that Kyler was likely Aubree’s person. “Uncle, we forgot something. Kyler is probably with Aubree. His sudden exposure… could it have something to do with her?”

Ernesto froze. He hadn’t considered that. He thought it was just an accident. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. Something felt wrong.

If Aubree was behind all of this, if it had all been part of her calculations… what was she trying to do? A terrifying possibility came to mind. Ernesto broke into a cold sweat. Aubree could have known the truth about Carmen’s parentage. She was guiding Ronald to investigate Carmen and Alice. That would be a disaster!

“Uncle? Uncle!” Carmen called out several times. She didn’t know the truth about her relationship with Alice. In her memory, she had been brought to the orphanage by someone and had lived there for two years before being adopted by the Wilson family. She thought it was Aubree’s big move that had frightened her uncle, so she called out anxiously.

Ernesto finally came back to his senses. “Carmen, Aubree has to die, or we’ll be in deep trouble.”

Those human traffickers had also been exposed. Aubree probably already knew how she had been abducted back then. With the truth of Carmen’s parentage added to that, if Ronald ever found out and believed it, they would lose everything. Ernesto couldn’t imagine a father reacting kindly to learning that his real daughter had suffered while he had pampered the child of his enemy for so many years.

Hearing his grave tone, Carmen’s heart jumped to her throat. “Uncle, what should we do?”

“Isn’t Trevor in a scandal right now?”

At the mention of this, Carmen frowned in disgust. “Trevor never learns, causing such a mess and dragging the company down with him.”

Chapter 521

Trevor’s cheating scandal was blowing up online. No matter how he tried to defend himself, the divorce agreement was real and had been handed over to Sophia. His reputation was definitely taking a hit.

People were starting to boycott him. Ever since his debut, he’d always used his connection with the Wilson family as a selling point. It boosted his fame, but now it was dragging everything down with him. When he was popular, many Wilson Group industries saw increased profits. Now that he was in trouble, that same connection was backfiring hard.

Carmen absent-mindedly recalled a similar incident from before. How was it resolved? Oh right, Aubree. But Trevor had misunderstood and thought she was the one who helped him. During that time, he had actually shown her genuine warmth and smiles.

“I get it now. This current scandal of his is probably Aubree’s doing too. I’m sure he wants her dead even more than we do right now. Uncle, I’ll persuade him.” Carmen smiled faintly.

Ernesto was also pleased. “Right. And once Aubree is dealt with, don’t worry too much about BeeShare. I’ve got news of a new project in Mistmere. I heard Bryan is also involved. I’ll send you the information. Grab it first and use it to break into the shareholders’ circle.”

“Alright,” Carmen replied.

Right now, she was just a project manager. Only by taking on more projects could she climb higher. Without entering the board, she’d never have a real say in the company. Carmen didn’t waste another second. “Help me locate Trevor.”

Meanwhile, after causing so much chaos for the Wilson family, Aubree had already moved on and thrown them to the back of her mind. She was already making progress on the plan she’d agreed on with Darius.

Darius had found that researcher. He let the researcher set his own conditions. The man’s name was Frederic Hewitt. Compared to Trevor, he was far more qualified to be called a doctor. He genuinely wanted to create medicine that could cure terminal illnesses and benefit humanity.

Frederic made only one request. Within the lab, he had the final say. Neither Darius nor anyone else could interfere with his decisions. It wasn’t an unreasonable demand. Darius added a clause: unless Frederic’s actions crossed a major ethical line, he wouldn’t step in. The two sides signed the contract without hesitation.

Aubree invested half of the funds and, with Darius, set up a research lab. Relying on her experience, she built him an elite team. They had already begun research, and results were expected soon.

Meanwhile, over at the research institute, the academicians had used the clues Aubree provided to successfully develop a long-stalled chip. This chip had already entered production. As a major contributor, Aubree had been subtly told by many influential figures, “If you ever run into trouble, just come to us.”

They didn’t believe the timing was coincidental. Aubree clearly had deep knowledge of the problem’s solution. Judging from her uncanny insight, they assumed she was secretly a top expert in the field, just not interested in a research career. Some of them had even thought of inviting her to join the institute until they remembered her net worth.

Someone worth billions of dollars wouldn’t willingly choose to suffer in academia. What they could do now was hold onto her and, when needed, ask for a few small favors.