novelxo Chapter 475
Chapter 475 Sideline Old Morris
He looked at me and fell into silence
A moment later, as if repeating what I had said, he spoke softly, "Is that so... Aaron called you, huh? No, Olive, you don't need to apologize to me for that. I know you didn't mean it. It's normal for you to react that way when you didn't know if your husband was alive or dead."
Before I had a chance to apologize for what I had done before, Joe had already rationalized and explained all of my actions
However, his expression was still somewhat gloomy, and he even deliberately avoided my gaze until I reluctantly tugged at his sleeve
"Joe, you are Aaron's brother, which means you
are also my brother. I sincerely hope that you can consider me as part of the family too. IfI have done something wrong, you can criticize me, there is no need to suffer and accept my rudeness."
Yes, after a brief moment of confusion, I attributed Joe's reaction just now to him being polite with me
Because people always subconsciously show their truest side to their truly intimate ones, just like he did when he scolded Maria just now, he knew she was his mother, and no matter what conflicts arose between them, there would always be a way to resolve them
But he probably felt that he couldn't treat me that way. We were just strangers who met because of our family relationship. I was only his brother's wife, and he had to maintain
politeness and courtesy towards me, even if he felt wronged himself, he couldn't have too much conflict with me
This realization made me feel somewhat defeated, as my plan of treating Joe as family had actually been implemented for a long time
Joe frowned and glanced at me as if it took him a few seconds to fully comprehend what I had said
He opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally let out a sigh, avoiding the topic
"Since... Since Aaron has already called you, there's no need for me to hide something from you. Olive, actually, I was also planning to come and find you. Please make sure to hold onto that 10% equity, no matter what."
Returning to the topic at hand, I no longer had the mental space to be entangled in emotions. I quickly nodded to indicate that Aaron had already informed me about the importance of that equity
Their plan was to make old Morris believe that Aaron had really had an accident. In this way, he would inevitably feel that Joe had become his only child in his heart, and would no longer be as tough in guarding against Joe as before
Naturally, he would relax his vigilance and shift his focus to Aaron's GHY group
Originally, Joe and Aaron were still thinking about how to merge GHY Group with Morris without losing operational control. However, because he was eager to merge, he took the initiative to throw me a condition. Now, the only difference in information between me and Morris is that I know Aaron will come back
safely, while he is gambling with his son's life
He lost the bet and lost ten percent of his shares
The inheritance of Morris Group fell into Aaron's hands. However, because Joe still had twenty percent, he could easily win over his eldest son and continue to initiate a new round of containment as he does now
If he won the bet, he would acquire numerous assets of GHY Group and also be able to restrict Joe's power with the shares in my hands
But Mr. Morris certainly didn't expect that his sons had already planned to make him lose the bet, and he was going to lose not only his shares
They wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to completely suppress old Morris by using my 10% stake in addition to the
brothers' combined 40%, leaving old Morris with only 20% ownership. They simply wanted to sideline old Morris
However, Aaron still had no interest in inheriting the rights to Morris Group, so the two brothers had already discussed and agreed that after everything was over, Joe would become the undisputed manager of Morris Group
After listening to Joe's account, I couldn't help but sigh once again. Within the wealthy family, there was no trace of warmth to be found between father and son
Joe saw through my thoughts
"In fact, by plotting against our father, it was not only for power or revenge. You also know that our father is getting older day by day, and his health 1s deteriorating. If we let him continue to
behave recklessly, constantly fighting for power with his son and neglecting the management, then Morris Group will soon go downhill."
We couldn't let our father ruin the Morris Group, after all, half of it was the Hoffman family's hard work. I also had my own selfishness, I didn't want to see my brother Aaron lose his last bit of connection with his mother, nor did I want to further alienate him from our father