In the disclosure, although it didn’t point out which big shot in business was Stella’s sugar daddy, it
could be perceived from the lines that he was a person that even SG didn’t dare to offend. This
explained why Stella’s scandals were oppressed again and again and why SG gave her strong support.
This matter went virus comprehensively after the disclosure. Suddenly a person, asserting to be a
person in the know, disclosed that the photos were photographed in the Conrad family in City N.
There were many replies to this post. Someone asserting to be an employee of SG said that she once
saw a rich lady come to SG’s office for Stella.
The onlookers recalled the scenes and guessed that the rich lady she mentioned should be Joanna.
A commenter then mentioned illegitimate children. In the beginning, they were all discussing which
member of the Conrad family was the father of the illegitimate child in Stella’s belly. A commenter
suddenly mentioned, the Conrad family had an illegitimate child now.
When Stella learned about this, it was already ten o’clock in the evening.
And it was Sherry who called her and told her about this.
This matter had triggered heated discussion and the stock price of the Conrad Group had been
affected to some extent.
Sherry swallowed salvia, seeming to be frightened, “Stella, will they blame you for all of these? Can
you escape now? Should I call the police and ask them to rescue you?”
Stella thought it weird. It seemed like the disclosure was targeting her from the beginning, but it
suddenly changed its target out of no reason and took aim at an illegitimate child.
Both she and other members of the Conrad family were clear that illegitimate child had been the
biggest barrier and reason for estrangement between Clarence and the other members of the Conrad
family. And it was also the source of all the problems.
When thinking of this, Stella shook her head, “Please help me observe the tendency of public opinion
and this matter. If there’s any problem, please tell me in time.”
She paused and continued, “And help me take care of Channing too.”
“I see.” But Sherry was still worrying about Stella, “How’s this. You shall send me a message to prove
that you’re safe once an hour. Only in this way can I make sure whether they have hurt you or not.”
“Okay.”
After ending the call, Sherry asked, “By the way, how is Clarence going to solve this problem?”
Stella shook her head, “I don’t know. He went to the company this morning and hasn’t come back yet.”
Sherry said, “I see. I will ask my friend about the current situation of the Conrad Group and I will reply if
there’s news.”
When Stella ended the call, Stella heard a loud sound from the study downstairs.
It seemed like Dempsey was throwing temper tantrums and was smashing things.
Stella clenched her phone tightly and only opened the door after taking a deep breath.
When she was about to go downstairs, she bumped into Justin.
Justin asked, “Stella, why are you going out so late?”
Stella pressed her lips together, “This problem is caused by me. I want to …”
“Stella, you don’t need to think too much of it. It’s not your fault.”
Stella’s phone suddenly rang.
It was a call from Clarence.
Stella hesitated and then received the call. Clarence’s cold voice immediately sounded from the other
end of the phone, “Stay in your bedroom. You’re not allowed to go anywhere. This matter has nothing
to do with you.”
Stella, “…”
Did he install a surveillance camera on her?
After finishing the words, Clarence hung up the phone without waiting for Stella’s reply.
Watching Stella put down her phone slowly, Justin chuckled, “Is it Clarence?”
Stella nodded her head.
“Just listen to him. He will solve all of these.”
Stella didn’t say anything else and went back to her bedroom.
It was true that she couldn’t help in this matter and she would at most be the one for them to vent their
fits of anger if she went downstairs.
But tonight’s matters were fishy.
They were so closely linked.
…
Justin found Joanna in the garden. Looking at her back, Justin only spoke after a long while, “Mom.”
Joanna turned around and it seemed like she was not surprised at all, “It’s so late now. Why do you
ding me?”
“Did you plan that matter related to Clarence?”
Joanna curled her lips into a light smile, “Walls have ears. Maybe it’s because even God can’t bear it
any longer.”
Justin was a bit helpless, “It has already evolved to such a situation. Aren’t you afraid that it’s not
chaotic enough?”
“Why am I afraid of it? I’m just afraid that it will not be boisterous enough. You’ve suffered grievance for
many years, can’t I vent the anger for you?” Joanna continued, “Moreover, I didn’t arrange this. I just
stirred up the trouble.”
Joanna was true. She was indeed not the dominant intriguer of this matter.
This matter not only related to the Conrad family’s reputation but also hers. Therefore, she didn’t take
action even though she had thought of ruining Clarence’s reputation and status through this means.
But now since someone had disclosed this, she just took the opportunity to guide the public opinion.
Justin said, “But can you change anything by doing this?”
“I would like to bring some troubles to him even though I can’t change anything.” Joanna stood up, “All
right. Don’t involve in this matter. I will deal with it according to the situations.”
Annie, who hid in the darkness, bit her lower lip tightly.
She hadn’t expected that Clarence was Dempsey’s illegitimate son, which meant that he had no blood
relation with her and he was not her real cousin.
No wonder that Joanna didn’t like him since childhood. Annie had been thinking that this was because
Joanna favored Justin before after he was crippled.
But now she finally realized why Joanna asked her to call Justin ‘brother’, but call Clarence ‘cousin’.
It turned out that he was just an illegitimate son.
Since this was the case, why should she be afraid of him?
Annie turned around and went upstairs to the second floor. Standing in front of Stella’s bedroom, she
narrowed her eyes.
…
In the Conrad Group…
The whole company was enshrouded in an oppressive ambience in the face of this sudden negative
news.
Now no one cared about who the sugar daddy of that designer was and who the child’s father was.
What they cared more about was the news that was indistinctly pointed out on the internet – Clarence,
the CEO of the Conrad Group, might be an illegitimate son.
As for a rumor of a rich family, the more obscure it was, the more curious the others were.
In the CEO’s office…
Nathan felt that her career was encountered by an unprecedentedly serious challenge. His back broke
out into cold sweats, “Mr. Conrad, we can’t oppress the trending news and there are many negative
comments and we can’t delete them all for the time being…”
There was still no change in Clarence’s expression. He casually strolled the disclosures and said in a
cold voice, “Do you find out the first discloser?”
“Not yet.” Nathan replied in a low voice, “He used a fake identity and the IP address was in an internet
bar. The surveillance cameras in the vicinity didn’t get his face.”
Clarence said in a calm voice, “Stella just divorced me half a year ago. But it seems like she has many
enemies.”
Nathan, “…”
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