Ronald looked at the police in disbelief.
"Could there be a mistake?" The policemen were expressionless.
"We have validated it with several experts.How can there be a mistake?"
"But I personally stamped the seal on the contract...It's my company , SO I did it myself.How could it be
fake?"
"How would I know about that? Who knows what you were planning to do? Miss Brown's lawyer has
just arrived, and he suspects that you teamed up with someone else to transfer the funds out from the
company."
"No...I..."
Sweat appeared on Ronald's forehead.
He did, in fact, make a fake contract in order to transfer the company's property.
Now that the official seal was fake, he was in serious trouble indeed.
Michael was someone who could find evidence out of nothing.
Now that there really was something wrong, Ronald could already imagine the consequences.
He followed the police back to the house.
He didn't know when Michael had arrived, but the latter was already sitting boldly in a chair while
holding the contract with the fake seal on it.
When Michael saw Ronald enter, he smiled and said, "Mr.Brown, I heard that you stamped the fake
seal on this contract? What is the meaning of this? Did someone force you? Or did you want to test
whether it was possible to transfer properties with a fake seal?"
Michael smiled charmingly, but Ronald felt goosebumps all over his body.
He did not dare to look at Michael and Valeria.
"This...
this..."
As Michael looked at Ronald who was guilty, he began to read aloud, "According to the law of our
country, members of companies, enterprises, or other units, who try to take advantage of the
convenience of their duties to claim a share of assets which are worth with a large amount of money,
will be sentenced to imprisonment for less than five years.If the assets are worth a larger amount of
money, they will be sentenced to more than five years of imprisonment, and their assets will be
confiscated as well."
He was indeed a good lawyer.
Michael memorized the law in a clear and logical way.He smiled after he finished reciting it.
"Mr.Brown, ten billion dollars is a huge amount of money.Hmm, ten years behind bars is a long time
indeed...but I think you will get a longer sentence because of your crimes.If you go to jail now and get
your property confiscated, won't it be bad?"
Ronald's face was pale.He knew that Michael did not give out empty threats.
As long as Michael was onto a case, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Now, he could only beg Valeria to show him mercy.
Valeria didn't know her own true identity, so she should treat him as her own father.
If he touched her heart with affection and reason, her kind hearted and soft- heartedness would surely
convince her to let him go.
In the Howard Group, Hayden and Paisley were talking as Lucas walked in with a troubled expression.
"Sir Hayden, I have something important to discuss with you."
"Alright, then let's call it a day"
Hayden looked at Paisley warmly.
"Okay, I'll go back to the office first.If there's anything, you can call me!"
Paisley got up.
After sending her to the door, Lucas closed the door behind him and quickly walked over to Hayden's
side.
"Mr.Hayden, something big has happened to Ronald! All the people we sent to the Brownard Group’s
company were all sent to the police station.This is because Valeria charged them with the crime of
using a fake seal on the official contract to embezzle the company's property.Now, all of them are
waiting to be dealt with in the police station."
"Is this true?"
Surprise flashed across Hayden's face.
"I didn't know that Valeria was this capable!"
"That's right.Ronald fell into her trap this time, and he's dragging us along too!"
Lucas's expression was tense.
"Now that Valeria invited Michael over, I'm afraid this won't end peacefully."
Hearing that Michael had also gone over, Hayden's expression also tensed up.
"She got in contact with Michael? This really is a tacky situation because Michael's dealing with it
too.D*mn it, I Knew that Ronald wasn't reliable!"
"Now we have to find a way to solve it immediately.Our people are all at the police station.If we get
sued for faking the contract and transferring the company's property, our people will surely be
imprisoned.This matter should be dealt with as soon as possible.Mr.Hayden, please call Michael."
"There's no rush.If I were to call him, wouldn't I be showing my cowardice? Let Ronald deal with it
himself."
Compared to Lucas's worries, Hayden was furious, but he wasn't in a hurry.
"It's hard for Ronald to protect himself now.How is he going to deal with it?" Lucas asked, puzzled.
"He can find Valeria to take care of it, right? She's his daughter, after all.I refuse to believe that she
would send her own father to prison.If that's the case, would still she have a reputation?"Hayden
sighed.
"I invited her to meet me the other day, and she calmly asked me to pay attention to my reputation.I
understand now.She had this plan up her sleeve all along.I’m afraid that she already knew about
Ronald's plan a long time ago"
"So the problem happened because of her? She changed the seal to deal with us?"
"That's right.If we can find evidence that she forged an official seal, then we'll be able to deal with her
properly."
Hayden was a cunning businessman, and he had been in the industry for many years.
He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll send someone to every shop that makes official seals.I'm sure
that I can find evidence against her."
At the police station, Ronald threw away his dignity and pulled Valeria to the side to have a discussion.
"Valeria, can we just let this go?"
Let this go? This is not a small matter as it involves the illegal transfer of assets! Dad, you gave the
company s ten billion dollars to someone else, and you want me to let this go? If I did this to you, would
you just let it go?"
Valeria asked.
"This...this is not my doing.It's the d*mn mistress and her daughter who did it!"
Ronald pushed the blame to Julie and Ashley again.
"They did it? And you didn't know about it? But I remember very clearly that this is not what you said in
the office just now.Didn't you tell me that you were the one who personally stamped and signed the
seal?"
Valeria questioned.
"Well...I just found out about this, so I...I don't want to make a big deal out of it...Can we pretend that I
was possessed during that time?"
Ronald's face was red.
"Valeria, I know it's not right, but this is our family's problem.Let's go home and solve it together.This
has escalated into a big issue now...How am I supposed to live in the future? I beg you, okay?"
He used the word ‘possessed’ to explain everything he had done so far.
Wasn't he thinking too simply? She smirked and said, "Dad, I can let you go, but I have conditions."
"What are your conditions?"
"You step out of the company, and I'll take over"
"What? Do you want to run the company? Do you know how to runa company?"
He did not expect her to have a request like that.
How could he be willing to let go of the company that he had worked so hard for now? It was more
painful than killing him.
"I don't know how to manage a company, but I can learn how to.There are so many talented people in
the company, and I can find anyone to take over."
"If you can find anyone to take over, why don't you let me manage it instead?"
Ronald was so angry.
"How can you still manage a company when you've already messed up so much? Dad, no matter how
you look at it, you don't have the right to continue to manage it anymore.I'm not negotiating with you,
but I’m informing you to hand over the company's management rights.We are still father and daughter,
and you will still have your shares.You can enjoy your old age in peace.It doesn't matter if you don't
want to hand it over, and it's no big deal if I don't have a good reputation.I'll let Michael do things
according to the law.Since the result will be the same anyway, wouldn't it be better for you to take the
initiative and hand over your rights?"
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