President Office, the Saint Group
Hayden and Ernest came into the building from the back door secretly, going into the President’s Office directly.
Derek was busy working when they came in. He had been keeping vigil beside the coffin for six days, and many backlogs needed to be cleared.
“Harden, leave us alone.”
“Yes, Mr. Derek.” Harden walked out and closed the door.
“Uncle, what do you want to see me about?” Ernest walked up to Derek.
“Come and sit here,” Derek said as he set his pen aside and looked up.
Ernest sat opposite Derek.
“Before your grandfather’s death, he asked you to his room. What did he say to you?”
Ernest suddenly became nervous. He also guessed that it would be this matter, “He didn’t say anything. Just mentioned my mother, then he was hopeless. ”
“Really?”
“Well, if I lie to you, I will pay for it!” Ernest immediately raised his hand to swear. Anyway, he did not believe in such things.
“What are you doing? I totally believe in you,” Derek immediately prevented him from swearing.
“Grandfather’s will was never found?” Ernest grinned.
“Yes,” Derek nodded, “I don’t know if your grandfather had leftover a will or not.”
“Uncle, I have an idea. I don’t know if it will make it.”
“What’s that?”
“Why don’t you make one yourself? There are only a few people in our family anyway. Grandfather definitely can’t give the Saint Group to someone else but you. You are his only son. There’s no difference whether we could find his will or not!”
Ernest said his idea casually.
Derek looked at his nephew and thought Ernest was so innocent.
Derek knocked Ernest’s head with a pen and said, “It is said that the entertainment circle is very complicated. You have been in the circle for so long. Why are you still like this?”
“I … because you have protected me well.”
Derek snorted and thought Ernest was right. He was worried that Ernest would get into bad habits in the entertainment circle, so he had done a lot to protect Ernest. “Perhaps, such protection would also harm him,” Derek thought,
“Such protection probably made him unable to realize the dangers of the world.”
“Ernest, don’t forget yourself.”
“Me?” Ernest said, his heart beating rather faster. He didn’t want it! He firmly didn’t want it! Although he had such a premonition that his grandfather would give the group to him!
“Come on, uncle, is that possible?”
“Why not? I am your grandfather’s only son, and you are the only grandson of him. Besides, your father was also a high-ranking official of the Saint Group, and he was adopted by the Maynard family. In your grandfather’s eyes, you may also be one of the heirs.”
Ernest was even more afraid after hearing his words!
“Well, uncle. You know me. I’m not cut out for managing a business. How could I be the heir?”
“Uncle,” Ernest moved close to Derek, “I mean, if grandfather made me the heir in his will in a moment of madness, then you could still prepare a fake one to replace me. Anyway, only you and I know the truth. No one will know If they keep it between us.”
Derek lightly snorted and thought, “It seems that his nephew has been protected too well.”
“All right, stop here, Ernest. You can go back into acting now.”
“Okay, I’m leaving now. And please don’t forget to change the will if you find my name in it.”
Derek did not speak, then Ernest left.
Polaris City
As soon as links for two days, Serina did not see Derek. She also followed the news about the Saint Group. Its internal turmoil did bring the whole group into public notice.
Whenever the leader of a group died, it would naturally trigger a series of fights.
The external opinion was that Dalton Maynard had passed away without a will, or Derek was not the heir of the Saint Group in Dalton’s will.
Otherwise, upon the death of his father, Derek would have taken out the will to blow over the troubles from various powers and to stabilize his status.
After all, anything could happen over time.
Serina had guessed most of the current situation because Ernest had mentioned Dalton’s will to her.
She was really worried about Derek now.
Serina’s mind was in a mess.
The phone suddenly rang. Her first reaction was that it was Derek!
But she saw Ernest’s name when she picked it up.
Serina could not help but feel a little disappointed.
“What’s up, Ernie?”
“What’s up, Ernie? You waiting for my uncle’s call, right? How disappointed you are!” Ernest teased Serina on the phone.
“So what? I’m waiting for my husband’s call. Anything wrong?”
“Ok, ok, then, I just left his office half an hour ago.”
“You went to his office? What’s he doing? I haven’t seen him for two days,” Serina asked eagerly.
“He is looking for the will. It seems that the board of directors is stressing him. Uncle doesn’t look very well. I think he probably can’t find the will.”
“Oh.”
“However, I told him to change the name if I was the heir in the will. I don’t want to inherit the group anyway. As long as I keep the secret, no one will know about it.”
“Ah?”
“So, I remind you, don’t let him know the words that I told you before.”
“I know.”
“This is our secret, so promise me never to tell others.”
“Ok.”
“Alright, I…”
Before he had done speaking, an ear-piercing sound came down the line, like the sound of an emergency brake after a collision.
Serina reflexively took the phone away. She rubbed her ears and then took the phone closer again.
The phone went died.
“Ernie!”
Serina’s heart sank. The sound filled her with foreboding.
Yolanda’s words flashed into her mind. Yolanda told her that Lauren was a vicious and merciless woman. It was possible that Dalton and Rafael’s car accident had been framed by Lauren!
Serina wondered, ‘Lauren was calculative. It was possible for her to figure out that Dalton might make Ernest the heir!
Therefore, she struck the first blow!
If there is only Derek to be the heir, the dust can settle even without a will!’
Serina suddenly had a panic fear.
…
Hospital
Ernest did have a car accident. The ambulance arrived after a long wait and sent the three people in the car to the hospital.
Derek rushed to the hospital the moment he knew the accident. The doctor explained the situation to him briefly.
“Derek, how is Ernie? I heard that he had a car accident,” Lauren rushed over to the hospital and asked.
“Nothing serious. But his agent, Lucas, and the driver were dead. Ernie is temporarily unconscious with a concussion. The doctor said that he would be awake in a while.”
“What?”
Lauren could believe his words.