Stephanie thought and couldn’t resist speaking up.
-Dad, are you sure Matthew is really my brother’s son? Have you done a paternity test? We have to be careful this time, we cannot make any more mistakes or the Seco Family will lose face.
It was a grandiose statement, but everyone knew exactly what I was thinking.
Jaime teased Stephanie directly.
-You’re afraid that Mateo suddenly showing up will steal your son’s interest again, aren’t you?
Stephanie’s mind was detected and she gave him a fierce look.
-Stop this nonsense, I’m just worried there’s another imposter like you!
Jaime smiled coldly.
-Since you are so worried, let me tell you that your son was just a tool from the beginning to the end, the one Alfredo put in the company to pave the way for his own grandson, just to control and balance me. Now that I have fallen, your son is useless, and will have to return to the Leoz Family, just as he did twenty years ago.
He smiled very openly. Although he had lost and had not gotten the Seco Family property, Pedro, who had been kind to Alfredo, would not get anything either.
Jaime was not a son of the Seco Family and it made sense that he had no property, but Pedro was still a grandson of the Seco Family.
When he thought about it, Jaime was glad, and he was even happier to see the look of annoyance and surprise on Stephanie’s face.
Alfredo looked at Jaime and suddenly spoke.
-I will leave half of the Grupo Seco property to Pedro.
-What? -Jaime’s laughter stopped abruptly and he looked dazedly at Alfredo.
There was no fluctuation in Alfredo’s face, he repeated in an indifferent voice.
-When Mateo returns, each of us will have half of the shares of Grupo Seco and all my properties will be managed together.
Jaime stumbled a little, his mind in a trance.
He suspected he had mistakenly heard that Alfredo wanted to give the property to Pedro. Didn’t he value consanguinity? Didn’t he have only his real grandson in his heart? Why would he give half of his property to Pedro?
-Then how is Mateo willing, how is he willing to give half of his fortune to Pedro?!
Jaime gritted his teeth and looked at Alfredo with a somber face. If he had made the decision on his own, when Mateo returned to the Seco Family, he would never have wanted it, and the Seco Family would not be at peace.
As if he could see the various thoughts running through his mind, Alfredo said.
-Mateo also agreed. He is not you who only recognizes property and not people.
Jaime was ruthless and relentless in his pursuit of fortune. While Mateo had inherited his father’s kindness and was not an indifferent and ruthless person.
-It is impossible!
Jaime could not believe it and desperately denied it.
Stephanie was ecstatic that her son had earned it. She thought it was good enough to receive a share of the property, but she never expected Alfredo to be willing to give Pedro half of the property.
Stephanie felt as if she were still in a dream, and the delight on her face could not be hidden as she said.
-Surely he is my brother’s son, very generous, not like this impostor, with little ability and great ambition.
Jaime looked at her harshly, his eyes red-rimmed and wanting to kill her.
Stephanie was so frightened that she took a step back, but when she saw the black-clad bodyguards around her, she was not afraid again.
-What are you looking at? Am I wrong?
It turned out that Pedro had finished contacting the Department of Foreign Affairs and was dealing with Jaime’s affairs, and as soon as he returned to the living room, he saw his mother arrogant and provoking Jaime.
He rushed forward and grabbed Stephanie by the shoulders.
-Mom, stop talking, Grandpa still has things to take care of.
The Jaime thing wasn’t over yet.
Pedro had just reported the incident to the Department of Foreign Affairs and had asked them to edit the copy, all hell broke loose in the company.
When it was announced, the Seco Family was going to be in the public eye for a long time and the subject of much discussion.
The follow-up needed to be handled properly, and Mateo’s return to the Seco Family needed to be properly arranged. Alfredo had a lot to deal with.
It would upset Alfredo to be here to cause trouble at this time.
Stephanie initially wanted to give him the good news excited to see him return, but her son winked and she instantly realized her emotions were too outgoing and was quick to rein them in.
Jaime stood in the middle, a bit puzzled, Alfredo had nothing to say to him, waving his hand towards the bodyguard.
-Take him away, Secretary Diaz, when the police arrive, you will follow them to the police station, present all the evidence and testify.
Secretary Diaz nodded.
The bodyguard was about to take Jaime out when suddenly Jaime resisted violently, his strength was so great that for a moment, several people could not hold him.
-Don’t touch me, I have something to ask!
Jaime shouted, with a cold voice full of hate.
-Let him go and talk! -Alfredo instructed his bodyguard.
The bodyguards released Jaime, but fearing that he might harm Alfredo, they remained close to him, attentive to his movements.
Jaime straightened his clothes and looked at Alfredo with reluctant eyes.
-Why would you share your property with Pedro?
-Why? -Alfredo laughed lightly.
-Originally I thought you should know, since you’re asking, then I’ll tell you straight.
He looked up, his face serious, with a cold, sharp glint in his eyes.
-What were you doing while I was pretending to be sick and in the hospital, and Pedro?
Jaime was stunned for a moment, he was busy taking staff at the company and pressuring the shareholders, thinking Alfredo would not wake up and was making arrangements in advance, wanting to keep Grupo Seco firmly in his control in the feud with Pedro.
But wasn’t Pedro just pretending to come to the hospital to visit Alfredo?
As if he could see what I was thinking, Alfredo laughed coldly.
-Pedro was looking for famous doctors from all over the world for me, and even begged the Santangel Family, and took the initiative to find out where Mateo was to wake me up. He was much more filial than you and treated me with sincerity.
Alfredo said and sighed.
-I’m old now, I’m not asking for anything, I just want a relative who doesn’t want my possessions, who respects me and is obedient to me. And all this, that you, whom I raised for twenty years, simply could not do, Pedro and Mateo could, so I made the decision to divide the property in half between each of them.
For Matthew, it was compensation, and also for Peter, he had already failed the boy once and didn’t want to fail him and hurt him a second time.
Secondary injuries could be very devastating.
Alfredo fixed his eyes on Guillermo, and said in a low voice:
-Guillermo, play back the recording.
Guillermo smiled, took out his cell phone and played the recording.
This recording was exactly what Jaime said when he sent it this morning.
The pattern of Alfredo’s life, his ambition for power, were heard by everyone at this moment.
Jaime clenched his fist and looked at Guillermo, he didn’t expect Guillermo to record it.
He didn’t even think Guillermo would be so loyal to Alfredo.
Obviously, in the morning, their relationship was very light, Alfredo simply ignored what Guillermo said. And there were rumors going around the company that Guillermo and Alfredo were not getting along, that Alfredo wanted Guillermo’s shares back.
After playing the recording, Guillermo put the phone away, still smiling, and said:
-I am where I am today thanks to Alfredo’s blessings. Alfredo saved me before, and it is a blessing to be able to fight for him, how could I dare to betray Alfredo? About Alfredo taking back my shares?
Guillermo smiled before saying.
-Actually, it’s not that Alfredo wanted his shares back, it’s that I wanted to give them to Alfredo, who didn’t want to take advantage of me and agreed to buy them. Jaime, not everyone is as ruthless as you. do you really think you have been the lord of the Seco Family for more than twenty years? do you really consider yourself a real lord? you don’t even know who you are, you are so ambitious and you even want to kill Alfredo, you are too vicious!