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Vivienne slid the bamboo slats back into the manila envelope and pulled out the documents within.
“Kaitlyn,” she began, her voice suddenly slicing through the silence, “you mentioned before that it
was Harrison who brought ruin upon your family, was it because he tampered with your family’s
product?”
Kaitlyn blinked, a shadow of pain darkening her gaze as she recalled the past. “That’s correct. The
Littletons, though rooted in an ancient line of warriors, were always more inclined towards herbal
remedies. After the establishment of New Veridia, we branched into modern medicine as well. Our
pharmaceuticals were once the toast of the market, all originating from the Littleton labs.”
Back in the day, referring to the Littleton enterprise as a state-owned giant wouldn’t have been an
overstatement.
As the sole heir to the Littleton legacy, Kaitlyn may not have had a knack for medicine, but she
excelled in business management.
Upon reaching adulthood, her father entrusted her with a portion of the Littleton empire.
And she did not disappoint. During that period, the Littleton name was synonymous with success in
the domestic business circles.
But there was one thing that gnawed at Kaitlyn – her lack of medical talent. She had overheard her
parents lamenting the potential end of their family’s medical legacy, and the guilt weighed heavily on
her. She was determined to right this perceived wrong. Hence, she scoured the world for a medical
prodigy until she crossed paths with Harrison.
“I was out closing deals when I saw Harrison, surrounded by a bunch of thugs accusing him of
stealing their thunder in front of a mentor, claiming someone from the sticks had no business in the
medical field.”
The memory brought a sarcastic smile to her lips. “Back then, I was young and couldn’t stand to see
someone bullied, so I stepped in to help Harrison. Little did I know, it was all a trap set by him and
his cronies from those ancient warrior lineages!”
At first, Kaitlyn didn’t take Harrison, a seemingly insignificant figure, seriously.
Yet, as time passed, Harrison’s shadow began to loom over every aspect of her life. He seduced
her with his apparent medical genius and made her fall in love with him.
Eventually, he wormed his way into the Littletons’ top-secret pharmaceutical research team.
Everything seemed to be going well at first. The drugs Harrison developed received positive clinical
feedback.
But when they were on the cusp of marriage, everything changed!
“My parents never trusted Harrison.” Kaitlyn’s voice broke as she covered her face with her hands,
weeping, “It was my stubbornness. I was so blinded by love that I believed Harrison was my
soulmate. That’s why I placed him in such a critical position, and that’s why everything fell apart. It’s
all my fault!”
The image of her parents’ suicide still haunted her nightmares. Consumed by guilt and regret, she
spent countless sleepless nights.
It wasn’t until she met Tyler that the fog of despondency began to lift.
Vivienne looked at her with a sigh. Why was it that she kept encountering women blinded by love?
Mr. Wolf’s aunt had been the same, and Kaitlyn had been no different.
She patted Kaitlyn’s shoulder. “You shouldn’t blame yourself. Even without Harrison, those greedy
ancient warrior lineages would’ve found another way to crush your family.”
The Sheldon family had suffered the same fate.
So too had the Littletons, torn apart by the insatiable greed and reckless actions of the ancient
warrior lineages that had caused tragedies like Kaitlyn’s.
Countless families had vanished, condemned by baseless accusations because they refused to
bow to such tyranny.
The more Vivienne thought about it, the more she felt her next move was justified. “Leopold, send a
message to Jerry. We need him to draft two lawsuits for us to file with the courts.”
“Right away, Vivienne,” Leopold said as he reached for his phone. It wasn’t until he dialed the
number that he paused to ask, “Who are we suing exactly?”
“Harrison, and a certain school board,” she replied.
“What?” Leopold blurted out, his disbelief evident. Had he misheard? Was she really going after the
school board?
Thomas, equally perplexed, chimed in, “Madam, who did you say we’re suing?”
Kaitlyn, who had been on the verge of tears, suddenly found her sorrow stifled by Vivienne’s
audacious declaration. She hesitated, wanting to check Vivienne’s temperature but not daring to.
“Vivienne, going after Harrison I get, but the school board… isn’t that a bit much? My in-laws…”
Though the negligence originated from lower levels, the root of the problem was the Abernathy
family’s machinations. What good would suing the school board do?
Percival remained silent, the most composed person in the room aside from Kaitlyn’s unconscious
parents. He listened with a faint, indulgent smile, as if Vivienne had merely commented on the
weather rather than dropping a bombshell.
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“Vivienne, you want to make a spectacle of this?”
She gave him a look that said ‘Mr. Wolf gets it’ and replied, “If the ancient warrior lineages don’t
want to be dragged into the modern world, then perhaps it’s time for the Abernathys to step into the
limelight.
Consider it a heads up about that the Grimshaw family’s lapdogs have got their claws into some key
players in Rivenwood. Over the years, these ancient warrior lineage have been creeping into the
local power structure. Take a wild guess how many there are now?”
“But… but…” Leopold stuttered, fidgeting with his napkin.
“Vivienne,” he managed to say, “even so, can’t we just file a report with the higher-ups? Isn’t this a
bit too—ya know—extreme?”
Thomas twirled his finger beside his temple, a light bulb moment washing over him, then slapped
Leopold on the back of his head. “Who said anything about really suing the board, you goof?
Remember the folks who handled the Littleton in-laws’ mess? After all these years, they’re probably
the bigwigs now. We pick one of them out. Sure, we can’t snitch on the board, but as citizens, we
can still accuse them of taking kickbacks.”
“Smart.” Vivienne’s eyes sparkled with approval.
She gave Leopold another look, one that said ‘why can’t you be more like us?’ Both she and
Percival prided themselves on their wits, yet Leopold, despite all the time he’d spent with them,
hadn’t seemed to absorb a thing.
He could feel Vivienne’s gaze scolding him.
Leopold sheepishly touched his nose. “You could’ve said something sooner. You had me scared for
a second there. And, Vivienne, you even freaked out Mrs. Littleton.”
He thought, where on earth could you actually sue the government?
Government-owned companies, sure.
Kaitlyn’s cheeks flushed a quick shade of pink, embarrassed by his comment. “I might not know
much about the guy who dealt with my father-in-law’s case back in the day, but I do know one of
them is now a bureau chief. You’ve met him, Vivienne, he was the man with Zinnia last night at the
get-together, Kipling.”
“Then let’s target him,” Vivienne declared.
