When Donald was still trying to convince him, Danrique was getting very annoyed. “This is my personal

matter, so I'll decide what's best for myself. You don't have to be bothered by it, Uncle Donald.”

Danrique then proceeded to send Donald away by saying, “It's getting late. You should go home and

rest.”

With that, he gestured for Donald to leave. Seeing that, Danrique's subordinates immediately

approached Donald to send him out.

Although Donald was fuming, he said patiently, “Danrique, I know you're an arrogant man. All these

years, you've been doing things your way, and we've never stopped you. However, this concerns the

Lindberg family, so I hope you can think about it thoroughly.”

After saying that, Donald left feeling helpless.

With his head lowered, Danrique sat on the couch and sipped his tea in silence. There seemed to be

something weighing on his mind.

Right then, Norah delivered him dinner and uttered caringly, “Mr. Lindberg, you haven't eaten anything

all day. Have some food, okay?” “All right.” Danrique glanced at the dishes on the table, but he had no

appetite at all.

“Mr. Lindberg!” At that moment, Sean rushed in and gestured for everyone to leave.

Silence fell, and only Danrique and Sean were left in the room.

Sean uttered softly, “When I was on my way here, Gordon had told me about what happened at the

company. I've looked into the matter. In fact, Mr. Adams had already contacted the Atkinson family

secretively prior to this. Besides, he had long been interested in Ms. Atkinson. He had only taken the

opportunity to announce it to everyone at the conference today.”

“It seems like he did that on purpose to get my attention.” Danrique grinned.

“I don't understand. If Mr. Adams wants to unite the three great families, why doesn’t he just do it

secretively? Why would he alert you?” Sean asked curiously.

“Why wouldn't he?” Danrique chuckled coldly and added, “If he gets to choose, he would rather have

me as his ally. After all, the three great families are still no match for me if they were to link up. If I don't

give in, they'd rather risk everything they have to take me down.”

“What should we do now, then?” Sean was getting uneasy. “When Donald came to look for you, did he

want you to arrange a marriage with the Atkinson family? If you do that, at least the three great families

would still be on our side, and Lindberg Corporation wouldn't get dissolved. Otherwise, Lindberg

Corporation might crumble if Mr. Adams ends up being in control in the future. When that happens,

Donald might be in trouble as well. Now that he's on the same boat as us, he does have a point. If Mr.

Adams were to marry Hazel, things might not turn out great for us.”

“Yes. I know.” Danrique nodded. “However, I can't marry her.”

“Yes. But...” Sean didn't dare to finish his sentence because he was well aware of Danrique's temper.

Once he had decided on something, no one would be able to change his mind.

“I would be a coward if I have to sacrifice my feelings and body in exchange for power and status.”

Danrique knew what Sean was about to say, so he gave him his answer right away.

“Still, the current situation isn't favorable to us,” Sean uttered cautiously. “Were now facing internal

turmoil as well as external threats. Although everything might seem manageable now, the

consequences might be catastrophic when something bad happens.”

“Indeed. I'll talk to Mr. Adams—”

Suddenly, Danrique's phone rang, and it was Hazel on the other end of the phone call.

“I'll get them to let you through.” Danrique shot Sean a glance. Co?tent оf

“No,” Danrique answered coldly.