The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 557 Trapped by Someone (2)_1

Chapter 557: Chapter 557 Trapped by Someone (2)_1

Indeed, as soon as Brown Kress left the last law firm, he received an exasperated call from his mother, Mrs. Brown, "Brown Kress, you — get back here immediately."

After Mrs. Brown barked out those words, she hung up the phone. Brown Kress, listening to his mother’s furious voice, had a bad feeling in his heart. However, he had not yet linked his mother’s rage to the contract issue with Dragon Society.

Having received his mother’s call, Brown Kress didn’t dare linger; he got into his car and hurried to the Brown family’s ancestral home. While on the road, he got another call from a shareholder of the company. It was from this shareholder that Brown Kress learned that the news about the issue with the contract he signed with Dragon Society had spread everywhere.

Not just the people from Brown Group but those from other families knew about it.

Over the phone, Brown Kress was reprimanded by that shareholder. At that moment, even if Brown Kress was reluctant to accept it, he offered no rebuttal, as the problem with the contract was a result of his own carelessness.

Moreover, should the contract issue remain unresolved, the shareholders would suffer great financial losses. So, at this time, what stance did Brown Kress have to argue?

Just after being scolded by the Brown Group shareholder and the call ended, Brown Kress’s phone started ringing again. By now, knowing that the contract issue had been exposed, he didn’t pick up the call, waiting instead for the phone to keep ringing until it stopped.

He himself, however, slumped onto the car seat like a deflated ball.

After the contract between Brown Group and Dragon Society was exposed, Brown Kress never showed up at Brown Group again. Instead, Mrs. Brown, who had been absent from the scene for years, took Brown Kress’s place temporarily.

Although Mrs. Brown was furious with Brown Kress for such a mess that it caused a massive loss to the Brown Family, Brown Kress was after all her only son. She did not want to hand over the Brown family to that illegitimate child. Otherwise, all her years of effort would have been in vain.

Thus, with no other options available, after severely scolding Brown Kress, Mrs. Brown took charge again, managing the affairs of Brown Group, and focusing on resolving the contract issue with Dragon Society.

The shareholders of the Brown Family had no objections to Mrs. Brown taking matters into her own hands. With Mrs. Brown’s reassurance, they agreed to allow Brown Kress to remain as President Brown for the time being. However, the shareholders set conditions that the issue with Dragon Society’s contract must be resolved, and the projects specified in the contract must proceed normally. In other words, their Brown Group had to profit.

Although Mrs. Brown knew this was going to be difficult, in order not to let Brown Group fall into the hands of the illegitimate child, she clenched her teeth and accepted the terms.

After taking over Brown Group, Mrs. Brown began to contact Dragon Society, reaching out to Xia Yujie. Like her son Brown Kress, Mrs. Brown was proud and considered herself superior, maintaining a condescending demeanor even when asking for favors.

She even delegated the task of contacting Dragon Society to her subordinates. But why would Xia Yujie and Liu Yuxiang ever agree to be looked down upon?

All calls from Brown Group were rejected, and eventually, Brown Group’s phone numbers were directly blacklisted. This left Mrs. Brown, who had been so arrogant, in a bind. She had no choice but to lower her head and personally seek out Xia Yujie and Liu Yuxiang.

But Xia Yujie and Liu Yuxiang weren’t individuals you could see just because you wanted to. Mrs. Brown was turned away at the doors of Dragon Society, which made her teeth itch with anger, yet she was helpless because she was the one asking for a favor.

Mrs. Brown swore to herself more than once that once the contract issue was resolved, she would see how to deal with the people at Dragon Society.

But before she could even think about how to handle Dragon Society, the Brown Group’s anxious shareholders couldn’t wait any longer, pressing her continuously. They demanded that she solve all the issues within a week, or else Brown Kress would have to vacate the position of President.

And before Mrs. Brown could find a solution to the contract issue with Dragon Society, another piece of news broke out, highly detrimental to the Brown Family and Brown Kress. It was about Brown Kress keeping a mistress.

Normally, such matters of keeping a mistress in high society were an open secret, but if such a matter were to be exposed, particularly splashed across the entire entertainment section with tangible evidence, then it became a different story.

Especially during such a critical time, it was even more significant.

"What is this, how dare this newspaper publish such news about the Family Head of the Brown Family? Do they no longer care about their reputation in BL? Lisa, go and spread the word for me, have this newspaper retract all the copies they’ve distributed and make a public clarification that the news is false," Mrs. Brown ordered sharply after throwing the newspaper onto the desk.

After giving her instructions, Mrs. Brown put the matter out of her mind. She believed that given the Brown Family’s stature in BL, the newspaper would surely be afraid and comply. But this time, she miscalculated.

Far from suppressing the news about Brown Kress keeping a mistress, the situation escalated as the newspaper reported being pressured by Mrs. Brown. It became so severe that many BL citizens expressed their disappointment with the so-called upper echelons of BL society.

"What’s going on? Didn’t I instruct you to put pressure on that newspaper? Why have they written even more about this?" Mrs. Brown threw the latest edition of the newspaper directly at her assistant’s face.

The assistant stood there, wanting to dodge, but ultimately did not evade. "Madam, I did as you instructed. But it seems that the newspaper’s backing isn’t small; their owner didn’t react at all to your pressure," the assistant said with his head lowered.