He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 1071

Listening to the man's high-sounding words and looking at his cold-blooded, shameless face, Yardley felt an icy chill wash over him. A powerful realization suddenly surfaced in his mind. He felt as though this was all a massive, elaborate trap.

Quentin Thorne and his daughter must have been plotting this from the very beginning of the marriage, calculating exactly when this day would come. Otherwise, Quentin's timing for proposing a buyout wouldn't be so eerily perfect. No matter how arrogant Veronica Thorne was, she wouldn't risk her own reputation and use every dirty trick in the book to drag Flynn Group into a public relations abyss—unless there was a massive payoff pulling the strings.

Yardley belatedly realized that everything about this situation felt wrong. Desperately suppressing the fury bubbling in his chest, he glared coldly at Quentin for a few seconds, choosing to swallow the humiliation for now. "I need some time to consider this proposal. Right now, I have to go to the hospital and handle my father's funeral arrangements. We'll talk after the memorial is settled."

Hearing this, Quentin's face immediately contorted into a mask of hypocritical sympathy. He reached out and patted Yardley's shoulder. "Of course. It's only human nature. I completely understand. It's fine, Yardley, handle the funeral first. But don't wait too long. Once the arrangements are done, I'll help you meet with the investors so we can all sit down and finalize the buyout."

That "don't wait too long" carried a silent pressure. The absolute certainty in Quentin's tone only deepened Yardley's suspicions. However, he didn't snap. He knew perfectly well that at a critical juncture like this, he didn't have the capital to go head-to-head with the Thorne family. The most important thing right now was to buy himself some breathing room and figure out if his theory was correct.

After sending Quentin away, Yardley rushed straight to the hospital. At the entrance, the paparazzi were already swarming, forming layers upon layers of cameras and microphones, all desperate to dig up the Flynn family's darkest secrets and most explosive scandals.

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