The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About novel Chapter 200

Chapter 200: Chapter 200: The Sloan Family’s True Heir?

What was at the auction? Of all the people there, only Mrs. Sloan had discovered his intentions.

Nathaniel Sloan didn’t hide anything. "A piece of land assessed at over ten billion."

Estelle Lockwood was astonished. "The Sloan Family is willing to spend that much? Why buy it? Don’t tell me Chairman Sloan still hasn’t given up on his dream of expanding the Sloan Group?"

A cold glint appeared in Nathaniel Sloan’s eyes. "Who said Ethan Sloan was doing it for the Sloan Group?"

「Two days later.」 Estelle Lockwood found out why.

The Lancaster Family had moved away twenty-three years ago, and now they were suddenly back. After their return, the Sloan Group announced something major—an event that could change the entire equity structure of the company.

Back then, the Sloan Group and the Lancaster Group had been joined by marriage. Ethan Sloan married the Lancasters’ eldest daughter, Miranda Lancaster. But Miranda and Laura Jennings became pregnant at the same time. Laura Jennings’s child was born, but Miss Lancaster’s child died.

Now, with the Lancaster Family’s return, they announced that the child was still alive. He had taken the Lancaster surname, was named Theodore Lancaster, and had been raised by the Lancaster Family to adulthood!

As the son of Ethan Sloan and the elder Miss Lancaster, that child was the Sloan Family’s legitimate son, the rightful heir to the Sloan Group!

So... all the Sloan Group shareholders who had been hoping for Nathaniel Sloan to inherit the company now had a more legitimate successor. And he was one who had been meticulously groomed by the Lancaster Family. Wasn’t that even better?!

For a time, the company was in an uproar, and the story of Laura Jennings and Ethan Sloan was dug up and exposed.

"The Lancaster Family came back to get revenge for the elder Miss Lancaster, who died all those years ago?"

"Yeah. After the elder Miss Lancaster married Chairman Sloan, she lost her child, fell into a depression, and then passed away. The Lancaster Family is most likely back to settle the score with the Sloan Family."

"So Ethan Sloan is a scumbag, Laura Jennings is the mistress, and... what does that make Mr. Sloan? An illegitimate son?"

"That’s weird. Isn’t Laura Jennings the mistress? Why is the Lancaster Family allowing her to attend events as Mrs. Sloan?"

"Haven’t you heard? The Lancaster Family issued a statement. Laura Jennings’s pregnancy was an accident, and she never intended to usurp the position of Mrs. Sloan. In the end, it was..."

Inside Star Group Tower, the gossiping employees got to this point in their conversation when they glanced at Estelle Lockwood, who was standing nearby. They immediately fell silent, but couldn’t suppress their thirst for gossip:

"In the end, it was Mr. Sloan who insisted on having Laura Jennings find Ethan Sloan. He was the one who clamored to be the Sloan family’s young master. Old Mr. Sloan took pity on his grandson and couldn’t bear to see him living on the outside, so that’s why..."

Penelope Sullivan frowned. "Stop gossiping at work."

The employees walked away looking embarrassed. Penelope Sullivan’s frown deepened. She turned to the HR manager beside her and said, "Find out who else in the company has a loose tongue."

The HR manager nodded. "Rest assured."

Penelope Sullivan watched the employees leave before returning to Estelle Lockwood’s office. "Estelle, what are all these rumors about?"

Estelle Lockwood rested her chin in her palm, suddenly recalling the auction—the Sloan Group was buying that ten-billion-dollar plot of land for someone specific.

’So, this trap was dug for the Lancaster Family?’

Although there were many rumors—claiming Nathaniel Sloan was biting off more than he could chew, or that Laura Jennings never intended to be the other woman—those who knew the real story knew the Sloan Family was spouting nonsense.

And then there was the Lancaster Family... They hadn’t cared when the elder Miss Lancaster died, but now they were getting along splendidly with the mistress.

Estelle Lockwood called Mrs. Kendrick to ask about the matter, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Kendrick’s reaction was quite peculiar.

"You want to ask about the Lancaster Family’s situation?"

Estelle Lockwood nodded.

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