“Sorry, Jordan, I can’t reveal anything about the family secret to you for now because you haven’t completed all the family’s trials yet,” said Jesse.
Jordan knew that this was the family rule and even their father didn’t mention a word about it to Jordan.
So he only said, “I just want to know if that family secret is more tempting than our family’s dozens of billions of dollars worth of assets?”
With a contemptuous smile on his face, Jesse said, “How can those assets be compared to our family secret!?! Our family’s secret is priceless! It can’t be measured with money!”
Jordan was shocked and he didn’t expect the family to be so impressive! However, he did not want to think about those secrets and other things for the time being. All he wanted was to find Victoria!
Jordan asked, “Jesse, did you find out where Jamie took Victoria?”
Jesse shook his head and said, “The only thing I’m certain about is that they’re both no longer in the US. However, I have sent people to go around searching and once they find them, I might resort to extreme and forceful measures to arrest him.
“If I hurt him, I hope you can understand, Jordan. It’s not that I don’t care about brotherhood but because he’s gone too far.”
Jordan was put on the spot. “Jesse, it’s better not to be too ruthless. I’m afraid something will happen to Victoria if she’s in his hands. Besides, I want to ask him the reason that he did this!”
Jesse nodded and continued, “I now suspect that Jamie and the Howards have joined forces.”
“What? Jamie and the Howards have joined forces?”
Jordan was stunned again.
“Yes.” Jesse walked towards the curtain and said, “Based on my observations over the last few days, I discovered that Martin Howard is very interested in our family’s secret. That old fogie could tell from decades ago that Grandpa is not only rich but also carries lots of secrets. He has always wanted to become our in-laws and use the marriage to find out our family secret.
“Although Jamie, like you, has yet to complete all the trials, I suspect that he already knows what the family’s secret is!”
Jordan was surprised. “How is that possible?”
Jesse shook his head. “Beats me. He may have found out unintentionally, or maybe one of our family members revealed it to him.”
Two of the three male third-generation heirs of the Steeles actually already knew about the family secret!
It seemed that Jordan was the only one who didn’t know!
That made Jordan feel like he was lagging so far behind that he vowed to speed up the completion of the trials and find out quickly, just what secrets the family was up to!
Jesse continued, “There is something else that I don’t know if I should tell you about because I noticed that you and Lauren are getting along quite well, and you two even seem to be really loving.”
Jordan was instantly shocked to hear that. “Does it have something to do with Lauren? What is it? Tell me, I can accept it!”
Since experiencing the blow that Hailey dealt to him, Jordan felt that no woman could hurt him anymore.
“Sorry, Jordan, in the past few days, I sent someone to investigate your wife. I found out that Lauren is not as infatuated and loyal to you as she seems to be. She’s not a good woman. She pretends to be pure, innocent, and madly in love with you but that’s all an act.
“Jordan, don’t be fooled by her and don’t fall in love with her. You must ensure that you won’t let yourself fall for her. I don’t want the history between you and Hailey to repeat itself!”
Jordan froze in shock after hearing Jesse’s words. In the past three days, he and Lauren had been spending time together and were almost inseparable!
Lauren would text him and chat with him even when he was in the bathroom, just so he would feel her presence every single moment.
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