The Secret Heir Return To Wealth And Love

Sanderson was visibly taken aback. Despite his deep-seated loathing for Graham and Jacob, the Strand Group held a different significance for him.

Being the illegitimate child in the Strand family, he was the proverbial black sheep.

Illegitimate children, regardless of gender, were barred from inheriting the family business.

He endured the scorn, the sneers, and the outright mockery.

Like a loyal but underappreciated mutt, he followed Kendal's orders, staying by Graham's side as his right-hand man.

At first, his father hardly acknowledged Sanderson's existence. But after Sanderson returned to Kendal's side, he took diligent care of him. He faked a devotion so convincing that Kendal, feeling the distance with his own son and wife, was touched by this display of loyalty. It was only then that Kendal grudgingly allotted him a small share of the company.d2

But it was just a small share!

The second month after receiving his shares, it was Jacob's birthday.

That damned crone handed over half her stake to Jacob, more than what Sanderson had suffered years to earn.

How could Sanderson not hate them? What he had struggled so hard to gain was handed to Jacob and his father Graham on a silver platter.

So, after defeating Graham, Sanderson hadn't initially planned to sell off The Strand Group.

Even before Graham was ousted as CEO, Sanderson had tried to salvage The Strand Group' now precarious business.

But The Strand Group was no longer the powerhouse it once was.

No one respected the company anymore. He hit wall after wall and was left out in the cold.

After Graham's dismissal, foreign investors came knocking, offering a very tempting price.

Sanderson spent a whole night brooding, walking through his past life in his mind, and then it dawned on him.

He wanted to become the chairman of The Strand Group, to have control over it, just to prove a point to those who had looked down upon him.

But what good was such vindication? If he couldn't bring The Strand Group to greater heights under his leadership, to slap the faces of the Strand family.

Then he would ensure its downfall under his watch, to annihilate it once and for all, as the ultimate revenge against the Strand family!

With that thought, Sanderson quickly sat down to negotiate with the foreign investors.

They offered an incredibly enticing sum.

But selling the company required the consent of eighty percent of the shareholders.

The Strand family alone hoarded over thirty percent of the company's shares.

This made the path to selling the company exceedingly difficult.

Upon hearing that Lenora had lost her mind, Sanderson thought that the end was near for Graham and his wife, that they would finally cave in.

But unexpectedly, Jacob, who had been off the grid, returned.

Sanderson looked down at the stack of documents in Jacob's hand.

"You went to make a deal? What kind of deal?" Sanderson scoffed. "These past few months, I haven't just been planning to sell the company. I've tried to turn things around, but The Strand Group' reputation has been destroyed by you and your father. Now no one wants to partner with The Strand Group!"All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

"You're wrong," Jacob shook his head. "It's not that no one wants to partner with The Strand Group. They don't want to partner with Sanderson. I've heard you approached Apex Innovation Enterprises and Axiom International Group?"

Sanderson was caught off guard.