Chapter 1451

Edward waved his hand to ask his secretary to leave.She walked out and closed the door.

He walked to the couch grumpily.

"You're too arrogant, kid, coming up here to talk business with me.Let me ask you, who is Juan
Saldana to you?" Since Edward went straight to the point, Ian didn’t hide.

"He’s my father." Edward paused.

"Isn’t his son Marco Saldana? Since when did he have another son?" Ian laughed.

"Would he tell the world that he has an illegitimate son?" Edward paused again.

People who had influence would not admit they had an illegitimate child because that was frowned
upon.

The children could only live in the shadows and could not be brought to life.

They were very much taboo.

Edward didn’t keep questioning him.

The son from Juan Saldana’s marriage had mental issues and would not be able to inherit the family
business, so it would be different if he had an illegitimate son.

However, Juan didn’t seem like someone who would let an illegitimate son take over his empire.

Otherwise, why would he hide his existence from the world? Edward hummed.

"Since you’re his illegitimate son, why do you think you qualify to come and talk to me? You probably
don’t have control over Synergy, and as far as I know, Juan would never pass down the



accomplishments and status he worked for go to someone who doesn’t have the birthright."

"I don’t need that from him." Ian adjusted his watch while looking calm.

"A company that’s involved in illegal funds would only be a hot potato to me.The Hydra Bay companies'
investigation isn’t a coincidence.He doesn't want to see me urgently because he wants a successor.He
just needs a scapegoat." Edward was a little surprised.

He looked at him curiously and asked after a moment, "You seem to know that, but since you’re not
doing this for Synergy, why are you here? And how could you promise to give my daughter 5% of
Synergy’s shares?"

"What if I transferred the shares?"

"Transferred?" Edward looked at him, seemingly angry.

"You know that Juan is struggling to protect his company.If you transfer the shares to my daughter,
aren’t you just transferring the hot potato to the Xaviers? You want u s to be the scapegoats?" Ian
chuckled.

"If that were the case, why would I suggest a marriage of convenience?" Edward didn’t reply.

"Synergy’s source of income is legal.Mr.Saldana wouldn't be dumb enough to use his own
company.They will find nothing from the accounts because he has a few offshore private accounts, and
the accounts are under Marco’s name." Edward was shocked.

"How do you know that?"

An offshore private account to move the funds from the company—anyone who ran a company would
know what that meant.



However, how had Ian found out about something so obscure? Ian looked around and fixed his eyes on
the dial.

"I’m from the ministry." Edward fell silent.

After Ian left, Edward called his secretary back in.She walked to his desk.

"Yes, sir?"

"Get someone to look into Ian Summers at the ministry."

He had to find out who he really was for safety reasons.

Maisie picked a present from the antique store in Dawn Garden and bumped into Barbara and her
mother-in-law, Christina Hill.

Christina saw her coming out of the antique shop, so she smiled and asked, "Picking a birthday present
for Nicholas?"


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