Chapter 449: You’d Better Stop Acting

Charles frowned, “I don’t know what you are talking about. Steward Group is running very well. We
don’t have any liabilities. The reason that I gave it to her is that she’s my daughter. She should inherit
Steward Group.”

Right then, Clarence approached them from nowhere. He said in an indifferent tone, “Why haven’t we
seen Ms. Steward tonight? For such a big event as the anniversary of Steward Group, she should
attend it.”

Charles stood with both hands at his back, “Phoebe doesn’t feel well. She’s taking a rest upstairs.”

“Really? Could you send someone to ask her to come downstairs? I want to ask her about something.”

Charles turned to look at him, “I’ve told you she doesn’t feel well.”

Clarence said, “Does Ms. Steward not feel well, or could she not accept that her identity as the
daughter of the Steward family was fake? She has snatched it from someone else.”

“Phoebe was adopted by me. She didn’t know anything about this matter. I admit that I felt sorry for
Stella, but I’ve already given her Steward Group. Mr. Conrad, please don’t be so merciless.”

“What’s the current situation with Steward Group now? Do you need me to repeat it?”

Before Charles spoke, a video clip was playing on the screen on the stage.

In the video, the information about the accident that happened in Steward Group was playing.

Most of the guests who attended the ceremony tonight were quite sensitive to the finance and
numbers. After reading through a few pages, they sensed what the problems were.



The number of the project wasn’t correct. There was a huge gap. A huge amount of money had been
missing.

Besides, for such a huge project, without the huge amount of funding, it still went on as usual. It could
be seen that how bad the materials had been used.

In the photos shown on the screen, a lot of orders of the materials and the capital transactions were
sighed by Charles.

Hence, this incident wasn’t the same as Steward Group announced - it was the fault of several senior
executives. Instead, Charles had known every detail of this project.

Meanwhile, some news reporters sneaked into the crowd. They started filming and photographing the
screen.

A lot of guests wondered who could capture so many confidential things.

“My father captured those documents. He’s the project manager of Steward Group. After he founds
those documents, he managed to capture the evidence. However, before he exposed them, he was
murdered by Charles Steward. Besides, they announced that my father had died from an accident in
the project. In fact, he killed my father!”

In the banquet hall, a child’s voice suddenly rang out. A boy pointed at Charles, his face full of hatred.

Stella followed the voice and found the boy was the one who Sherry had known online.

Charles withdrew his gaze. He looked over at William with unconcealed ruthlessness, “It turns out to be
you, sure enough.”

William smiled, “I just cooperate with Steward Group. To guarantee my interest, I went to look into the
matter. Much to my surprise, Steward Group has such a huge loophole. I’m quite worried about this



situation. That’s why I came to ask you about it, Mr. Steward.”

“Who the hell are you?”

“Me? I’m just an ordinary businessman.”

Charles snorted, “Things have come this far. You’d better stop acting in front of me. You all are working
together, aren’t you? I should have found it out earlier.”

Cameron walked over clutching his walking stick. He said with a solemn look, “You’d better stop acting,
Lyndon Steward. How long do you want to fake?”

Upon hearing it, an uproar was raised in the quiet banquet hall.

“Did I mishear anything? Lyndon Steward? Didn’t he reap the fruits of his actions and die in the
explosion twenty years ago?”

“Exactly. He has died for a long time. How could he suddenly be reborn? What’s Mr. Thomas talking
about?

“Ah... I rang the bell - Lyndon Steward and Charles Steward were twin brothers. They looked almost
the same. Hence, the man in front of us is actually Lyndon Steward instead of Charles Steward!”

“What’s the situation now? I got goosebumps!”

Upon hearing others' loud discussions, Charles kept calm. He said indifferently, “Mr. Thomas, I don’t
know what you are talking about.”

“Don’t you know? No. You know it very well,” said Cameron, “The DNA test report just now is for
Phoebe and you. After the explosion, you don’t think that you could successfully fake Charles Steward,



because you had too many flaws. Hence, you put a lot of effort to find your illegitimate daughter, who
was the same age as Stella. Then you replaced Stella with her.”

“I’ve said I adopted Phoebe. She’s not my illegitimate daughter. That’s nonsense!”

“Do you dare to take her to the hospital for the DNA test now?” Cameron paced the floor with his
walking stick and snapped, “You dare not! You are afraid that the test result would show Phoebe is your
biological daughter. You are more afraid that the test result will show you are not the real Charles
Steward. That’s why you were willing to have the DNA test with Stella.”

Clarence asked slowly, “Mr. Steward, do you have any explanation?”

Charles Steward said, “You are all making stories and putting me on a false charge. You have so many
people in the union. I can’t retort you all.”

Right then, Nathan came over, “Excuse me, Mr. Conrad. It’s resolved.”

Clarence hummed flatly. Then he added, “Mr. Steward, good news - the fire of the Stewards’ Mansion
has been put out. Except for a sofa, other things are not damaged. It’s not a big loss. As for the safe
mentioned just now, can we verify it now?”

Charles sneered, taking a few steps back, “You all are awesome. I don’t have any comment.”

Suddenly, a big explosion was heard on the chandelier of the ceiling in the banquet hall. Instantly, all
the lights were out. Darkness covered everything.

Guests let out exclaims. No one could tell who the guests were around them.

Stella was pushed to somewhere by the crow. She felt that her back was bumped fiercely. Losing
balance, before she fell to the ground, she felt that she fell into a familiar embrace. Meanwhile, her



wrist was grabbed.

Clarence was holding her. She wondered who was gripping her wrist.

A few seconds later, the emergency lamps were one. Stella felt the other party had withdrawn the hand
that gripped her. While the light was on, she faintly saw William leave.

Clarence said above her head, “At this time, you should have stared at me with gratefulness and
affection. What are you staring at now?”

Stella didn’t answer.

She withdrew her gaze, “You’d better remain silent.”

As soon as the wretched man spoke, he ruined the atmosphere.

When all of them came back to their senses, they found Charles... no, Lyndon Steward, was
missing.

wrist was grabbed.
Clarence was holding her. She wondered who was gripping her wrist.

A few seconds later, the emergency lamps were one. Stella felt the other party had withdrawn the hand
that gripped her. While the light was on, she faintly saw William leave.

Clarence said above her head, “At this time, you should have stared at me with gratefulness and
affection. What are you staring at now?”

Stella didn’t answer.
She withdrew her gaze, “You'd better remain silent.”
As soon as the wretched man spoke, he ruined the atmosphere.

When all of them came back to their senses, they found Charles... no, Lyndon Steward, was
missing.



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