Chapter 635

"Anday, you can't keep spoiling him right now. Do you really think Mars bailed him out of kindness? Mars has his own agenda. He's a big player in the Peterson family now. Do you think he cares about your son or your second wife? Get real!"

Lawrence tried to grab the phone, but Anday tossed it aside, stubbornly tearing down the pretense. "If you hurt my son, I won't acknowledge you as the head of the family! The Rodriguez Group is already falling apart. Don't push me! I've sent people to intercept Sean. I'll bring him home; he's not going with Mars!"

"Enough, stop fighting!" Betty walked over, tears streaming down her face. She pointed at them and cried out, "You're still arguing? Bob's life is hanging by a thread, and my husband just got suspended by the military. Can't you see the Peterson family is closing in on us in business and politics? Mom, I think the Rodriguez family is doomed because of your two grandsons. One steals another man's wife, the other steals company secrets. Bob and Anday can't even control their own sons!"

Lawrence's eyes were sharp. "Aunt Betty, if there's blame, it's on me. Leave my father out of this."

"Did I get him wronged?" Betty shot back angrily. "He can't control his wife, his adopted son, and his own son. Glaring at me won't help, Lawrence. Soon, you'll be nothing. The so-called number one young master of Veridiania might be replaced by Mars. Who knows what his relationship with the Peterson family is? Maybe he's Hellen's lover."

"Shut up," Lawrence snapped, unable to listen any longer.

Leah also glared at her. "Amy, get your Aunt Betty out of here. Your father needs peace!"

"Mom, you always take his side."

In the corridor, the Rodriguez family members looked exhausted.

Lawrence was tired too, but his face showed only numb and determination. After helping Leah sit down, he walked to the window, trying to clear his mind and think through the situation. 'What's the connection between the Peterson family and Fantasyville NexGen Innovations Company?'

He called Bryan. "Check who the president of NexGen Innovations Company is. Is it the eldest son of the Peterson family, as Mr. Jones mentioned?"

Ten minutes later, Bryan called back. "Mr. Rodriguez, the owner of NexGen Innovations Company is indeed the eldest son of the Peterson family, Ronnie."

"Ronnie?" Lawrence's mind raced; the name rang a bell. A middle-aged man's face flashed in his mind. He gritted his teeth and spat out the name, his face filled with unexpected shock.

On the road a kilometer from the police station, Sean shook off the bodyguards sent by Anday with disdain.

"Mr. Rodriguez, please go back!"

"Mr. Anday Rodriguez instructed that you can't go with Mars." The bodyguards, knocked down by Mars, pleaded with Sean.

Sean frowned and kicked them away.

Mars sneered lazily. "Yeah, your dad wants you to go back so Lawrence can break your legs and send you back to prison."

Thinking of Lawrence's face, Sean shuddered. What Lawrence did to him today made him hate him even more.

He shouted at the bodyguards, "I'm not going back. Tell my useless dad that if he won't stand up to Lawrence, I will. When Lawrence can't handle the company's losses and resigns, I'll replace him!"

Mars smirked. "You've got the makings of a CEO."

Getting into the car, Sean sighed in relief. "Mars, thanks. If it weren't for you, Lawrence would've sent me to prison."

"How could I let him hurt you? We're friends. Come with me to the Peterson family."

"The Peterson family?" Sean glanced at him nervously. He knew how powerful they were now.

His hand tightened. "Mars, what's your relationship with the Peterson family? They've suddenly become so influential, and you've gained power through them. Do you want to be president of the Rodriguez Group too?"

Mars chuckled, licking his lips. "I'm just a small player in the Peterson family. Someone like Mr. Peterson has nothing to do with me. Don't worry. I'll keep helping you get back at Lawrence."

Mars seemed like just a worker for the Peterson family, and Sean felt more at ease.

When they arrived at the Peterson family, Sean met several managers of the Peterson Group. They took him to a club to have fun.

Sean enjoyed the attention until a beautiful woman appeared beside him, shyly looking at him. "Sean, you're so handsome. I've heard you're very good-looking."

"Miss, who are you?"

"I'm a cousin of the Peterson family."

"Miss, you're very beautiful." Sean, ever the lecher, couldn't control himself and quickly reached out to touch her.

"Lawrence!" Back at the hospital, Anday burst into Bob's room, his face full of regret and pain. "Something happened to Sean, Lawrence. I should listen to you!"

"What happened?" Lawrence stood up. "Didn't you send someone to pick him up?"

"He refused to come back with the bodyguards! He insisted on staying with Mars, went to a club at night, and somehow ended up flirting with Ronald's wife. Ronald caught him in the act at the bar, beat him severely, and took him away."

Skylar ran over, pleading with Lawrence. "Lawrence, please save Sean. He must have been set up by Mars. What do we do? We only have this one son."

Betty shouted, "Anday, your son is a complete mess. Lawrence told you not to indulge him, but you wouldn't listen. Now he's fallen into Mars's trap. And he even flirt with Ronald's wife."

Ronald was the third son of the Peterson family.

Everything had fallen into the situation Lawrence least wanted to see. "Uncle Anday, Mars is silencing Sean."

"What?"

Anday wavered, finally starting to realize that if Sean had stolen the EWM chip under Mars's orders, Mars wouldn't escape if Sean was interrogated at the police station. So Mars bailed him out.

"Lawrence, I regret it! People at the bar said Sean was beaten to a pulp by Ronald, severely injured. I beg you, for the sake of him being your cousin, find out where he was taken. I can't lose my son!"

"Don't worry. I'll go find him now." Lawrence stood up, feeling the weight of the trouble.

His eyes turned sharp. The Rodriguez family had been hit by one disaster after another, pushed to the brink everywhere in a short time, leaving him no room to breathe.

There was an invisible force behind all this, controlling everything.

Mars, and Ronnie, who appeared at the Rodriguez family banquet, Hellen's unremarkable elder brother. Lawrence, including Bob, had never suspected Ronnie!

Lawrence took a deep breath, feeling as if a giant stone was pressing on his shoulder blades. The Rodriguez family now had only him to support it.