Female Novel
Chapter 2381
After a pause, Belinda added, “You should stay at home and take care of the company and family
matters. I hope you can produce good results.”
She wanted to investigate her nieces’ whereabouts in Wiltspoon.
Rumors had it that Audrey Stone was her eldest niece. She appeared not to be aware of it but she wasnovelbin
simply pretending to do so.
Zachary’s wedding presented an opportunity for her to conduct a thorough investigation.
Caroline asked Belinda, “Will you be heading there alone? What about Dad?
“I thought of accompanying you there. Wiltspoon is a big city with many business opportunities. Should
we expand our family business there?”
Caroline visited Wiltspoon but it was done secretly. Her mother discovered evidence of her expenses
there.
Luckily, the fact that she had met with the Stone family was still hidden, and so was her gift delivery
through Darren to Liberty during the opening of her new restaurant.
Otherwise, the hawklike Belinda would have guessed her motives behind meeting Audrey.
As for Caroline's DNA test with Audrey, Audrey did not inform her of the results. There was no way she
would let Belinda know too.
Caroline knew Belinda had already suspected Audrey was her niece and was only acting. Her trip to
Wiltspoon would probably last half a month.
Belinda said indifferently, “Haste makes waste, Caroline. If you can’t even handle matters at the HQ,
don’t even think of expanding the business.
“Every industry in Wiltspoon is saturated. With the presence of York Corporation, Stone Group, and FC
& Co.’s subsidiary company, we won’t be able to gain anything there.
“We should keep our business within our territory. The Fisher family used to be the best in Jensburg,
but we’re ranked terribly now. We’ll soon be eliminated from the list of prominent families if you lot don’t
do better.”
Belinda sighed. “I was incompetent. The Fisher family was at its prime when your grandmother was still
alive. Even when your aunt took over, our family could maintain the status quo.
“I had no choice but to take over when your aunts passed away. I was flustered back then because I
had never undergone any training prior.
“At that time, some people were trying to fight for power after your aunt died. The Fisher family was a
mess. It took me a few years to stabilize the situation.
“Despite that, we were heavily affected and started going downhill.”
Belinda was in high spirits when she mentioned the past and the Fisher family’s glorious history. It
sounded as if she was the sole contributor to it all.
“I’m old now. My strength will run out in a few years. I used to place all my hopes on Celine, but she
isn’t biologically ours. No wonder she can’t compare to you despite all my efforts in training her.”
Although Caroline had only been back with the family for a year, Belinda sensed that she was a natural
at business. Since Caroline was pretending to be incompetent, Belinda simply played along and made
people think her daughter was useless.
Belinda also utilized a common misunderstanding that she still loved Celine and not Caroline to her
advantage. It was meant to reveal the true colors of ambitious people and train Caroline. The mess she
created while she was the matriarch would have to be resolved by Caroline in the future.