After Having a Dream, I Became Pregnant with a Billionaire's Child-Chapter 439 - 413: The Fall of the Smith Family (Part 1)

Chapter 439: Chapter 413: The Fall of the Smith Family (Part 1)

Faye Manor was speechless, he almost forgot, his sister-in-law is Deity Owen.

After all, there aren’t many cars that can match up to Deity Owen’s modified motorcycle.

Faye Manor was worrying about how to explain things to Master Carter when one of his men hurriedly ran down: "Brother Faye, Rainny White wants to see you."

Rainny White had been held in an apartment ever since they brought her back from Cloud Lake Villa.

Faye Manor and the others asked her what was going on, but she claimed ignorance, saying only that Secretary-General Sutton sent her.

After being detained for a few days, Rainny White refused to accept it, demanding to go home, and now even started a hunger strike.

Faye Manor pinched the bridge of his nose; women are such trouble.

In the room, Rainny White was throwing a fit. Upon seeing Faye Manor, she quickly stood up and eagerly said, "Faye Manor, please let me go back. I don’t know anything. Sebastian Carter still needs me, he won’t eat without me."

Faye Manor furrowed his brows, deep in thought.

Seeing hope, Rainny White quickly added, "Faye Manor, you’re Carlos’s good brother, Sebastian is Carlos’s son, you wouldn’t want anything to happen to his son, would you?"

Faye Manor hesitated, then took out his phone and said, "Why don’t you call Sebastian Carter?"

Rainny White hurriedly said, "He won’t eat unless he sees me. Let me go back, I promise I’ll never do anything bad again."

After thinking it over, Faye Manor agreed.

Rainny White was released and hurried back to the villa. Upon returning, she called Linda White, "Sis, arrange for me to meet Carlos."

Rainny White assertively said, "I believe Carlos has feelings for me, and besides, we have a son.

I’ll say you’re using my son’s life to threaten him, he’ll definitely give in.

But after things are settled, you have to give 30% of Carter Clan shares to my son and me."

Linda White agreed, and Rainny White was immediately taken to the security office.

Upon seeing Carlos, Rainny White’s eyes became teary, and she looked pitiful.

"Carlos, do you know? Emily Parker has already gone to Cloud Lake Villa and took Celeste away. I want to help take care of her, but she won’t let me."

Sophie Parker wiped her tears with her hand, sounding very aggrieved, "These days have been so difficult for Sebby and me, you can’t even imagine.

Sebby was doing well in kindergarten, but because of rumors about the Carter Clan, he was called out by the teacher several times and eventually kicked out, coming home to hide in his room and cry, asking if his dad did something wrong.

Seeing the child like that feels like a knife to my heart."

She sniffed, "The Carter Clan’s reputation is terrible now, rumors of smuggling everywhere, the stock price dropping daily, how exhausting for you to bear?

Secretary-General Sutton wants to take over the Carter Clan, why not just go along with it and hand the clan over to Charles Smith.

I’ll take Sebby, continue to help you look after Celeste, treat them like my own, we can leave Zylos together and escape this place, wouldn’t it be nice?"

Carlos just listened silently.

Rainny White secretly observed his expression, and seeing that he didn’t object, quickly added, "I’m not after your money, I just want to live well with you and the kids, not getting involved in all this mess again."

After a while, Carlos slowly raised his eyes, with a hint of exhaustion and concession, "Letting the Carter Clan go isn’t impossible.

But if I sell the shares, it has to be at a good price in reference to stock value, otherwise I can’t explain it to the family, nor guarantee a good life for you and our son."

Hearing this, Rainny White was instantly ecstatic, forgetting to wipe her tears, quickly nodding: "Good! Definitely at a good price! I’ll speak to Secretary-General Sutton about it, don’t worry, I’ll make sure it’s agreed!"

She rushed to place a call to Charles Smith, informing him that Carlos was willing to sell the shares but wanted a good price.

On the other end, Charles Smith’s face immediately darkened, his tone firm: "My original intention was to nationalize the Carter Clan for free, why would there be justification to pay him?"

"Secretary-General Sutton, that’s impossible!" Rainny White hurriedly argued, "The Carter Clan is just holding the major shares, over the years many shares are in other capital hands, wanting it free, how could the capitals agree?

If it causes a stir, it’s troublesome instead. It’s better to offer a reasonable price, smoothly acquire the shares, avoiding prolonged complications." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Charles Smith was silent for a moment, clearly weighing the pros and cons, before finally coldly agreeing: "Fine, we’ll do as you say, I’ll have someone calculate the price."

Rainny White felt triumphant, what does Emily Parker have that’s so great?

Carlos has run into such big trouble, detained at the security office, yet she’s hiding away unseen.

Unlike herself, still running around tirelessly for Carlos, negotiating everywhere.

When Carlos eventually comes out, he’ll know who truly cares for him.

Charles Smith immediately instructed his people to calculate the current Carter Clan stock value, wanting to finalize the acquisition quickly, avoiding prolonged complications.

But when his subordinates handed over the calculated report and real-time Carter Clan stock market tendencies, Charles Smith glanced at it and his face changed instantly, grabbing the document, repeatedly confirming the unbelievable numbers.

"What’s going on? Wasn’t the Carter Clan’s shares supposed to plummet due to smuggling rumors? How did it suddenly soar so high?"

"’Carter Clan stock limit up’ was strikingly conspicuous, Charles even doubted his sight, rubbing his eyes only to find it unchanged.

The nearby subordinate quickly stepped forward to explain, with a bit of nervousness: "Secretary-General, initially the Carter Clan’s stock price did plummet due to negative news, but just this morning, ’Raelstrom’ spearheaded an intervention, teaming up with Redstone Capital and several other capitals." ’Raelstrom’ historically in international capital circles stands for phenomenal profits, never engaging in unprofitable deals, its movements are hugely influential.

Once the news spread, a lot of international trend-following capitals also focused on Carter Clan, scrambling to enter the market to purchase, leading to the stock price rallying up, ultimately hitting the limit up."

After hearing this, Charles Smith’s face turned thoroughly dark.

Originally he played a good hand, planning to capitalize on the Carter Clan’s negative entanglements and depressed stock price, grabbing it at a low cost and ideally nationalizing it for free.

But now ’Raelstrom’ steps in, pulling in international capital, and Carter Clan’s stock price ballooned, meaning any acquisition now would require spending a lot more than initially planned.

The Smith Family holds substantial wealth and capital, though the Carter Clan’s size is considerable, a full purchase would require significant financial outlay, and now with soaring stock prices, failure to act could mean more eventual investments.

Charles Smith brooded but realized this wasn’t the time for a temper, choosing instead to seek out his mother, Mrs. Smith.

He relayed all the details to Mrs. Smith, about the Carter Clan’s skyrocketing stock, ’Raelstrom’ and two capitals stepping in, his original acquisition plan and now predicament, explained clearly.

Mrs. Smith sat on the sofa, her tone carrying undeniable decisiveness.

"The Carter Clan is a juicy target; we can’t let ’Raelstrom’ disrupt things with stock increases and then abandon it.

If they want it aggressively, we’ll use all the forces of the Smith Family, personally purchase the Carter Clan shares, even if it means spending more money, ensuring control over the Carter Clan."

On the day Charles Smith agreed on the price, he immediately found Carlos, and after verifying the proposed agreement line by line, both signed their names.

At night, atop Zylos CBD’s skyscraper, the city was wrapped in neon.

"Madam, good news, The Smith Family has taken action."

Oliver Ross gently knocked twice, gaining permission, moving quietly to the large floor-to-ceiling window.

Emily Parker was standing there, her gaze looking down, overlooking Zylos’s countless lights spreading beneath her, brilliant yet devoid of warmth in her eyes.