Stephen's words caused an uproar.
"What? Unbelievable."
"It was unreasonable. I remembered that Mason was only from the side branch. There was no need for Holden to target him, right?"
"Was Gerald trying to play a trick to get rid of his crime?"
The gossip began at once.
Koen got up and sneered, "Gerald, don't make a fool of yourself there. Mr. Kenneth was in charge of the Kenneth family. Why did he try to attack someone from a branch family like Mason? No matter how powerful Mason was, Mason would only work for the Kenneth family for a lifetime!"
Gerald touched his nose and looked at Stephen.
Stephen looked a little nervous at that moment. He saw Gerald looking at him and was frightened. Stephen hurriedly said, "It was because Mason was extremely outstanding at that time. Caspian planned to accept his family as one of the direct lines of descent and give him three percent of the shares as a reward..."