CHAPTER 2388

"Well..."

Jim lifted his head to meet Charles' gaze head - on.

"I realized that even though the companies I owned outside of Landry Group were small, they brought

in considerable income for me.

"I wanted to stand on my own feet by building my career while helping run Landry Group at the same

time."

Charles narrowed his eyes and sneered upon hearing this.

"And why is that? Do you somehow think that Landry Group isn't good enough for you anymore?"

"Not at all."

Jim leaned against the back of his chair lazily and explained, "I just knew exactly where I stood.Even

though Mother had always treated me as her own for many years, I knew full well that this wouldn't

change the fact that I'm not her son, and that I don't have the right to inherit Landry Group.Therefore,

no matter how hard I worked, none of this would be mine."

He curled his lips into a bitter smile.

"Initially, I thought Heather was your daughter, but unfortunately, she was not at all suitable to take over

Landry Group, which was why I had been compelled to stay and run the company on her behalf.

"If this hadn't been the case, I would've left the company the moment my side businesses took off."

With that, he turned to glance meaningfully at Luna and added, "

This was also the reason why I refused to take over Landry Group after Luna returned last year, no

matter how much the company had been struggling.

"I knew that it'd be easy for me to return but almost impossible for me to leave again, and I wanted

nothing more than to hand over the family business to Luna because this had always been rightfully

hers."

As he said this, he picked up the documents and thumbed through them.

"However, I never thought that Landry Group would fall into my hands once more after Charlotte

brainwashed me and wiped my memories.As for the reason why I never tried to help Landry Group out

despite it being targeted and attacked by Joshua "

He curled his lips into a bitter smile and began to recite some of the names on the page.

"These are the names of the companies that had been helping Group in secret.Because none of you

had ever been directly involved in running the company, you're probably not familiar with them, but I

am."

Joshua narrowed his eyes when he heard the names rolling off Jim's tongue.

"I'm more than familiar with all the names of these companies because every time Lynch Group tried to

target Landry Group, they'd step up and cooperate with Landry Group, indirectly saving them from

going bankrupt.

"I've sent my men to run background checks on these companies, and all of them came back with the

discovery that a lone man owned all these businesses, but no matter how hard my men tried, they

couldn't find more information about this secretive boss."

Joshua curled his lips into a smirk as he glanced at Jim.

"Initially, I had thought the man behind the scenes was one of Mr.Charles' old friends, but it turns out it

was you all along."

Jim nodded.

"That's right; it was me.As for..."

He lifted his head to stare earnestly at Rosalyn and Charles.

"As for the reason I decided to keep my identity a secret and didn't even offer to help Landry Group

financially even when faced with impending bankruptcy, I..."

He let out an exhale as a look of defeat flashed across his face.

"It was because I knew that Landry Group was no match for Joshua at all, and even if I used all the

money I had to help, there was no guarantee that we'd even be able to put up a fight against Lynch

Group.

"Therefore, if I kept my identity a secret, at least I'd be able to take you guys in if Landry Group went

bankrupt, and you'd have something to fall back on.

"However, if I exposed myself too early and made my assets known, the entire family would go broke if

my assets and Landry Group's combined couldn't overpower Joshua." Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

The entire garden fell silent upon hearing this.

Charles stared at his son dazedly as though he wanted to say something, but no words came out.