"Clark?"
The day after Jonathan signed the contract with Bob, Chloe drove over to Kent Farm.
The moment she pushed open the door, she saw Clark and his family sitting at the dining table, all wearing deeply troubled expressions.
"Why do you all look like that?"
Chloe gave them a puzzled look, then moved closer to Clark and asked, "Is it because of the contract with Bob Rickman?"
"Yes. How did you know?"
Clark shot a surprised glance at his future wife and set down the stack of legal documents in his hands. A bitter look crossed his face. "We tried to find legal loopholes to save the farm, but we couldn't find anything useful."
"I don't think you need to worry about that anymore."
Remembering Dilos's instructions before she had left home, Chloe smiled lightly at Clark and the others. "Bob Rickman committed suicide."
"That man committed suicide?"
Clark and the others stared in astonishment. Jonathan, in particular, looked utterly shocked. "How could he have committed suicide?"
"I don't know the details, but the official explanation is that Bob Rickman killed himself because of depression."
At that, Chloe wore an expression that plainly said, As if anyone would believe that, and said, "Would you believe that? I knew a little about that man too. How could someone like him possibly have depression? The government must be hiding something."
"That isn't the main issue."
Clark shook his head and said softly, "The important thing is what will happen to our contract now that he's dead."
At his words, Jonathan and Martha nodded as well. No matter what, Rickman Enterprises had been a major company. Though its owner was dead, it still had plenty of capable people and senior executives. Someone else could easily take over as the company's head.
"Then