Chapter 34: Speculation

Jacob didn't realize Jeffrey was testing him, so he blurted out without thinking, "The Hopkins family has a bad reputation. One of their earlier projects even blew up into a scandal, with homeowners staging protests that turned ugly." "Judith Hopkins and her father are terrible leaders. There's nonstop infighting inside the Hopkins Group." "The Malachi Group has targeted them. For the Hopkins family, collapse is only a matter of time." "As for the second-largest shareholder, William Lambert and...