Loving DAD 1131

Chapter 1131 

After Carter arrived, Sharon wasted no time. She dove straight into her plan. 

Carter listened quietly. When she mentioned the idea of exposing Silas’s weak spots, he looked up, his gaze sharpening. 

“Was this plan Xavier’s idea?” he asked. 

A novice like Sharon couldn’t have devised something so audacious on her own. Even with diligent study, without being thrown into real storms, she wouldn’t have conceived this. Whoever brainstormed this with her had to be a master. 

It couldn’t be John–he was still green and inexperienced. 

It wasn’t Julliard either; if Julliard were capable of plotting so far ahead, he wouldn’t have fallen into Jamie’s trap. 

The likeliest candidate was Xavier. Yet Carter’s instinct told him it wasn’t Xavier–not because Xavier lacked cunning but because Xavier, for all his ruthlessness, kept to a certain code. This scheme required dirtier tools than Xavier typically used. It called for methods that crossed into morally grey territory. 

“It wasn’t Xavier,” Sharon said, but she didn’t volunteer any more. 

Carter didn’t press. He could guess it might be Uriah, or maybe John had gone to his father for ideas. Whatever the source, he had one responsibility now: to parse the plan’s core. 

“Sharon,” he said, “before you set this in motion, you must understand–if you bait Silas, your side will have to pay a price. You have to make him believe he’s trapped; only then will he reveal his next move.” 

Carter had seen the strategy’s heart at a glance. “In short, you must provoke Silas into acting against you. If he remains suspicious but inactive, the plan will fail.” 

Sharon nodded. “I know.” 

Carter continued, “Once the plan begins, you must take certain losses to lower his guard. But right now, your companies are at their peak–if you take a hit, it will damage your reputation. If you succeed and buy the dip, the losses will be temporary. If you fail, though, you’ll have lost both your leverage and your forces.” 

It was a wildly risky gambit. Without a safety net, a failed operation would erase all the progress she’d made- and when she later joined the Kalen Group, her authority could be permanently hollowed out. This was a high- stakes 

wager, the sort people make only when backed into a corner. 

And yet Sharon didn’t need to gamble. Her position was strong; this was not the moment to take such chances. Whoever had planted this idea in her was extreme and reckless at heart–a gambler born and bred. 

But Carter wouldn’t outright condemn the plan. If it paid off, the reward would be enormous. 

After all, Silas had grown up inside Kalen Group and commanded substantial resources; his private companies 

were no small matter. 

If Sharon succeeded in buying assets at rock–bottom prices, she could reap a fortune. But Silas and Jamie were 

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not amateurs–if even Julliard had been outmaneuvered by Jamie, Sharon’s path would never be easy. 

Carter laid out the plan’s pros and cons in steady, precise detail. Though he thought the risk unnecessary, he told her plainly that if she chose to proceed, he would support her and provide a backstop. 

Sharon considered it for only a moment, then decided to go ahead. 

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