The First Heir
Chapter 693

Chapter 693

After hanging up the phone, Philip was full of anger. His uncle was actually detained by the branchfamily!

That damned branch family actually dared to stretch their hands into the main family now!

Philip raised his head and looked at the sky with a hardened resolve. Since they refused to listen towarnings, they could not blame him for not considering the familial relations between the main andbranch families.

Soon after that, Philip contacted Rick and told him to stay in the hospital for a few days. As he wasgoing to return to Arcadia Island, he could not take care of matters in Riverdale.

Then, Philip contacted Theo.

Theo brought along a few of his men in a Mayback and hurried over before saying respectfully, “Mr.Clarke, what are your orders?”

Philip glanced at Theo, unsure if the plan would work. “How many men do you have?”

Theo replied, “More than 200 in the main branch and more than 300 in the sub-branches, so about 600in total.”

“600…”

Philip frowned, worried. It was not enough.

Furthermore, most of Theo’s men were gangsters and had little combat abilities.

Philip thought of using the power of the family, but he knew that the branch family also had their ownarmed forces.

He needed to replace external reinforcements to make sure nothing went wrong.

Was he going to use the resources he had prepared over the years?

Philip fell into deep thought. He looked up at the clouds in the sky as different options flashed throughhis mind.

Once exposed, Philip would have no secrets anymore.

By that time, the conniving eyes in the dark, including the old fogeys from the branch family, wouldhave countermeasures.

Was it worth it?

While Philip pondered over his options, a customized white Bentley stopped at the entrance of thehospital.

Giada was still so elegant and noble, wearing a black backless evening dress and a sun hat. She alsohad on a pair of LV customized crystal high heels. She stepped out of the car and looked at Philipindifferently.

Philip frowned slightly, watching as Giada walked toward him like she was strutting on the runway. Hesaid lightly, “Giada Wallis has the time to visit me?”

Giada smiled faintly, took off her sunglasses, and glanced at Theo beside him. She laughed mockingly.“Philip, you’re not planning to bring him to the island, are you?”

Philip had to be joking.

She had already made thorough investigations about Theo Zander.

Such a person may be a dragon in Riverdale, but compared to the Clarke family, he was nothing but anant.

Any young master or young lady from the branch family had more bodyguards around them thanTheo’s men. They were all more powerful as they were carefully selected elites!

“Is there a problem?” Philip narrowed his eyes.

Giada did not beat around the bush and said, “I’m here just to tell you this. It’s not the right time for youto return yet. Every single person from the branch family is waiting for you to go back now. If you did,you can never preserve your status as the heir. This is also what your Uncle Tim meant. I’ll go backand handle this matter. You just stay obediently in Riverdale.”

Giada could restrain Philip, or even force Philip to return to the island and then imprison him as a moveto capture the general to control his armies.

However, such a thing could not be initiated by the branch family.

Philip frowned. He did not understand what Giada meant and snorted. “Giada, why are you trying tohelp me now? Are there no secrets between you and the branch family?”

Giada smiled earnestly and said, “Of course, there is, but I don’t want the power of the branch family tosurpass the main family.”

Philip fell into deep thought at her words.

He had no idea what Giada was planning. He only knew that this woman had always been a mystery.

What other backup plans did she have?

“Can I trust you?” Philip asked with a frown.

Laughing, Giada turned and left, leaving her final words before getting into the car, “The branch familycan’t be allowed to interfere in the matter between you and me, let alone conniving after the mainfamily. This is also my limit. On this point, we’re on the same side.”

After that, Giada got on the Bentley and left.

Philip stared at the taillights of the car as it drove away and made other plans in his mind.

At the same time in the passenger seat of the Bentley, Vivian looked back and asked in confusion,“Madam, why are you helping Philip?”

Giada looked at the scenery outside the car window with an intriguing expression as she said, “Theambition of the branch family is greater than I thought. This is a hungry wolf that has already lostcontrol. Once they grab an opportunity, it’ll be detrimental to my plan. Therefore, I must stabilize thebranch and main family so that I can annex the entire Clarke family step by step.”

After returning to the hospital ward, Philip saw that Wynn was looking through the company’sdocuments. When she saw him, she asked with a smile, “What’s wrong, Phil? You seem to be in lowspirits.”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

Philip smiled and tried to hide it. He noticed the documents in Wynn’s hands and asked, “How’severything?”

Heaving a sigh of relief, she said, “It’s okay. Now, the company has fully operated the new drug. Atpresent, a total of 20 new directors have been screened and a new board of directors has beenappointed. The next step is to list the new drug on the market and handle the sales in all the majorcities.”

Wynn could finally relax for a while. These days, she had really worked hard for Beacon.

Now, Beacon had finally stabilized.

Philip did a lot to achieve this.

Wynn smiled, put her arms around Philip’s neck, and kissed him before saying, “Phil, when will yourfriend who invested a billion dollars return? I want to treat him to a meal. After all, he has helped us alot.”

Who exactly was that friend of Philip’s?

Wynn really wanted to know.

“Oh, I’ll have to replace out from him. He’s a very busy man after all.” Philip glossed over it casually.