Chapter 658

Jeremiah's voice came through the phone with a lazy drawl. "What's up?" My voice was cold. "Someone wanted me dead at the launch event." He paused for a long moment. "You think it was Penelope?" "Who else would want me dead?" I asked icily. He seemed to be having a headache. I could hear him taking a deep breath over the phone, followed by the sound of him sighing as he got out of bed. After a long silence, he said, "Let's meet for coffee and talk about it." I frowned. "I'll bring Norman along." Jeremiah chuckled. "Don't you trust me?" I said, "It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that I've put him in charge of managing my funds and taking on the Zanders family." He seemed to realize something. "No wonder. I've noticed some big players coming and going in the Wood Group's and the Linden Group's stocks recently, making quite a bit of money." I let out a faint laugh. "I can't just sit back and let Penelope target me without doing anything, can I?" He was straightforward