Chapter 839

Joshua sat alone in his office and pondered Yasmin's words after seeing her off. He was glad she'd come, or he would be surrounded by enemies on all sides if the matter wasn't handled properly. Families like the Newmans and Hoopers kept their distance from families like the Yorks. They didn't want anything to do with them, if possible. It wouldn't be worth it to end up destroying their reputation if anything were to go wrong. Fortunately, this was something Joshua understood well. That was why he'd kept his relationship with Andy within appropriate boundaries over the years—they weren't too close or distant. However, after the York family had cleaned its reputation up, some smaller families had started interacting with them to test the waters. If it could benefit both parties, it would always be better to befriend someone than make an enemy. Joshua had to admit he'd been caught off guard by how things had turned out. He hadn't expected Victoria's death to be linked to the battle be