Chapter 219

Beach Group. Stanton was leaning toward pulling the plug on the press conference that afternoon, but the Merritts were having none of it. If the Beach family canceled now, the backlash on the Merritt side would be even worse. "Stanton, this was agreed upon way ahead of time. The online rumors have nothing to do with us. Don't tell me you're planning to dump us now that we're not of use?" Thomas Merritt showed up at Beach Group with Jenny at his side, clearly not in the mood for pleasantries. To the Merritts, the constant storm of bad press was definitely a nightmare, though not enough to take them down completely. "People online forget fast. Give it a few days and no one cares. It's just noise from broke nobodies. It doesn't touch the core value of our family." Thomas snorted, settling into a seat across from Stanton. "To protect our name, I've already sent my youngest abroad. We've sacrificed more than enough for this union. You gave us your word over and over again. Don't make us reg