Rebirth of the Deadly Beauty novel Chapter 624

"You were right," Rowan replied. "At that time, the Creybia Henderson family wanted to develop Anfield Hills as well, so they sponsored money and talent to Harold, giving Harold a great advantage during project bidding.

"It was only natural for the bidding to have gone very well since the Creybia Henderson family were also so adamant in getting this project. Lastly, the officials had decided that Henderson Group and another company in Riverdale City called Jaywood Development Corporation were to partner to develop Anfield Hills.

"Other than the profit that came with developing Anfield Hills, the elders of the Henderson family also wanted to test Harold through this project. This would have meant that Harold's performance had already gotten the approval of the family elders. They would have agreed that he was an eligible contestant as the future head of the Henderson family.

"If Harold was able to successfully complete the Anfield Hills development project, he would most likely be able to return immediately to Creybia. However, the heavens disposed of the plans men had made. The development of Anfield Hills had encountered a series of unfortunate events, one after another since the very beginning.

"Firstly, four scout workers had died due to a thunderstorm, then Anfield Hills was said to be haunted. After that, there were a few workers who had gone missing, and this caused great havoc to erupt. Later on, the rumor had Anfield Hills being haunted had reached far and wide.

"It wasn't the rainy season, but that area would rain day after day, causing the speed of development to slow down significantly, further proving the rumor right. At that time, a witch called Madam Lou started appearing out of nowhere on social media platforms claiming that Anfield Hills was where the Gates of Hell were located.

"If the development project was to continue, it would bring disaster to the entire Riverdale City."

"Did Zoey arrange for Madam Lou to appear?" Yolanda asked.

"That's right. This witch is someone Zoey had arranged for. However, she was just exaggerating actual events that had already happened. No one knows for sure if the accidents that happened before were natural disasters or man-made, but I'm leaning toward Anfield Hills having issues, but not as severe as rumored.

"However, since it's already all over the internet, it's practically impossible to make Anfield Hills a tourism attraction after that. Later, the officials announced that Henderson Group and Jaywood Development Corporation didn't have the complete paperwork submitted and had halted the development project.

"Henderson Group was still cushy in terms of funds. Even though they lost a lot of money, it was mostly from the investments made by the Creybia Henderson family. So, to Harold, other than being prematurely disqualified in the race of contending for the future head of the family, the losses he suffered through this were considerably small.

"The bad luck Henderson Group had experienced these few years has nothing to do with Creybia's Henderson family since Zoey was occupied with fighting with her cousin brothers. She had no time and energy to deal with Harold, whom she had once defeated."

"It would only mean that there's another force secretly stopping the development of Henderson Group."

"Right. However, this person is really good at their job. I haven't found any evidence yet, but I'll keep you posted on what I'll find in the coming days."

"Okay, you gotta—"

Before Yolanda could finish her sentence, Dunstan's frantic voice rang from outside the door. "Oh no, Ms. Henderson, Ms. Summers is missing!"