Now Edward Anderson had used Starlight Ventures' shares to buy off Bella Scott's guilt towards Charles White. In doing so, Bella owed Charles nothing anymore.
Charles's face turned ugly; he should have snapped back at Edward, but Edward had accurately pinpointed his weakness - he knew what Charles cared about the most.
With Edward's words, Charles was now excluded from the inner circle while Edward and Bella were considered family. In this situation, he felt redundant.
Bella only realized the superficial problem. Her eyes rolled, deeply thinking the shares of Starlight Ventures were valuable assets, and said, "Edward Anderson, it's not right to give away everything to Charles. I suffered emotional damage too; you should leave some as my emotional compensation..."
Edward interrupted her with a slap before she could finish.