Plot summary
Daniel is continuing to try to be voted as Grayson Global's CEO by the board. He's also continuing to claim a sizable interest in Nolan's company. Daniel tracks down Nolan's former CFO who reveals that $500 million disappeared from an offshore bank account. Since Nolan doesn't want to tell where that money went, he agrees to give a 51% share of his company to Grayson Global. Matt Duncan, the man who was friends with Jack's father and killed the Ryan brother's father, shows up at the christening. He cautions Jack against having anything to do with the Ryan brothers.
He finally tells Jack more about the brothers. Jack has Nolan find out information about who they are and discovers that they are criminals, who have forced their way in as business partners. Emily and Aiden discover that Ashley is turning Daniel against Aiden, so they plan on breaking up their relationship by sending Victoria a video of Conrad and Ashley having sex. The plan backfires because Victoria decides to use the video to blackmail Ashley into having sex with an investor in Grayson Global who can swing the CEO vote in their favor.
Aiden tells Daniel what Ashley is doing, so he catches them, takes a picture to blackmail the investor into swinging the CEO vote for Daniel, and breaks up with Ashley. Nolan tells Padma it's much easier to destroy a kingdom from within the castle walls, referring to a secret plan he has for Grayson Global. Nolan hires Marco back saying he will find a place for him.
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