A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Harlan had been working for Darren for quite some time now and he knew about the feud between Darren and David since before. However, the issue had happened so long ago that it was hard to say who was to blame in that situation.

He only knew that in this world, there were two people that Darren didn't want to succeed. One was Jacob and the other was David.

"Mr. Xu, don't worry. There's nothing much that David can do, really. He won't affect us that gravely. We just need to wait and see." Harlan tried to comfort Darren as much as he could.

Still agitated and stressed about the situation, Darren picked up the cup of tea on the table and took a big sip.

Time seemed to have stopped as they both stayed quiet. Then, he finally regained his trademark stoic expression. With a deep breath, he looked at Harlan in the eyes and said, "Yes, you're right. David doesn't have as much influence as he thinks. It won't be easy for him to get the upper hand."

He swiftly turned off the television with a cocky smirk.

Harlan just stood there and looked at this boss. Even though Darren tried to look calm and relaxed, Harlan knew that he was still seething with anger.

Others wouldn't understand Darren the way Harlan did. Even though Darren and David were brothers, they were as incompatible as fire and water.

When Darren finally calmed down, Harlan cautiously opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Xu, should we also compensate the victims of the food poisoning incident? I think…"

When he noticed Darren's cold glare, Harlan stopped talking and didn't finish what he was going to say.

"We should leave the HT Group to fend for themselves and handle their own internal issues. It's none of our business. We don't want to get into any unnecessary trouble. And also, you should be more cautious when you speak, Harlan. If someone were to overhear us, we would find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation,"

Darren warned his assistant in a cold, almost menacing, tone. He gave him a serious look.

Once he realized his careless mistake, Harlan lowered his head in shame and gave a slight nod to indicate that he understood.

"Harlan, I want you to keep an eye on David and see what tricks he has up on his sleeve. But don't forget about Jacob, I'm sure he also has something planned."

"Yes, of course!"

Darren went back into his office. Harlan closed the door quietly and let out a sigh as he stood outside. Darren's orders

offered his help to Jacob, HT Group had started to run smoothly again. The latter had chosen to take a break and

caller ID on the phone's screen, Jacob turned it off

when she realized that he wanted to do

thing for them was to keep a low profile and let the professional PR team handle the problem for them. So why was Jacob dragging her to the streets

his sleeve and asked, "Hey, where are we

He didn't even glance at her to see her reaction, he just kept walking.

to his car just now. At first, she had figured that Jacob was just taking her for a relaxing drive to keep their mind off of things. She hadn't expected that his plan would involve visiting one of the victims and possibly getting

will happen to us, I'm sure." Jacob slightly furrowed his eyebrows. "It's just

"But…"

He put his arm around her shoulder and said, "I know what you're thinking about. Don't worry, okay? Everything will be fine. I have hired someone to investigate the issue meticulously. It's just food poisoning, it's not that serious. It should be fixed

minutes, they finally stopped in front of a simple-looking apartment complex.

went to knock on the gate. Emily armed herself as she thought of all the ways this could go wrong. She covered her face as much

at Emily and murmured, "Just wait for

just go back first. We need to talk about how to deal with this properly.

two of them were talking,

appeared from behind the door. "Who on

judgmental look on her face. She didn't understand why these strange-looking people would knock on her door in broad daylight. They looked strange to her because Emily looked

woman eyeing them, Jacob immediately introduced himself. "Hi there!" He waved in an attempt to look friendly. "I'm the president of the HT Group, Jacob Gu. I'm here to pay you a visit just to make sure you're okay,"

was calm and sincere.

it. She could feel herself sweating awkwardly as she stood next to her husband. She could only silently pray

woman shouted angrily, "Honey! Come here quick! This man said his name is Jacob Gu. He is the man

woman finished her words, a tall man suddenly rushed out to see for himself. When he saw Jacob, his face immediately twisted in anger. He glared at him. "Yes, it's him! Honey, don't let him go!" he told his wife with wide

this was not going to end very well for any of them. So, she turned around

her. She cringed as she heard a loud smash, as if something had been thrown at him. Even though she