Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

worried about her heading

entrance and saw her on the phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his

“Keep our legal team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia would definitely hold a grudge

this with lan standing behind her.

had witnessed her

natural that she

she hung up the phone, he said, “I’ll get

his eyes red from the smoke and, in part, from his anger

his voice, Maja slowly turned around

held the lit cigarette elegantly,

Not only will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll also

to do it, and it wouldn’t be

was at a loss for words.

prodigy in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no one dared to cross him.

action himself, but when he did, he

him on now

through, all her recent efforts would be in vain.

like a ferocious wolf, and she was nothing more than a moth struggling by his

deep drag on his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her chin, kissed her,

was smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather a

uncomfortable, her eyes reddening

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