My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

Pleasantly surprised, Janet looked up from her phone and sneered at the HR staff.

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

"Miss Lind, please sign on the resignation notice,"

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

She grew angrier when she saw that Janet began to tinker with her phone.

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

"Are you serious, Mr.Larson? What did you find?"

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

She was just about to accept the fact that the Larson Group had given up on her.

Brandon replied with a long message.

"Upon investigating the matter, we found out that Lester Silk Fabric took over the platform recently.

Luna didn’t upload the design drafts a year ago, but a few days ago.

The data was tampered with.

Lester Silk Fabric used their connections and managed to get to your works before the show officially began.

They asked Luna to make a collection based on your works and posted them on the platform.

They tampered with the date and time stamp of the post to frame you for plagiarism."

Janet had already guessed that it was Lester Silk Fabric behind this, but she had no idea how they did it.

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

How could they have let Brandon investigate them? "We have tech guys here.

They were the ones who found evidence of them tampering with the platform’s database.

Even if they had altered the original date of uploading, our tech guys were able to retrieve it.

We also have a video confession of the staff who tampered with the data."

Brandon’s words lifted a weight off of Janet’s heart.

He sent two videos to Janet and said, "We’ve done what we could.

You should be able to take it from here now, right?"

All of a sudden, Janet felt a surge of energy.

She stood up with a confident smile and said to the HR staff member, "I didn’t do anything wrong and I knew that the company won’t fire me because of some groundless accusation!"

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

The staff member gritted her teeth and glared at her angrily.

"Janet Lind, you plagiarized someone else’s work yet you feel no shame?"

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

******* Tiffany looked up in surprise when Janet entered her office.

"What’s up, Lind?"

"Miss Fisher, can I have Ritchie Lester’s number?"

Janet asked politely.

In Tiffany’s eyes, she looked inexplicably relaxed, as though her career wasn’t in danger.

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

"I have his number, but may I ask why you need it?"

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

"Lind, are you crazy? Go back to work.

You didn’t plagiarize anything, so keep a low profile for now.

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

After saying that, she lowered her head and continued to work.

But Janet stayed glued to the spot, staring at her with fierce determination.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Tiffany relented and held up Ritchie’s business card.

She said in a resigned tone, "I don’t know what you’re up to, but I hope you know what you’re doing."

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

That evening, Ritchie received a call from an unknown number.

"Mr.Lester, this is Janet Lind from the Larson Group.

After giving it some thought, I want to apologize in public,"

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

He was under the impression that Ethan’s wife was a stubborn woman, but it turned out he was wrong about her.

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

Chapter 318Press Conference Ritchie had a devious grin on his face when he hung up the phone.

"Call all the designers under Lester Silk Fabric and the people in charge of the fashion week,"

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

He was about to leave when Ritchie stopped him in his tracks.

"Where the hell are you going? I’m not finished yet.

Get your ass back here."

The poor man scurred back, cursing his boss in his mind.

ver "Invite every media outlet in Seacisco, especially the ones that prioritize viewership over anything.

And make sure to tell them to hype up the event as much as they can!"

Ritchie sat back on his chair as his plan began to take shape.

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

Oh, and don’t forget to arrange for a live stream, too.

Contact our usual sponsors and tell them their products will be displayed throughout the feed.

We might as well make some money while we’re at it.

And remember-our main goal is to discredit Janet and end her fashion career for good."

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

He wanted to screw that woman over so badly that she could never get back on her feet again.

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

This time, he made sure that his boss was finished before leaving the office.

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

Just as planned, the press conference was held at the largest meeting hall in Lester Silk Fabric.

Cameras littered all around the room, squeezed in among the throng of people who came to watch the spectacle.

Even as she swept a glance over the crowd, Janet didn’t feel panicked in the slightest.

"It looks like the Lester Silk Fabric really wants to do you in,"

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

"You’re not just going to stand there and let yourself be bullied in public, are you? What’s your plan?"

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

I’m not particularly inclined to suffer any misplaced grievances, either."

With that, she walked onto the stage, all calm and grace.

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

Without wasting her time, she whipped out a flash drive and held it up for all to see.

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

In order to convey my sincerity more properly, I have prepared a couple of videos for today’s press conference."

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

Why was Janet so composed in such a situation? If anything, she should be mortified and humiliated right now, especially in front of all these people.

What was she up to? He leaned over to his secretary and asked in a hushed voice, "Did she find something?"

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

At this point, Janet had already plugged the drive to a computer, and one of the videos was playing on the widescreen Ritchie’s eyes widened like saucers as they watched an employee of Lester Silk Fabric tampering with the time stamp on the website.

The scene changed, and this time, the same man was sobbing hysterically as he divulged what he had done.

n The clips ended, and a deafening silence fell in the room.

Janet took the microphone and said, "As you can see, this is what really happened.

Lester Silk Fabric managed to get hold of my designs prior to the show.

After that, one of their designers, Luna Mccoy, posted my entire portfolio online and edited the details to make it look like she was the original designer.

There is your truth.

Once again, I thank each of you for coming to hear me out today.

If you have further questions, kindly direct them to Mr.Lester.

I’m sure he can give you better answers than I can."

She gave Ritchie a meaningful look, then, and gestured in his direction with a wave of her hand.

2 As soon as she did, the crowd burst into an uproar.Chapter 319 The Ensuing Drama Shocked, Ritchie cursed out loud, "Fuck that bitch!"

His secretary was also scared silly.

Glaring daggers at him, Ritchie was pissed off and kicked him in the ass.

Pointing his finger at the big screen, he cursed again, "What the fuck are you doing standing here for? Turn off the projector right now!"

The secretary stumbled to the stage and proceeded to turn it off.

Ritchie snorted, smoothed over his suit and made his way onto the stage.

This happened to be his territory, not Janet’s.

He lifted his chin and approached her, holding his head up high.

"Janet Lind, you better be careful with what you say.

As far as I can see, you were just making things up so that you can get yourself out of your predicament!"

As he said this, he turned his eyes from her and exclaimed, "Give yourself up.

Apologize right this moment! Don’t waste any more of our time here!"

W "Then why did you turn off the projector if I was, indeed, making things up? That’s a sign of guilt.

If you’re so sure of yourself, you should allow me to show everyone the proof.

I’m sure that everyone here is smart enough to tell if I actually made up the evidence or not,"

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

He clenched his teeth tightly and pointed his finger at the door.

"I thought you came here to apologize.

If you’re not going to do that, why don’t you leave this place immediately?!"

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

Instead, she turned to the audience before her and said word by word, "Everyone should know the truth by now.

I’m going to sue Lester Silk Fabric for slandering my name."

After finishing her speech, she didn’t bother to argue with Ritchie anymore and went ahead to leave the stage.

This scene was live streamed and everyone saw for themselves what had happened.

Everyone in the room and the audience in the live stream room was shocked to say the least.

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

Even though Janet had only played the videos once, the reporters had gone out of their way to record them.

"Mr.Lester, could you please offer an explanation for what happened just now?"

"Lester Silk Fabric and the Larson Group have been rivals for years now.

Was this why you decided to slander Miss Lind in this way? In order to taint the Larson Group’s name?"

"If your statement about Janet plagiarizing one of your designers’ pieces was true, is there any evidence to back up your statement?"

The reporters all turned to look at Ritchie and kept on asking him and Luna questions.

"Miss Mccoy, are you going to make a statement? After all, weren’t you the one who accused Miss Lind of plagiarism in the first place? What are your thoughts on the current situation?"

"Did Mr.Lester instruct you to do this?"

"Tell us, what’s the nature of the relationship between the two of you?"

Being ambushed by the reporters, Luna’s mind went blank and she felt very embarrassed.

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

Under the dazzling flashing lights of the cameras, Ritchie couldn’t even keep his eyes open.

He kept cursing out loud while pushing the reporters in front of him away and saying, "Get the hell out of my way! Turn off your damn lights! You’re blinding me!"

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

If Ritchie’s father found out about this, he would be very angry.

Having been spoiled by the Lester family since he was a child, Ritchie happened to be very irritable at this moment.

Before he took over the company, his parents had to repeatedly remind him to control that temper of his His secretary cleared the way for him while speaking to the reporters.

"Please, sirs, madams, Mr.Lester can’t answer all of your questions right now.

We’ll announce on our official website if we have any comments."

Finally, Ritchie and the senior executives of Lester Silk Fabric were able to escape the madness of the room.

Chapter 320 Take The Blame When she got home, Janet kicked off her heels and collapsed into bed.

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

After resting for a while, she got up and turned on the computer.

She briskly posted the evidence on the forums Luna had posted to slander her before.

A few hours later, the forums came to life as users discussed this matter heatedly.

The dramatic turning-of-tables that had happened at the press briefing soon made headlines.

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

Have you seen the comments on the post? Everyone’s calling you a warrior.

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

Janet moved her cursor to check the comments Tiffany was talking about.

She had been focused on the media’s reports until now and didn’t know what people were saying in the comments.

When Janet read the comments, she found that the video of her talking on the stage had been spread all over the Internet.

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

She’s so elegant and generous! And a fierce warrior too!"

"She’s a lovely girl.

Such a polite and beautiful goddess plagiarized someone else’s work? I doubt it!"

"She’s so pretty, I’d kiss her all day!"

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

Janet buried her face in her hands, her cheeks blushing furiously.

She had never been praised by so many strangers in her life.

The next day, in the Lester Silk Fabric building… "Nonsense! These reports are all bullshit! How dare they call me rude?"

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

He was in trouble, but there was nothing he could do.

In recent years, Lester Silk Fabric and the Larson Group had become two very high profile companies.

What with Janet’s fiasco, the media was having a field day.

In the span of just twenty-four hours, the reputation of Lester Silk Fabric was destroyed and its stock price.

plummeted.

"There’s nothing we can do to refute the evidence that Janet posted online.

What we can do now is to try our best to keep the news from spreading.

Mr.Lester, it was your idea to bring in more reporters there…"

the secretary reminded Ritchie in a trembling voice, picking up the documents Ritchie had thrown on the ground.

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

He picked up another stack of papers from the table and threw them at the secretary’s face.

"I’m not an idiot.

You don’t need to remind me what I said."

Things didn’t end there.

Brandon sent people from the Larson Group’s legal department to help Janet file a lawsuit against Lester Silk Fabric.

The second they got the notice of the lawsuit, Lester Silk Fabric responded quickly and held a press conference in the afternoon.

Luna expressionlessly read a script in front of countless reporters, her face pale as a ghost under the limelight.

"I admit that I peeked at Janet Lind’s work before the show started.

Then I bribed an employee to tamper with the upload date on the database.

I falsely accused her of plagiarizing my work, and I did all this to gain fame and attention.

I am responsible for all of this.

My actions have nothing to do with Lester Silk Fabric."

In the Larson Group, Janet stopped the video on her phone and sighed.

"No class! Lester Silk Fabric made an ordinary employee take the fall!"

Chapter 321 Ask Brandon Out For Dinner Gerda clicked her tongue unhappily.

"Everyone knows they’re using Luna as a scapegoat.

She’s just an ordinary employee.

How on earth could she manage to do all of this? Lester Silk Fabric is really heartless."

The other designers had also seen the video circulating the Internet.

They began to discuss in hushed voices, but the general consensus was that Lester Silk Fabric was a cold blooded company.

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

There was no point in dwelling on it now that things had been settled.

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

Now that Luna has taken the blame, we can’t do anything to Lester Silk Fabric."

"And what about those designs? Are they really not gonna put them back on the show?"

Gerda puffed out her chest indignantly Janet smiled at her colleague gently.

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

I have gained considerable fame because of everything that’s happened.

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

When the dust settled, Janet poured all her energy into her work.

She had been so busy with this matter the past few days, so now she could finally focus on other things.

"By the way, Lind, I’ve been meaning to ask you something.

How’d you get the evidence?"

Gerda was talking about the videos that Janet had posted on the Internet, which had amassed more than a million views.

Janet froze.

After a few seconds, she broke into a smile and waved her hand dismissively.

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

Gerda nudged her arm and asked curiously, "What friend? A boyfriend perhaps?"

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

Gerda, is it just me or do you have a lot of time on your hands? Have you finished your design for this month? Don’t come running to me again when the deadline approaches."

"Ah! My God! I still have thirty-four drawings to finish!"

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

Suddenly, she thought of the tall and straight back of Brandon.

Now that she thought about it, she realized that Lester Silk Fabric had gone through all this trouble just to set her up.

It must have cost Brandon a lot to get his hands on the evidence.

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

Brandon had helped her countless times, but she hadn’t really ever met him in person.

She owed Brandon too much and she doubted she could ever repay him.

After thinking about it for a long time, Janet finally plucked up the courage to send a message to Brandon.

"Mr.Larson, would you be willing to let me treat you to dinner? You’ve helped me a lot and I’d like to express my gratitude somehow."

2 After hitting send, Janet put down her phone and wrung her hands nervously.

The chairman of the Larson Group had probably tasted all the splendid dishes this world had to offer.

But it was a token of her appreciation.Chapter 322 A Warning At the CEO’s office of the Larson Group.

The Larson Group’s stock price had fluctuated over the past few days.

Now that the situation was favorable for the Larson Group and its stock price had more than recovered, Ethan decided to seize the opportunity to put more pressure on the Lester Silk Fabric.

Garrett hadn’t slept properly in the past three days, dealing with the bad press: He was yawning sleepily when Ethan’s phone pinged.

"Someone texted you."

When he saw the name on Ethan’s phone’s screen, Garrett snickered.

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

Ethan smacked Garrett on the back of the head and grabbed the phone.

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

"What is it? Why’s your face like that?"

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

"If I refuse, she’ll be very disappointed."

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

You can’t have dinner with Janet without her seeing your face.

Last time, when you and Janet went to the company’s masquerade ball, you almost exposed yourself.

It’d be unwise to take such a risk again.

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

"Thank you, but there’s no need for you to treat me to dinner.

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

I helped you to protect the reputation of the company."

Janet read his message and quickly replied, "But Mr.Larson, you could’ve just dismissed me."

"If I dismiss any employee when something like this comes up, how will we keep the talented ones? Keep up the good work.

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

1 He had deliberately distanced Brandon from her ever since what happened last time.

He didn’t want her to suspect him of anything Reading his reply, Janet had no choice but to give up.

Ethan put down his phone, kicked the sofa Garrett was lying down on, and said, "I want you to relocate the one who had tried to force Janet to resign.

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

Hearing Ethan’s orders, he helplessly peeled his eyes open and stood up from the sofa.

He muttered under his breath, "This job will definitely be the death of me."

Charis had expected that Ethan would want to have a talk with her, but when she received the notice, her heart still skipped a beat.

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

He shoved his hands into the pocket of his slacks, and the light from the window elongated his shadow on the floor.

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

"From now on, I’ll take care of all matters related to Janet.

No one other than me.

Understood?"

Ethan’s cold voice sent a shiver down Charis’s spine.

She winced and smiled bitterly, as though she had been wronged.

"I see how it is.

You don’t trust me now? Brandon, I don’t have any ulterior motives, I swear.

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

He never brought it up before because he didn’t want her to look bad.

She and her family had always valued their image.

"I’m just warning you not to act against Janet.

Otherwise, don’t blame me if I disregard our long term friendship."

Chapter 323 A Long Forgotten Name After a moment’s silence, Charis said in a low voice, "I see."

Charis was a dignified woman.

Before Ethan could say anything more, she turned around and walked out of his office, As soon as the door closed behind her, tears welled up in her eyes..

Ever since they first met, Brandon had never said such harsh words to her before, nor had he looked at her with such cold eyes.

She hadn’t cried in years.

The last time was when she said goodbye to Brandon before going abroad.

She had been reluctant to leave him.

But now, she felt bad about Brandon’s attitude towards her.

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

But all of a sudden, with Janet now in the picture, Brandon suddenly was ruthless towards her.

Tears rolled down Charis’s cheeks as she realized just how important Janet was to Brandon.

The hot tears dripped from her chin to the carpeted floor.

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

Charis didn’t like to be candid with her shrewdness.

The reason why she had tried to fire Janet was to win Brandon’s heart.

In Charis’s eyes, Janet wasn’t good enough for him.

But now that Brandon had taken a liking to her, Charis figured he would deeply fall in love with her and she would eventually lose him for good.

Thinking of this, Charis was more determined than ever to separate Janet and Brandon..

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

Brandon had just warned her not to interfere with Janet’s work ever again.

She had to be more careful now.

On the other side… After Janet got off work, she went home, only to find that Ethan had come home early today.

"Oh, the workaholic is back! I’m surprised you still remember the way home!"

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

Looking at the man who was busy cooking in the kitchen, she was not happy.

After all, she hadn’t seen Ethan for two or three days.

That was because Ethan had been busy dealing with the plagiarism issue the past few days.

But he couldn’t tell her this.

While cracking the eggs into a bowl, he found an excuse.

"When I crossed Ritchie’s path, he made a lot of trouble.

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

I’ve been working part time the past few days while looking for a stable job."

Then, he paused and said sincerely, "I’m sorry that I haven’t been here for you these days."

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

"So, what happened? You didn’t tell me the truth.

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

Ethan had really solved the problem that had been plaguing them the past few days.

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

After transferring the egg into the pan, Ethan turned and his eyes landed on Janet’s earlobe.

His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down as he gulped.

"How about having dinner and then a little bit of exercise to unwina: "What kind of exercise?"

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

It was as though God had chiseled his face to perfection.

His eyes stared deep into hers, filled with burning desire.

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

She quickly lowered her head and said shyly, "You’re so naughty!"

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

He could feel that she liked him, but she always pretended to refuse him.

He had to admit it really turned him on.

But the romantic atmosphere was instantly soiled by the sound of the phone ringing.

"Keep an eye on the eggs, okay? Don’t let them burn."

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

Then, he took off his apron and walked to the living room to pick up his phone.

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

He glanced back at the kitchen at Janet, then opened the glass door to step out onto the balcony He was a little surprised to see that Patrick was calling him.

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

Ethan stood on the balcony, letting the wind blow his hair.

"Why on earth are you answering the phone outside? Isn’t it cold out there?"

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

Ethan was lost in his thoughts and didn’t notice when Janet slid the door open and poked her head out.

Narrowing her eyes at him suspiciously, she looked at the phone in Ethan’s hand.

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

Was it Charis calling again? "It’s Patrick Lester."

Amused by the quirky expression on her face, he pulled her into his arms and finally answered the phone.

"Ethan, why the hell did you keep me waiting?"

Patrick’s irritated voice came from the other end of the line.

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

Patrick didn’t give a damn about whatever Ethan was up to.

There was something he needed to talk about with Ethan, so he went straight to the point.

"Your grandma’s birthday is coming up and we’re throwing her a party.

She wants you and your wife here."

Without waiting for Ethan’s response, he hung up abruptly.

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

She looked up at Ethan and asked hesitantly, "So are we going?"

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

There’ll be nothing but trouble if we disobey him.

Besides, I haven’t seen my grandma in a very long time.

It’s only right that I be there on her birthday."

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

It was true that Ethan’s expression softened when he spoke of his grandmother.

Nora Lester, Ethan’s grandma, was a distant relative of the Larson family.

She had known Ethan’s mother when she was a girl.

Although she didn’t approve of what Patrick had done, she couldn’t do anything about her son’s decisions.

She had always felt sorry for Ethan and used to secretly send him money.

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

Thinking of this, Ethan rested his chin on the top of Janet’s head.

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

long time since

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

whined, her

a thought occurred to

"The eggs! I

from Ethan’s embrace and ran

Ethan followed behind her.

Janet, who was extremely flustered, and he couldn’t

to keep an eye

pulled her to the side while he cleaned

stood in the corner, restlessly watching Ethan clean up after

"I’m sorry.

you were talking to Charis, so I rushed to you and

Ethan had guessed this.

he raised his eyes to look at Janet

"It’s my fault.

didn’t give you

that, he spread out his arms

leaned her face

she murmured, "The Lesters

hates you and I just got him

probably has a huge grudge

happen if we just go there?"Chapter 461 In Order

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really don’t want to tell me,

just being

Victor said nothing, and silently retracted the knife he

that Shelia didn’t mean

fruits and poured the

this definitely

Here you go."

"And what about you?"

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more for myself

that Victor wasn’t going to take the meat, Shelia smiled as if she had just

"Don’t worry about it.

This meat isn’t poisonous.

rest assured and eat it with

alert right then, watching Shelia

though Shelia happened to be an easy-going person, this didn’t mean that

had thought that Victor

she was wrong and he was on guard against

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ahead

to look away and placed the

the rest

nodded and said, "Okay, it’s

bite out

furrowed her brows

really hard to

was not

I gave you just now must be

you tell me? You even finished

out, Victor didn’t say a word

aside, Shelia turned around and spotted Victor’s smiling

are you smiling? Van, you

smiling?’ Victor never even realized

hand and gently

to roast

gone a long

get some

not tired

just sit right

under her chin, Shelia proceeded to sit down next

roasting the meat so skillfully, she blinked her eyes and said, "Van, you’re good at

how to

spoke in a deep

"Survive in the wildness?"

was the very first time that Shelia had ever

did you go out of your way

what Shelia did earlier, Victor also crushed some fruits and poured

he used a knife to slice

what Shelia asked, his

he said, "I

Victor knew

wanted to be prepared in case

ner protection, Victor would

skills so that he would at least have a better chance

"Alright."

her gaze on the

of Shelia’s profile and the dust

out a hand to wipe

was startled and turned to look

straight into Shelia’s eyes, he started to

hand, looked away, and explained, "Your nose

"Is that so?"

her nose

about now? Is

"No,"

glancing over

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

other than

Can you teach me?"

do you want to learn

"In order to survive."

out of Shelia’s mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With Me "In

shelia said casually.

sad

ready to be flipped? It’s on the verge

Shelia pointed out.

saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when he looked at it

over while he was

.

had second thoughts about whether or not to ask her about

after all,

on the other hand, didn’t seem to take

asked, "Will you please

"Hmm,"

said after

"Is that a yes?"

and she broke into

two dimples, meanwhile, became much

Victor nodded, "Okay."

as she said, "Thanks

ever encountered, except for my caretaker in

"Orphanage?"

where I

ago, the orphanage was taken over and the old

clouded as

was

younger, she prepared great meals and gave me a

orphan…’ Victor

needed to look after you since the orphanage was taken

you leave with the other

and answered, "I didn’t want to

Shelia had known for

with you being outdoors on your

head,

I was desperate to visit her

them, and I don’t

spite of the dingy ground,

shards of sunshine that had been scattered

behind her head,

disappointment as she gazed up at

to visit

what keeps you from

people

if I go

had no idea that I have a

my name when I

blinking her

eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he

to see you, Van, it would be more than likely that she

in

said that I

It didn’t seem appropriate to use this term to describe

Shelia, Victor concluded that the

description of her

thinking twice, Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your

to communicate since she was

to

card was in my

if it were a treasure and presented it to Victor

orphanage, each kid

let us take them as we pleased,

at the card–the

I get the

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

and said, "I am the only one with the

meat was toasting

gave her the meat after

set

Eat, please."

came from her gut just after

she put her hand to her

It’s much better than the meat i made myself! Van, you’re

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a good

to her feet, she said, "Let’s

and was ready to rise when Shelia abruptly extended her

"Come on, get up."

after a little pause, he took Shelia’s

used a dart

track of time as they

had cooled

on a stone and drank some

not sure how far we’ll have to

out

some water

after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood

"I’m

Let’s move forward."

have

"Like never before…"

continued

motion, she murmured, "Van,

return, be

lowered his gaze to the side of

mud after

What’s your

"Plan?"

slow

we leave the forest? Where

continue my travels and explore the world’s finest rivers

no

answered with

"Shelia."

up his mind after staring at

"What’s the problem?"

with me after we

sure my grandma will like you, I will defend you if

count on

to come

If you don’t want to, it

was concerned that Shelia

paused for a while before asking,

"No, I’m not.

treat you the best I

Victor convinced her.

and smiled

we get out

"Sure."

they emerged from the woods, though, everything

horizon, basking the forest

glimmered on the bodies

walking since high noon and now, the

tiredness was assuaged when they saw a relatively spacious country

out of

meet local villagers if

We can…"

her sentence, she saw Victor stop

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to

"Van?"

expect you to

came, Shelia looked for the source

cars that were parked not

stood at the front, looking at them intently as he played with

could feel right away

moved to shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively in front of

take his eyes off Norton, watching his

a voice that only Shelia could hear, Victor said, "Run into the forest when I

get lost even when it

were finding our way out of

you can get back

"And then?"

her

looked straight into Shelia’s

"Walk along this road.

a mobile phone from them,

didn’t intend to let him

play a game with Victor by throwing him

if he couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia shouldn’t be

give Shelia a family, bring her back to see his grandmother,

fulfill the promise he

wrote a phone

the number once you get

he whispered.

is my

will pick you up wherever you

looked down at her

looked at her and asked in

"No."

her

eyes were

want to remember the number,

a

Victor frowned.

anxious that he coughed violently as

remained adamant and clenched

didn’t want to spread her palm

talking about, he could tell that they were reluctant to

"Tut, tut, tut, this is so

feelings for each other! I’m

tensed up when

intuitively pulled

keeping himself standing steadily was taxing

hard for him to fight off

up

and Shelia stepped

with them, Norton pulled

was too fast for

"Let her go!"

firm grip on

satisfaction in hearing vexation

you look

said as he wiped the mud on Shelia’s face with his

all the more incense Victor, Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed over and

when

knife that Norton pressed against Shelia’s

out a mouthful

"No."

"What are you saying?"

in a contemptuous tone and gave Victor a mocking

he had

fist and tried to steady

you want is

nothing to do with

So, let her go!"

wow! This

Norton curled his lips.

I don’t want to let

don’t where she comes from but

die alone? I can do something about that and let

red eyes,

knife pressed against her neck, all Shelia

body was tensed

out blood and beg for mercy, she scoffed

you can do?

his mocking smile

narrowed in anger when he

you just

said you

Shelia swallowed.

a sense of accomplishment

have in you

So, cut the crap.

to kill me, then

"Shelia…"

tried to

that she

hackles rise and the man would do

Norton was indeed angry.

kept his voice in check as

Looks like you

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help

Norton said, laughing derisively.

and instructed them, "Tie her

and asked anxiously, "What are

Norton didn’t answer.

just glared

as they

Shelia was taken

was made to

where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke Up "Ahem!

river was flowing

rushed over, it inundated Shelia, making her

into fists, and the blue veins on his neck became

teeth and yelled,

because of the gushing water, Shelia

actually wanted Victor to

opened her mouth, she

enough, her eyes

exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton

Victor might be strong but he was useless

me laugh,

man? Why the hell

approached the rope,

wanting to save her so much,

some good in me, huh? What do you

just

would do whatever it took to

who was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted his eyes and snapped his

after, two men behind him appeared and stood between the

stood up and looked at Victor with a

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the weakest among

on my left has only killed two people, and the one

a brief pause, Norton continued, "You want to save her, right? Knock them

men who had been holding Victor’s arms let go of him and

with his thumb

before the

you can say goodbye to

away, I’m afraid that you

Victor

quickly rushed up and fought against the two

a mercenary and the most popular leader

course, even his weakest subordinates should be strong as

Victor was currently

he might not even be able to defeat

and burly men that could easily

doubt, Victor was at

punched Victor right in his abdomen one after

was hit, Victor

because he was hit repeatedly, his strength left him, and he eventually knelt on

of his bones being broken scattered all over his

time, Victor’s face looked black with

still tried to stand, not

he could even get back on his feet, he

to subconsciously use his arm to block

again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth

point, Victor’s vision became

still managed to fix his eyes on the rope, which was only a few steps away from

matter how many

the fire was put out and the rope was grasped, Shelia’s

trouble, so he was willing to do anything to

wanted to go on,

he fell back to the ground and lost

some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of rain

to open his eyes, but his vision was still

there on the ground, watching the raindrops

couldn’t help but wonder if

recovered yet, so he thought that he might

every inch of his body made Victor

up, but he couldn’t move even

his hands a little bit,

he turned his head to look at the river, only to find that there was nothing

no trace

"Ahem!"

spurting

himself, he grabbed unto the soil and opened

the river expectantly, as if he was waiting

waited for a

didn’t even know

found the

someone would raise her head from the

pain he was experiencing, Victor couldn’t keep

he lost

again, he was finally

found him near

to rescue him lasted for two days

a doctor’s diagnosis, it was found out that Victor had fractures in

in his right knee were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the

up was ask Carolyn to

still wearing an oxygen

life was not completely out of danger yet, but

didn’t even know who Shelia was, but she could sense that she must be a very

she didn’t dare delay to send people to search for Shelia

search lasted for seven days, but Shelia couldn’t be

week passed and there was

was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then

mud, but one could easily recognize that

years later, Victor completely

he did after fully recovering

put the King of Hearts card in a box

the marble tombstone aside from

wasn’t even Shelia’s

Karl was on

to rush him to the

was also in that

finished his studies and finally

taking over several small companies under the control

the shortest time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one

his outstanding ability, Carolyn

time, Roger entered the ward

of the bed, holding a

eat

been eating porridge for about half

he couldn’t even stand the smell of porridge

and had no choice but to put the bowl

"Eat it again when you get

stuck his tongue out, not intending

Roger standing at the door,

the past half a month, Roger came to the

the kid gradually got acquainted

about him was that Roger would bring some

eat too much, he could at least taste something aside from

Joey could only eat them in

greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was

you say that you

message in advance to ask her

say no every time, he would still insist on getting

asked, he said that he had an important

could still visit, it would probably

I

Roger hesitated for a moment before

response, Rachel furrowed

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

Dark Circles The operation done to Victor lasted for more

closed for several times

couldn’t do anything but

day since the operation began, the indicator light outside the

that the surgery was successfully

he wasn’t

he was wheeled to

two days ago that his

to be transferred to the general

was still in a

to check

what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed,

his new injuries just made

only a miracle

you at least tell us when he will wake

asked in

I can’t say

couldn’t help but frown

fact, if I may be blunt, please consider

a chance that he’ll never wake up? Is he going to become a vegetable for

expert didn’t say this, it was obvious that this was

but there was a huge

Lukas, Rachel was the first one to know about

that Rachel had the right to

outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette between his

disoriented, and there were dark

just went down to tell Rachel about this important

heard the tragic news, her

she had already prepared

Carson was a

didn’t know when she became this mentally

in a coma for

might have

outside the operating room for 70 hours before the indication light

cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low voice, "This is

You can’t smoke here."

his senses, Carson put

her indifferent expression, he didn’t bother continue

and asked, "Anyway, how is the little

"Joey? He’s fine.

doctor checked him up yesterday and said that he has been recovering pretty

will

and peeped through the glass panel on the

sleeping

faint smile, he stretched for a bit and said, "Good

I’m

around and

really just visited to tell Rachel about the doctor’s diagnosis regarding

he had

the blink of an eye, two days eventually

was made aware of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend to

ward almost

Carson didn’t show his face to

was also convinced that Victor would never

that Victor had miraculously woke up from

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

time without being able

was still judging Roger’s expression if he was

to go upstairs

pressed her lips

her sleeve and

I want to

pleading in a

Victor was

in the hospital, he actually had a

that Rachel had always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t

truth, Rachel didn’t have

Joey didn’t cry or say anything, nor did he pester Rachel to go to

smiled and made

They say bad people live long

to worry too much about

at Joey’s bright eyes, she felt a lump in

she mustered her

"Yes, of course."

weeks, Joey had a good rest

Victor, as if there was

wake up in the middle of the night from time to time and look at

keeping it all inside him, but Rachel was aware that he missed Victor

"Okay…"

heart softened, and she

ward was in the second inpatient

wound hadn’t fully healed yet, it was inconvenient for him to

simply let him sit

and the three of them went

they

at the floor of the ward

VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was sitting on the sofa in the hall, dealing with

steps approaching, he furrowed his brows and eventually saw three people

Victor had seen this scene, Carson knew that he would have

time I’ve

What brings you here?"

asked Joey as he quickly set the document he was holding aside and raised his

"Have you been beaten?"

asked, blinking his innocent

look like someone who will be beaten easily? Ha! I’m

did those dark circles around your eyes

"Dark circles?"

almost choked

he picked up his phone, opened

that Joey

were so big that

was only to be

have a good sleep for half a

handsome young man, but even he was

"Ha-ha!"

laugh after seeing

that he was fooled

forward and pinched Joey’s

"You, brat.

you tease your

"Huh? Who said that you are my godfather? I don’t

have no

and I grew up

We are best friends.

one who picked

that’s how I became

his eyebrows and crossed his

don’t want it, that fact

his uninjured hand and said, "Humph! If I don’t want to admit it, no one

he withdrew his hand

also didn’t expect that I would have a godson

I said, it’s a fact that

better change your attitude

but he stuck out his tongue

of the corner of his

tried to regain his composure and commented, "I see that

I heard that

here with Rachel and Joey to see

Roger explained.

his composure

"Oh, I see."

the room and said, "His ward is

He is resting inside.

and see him."Chapter 466 Tacit Cooperation Rachel looked at the

what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

and walked

followed her, pushing

placed over

lost in

was about to sav

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

stopped and looked at the

was not standing

result, Joey could see him

raised his eyebrows as if he was giving Carson a

a quick glance at him,

need to

overheard what

I take

"No!"

in a

serious look

I am

wasn’t a problem

at that moment, they were no longer in

to the ladies’ room, just like it

reaction to Joey’s words, Rachel looked at

Roger, then her gaze

Carson

to

pay any

his phone and turned around as if nothing had

give Joey a thumbs up

like he was answering

Mr.Ramos! I have read the plan

talking, he headed towards the

very

phone’s screen lit up while he was still holding it

saw what just

"It’s okay.

will take Joey

He is actually right.

him

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

he heard those

thought that Rachel ought to have been closer to him

they

them were always in

to her,

of things,

that it couldn’t

stop himself from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the

Joey headed towards

time, Carson

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

a quick glance at

you through with the

"What?"

took a peek at

appeared on

am through with

My subordinates are too bad

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

a fake smile

not very good at

that Rachel knew that he had pretended to answer the call

of his nose and coughed to ease the

want

order to look through the glass panel on

ward was a

view, only the living room could be

Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in no time and walked

Victor would lie in the bed for

has to undergo half a

came from behind

a stable

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

man in a suit coming

He looked dejected.

a document

and Carson as

first,

"Mr.Scott!"

hung around the man’s

It was quite noticeable.

Sullivan Group and the director of

was no need asking about

man’s expression that the project plan

been driven out! Her attention was drawn to the name

was what

She turned to Carson.

he looked back at her, she raised

"Well, this is Troy.

as a member of

meant by just looking

at a loss

were so many

had to

who

and mentioned her

"Miss Bennet."

her head

was covered

his life! Nonetheless, he was still holding the document tightly

I’m going back to

his hand and

should do

said, Troy went out of sight in a blink

looked at

see that Victor was sitting against the head of the bed

doesn’t seem as

and can

door

leaned against the

follow Rachel

was reading some document

his head

cast her gaze

was in a hospital

face was pale

and looked

she waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have thought that the man

she

asked you to

Victor heard the

person who was walking towards

his usual cold and stiff tone, he said softly, "Rachel, you are

POV: Even after we

I figured it wouldn’t bode well if I lost my

"The dance is over.

to

I reminded him.

his eyes, but he still loosened his grip

a few steps back to distance myself

could still feel the warmth of his touch on

and i

my heart was

it felt like I had returned to the

were the

those days were long gone and I could never get

down, feeling

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

guests suddenly approached

ignore the burning gaze from behind me and began chatting with the guests with a smile on my

my glass and taking

I’d had a few to drink

this time, Elena came to

a surprise waiting for you on the second

go upstairs and take

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when

appeared on Elena’s

to

I saw that there were bright red rose petals scattered

numerous

eyes widened in

say, this whole scene was picturesque and

I had no idea who

came to mind was Charles,

him?’ A bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself for

much effort on me, and yet I still couldn’t

joy of receiving this birthday

floor, I stared

tranquil, and

cold sea breeze, I felt

a sudden, a fireworks display lit up the

shot up to the sky, a deafening sound resonated

sounded like

noise, I covered

the

i felt like my blood was running

the abandoned warehouse kept flashing

was out of breath I felt so dizzy that

was having a panic attack, a pair of strong arms held me tightly "There’s no need to be

I’m here."

above me, making me feel

It was Charles.

his arms as tears burst from my eyes, Gently,

don’t have to be scared