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.

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It’s so cold!"

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a knife to

he heard what Shelia asked,

said, "I have no

knew the reason

because he wanted to be

knew ahead of time that even under ner protection, Victor would find himself

learn more skills so that he would at least have a better chance to survive in case of an

"Alright."

continued to focus her gaze

the corner of his eye, Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust that rested on

stretched out a hand

turned to look at Victor with

eyes, he started to feel a little

retracted his hand, looked away, and explained, "Your nose has

"Is that so?"

nose with the back of

about now? Is it still

"No,"

said, glancing

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

you learn other than roasting meat? I want to

Can you teach me?"

you want to

"In order to survive."

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

shelia said casually.

sad upon

the meat ready to be flipped? It’s

Shelia pointed out.

burn on the meat’s exposed side when he

he was

.

whether or

was, after all, Shelia’s

on the other hand, didn’t seem to take it

"Will you

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

and she broke into

dimples, meanwhile, became much

Victor nodded, "Okay."

broadly as she said, "Thanks so much,

encountered,

"Orphanage?"

That’s where

taken over and the

as she

woman was a wonderful

meals and gave me

orphan…’

guardian was needed to look after you

didn’t you leave

looked up at Victor and answered, "I

the only home Shelia had known for

okay with you

head, Shelia

desperate to visit her tomb, so I

unknown to them, and I

of the dingy ground, Shelia

was bathed in shards of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees and

placed her hands behind her head,

with disappointment as she gazed

to

what keeps you from doing

people guarding the

me if I go

no idea that I

I meet her again

blinking her

remained fixed on Shelia and

the chance to see you, Van, it

in her heart

said that I was a

to use this term to describe a

at Shelia, Victor concluded that the

of her features, particularly

"Since she was responsible for your

unable to communicate since she was

referred to

card was

gently removed it from her pocket as if it were a treasure and presented it to Victor

orphanage, each kid was given a

the elderly woman split the fruits, she put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was maybe due

the card–the

Did I get the best

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

retracted the card and said, "I am the only one

meat was toasting as

the meat after he re-applied the

all set to

Eat, please."

growl came from her gut just after

put her hand to her stomach and ate the meat with a greedy

better than the meat i made myself!

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a good

feet,

to rise when Shelia abruptly extended

"Come on, get up."

little pause, he

learning the hard way, Shelia used a dart to put marks

of time as they

had cooled

sitting down on a stone and drank some

not sure how far we’ll have to travel until

get out before the

some water

so much walking, and he was coughing

incoherently, "I’m sure we

Let’s move forward."

have

"Like never before…"

continued to

forward motion, she murmured, "Van, you look

return, be sure to

his gaze to the side of her

in mud after a

you? What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow to

plans once we leave the forest? Where will

know… I want to continue my travels and explore the world’s finest rivers

station when I can no longer walk and

with a

"Shelia."

his mind

"What’s the problem?"

come with me after we get

sure my grandma will like you, I will

can count on

me to come with

with you? If you

that Shelia might

paused for a while before asking, "Are

"No, I’m not.

to treat you the

Victor convinced her.

smiled at Victor, saying,

get out of

"Sure."

moment they emerged from

Go The sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale

glimmered on the bodies of Victor and

since high noon

when they saw a relatively spacious country

out of

if we walk

We can…"

finish her sentence, she saw Victor stop

She was confused.

Victor, wanting

"Van?"

didn’t expect

voice came, Shelia looked for the source

that were

the front, looking at them intently as he played

away that

shield Victor, who in turn stood

his eyes off Norton,

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

get lost even

finding our way out of the forest,

and you can get back

"And then?"

asked, her

looked straight

"Walk along this road.

mobile phone from them,

knew that Norton didn’t intend to let

play a game with

couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia

a family, bring her back to see his

that Victor could not fulfill the promise he

phone number on her

once you

he whispered.

is my grandmother’s

will pick you

down at

looked at her and

"No."

pulled her

eyes were a little

want to remember the

be a good

Victor frowned.

coughed violently as soon as

remained adamant and clenched her

didn’t want to spread her palm and

talking about, he could tell that they were reluctant to leave

a condescending sneer, he said, "Tut, tut, tut, this is so

feelings for each other! I’m so moved by

up when saw Norton approaching

intuitively pulled Sheila behind

seriously injured and keeping himself standing steadily was taxing

be hard for

deliberately walked up

and Shelia stepped

with them, Norton pulled Shelia

too fast for Victor

"Let her go!"

kept a firm grip on

in hearing

you

as he wiped the mud on Shelia’s

incense Victor, Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed over and tried to

he stopped in his tracks when something silver flashed

a knife that Norton

spat out a

"No."

"What are you saying?"

Victor a mocking smile, pretending not

felt that he had difficulty

and tried

want is my

to do

So, let her go!"

wow! This

Norton curled his lips.

I don’t want

don’t where she comes from but I find

to die alone? I can do something about that and let her

red eyes, Victor breathed

pressed against her neck, all Shelia could do was raise her

body was

when she saw Victor spat out blood and

you can do?

smile plastered on his

eyes narrowed in anger when

did you

said you are

Shelia swallowed.

feel a sense of accomplishment by threatening

in you to do what

So, cut the crap.

want to kill me,

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to stop

knew that she was provoking

Shelia would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man would

Norton was indeed angry.

looked fierce, but he kept his voice in check as he talked

Looks like you

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help you

Norton said, laughing derisively.

and

eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you going

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

as

and feet bound, Shelia was taken

made to ride a

his brain thinking about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke Up

was

her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s face

into fists, and the blue veins

and yelled,

her eyes because of the gushing water, Shelia had

actually wanted Victor to run

moment she opened her mouth, she was

her eyes became

the exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton scoffed

be strong but he was useless

making me

think that I’m a good man? Why the hell should

rope, squatted

the sake of you wanting to save her so much, I

in me, huh? What do you

could just

would do whatever it took to save

Shelia, who was in the middle of the

appeared

looked at Victor

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

the weakest among my

on my left has only killed two people, and the

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

been holding Victor’s arms let go of him and took a few steps

in his hand, Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned, "But of course,

these two before

can say goodbye

afraid that you won’t even find her

Victor didn’t care about

quickly rushed up and fought against the

was a mercenary and the most

course, even his weakest subordinates should

Victor was currently badly

peak state, he might not even be able

tall and burly men

Victor was at a

them, the two men punched Victor right in his

hit, Victor

left him, and he eventually knelt on the

being broken scattered all over his body, making

Victor’s face

still tried to stand, not ready to give

back on his feet,

was still able to subconsciously use his arm to block it, but it didn’t make much

hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful

this point, Victor’s

managed to fix his eyes on the rope, which was only a few

didn’t matter how many injuries he

the fire was put out and the rope was

he was willing to do anything

wanted to go on,

to the ground and lost

it raining?’ After some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when

to open his eyes, but

just lay there on the ground, watching the

wonder if he was

so he thought that

soon enough, the sharp pain that pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize that

wanted to stand up, but he couldn’t move even

only move his hands a little bit, grabbing the mud

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

was no

"Ahem!"

spurting out

grabbed unto the soil and opened his

river expectantly, as if he was waiting for something

for a

fact, he didn’t even know how much

the person he had

head from the river or come out from somewhere and call

and the excruciating pain

lost consciousness

again, he was finally

subordinates found him near the

him lasted for

found out that Victor had

were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill notice was

he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people to

an oxygen mask and

not completely out of danger yet, but all he cared about was

she must be a very important person

didn’t dare delay to send people to

seven days, but Shelia couldn’t be

passed and there was still

crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and

one could easily recognize that it was

later, Victor completely

thing he did after fully recovering was buy

of Hearts card in a box and

on the marble

Shelia’s name on

the second year of Victor’s recovery, while Karl was

to the hospital, but he was

was also in that

years, he finished his studies and finally

several small companies

Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one of the top

able to prove his outstanding ability,

time, Roger entered the ward where Rachel

the bed, holding a bowl of porridge, and coaxing Joey to eat

can’t eat any

porridge for about half

even stand the

choice but to put

said, "Eat it again when

tongue out, not intending to

the door,

Roger came to the hospital to visit

the kid gradually got acquainted with

Roger

Joey couldn’t eat too much, he could

course, Joey could only eat them

Roger, Rachel turned around and was

you say that

time Roger came here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to eat something or if she needed

would say no every time, he would still insist

Roger asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today, so he

it would probably be

I

Roger hesitated for a moment

response, Rachel furrowed her brows in

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

The operation done to Victor lasted for

operating room opened and closed for several times as doctors went in

and Carson couldn’t do anything but wait outside until the procedure

since the operation began, the indicator light outside the room was turned

the

life was saved, but he wasn’t completely out

was wheeled to

was not until two days ago that his

eligible to be

he was still

expert in the field to check Victor’s condition and

it wasn’t what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

had healed, they

new injuries just made matters

only

tell us when he will wake

in a

I can’t say

help but frown

be blunt, please consider

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

it was obvious that this was

was a huge

was

that Rachel had

against the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette between his

and there were

to tell Rachel about this

when Rachel heard the tragic news, her face didn’t show

already prepared herself for something

was a

when she became this mentally

was when Victor had been in a coma

have

operating room for 70 hours before the indication

moment of silence, Rachel glanced at the cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low

You can’t smoke here."

if he regained his senses, Carson put out

he didn’t bother

asked, "Anyway, how

"Joey? He’s fine.

yesterday and said that

plaster will be removed ahead of the initial

his head and peeped through the glass

sleeping soundly in the

he stretched for a bit and said, "Good

I’m leaving

around and

that he really just visited to tell Rachel about the doctor’s

from that, he had nothing

eye, two days

she was made aware of Victor’s

in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four hours a

Carson didn’t show his

came from an expert, she was

news that Victor had miraculously woke

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

at Roger for a long time without

was still judging Roger’s

Do you want to go upstairs

Rachel pressed her lips hard and

of nowhere, someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her back from her deep

want to see

pleading

Victor was in

woke up in the hospital, he actually

on, he found that Rachel had always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come up in

when Joey finally found out the truth, Rachel didn’t have the

say anything, nor did he

just smiled and made

They say bad people live long

have to worry too much

bright eyes, she felt a lump

she mustered

"Yes, of course."

two weeks, Joey had

as if

of the night from time to time and look at the ceiling with his

inside him, but Rachel was

"Okay…"

softened, and she

ward was in

it was

Rachel simply let him sit

and the three of them went

enough, they

The elevator finally stopped at the floor

floor was a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was sitting on the sofa in

steps approaching, he furrowed his brows and eventually

scene, Carson knew that he would have

guy, it’s the first time I’ve seen

What brings you here?"

he quickly set the document he was

"Have you been beaten?"

asked, blinking

that? Do I look like someone who

those dark circles around

"Dark circles?"

choked at

he picked up his phone, opened its front camera, and looked at his

realized that Joey was

bags were so big that it

of course, this was

good sleep for

handsome young man, but even

"Ha-ha!"

help but laugh after seeing the upset look on Carson’s

innocent laughter, Carson realized that he was fooled by this little guy

forward and pinched

"You, brat.

you tease your godfather? You have

sharp pain on his face and retorted, "Huh? Who said that you are my godfather? I don’t

no opinion

I

We are best friends.

the one who picked

that’s how I became

and crossed his arms

if you don’t want it, that fact

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

he withdrew his

voice, "I also didn’t expect that

I said, it’s a fact that

better change your

he stuck out his tongue

of his eye, Carson recognized Roger

then tried to regain his composure and commented, "I see that you’re not busy

that Mr.Sullivan has

here with Rachel and Joey to

Roger explained.

didn’t plan to lose his

"Oh, I see."

room and

He is resting inside.

466 Tacit Cooperation Rachel looked at the ward

one knew what was going through

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

walked towards

her, pushing

placed over his

lost in thoughts for

when he was about to sav something, Joey spoke

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the

not standing

him from

eyebrows as if he was giving

taking a quick glance at him, Joey turned

I need to use

overheard what Joey

I

"No!"

in a very decisive

a serious look on

am

wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take him

at that moment, they were no longer

wouldn’t be appropriate for Rachel to take a boy to the ladies’ room,

to Joey’s words, Rachel

it was Roger, then

want to bother the former, Carson soon observed that she was

wanted him to take Joey to

pay any attention to Rachel’s

his phone and

managed to give Joey a thumbs

pretended like he was answering the

Mr.Ramos! I have read the

talking, he headed towards

he wasn’t very

up while he was still holding it to

all! Rachel saw what just happened clearly and understood

"It’s okay.

take Joey

He is actually right.

him to be taken to the

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

he heard those words, they

to have been closer

they got

always

to

things,

it

he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the

he and Joey headed towards the

time, Carson came

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

at the phone in his

you through with the phone

"What?"

Rachel’s sight and took a

a smile appeared on his

am through with

choice! My subordinates are too bad at

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake smile on

not very good at

Rachel knew that he had pretended to answer the call only

of his nose and coughed

you want to

her head in order to look through the glass panel

was

from her point of view, only the living

pushed the door open in no

lie in the bed

half

voice came

is in a

"Get out of here!"

interrupted Carson’s

and saw a man in a suit coming out of the

He looked dejected.

document in his

ran into Rachel and Carson

was stunned at first, then his

"Mr.Scott!"

card hung around

It was quite noticeable.

Group and the director

about what just happened to

from the man’s expression that

must have been driven out! Her attention was drawn to the

what really interested

She turned to Carson.

at her, she

"Well, this is Troy.

of the Sullivan

exactly what she meant

at a

so many

had

recognized who Rachel

and

"Miss Bennet."

head slightly in

was

him the scare of his life! Nonetheless, he

I’m going back

waved his hand and

should do

out of

looked at the door

Victor was sitting against the head

doesn’t seem as bad as you

is well and

door and pushed

leaned against the door

didn’t follow

reading some document when he heard

raise his head and

her gaze on

was in a

that his face was pale despite

frowned and looked

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

that she walked towards the

asked you to go out, didn’t

Victor heard the footsteps,

at the person

in his usual cold and

we finished the dance, Charles kept his hand

there were many guests around, I figured it wouldn’t bode well if

"The dance is over.

time to

I reminded him.

through his eyes, but he still loosened

took a few steps back to distance myself from

some reason, I could still feel

blushed and

heart was

moment, it felt like I had

him were the

those days were long gone

feeling conflicted

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached me

me and began chatting with the guests with

said, raising my glass and taking a

it, I’d had a few to drink

Elena

waiting for you on

you like to go upstairs and take

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when

smile appeared on Elena’s

I followed her to the deck

there, I saw that there were bright red rose petals scattered across the floorboard, forming a

also numerous

eyes widened

say, this whole scene was picturesque and

my birthday surprise?’ I had no idea

person that came to mind was Charles, but I quickly cast aside that

A bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself

on me, and

this birthday

second floor, I stared at the

was tranquil, and yet my mind

the cold sea breeze, I felt

of a sudden, a fireworks display lit up the sky,

the sky, a deafening sound

sounded like

I covered

on the ground and

trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my

incident at the abandoned

seconds, I was out of breath I felt so dizzy

pair of strong arms held me tightly "There’s

I’m here."

above me,

It was Charles.

nestled in his arms as tears burst from my eyes, Gently, he brushed

don’t have to be scared ever