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.

time since

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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a while, he said, "I

fact, Victor knew the

learned that because he wanted to be prepared

time that even under ner protection, Victor would find himself in

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

"Alright."

focus her gaze on

Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust that rested on the

out a hand

startled and turned to look at Victor with a

straight into Shelia’s eyes, he started to feel a

his hand, looked away, and

"Is that so?"

nose with the back of her

about now?

"No,"

said, glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

did you learn other than roasting

Can you teach me?"

want to

"In order to survive."

Shelia’s mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With Me

shelia said casually.

sad upon hearing

ready to be flipped? It’s on the

Shelia pointed out.

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

the meat over while he was still

.

second thoughts about whether or not to

after all, Shelia’s own

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

you please

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

Shelia’s eyes glowed, and she broke into a

two dimples, meanwhile, became

Victor nodded, "Okay."

she said,

the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for

"Orphanage?"

where I

orphanage was taken over

clouded as she spoke about

was a wonderful

meals and gave me a lot of fresh

is an orphan…’

look after you since the orphanage was

didn’t you leave with the

at Victor and answered, "I

the only home Shelia had known

with you

head,

to visit her

whereabouts remain unknown to them,

of the dingy ground,

had been scattered by the

placed her hands behind

she

want to

what keeps you from doing

are people guarding the

find me if I go

that I have a

my name when I meet her again in

said, blinking her

fixed on Shelia and he said

to see you, Van, it would

a soft spot in her heart for adorable

said that I was

appropriate to use this term to

Shelia, Victor concluded that the adjective

apt description of her features, particularly her

"Since she was responsible for your upbringing, how come you got

was unable to communicate since she was

to us by

card was

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

kid was given a

them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted

stared at the card–the King

I get

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

am the only one with

meat was toasting as they

her the meat after he re-applied

set

Eat, please."

came from her gut

hand to her stomach and ate the meat with a

than the meat i made myself!

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after a

rose to her feet, she said, "Let’s keep

rise when Shelia

"Come on, get up."

pause, he took Shelia’s hand in

a dart to put marks on

of time

sun had

in sitting down on a

not sure how far we’ll have to travel

can get out before

drank some

exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing

"I’m sure

Let’s move forward."

still have

"Like never before…"

and continued

her forward motion, she murmured, "Van, you look

return, be sure to

gaze to the side

mud after a day and a night in

you? What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow

we leave the forest? Where will you

know… I want to continue my travels and explore the

station when I can no longer walk and beg them

with a

"Shelia."

appeared to have made up his mind after

"What’s the problem?"

after we get out of

I will defend you if she doesn’t

can count on

want me to come

it all right with you? If

concerned that Shelia

before asking, "Are you joking right

"No, I’m not.

you the

Victor convinced her.

and smiled at Victor,

we get out

"Sure."

moment they emerged from

Go The sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the

the

since high noon and now, the

they saw

we’re out of the

if we

We can…"

sentence, she saw Victor

She was confused.

at Victor, wanting to know why

"Van?"

well, well, i didn’t expect you to

for the source

cars that were

looking at them intently as he played with a

away that they were

to shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively

eyes off

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

lost even

of the

these marks and you can get back

"And then?"

her

looked straight into

"Walk along this road.

mobile phone from them, and call this

knew that Norton didn’t

game with Victor by throwing him into the

felt that if he couldn’t escape

Shelia a family, bring her back to

not fulfill the promise he

Shelia’s hand, Victor wrote a phone

you get hold of

he whispered.

is my

she will pick you up wherever you

looked down at

respond, Victor looked

"No."

her hand

were a

don’t want to remember the number, nor do

a good

Victor frowned.

that he coughed

and clenched

to spread her palm and let Victor write the phone number

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

condescending sneer, he said, "Tut, tut,

for each other!

up when

pulled Sheila behind

injured and keeping himself standing steadily was taxing for

be hard for

up to

and Shelia

with them, Norton

was too fast for

"Let her go!"

firm

found satisfaction in hearing vexation in Victor’s

you

the mud on Shelia’s face with his

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

he stopped in his tracks when something silver

a knife that Norton

a

"No."

"What are you saying?"

a contemptuous tone and gave Victor a mocking smile, pretending not to hear

he had difficulty in

clenched his fist and tried to

want is my

to do with

So, let her go!"

This is

Norton curled his lips.

want to let

from but I find

it’s boring for you to die alone? I

red eyes,

the tip of the knife pressed against her neck, all Shelia could do was raise

body was

when she saw Victor spat out blood and beg for mercy,

you can

kept his mocking smile plastered on his

in anger

you

said you are

Shelia swallowed.

feel a sense of accomplishment

you don’t have in you to

So, cut the crap.

kill

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to stop

that she

would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man would do just what she was

Norton was indeed angry.

voice in

Looks like you really want to

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help you

Norton said, laughing derisively.

turned to his men and instructed them,

squinted his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

did as they were

feet bound, Shelia was taken to one of the

made to ride a different

Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke

was flowing

making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s face became paler

into fists, and the blue veins on his neck became

and

eyes because of the

Victor to run

opened her

enough, her eyes became

expression on Victor’s face, Norton scoffed

strong but

making me

a good man? Why the hell should I

Norton approached the rope, squatted down,

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

still some good in me, huh?

just glare

would do whatever it took to

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

behind him appeared and

slowly stood up and looked at

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the weakest among my

killed two people, and the one on the right has killed

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

speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor’s arms let go of him

its tip with his thumb and warned, "But of course, you have

these two before the rope

say goodbye to

she’s washed away, I’m afraid

the flickering flame, Victor didn’t care about

essence, so he quickly rushed up and

mercenary and the most popular leader the

his weakest subordinates should be

Victor was currently

even in his peak state, he might not even be able to defeat one of the two weakest subordinates of

and burly men that

a doubt, Victor was at a disadvantage

over to them, the two men punched Victor right in his abdomen one after another,

as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled to stand

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

broken scattered all over his body, making him feel

face

to stand, not ready to give

he could even get back on his feet, he saw another punch

was still able to subconsciously use his arm to block it, but

was hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also fell

this point, Victor’s vision became

to fix his eyes on the rope, which

how many injuries

as the fire was put out and the rope was

trouble, so he

much as his mind wanted to go on,

he fell back to the ground and

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

struggled to open his eyes, but his

there on the ground, watching the raindrops

help but wonder if he

hadn’t fully recovered yet, so he thought

that pierced every inch of

stand up, but

move his hands a little bit, grabbing the mud

head to look at the river,

was no trace of

"Ahem!"

spurting

grabbed unto the soil and opened his eyes as wide

the river expectantly, as if he was

waited for a long

know how much time

found the person he

hoped that someone would raise her head from the river

the excruciating pain he was experiencing, Victor couldn’t

lost

Victor woke up again,

subordinates found him

rescue him lasted for two days

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

chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill

was ask Carolyn to send

wearing an oxygen mask

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

was, but she could sense that she must be a very important person due

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

search lasted for seven days, but

was still no news about

Carolyn was able to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then dried

covered with mud, but one could

years later,

thing he did after fully recovering was buy

of Hearts card in

was nothing on the marble tombstone

wasn’t even Shelia’s

while Karl was on

tried to rush him to the hospital, but he was declared dead on

was also in that year that

finished his studies and

companies under the

companies from

prove his outstanding ability,

At this time, Roger entered the ward

the bed,

can’t eat any

had been eating porridge

now, he couldn’t even stand the smell of porridge

and had no choice

she said, "Eat it again when you get

his tongue out, not intending to

standing at the door, so he

Roger came to the hospital

gradually got acquainted with

was that Roger would bring some snacks

could at

could only eat them

Rachel turned around and was

say that

Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to eat something

say no every time, he would still insist on getting her

that he had an important project meeting today,

he could still visit, it would

I couldn’t

Roger hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "But I got a

Rachel furrowed her brows in

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

Dark Circles The operation done to Victor

closed for several times as doctors went in

and Carson couldn’t do anything but

operation began, the indicator light outside

indicated that the surgery

but he wasn’t completely

was wheeled

days ago

became eligible to be transferred to the

still in

to check Victor’s

what he

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed, they

his new injuries

said that only a miracle could save Victor’s

tell us when he will wake

asked in a gloomy

can’t

help but frown as he made things

if I may be blunt, please consider preparing

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

say this, it was obvious that this was

a hundred percent, but there was a huge chance that this was

for Carson and Lukas, Rachel was the first one to know

Carson deemed that Rachel had the right

outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette between his

looked slightly disoriented, and there were dark

tell Rachel about this

the tragic news, her face didn’t

had already prepared herself

was a bit

know when she became

it was when Victor had been in a coma for about half a month after

have been even

operating room for 70 hours

hand and reminded him in a low voice, "This is the

You can’t smoke here."

regained his senses, Carson put out

her indifferent expression, he didn’t bother continue discussing

asked, "Anyway, how is

"Joey? He’s fine.

checked him up yesterday and said that he has been recovering

his plaster will

and peeped through the glass

Joey sleeping soundly

stretched for a bit and said, "Good

I’m

saying that, Carson turned around and left

tell Rachel about the doctor’s

had nothing else

of an eye, two

Victor’s condition, Rachel

ward almost twenty-four hours

same time, Carson didn’t show his face

expert, she was also

now, Roger broke the news that Victor had miraculously woke up from

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

for a long time without being

judging

to go upstairs

Rachel pressed

pulled her sleeve and pulled her back from

I want to see

Joey, pleading in a

fact that Victor

up in the hospital, he

had always been absent-minded and

the truth, Rachel didn’t

anything, nor did he pester Rachel to go to the ICU to

just smiled and made a

Isn’t daddy bad? They say bad people

have to worry too much about

she felt a lump in her

few moments, she

"Yes, of course."

Joey had a good rest in

mention Victor, as if there

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

a brave kid for keeping it all inside him, but Rachel was

"Okay…"

softened, and she

was in the

it was inconvenient for him to walk all

simply let him sit in

him, and the three of them went to Victor’s

enough, they reached the

finally stopped at the floor

a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson

heard that there were steps approaching, he furrowed his brows and eventually saw three people approaching

seen this scene, Carson knew that

it’s the first time I’ve seen you up

What brings you here?"

set the document he

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking

Do I look like someone who will be beaten easily? Ha! I’m the one who beats others, you

circles around your eyes come

"Dark circles?"

choked

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

realized that Joey was

haggard, and his eye bags were so big that it seemed like someone punched

of course, this was only to

a good

but even he was susceptible

"Ha-ha!"

couldn’t help but laugh after seeing the

that he

stepped forward and

"You, brat.

your godfather? You

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

have no opinion regarding

and I grew up

We are best friends.

one who picked

that’s how I became your

his arms

if you don’t want it,

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

tongue as he withdrew

slightly low voice, "I also didn’t expect that I would have a godson

as I said, it’s a fact that you can’t

change your attitude

didn’t say anything more, but he stuck

the corner of his

to regain his composure and commented, "I see that you’re

I heard that Mr.Sullivan has woken

came here with Rachel and Joey

Roger explained.

to lose his composure just because

"Oh, I see."

room and said, "His ward is

He is resting inside.

466 Tacit Cooperation Rachel

knew what was going through her

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked towards the

followed her, pushing Joey’s

placed over his

in thoughts

to

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

looked at the little

standing very far

Joey could see him from the corner

as if he

quick glance at

I need to use

overheard what

about I take

"No!"

in a very decisive

was a serious look

I am

Joey’s ward, so it wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take him to the

were no longer

ladies’ room, just like it wouldn’t be right for her to

Joey’s words, Rachel looked at both

it was Roger, then her gaze fell on

to bother the former, Carson soon observed

to take Joey

to pay any attention

his phone and

a thumbs up without Rachel

he was answering the

Mr.Ramos! I have read the plan you sent to

talking, he headed towards the nurses’

he wasn’t very good

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

was no call at all! Rachel saw what just happened

"It’s okay.

will take

He is actually right.

him to be taken to the bathroom

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words,

Rachel ought to have

days, they got

of them were always

for reasons best known to

of things,

it couldn’t be achieved

from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room

he and Joey

some time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

quick glance at the

through with

"What?"

sight and took a peek at

a smile appeared on

I am through

My subordinates are

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

a fake smile on her

very good

answer the call only moments ago,

the tip of his nose and

you want

head in order to look through the glass

was a

her point of view, only the living room could be seen,

pushed the door open in

lie

undergo half a year’s rehabilitation

came from behind

a

"Get out of here!"

interrupted Carson’s

and saw a man in a suit coming out

He looked dejected.

a document

ran into Rachel and Carson as soon as he

was stunned at first, then his

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung around the man’s

It was quite noticeable.

Group and the director of the project

need asking about

man’s expression that the project plan had been denied

been driven out! Her attention was drawn to

was what really interested

She turned to Carson.

looked back at her, she raised her

"Well, this is Troy.

as a member of

knew exactly what she meant by just

was at a loss for

many surnames in the

had

who

bowed and mentioned her

"Miss Bennet."

nodded her head

was covered

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

I’m going back

waved his hand and said,

should do

out of sight in a blink

at the

space was enough for her to see that Victor was sitting against the head of

as bad

and

to the door

against the door

didn’t follow

document when he

his head and say coldly, "Get

cast her

in

that his face was pale despite

frowned and looked

than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have thought that the man in front of her

so entranced that she

you to go

Victor heard the footsteps, his

up at the person who was walking

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

POV: Even after we finished the dance,

I figured it wouldn’t bode well if I

"The dance is over.

to let

I reminded him.

but he still loosened his

back to distance myself from

still feel the warmth of his touch on my

blushed and i

my heart

it felt like

days with him were the

reminisced, I knew that those days were long gone and I could never

down, feeling conflicted

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

guests suddenly approached me and greeted

the burning gaze from behind me and began chatting

glass and taking a sip

it, I’d had a few to drink and was starting to

this time, Elena came to

surprise waiting for you

go upstairs and

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when you

mysterious smile appeared on

my confusion, I followed her to the deck on the

were bright red rose petals scattered across the

numerous balloons around

eyes widened in

this whole

had no idea who had prepared

to mind was Charles, but I quickly cast aside that

my lips, and somehow, I began to

on me, and

of receiving this

stood on the second floor, I stared at the night scene around me

tranquil, and

of the cold sea breeze,

sudden, a fireworks display lit

to the sky, a deafening

like a

the noise, I covered my ears

on the ground

trembling uncontrollably, and i felt

at the abandoned warehouse

I was out of breath I felt

panic attack, a pair of strong

I’m here."

came from above me, making me feel so

It was Charles.

from my eyes, Gently, he brushed my hair and tried to comfort

have to be scared