My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Chapter 317: Apologize
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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"Let’s not talk here.
It’s so cold!"
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"It’s my fault.
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spoke in
"Survive in the wildness?"
that Shelia had ever heard of
you go out of your
crushed some
used a knife
Shelia
said, "I have
fact, Victor knew
because he wanted to
ner protection,
to learn more skills so that he would at least have a better chance to survive in case of an
"Alright."
her gaze
caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust that
a hand to wipe
startled and turned to look at Victor with
straight into Shelia’s eyes,
hand, looked away, and explained, "Your nose has dirt on
"Is that so?"
nose
about now? Is
"No,"
glancing over
"Good."
Shelia smiled.
what else did you learn other than roasting
Can you teach me?"
want to learn
"In order to survive."
naturally.Chapter 462 Come
shelia said casually.
felt sad upon hearing
flipped? It’s on the verge of being
Shelia pointed out.
recall by Shelia, Victor saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when he looked
the meat over while he was still thinking about what she
.
or not
was, after all, Shelia’s own
didn’t seem to take it
"Will you please
"Hmm,"
said after a
"Is that a yes?"
Shelia’s eyes glowed, and she broke into
dimples, meanwhile, became much
Victor nodded, "Okay."
broadly as she
individual I’ve ever encountered, except for
"Orphanage?"
where I was
two years ago, the orphanage was taken over and the old
as
woman was
meals and
is an orphan…’ Victor
guardian was needed to look after you since the
didn’t you leave with
and answered, "I didn’t
the only home Shelia
okay with you being outdoors on your
her head, Shelia said,
was desperate to visit her tomb, so I
remain unknown to them, and I
of the dingy ground,
of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees and
her hands behind
with disappointment as she gazed up at
to visit
what keeps you
are people guarding
if I
had no idea that I have a name
tell her my name when I meet her again in
said, blinking
on
to see you, Van, it
had a soft spot in her
I was a lovely
It didn’t seem appropriate to use this term to
Shelia, Victor concluded that
description of
Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your upbringing, how come you
was unable to communicate since she was deaf, mute,
to us
card was in
her pocket as if it were a treasure and presented it
orphanage, each kid was given a unique
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 to the reference to the pleasant
at the card–the King of
Did I get the
Shelia inquired.
"It’s definitely the best."
and said, "I am the only one with the
toasting as they were
meat after he
set
Eat, please."
came from her gut just
to her
than the meat i made myself! Van,
Victor’s expression softened somewhat.
rejuvenated after
rose to her feet, she
ready to rise when Shelia abruptly
"Come on, get up."
after a little pause, he took Shelia’s
the hard way, Shelia used a
of time as
had cooled down
in sitting down on a stone and drank
how far we’ll have to
get out
some water as
was perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood for the
said incoherently, "I’m sure
Let’s move forward."
still have
"Like never before…"
continued to hold
motion, she murmured, "Van, you
return, be sure
to the side of
was covered in mud after a
you? What’s
"Plan?"
was slow
we leave the
continue my travels and explore
station when I can no
with
"Shelia."
have made up his mind after staring at Shelia for a
"What’s the problem?"
me after we get out
you, I will defend you if she
can count on
to come
all right with you? If you don’t want to,
concerned that Shelia
paused for a while before asking, "Are
"No, I’m not.
to treat you the
Victor convinced her.
smiled at
we get out of the
"Sure."
they emerged from the woods, though, everything
sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale red glow that passed through the branches and
the bodies
noon and now,
they saw
we’re out of
villagers if we walk
We can…"
sentence, she saw Victor stop
She was confused.
wanting to
"Van?"
didn’t expect you to come out
looked for
that were parked not far
at the front, looking at them intently as he played with
away that they were
instinctively moved to shield Victor, who in turn
eyes off
a voice that only Shelia could hear, Victor said, "Run into the forest when I tell
even when
were finding our way out of the forest,
marks and you
"And then?"
her
straight into Shelia’s
"Walk along this road.
borrow a mobile phone from them, and call
Norton didn’t intend to
a game with Victor by throwing
escape this predicament, Shelia shouldn’t
give Shelia a family, bring her back to see his
not fulfill
Shelia’s hand, Victor wrote a phone
number once you
he whispered.
my grandmother’s
will pick
looked down
respond, Victor looked
"No."
pulled her
eyes were a little
want to remember the number, nor do I want
a good
Victor frowned.
was so anxious that he coughed violently as soon as he
remained adamant and clenched
just didn’t want to spread her palm and let Victor write
Norton couldn’t hear what Victor and Shelia were talking about, he could tell that they were reluctant to leave each
a condescending sneer, he said, "Tut, tut, tut, this is
for each other! I’m so moved by
tensed up when saw Norton approaching
pulled Sheila
seriously injured and keeping himself standing steadily
for him to
up to
Shelia
patience with them, Norton pulled
was too fast for Victor
"Let her go!"
firm grip on
hearing vexation in
know you look
said as he wiped the mud on Shelia’s face
pain, Victor rushed over and tried to
tracks when something
was a knife that
spat out a mouthful
"No."
"What are you saying?"
and gave Victor a mocking smile, pretending
that he
and tried to steady
you want is my
has nothing to do
So, let her go!"
wow! This
Norton curled his lips.
don’t want to let
but I find your
for you to die alone?
red eyes,
pressed against her neck, all Shelia
was
spat out blood and beg
all you can do? Threaten
smile plastered
his eyes narrowed in anger when he heard
did you just
you
Shelia swallowed.
a sense of accomplishment by threatening two
don’t have in you to do
So, cut the crap.
you want to kill
"Shelia…"
tried to
knew that she
was afraid that Shelia would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man
Norton was indeed angry.
fierce, but he kept his voice in check as
like you really want to
Shelia rolled her eyes.
can help you with
Norton said, laughing derisively.
turned to his men and instructed them, "Tie
squinted his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you going
Norton didn’t answer.
just glared at
men did as they were
and feet bound, Shelia was
was made to ride
Norton was
river was
over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s
the blue veins on his neck became very
his teeth and
to open her eyes because of the gushing water, Shelia
actually wanted Victor
her mouth, she was choked by
her eyes became
on Victor’s face,
but he was useless in this kind
making me laugh,
you think that I’m a good man? Why the
the rope, squatted down, and
you wanting to save her so much, I will give
good in me, huh? What
just
whatever it took to save
was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted his eyes
men behind him appeared and stood between the
and looked at Victor with a
"Here’s what I’m thinking.
two are the
killed two people, and the one on the right has
pause, Norton continued, "You want to save her, right? Knock them
holding Victor’s arms let
in his hand, Norton touched its tip with his thumb
two before the rope
goodbye
afraid that
flame, Victor didn’t care about
he quickly rushed up
mercenary and the most popular leader
even his weakest subordinates should be strong
was currently
not even be able to defeat one of
tall and burly men
Victor was at a disadvantage from the very
right in his abdomen one after another,
hit, Victor staggered and
his strength left him, and
of his bones being broken scattered all over his body, making him feel
this time, Victor’s face looked black with
stand,
could even get back on his feet, he saw
his arm to
Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and
point, Victor’s vision became
still managed to fix his eyes on the rope, which was only a few steps away
how many
out and the rope was
into this trouble, so he was willing to do anything to rescue
to go
he fell back to the ground and lost
raining?’ After some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of
to open his eyes, but his vision was
on the ground, watching the
help but wonder if
hadn’t fully recovered yet, so he thought
that pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize that he was
stand up, but he couldn’t
could only move his hands a little bit, grabbing the
head to look at the river, only to find that there was
was no trace of
"Ahem!"
coughed violently, spurting out
the soil and opened his eyes
as if he was waiting for something
waited for a
he didn’t even know how much
the person
the river or
to loss of blood and the excruciating pain he was
he lost
up again, he was finally
subordinates found him near the
to rescue him lasted for
that Victor had fractures in eight
and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill notice was issued
after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people to look
was still wearing an oxygen mask and
of danger yet,
could sense that she must be a very important
dare delay to send people to search for Shelia along the
lasted for seven days, but Shelia
there was still no news about
Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from
surface was mostly covered with mud, but one could easily recognize
later,
he did after
put the King of Hearts card in a box and buried it under a
marble tombstone aside from the
Shelia’s
of Victor’s recovery, while Karl was on
still tried to rush him to the hospital, but he was
was also in that year
finished his studies and finally
companies
shortest time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from
ability,
time, Roger entered the
he saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl of porridge,
can’t eat any
had been eating porridge
even stand the
choice but to
she said, "Eat it again
stuck his tongue out, not
the door, so he politely greeted,
the past half a month, Roger came to the hospital to visit Joey
kid gradually got acquainted with
Roger would
he could
could only
Roger, Rachel turned around and was surprised to
you say that you wouldn’t come
came here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to eat something or
every time, he would still insist on
night, when Roger asked, he said that he had an important
still visit, it would probably be very late
initially, I
moment
Rachel furrowed her
"Rachel, Victor woke up."
Roger broke the news.
to Victor lasted for more than
of the operating room opened and closed for several times
couldn’t do anything but wait outside
fourth day since the operation began, the indicator
the surgery
but he wasn’t completely
he was wheeled
until two days ago that
to be
he was still
the field to check Victor’s condition and give
it wasn’t what he
Victor sustained serious injuries.
had healed, they still had an
his new injuries
he said that only a miracle
at least tell us when he will
asked in a
afraid I can’t say that
help but frown as
may be blunt, please consider
chance that he’ll never wake up? Is he going to become
expert didn’t say this, it was
but there was a huge chance that this was
for Carson and Lukas, Rachel was the first
that Rachel
leaned against the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a
and there were dark circles round
just went down to tell Rachel about
news, her face
already prepared herself for something like
Carson was
know when she became
a coma for about half a
might have been even
there outside the operating room for 70 hours before the indication
the cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low voice,
You can’t smoke here."
regained his senses, Carson put
expression, he didn’t bother continue
subject and asked,
"Joey? He’s fine.
doctor checked him up yesterday and said that he
that his plaster will be removed
through the
Joey sleeping soundly in the
for a bit and said, "Good for
I’m
turned around and left
he really just visited to tell Rachel about the doctor’s diagnosis regarding Victor’s
had
eye, two
was made aware of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend to visit
ward
same time, Carson didn’t show
the diagnosis came from an expert, she was also convinced that Victor would
Victor
Obviously, Rachel was stunned.
long time without being able
still judging Roger’s expression if he was saying the
you want to go upstairs and see
Rachel pressed her lips
someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her back
I want
Joey, pleading in
hide the fact that Victor was in a
the hospital, he actually had a vague
had always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come up in any of
Joey finally found out the truth, Rachel didn’t have the heart to
say anything, nor did he pester Rachel to
he just smiled and made
daddy bad? They say bad
to worry too much
she
moments, she
"Yes, of course."
weeks, Joey had a good
didn’t mention Victor, as if there was
up in the middle of the night from time to time and look at the ceiling with his eyes wide
all inside him, but Rachel
"Okay…"
heart softened,
was in
was inconvenient for him to walk
let him
him, and the three of them went to Victor’s ward
they
stopped at the floor of
the entire floor was a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was sitting on the
he heard that there were steps approaching, he furrowed his brows and eventually
scene, Carson knew that he
first time I’ve
What brings you here?"
asked Joey as he quickly set the document
"Have you been beaten?"
asked, blinking his innocent
who will be beaten easily? Ha! I’m the
where did those dark circles around
"Dark circles?"
almost choked at Joey’s
phone, opened its front camera, and looked
realized that Joey
bags were so big that it seemed like
of course, this was only to
good
handsome young man, but even he was
"Ha-ha!"
seeing the upset look
innocent laughter, Carson realized that he was fooled by this little
Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s face
"You, brat.
dare you tease your godfather? You
and retorted, "Huh? Who said that you
have no opinion
and I
We are best friends.
the one who picked
how I
and crossed his arms
don’t want it, that
using his uninjured hand and said, "Humph! If I
he withdrew his hand from Joey’s
also didn’t expect that I would have
it’s a fact that you can’t
change your attitude towards
but he stuck
of his eye, Carson
composure and commented, "I see that you’re not
heard that Mr.Sullivan
I came here with Rachel and
Roger explained.
lose his composure just because of Carson’s
"Oh, I see."
and said, "His ward is
He is resting inside.
Tacit Cooperation Rachel looked at the ward Carson
knew what was going
"Let’s go,"
Roger reminded Rachel gently.
"Alright."
walked towards
followed her, pushing
placed over
was lost in thoughts
when he was about to
"Mr.Jimenez."
"Is anything the matter?"
Roger asked.
and looked at
was not standing very far
him
if he
after taking a quick glance at him, Joey turned
need to use the
overheard what Joey
about I take
"No!"
in a very decisive
serious look
I am
it wasn’t a problem for Rachel
they were no longer in the
it wouldn’t be appropriate for Rachel to take a boy to the ladies’ room, just like it
to Joey’s words, Rachel looked
was Roger, then
to bother the former, Carson
him to
coughed and refused to pay
and turned around as if
give Joey a thumbs up
pretended like he was answering
I have read the plan you sent to
talking, he headed towards the nurses’
he wasn’t very good
lit up while he was still
"It’s okay.
will take
He is actually right.
like him to be taken
Roger smiled gently.
"Thank you very much,"
Rachel said to Roger.
he heard those
to have been
days, they got
them were always in
for reasons best known to her, she still alienated
of things,
knew that it couldn’t be
the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room where Victor
Joey
some time,
"Where is Joey?"
he asked Rachel knowingly.
took a quick glance at the phone in his
with the
"What?"
and took
smile appeared on his
I am through with
was left with no choice! My subordinates
"Of course they are!"
Rachel narrowed her eyes.
a fake
not very good
answer the call only moments ago, the smile on his face
tip of his nose and
you want to go
head in order to look through
was
only the living
Rachel pushed the door open in no time and
said Victor would lie in the bed for
has to undergo half a year’s rehabilitation
voice came from behind
in a stable condition now,
"Get out of here!"
interrupted
stopped and saw a man in
He looked dejected.
a document in his
and Carson as soon as he came
at first, then his face
"Mr.Scott!"
hung
It was quite noticeable.
was an employee of the Sullivan Group and the
about what just happened
man’s expression that the project
was drawn to
was what really interested
She turned to Carson.
back at her, she raised her eyebrows
"Well, this is Troy.
works as a member of the Sullivan Group’s project
meant by
a loss for
many surnames
had to choose
who
and
"Miss Bennet."
her head slightly in
was
him the scare of his life! Nonetheless,
Bennet, I’m going back to the
and said,
do that
Carson said, Troy went out of
at
to see that Victor was sitting against the head
seem as bad
is well and can work
the door
leaned against
follow Rachel
document when he heard the
head and say coldly,
cast her gaze
in a hospital
his face was pale despite the fact that he
and
she waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have thought that the
was so entranced that she walked
to go out, didn’t
heard the footsteps,
looked up at the person who was
in his usual cold and stiff
Birthday Gift Caroline’s POV: Even after we finished the dance, Charles kept his hand
were many guests around, I figured it wouldn’t bode well if I
"The dance is over.
time to let
I reminded him.
eyes, but he still loosened his grip on
steps back to distance myself
reason, I could still feel the warmth of his touch
face blushed and i
my heart
moment, it felt like I had returned to
with him were the happiest
that those days were long gone and I could
looked down, feeling conflicted
"Happy birthday, Caroline."
approached me and
forced myself to ignore the burning gaze from behind me and began chatting with the guests with a smile on my
glass and taking a sip
to drink and was starting to get
Elena came to
a surprise waiting for
you like to go upstairs
she asked.
"What’s the surprise?"
This "surprise"
piqued my curiosity.
know when
appeared on Elena’s
my confusion, I followed her to
bright red rose petals scattered across the floorboard,
were also numerous balloons around the
widened
this whole scene was picturesque
surprise?’ I had no
to mind was Charles, but I
smile appeared on my
never spent this much effort on me,
joy of receiving this birthday surprise
I stared at the
tranquil, and yet my mind was
sea breeze, I
sudden, a fireworks display lit up the sky,
sky, a deafening sound resonated
like a
by the noise, I covered my ears at
the ground and
body began trembling uncontrollably, and i
incident at the abandoned warehouse kept
breath I felt so dizzy that I almost
strong arms held me
I’m here."
came from above me,
It was Charles.
my eyes, Gently, he brushed
to be scared
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