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.
been a long time since they last
"Let’s not talk here.
It’s so cold!"
whined, her teeth
a thought
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and ran
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pulled her to the side while he cleaned up the mess himself in the
her thumbs, Janet stood in the corner, restlessly watching Ethan
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were talking to Charis, so I rushed to you and forgot I
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didn’t give you
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wanted to be prepared in case
that even under ner protection,
pushed him to learn more skills so that he would at least have a better
"Alright."
Shelia continued to focus her
the corner of his eye, Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust that rested on the
out a hand to wipe
and turned to look at Victor with
Victor looked straight into Shelia’s eyes, he
his hand, looked away, and explained, "Your
"Is that so?"
ahead to rub her nose with the
now? Is
"No,"
glancing over
"Good."
Shelia smiled.
learn other than roasting
Can you teach me?"
want to
"In order to survive."
out of Shelia’s mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With
shelia said casually.
sad upon hearing
meat ready to be flipped? It’s on the
Shelia pointed out.
a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when he
was still thinking about what she just
.
whether or not to
after all, Shelia’s
other hand, didn’t seem
you please
"Hmm,"
said after
"Is that a yes?"
glowed, and she broke into a
dimples, meanwhile, became much
Victor nodded, "Okay."
she said, "Thanks
are the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for my caretaker in the
"Orphanage?"
where
taken over and
clouded as
elderly woman was a wonderful
younger, she prepared great meals and
orphan…’ Victor pursed his
was needed to look after you since the
you leave
looked up at Victor and
Shelia
they okay with you being outdoors
her head,
I was desperate to visit her tomb, so I
remain unknown to them,
the dingy ground, Shelia lay down
been scattered by the trees and fallen to
behind her head, her lips
as she gazed up
to
keeps you from
people
if
no idea that I have
tell her my name when I meet her again in the
blinking her
fixed on Shelia and he
chance to see you, Van, it would be more than likely that she
had a soft spot in her heart for
I was
It didn’t seem appropriate to use this term
concluded that the
apt description of her features, particularly her
Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your upbringing, how come you got your name
was unable to communicate since
to us by
a poker card was in
it were a treasure and presented it to
the orphanage, each kid was given
put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’
at the
Did I get
Shelia inquired.
"It’s definitely the best."
the card and said, "I am the only one
toasting as they
her the meat after he re-applied
set to
Eat, please."
growl came from her gut just after his
her stomach
It’s much better than the meat i made myself! Van,
Victor’s expression softened somewhat.
after
she rose to her feet, she
was ready to rise when Shelia abruptly extended her hand to
"Come on, get up."
aback, and after a little pause, he took Shelia’s hand
way, Shelia used a dart to put marks on the tree
of time as they
had cooled
sitting down on a stone and drank
sure how far we’ll have
can get out before the sun
drank some
exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood
"I’m sure
Let’s move forward."
have the
"Like never before…"
continued
forward motion, she murmured, "Van,
you return, be sure
his gaze to the side
mud after a day
you? What’s your
"Plan?"
slow to
plans once we leave the forest? Where will
don’t know… I want to continue my travels and explore the world’s
police station when I can no longer walk
answered with
"Shelia."
mind after staring at
"What’s the problem?"
come with me after we get out of
sure my grandma will like you, I
can count
to
right with you? If you
that Shelia
before asking, "Are you joking
"No, I’m not.
promise to treat you the best
Victor convinced her.
and smiled at
agree when we get out
"Sure."
from the
the horizon, basking the forest in a
the bodies of Victor and
high noon and
was assuaged when they saw a
we’re out
meet local villagers if we walk a
We can…"
finish her sentence, she
She was confused.
looked at Victor, wanting to know
"Van?"
i didn’t expect you to
came, Shelia looked for the
three cars that were
front, looking at them intently as he
right away that
moved to shield Victor, who in turn stood
didn’t take his eyes off Norton,
Shelia could hear, Victor said,
won’t get lost even when it gets
we were finding our way out of the
marks and you can
"And then?"
her
straight into Shelia’s
"Walk along this road.
a mobile phone
Norton didn’t intend to let
to play a game with Victor
that if he couldn’t escape this predicament,
had promised to give Shelia a family, bring her back to see his grandmother, and treat her as
fulfill the promise he made in
Victor wrote a phone number on
you get hold of a mobile
he whispered.
my grandmother’s
pick you up wherever you
looked down at
Victor looked at her and asked
"No."
her hand
eyes were a
remember the
be a
Victor frowned.
was so anxious that he coughed violently
remained adamant and clenched her
spread her palm and let Victor
if Norton couldn’t hear what Victor and Shelia were talking about, he
he said, "Tut, tut, tut, this
strong feelings for each other! I’m so moved
when saw
intuitively pulled
seriously injured and keeping himself
for him to fight off
deliberately walked up to them
Shelia
with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards
fast for Victor
"Let her go!"
kept a firm grip on
found satisfaction in hearing vexation in
you
said as he wiped the mud on Shelia’s face with
Victor, Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed
in his tracks when something silver flashed through his
was a knife that Norton pressed against
out a
"No."
"What are you saying?"
in a contemptuous tone and gave Victor a mocking smile, pretending not to hear what Victor had
that he had
clenched his fist 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 her
comes from but I
it’s boring for you to die alone? I can do something about that and let her accompany
eyes, Victor
against her neck,
body was
she saw Victor spat out blood and beg
that all you
mocking smile plastered on his
in anger when he heard
did you just
said you
Shelia swallowed.
of accomplishment by
have in you to do what you
So, cut the crap.
kill
"Shelia…"
tried to
that she was provoking
Shelia would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man would
Norton was indeed angry.
voice in check as he
Looks like you
Shelia rolled her eyes.
can help you
Norton said, laughing derisively.
turned to his men and
eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you
Norton didn’t answer.
glared
did as they were
hands and feet bound, Shelia was taken to
made to ride
brain thinking about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke
river was flowing
as the water rushed over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s face became paler by the
into fists, and the blue
gritted his teeth and yelled, "Let
to open her eyes because of the gushing water,
actually wanted Victor to run
her mouth,
her eyes
on Victor’s face, Norton
but he was useless in this kind
making me
that I’m a good man? Why the hell should I obey
approached the rope, squatted down, and blew
you wanting to save her so much,
still some good in me,
just glare
it took to save
was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted his eyes and
after, two men behind him appeared and stood
and looked at Victor
"Here’s what I’m thinking.
are the weakest among my
people, and the
a brief pause, Norton continued, "You want to
holding Victor’s arms let go of him and
with the knife in his hand, Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned,
two before
say goodbye to
I’m afraid that you won’t
the flickering flame, Victor didn’t care about anything
he quickly rushed up and fought
and the most popular leader the Roaring
course, even his weakest subordinates
was currently badly
his peak state, he might not even be
and burly men that could easily flip Victor
was at a disadvantage
punched Victor right in his abdomen one after another, and hit his back with their
As soon as he was hit,
because he was hit repeatedly, his strength left
scattered all over his body, making him feel
this time, Victor’s face
to stand, not ready
even get back on his feet, he
arm to block
was hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and a
Victor’s vision
to fix his eyes on the rope, which was only a few steps away from
didn’t matter how many
as the fire was put out and the rope
he was willing to do
his mind wanted to go on,
fell back to the ground and lost his
somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of rain falling
open his eyes, but
the ground,
wonder if he
so he thought that he might
inch of his body made Victor realize that he was
wanted to stand up, but he couldn’t move
hands a little bit, grabbing the mud
his best, he turned his head to look at the river, only to find that there was nothing in
was no trace of
"Ahem!"
spurting out
grabbed unto the soil and opened his eyes
if he
for a long
fact, he didn’t even know how much
the person
would raise her head from the river or come
of blood and the excruciating pain he
lost consciousness
woke up again, he was finally
found him near
lasted for two days and
out that Victor had fractures in eight different
right knee were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill notice was issued
thing Victor did after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people
wearing an
completely out of danger yet,
know who Shelia was, but she could sense that she must be a very important
dare delay to send people to
search lasted for seven days, but Shelia
week passed and there was
to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then dried
mostly covered with mud, but one could easily recognize that it
years later, Victor
he did after fully recovering was buy a
Hearts card in a box and buried
was nothing on the marble tombstone aside
Shelia’s name on
Victor’s recovery, while Karl was on a business trip, he suffered
the hospital, but
was also in that year that Carolyn sent
he finished his studies
over several small companies under the control of the
time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one of the
Victor was able to prove his outstanding ability,
Roger entered the ward where Rachel
saw her sitting on the edge of the bed,
eat
porridge for
stand the smell of
no choice
"Eat it
tongue out, not intending to
Roger standing at the door, so he
half a month, Roger came to the hospital to visit
the kid gradually got acquainted
was that Roger
too much, he could at least taste something aside
could only
Rachel turned around and was
that you
advance to ask her if she wanted
time, he would still
asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today, so he might not
visit, it would probably
initially, I couldn’t
Roger hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "But
response, Rachel furrowed
"Rachel, Victor woke up."
Roger broke the news.
Dark Circles The operation done to Victor lasted for
door of the operating room opened and closed for several times
but wait outside until
began, the indicator light outside the room was turned
indicated that the surgery was
but he wasn’t
was wheeled
was not until two days ago
became eligible to be
he was still in a
expert in the field to check Victor’s
wasn’t what
Victor sustained serious injuries.
his old wounds had healed, they still had
new injuries
he said that only a miracle
us when he will
asked in a gloomy
can’t say
expert couldn’t help but frown as he made
be blunt, please
up? Is he going to become a
say this, it was obvious that this was what
was a huge chance that this was it for
Lukas, Rachel was the first one
Carson deemed that Rachel
against the wall outside Joey’s
looked slightly disoriented, and there were
went down to tell Rachel about this important
heard the tragic news, her face didn’t
had already prepared herself for
Carson was
didn’t know when she
when Victor had been in a coma for about half a month after
it might have been even
the operating room for 70 hours before the indication light turned
and reminded
You can’t smoke here."
his senses, Carson put out the
expression, he didn’t bother
asked,
"Joey? He’s fine.
checked him up yesterday and said that he has
will be removed ahead of
through the glass
saw Joey sleeping
faint smile, he stretched for a
I’m leaving
Carson turned around and
tell Rachel about
that, he had nothing
eye, two days eventually passed
Victor’s condition, Rachel
stayed in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four
time, Carson didn’t show his face to her
the diagnosis came from an expert, she was also convinced
news that Victor had miraculously woke up from being in
Obviously, Rachel was stunned.
long time without being able
as if she was still judging
to go upstairs and
time, Rachel pressed her lips hard and remained
gently pulled her sleeve and pulled
want to
pleading in a
failed to hide the fact that Victor
Joey woke up in the hospital,
he found that Rachel had always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come
truth, Rachel didn’t have the
did he pester
just smiled and made
Isn’t daddy bad? They say bad people
have to worry too much about
eyes, she
a few moments, she mustered
"Yes, of course."
weeks, Joey had a
mention Victor, as if there was nothing wrong going
would actually wake up in the middle of the night from time to time and look at
it all inside him, but Rachel was aware that
"Okay…"
softened, and she
was in the second inpatient
was inconvenient for
Rachel simply let him sit in
the three
they
the floor of the
ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was
he furrowed his brows and
Carson knew that he would have been very
it’s the first time I’ve seen
What brings you here?"
as he quickly set the document he was holding aside
"Have you been beaten?"
asked, blinking his innocent
who will be beaten easily?
dark circles around your eyes come
"Dark circles?"
almost choked at Joey’s
he picked up his phone, opened its
that Joey was
totally haggard, and his eye bags were so big that it seemed like
was
a good sleep
was originally a handsome young man, but even he was
"Ha-ha!"
seeing the upset look on
Joey’s seemingly innocent laughter, Carson realized that he was fooled by this little guy
forward and
"You, brat.
dare you tease your godfather? You
on his face and retorted, "Huh? Who said that you are my
no
father and I grew
We are best friends.
the one
that’s how I became
crossed his arms
even if you don’t want it, that
Carson’s hand away using his uninjured hand and said, "Humph! If I
tongue as he withdrew
slightly low voice, "I also didn’t expect that I would have a godson
a fact that
you’d better change your attitude
he
the corner of his eye,
then tried to regain his composure and commented, "I see that you’re
heard that Mr.Sullivan has
I came here with Rachel and Joey to see
Roger explained.
plan to lose his composure just because
"Oh, I see."
Carson pointed at the room and said,
He is resting inside.
Cooperation Rachel looked at the ward Carson pointed at,
what was going through
"Let’s go,"
Roger reminded Rachel gently.
"Alright."
and walked
her, pushing Joey’s
were placed
lost in thoughts for a
when he was about to sav something,
"Mr.Jimenez."
"Is anything the matter?"
Roger asked.
and looked
standing very
a result, Joey could see him from the corner
as if he was giving Carson
quick glance at
need to use
what Joey
about I
"No!"
in a very decisive
was a serious
am
Joey’s ward, so it wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take him to the
moment, they were no longer in the
take a boy to the ladies’ room, just like it wouldn’t be right
words,
was Roger, then her gaze
didn’t want to bother the former, Carson soon observed
to take Joey to
coughed and refused to pay any attention to Rachel’s
he took out his phone and turned around as
managed to give Joey a
Carson pretended like he was
have read the plan
he headed towards
very good at
while he was still holding it to
no call at all! Rachel saw what just happened clearly and understood that
"It’s okay.
will take Joey
He is actually right.
like him to be taken
Roger smiled gently.
"Thank you very much,"
Rachel said to Roger.
he heard those
Rachel ought to have been closer to him than she
few days, they
of them were always in one
to her, she still alienated
the look of things,
that it couldn’t be achieved
he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room where Victor
Joey headed towards
time, Carson
"Where is Joey?"
he asked Rachel knowingly.
quick glance at the phone in his
you through with the
"What?"
and took a peek at his
smile appeared
am through with
no choice! My subordinates
"Of course they are!"
Rachel narrowed her eyes.
a fake smile on
not very good
that he had pretended to answer the call only moments
the tip of his nose and coughed to ease the awkwardness
want
look through the
was
her point of view, only the living room
couldn’t see Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in no time and
Victor would lie in the bed for
half a
voice came from behind
a stable condition now,
"Get out of here!"
interrupted Carson’s
in a
He looked dejected.
document in
ran into Rachel and Carson as soon as he came
stunned at first,
"Mr.Scott!"
hung around the man’s
It was quite noticeable.
the Sullivan Group and the director
about what just
from the man’s expression that the project plan had
out! Her attention was drawn to the
what really
She turned to Carson.
looked back at her, she raised her
"Well, this is Troy.
of the
meant
at a loss for
so many surnames in the
had to choose
recognized who
and mentioned
"Miss Bennet."
head
was covered
Nonetheless, he was still holding
Miss Bennet, I’m going back to
and said,
do
Carson said, Troy went out of sight in a blink
at the door
was enough for her to see that Victor was sitting against the head of the
condition doesn’t seem as bad as you
is well and can
walked to the door
against
didn’t follow
document when he heard
didn’t raise his head
cast her gaze
in
his face was pale despite
and looked
than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would
that she walked towards the
to go out, didn’t
Victor heard the footsteps, his frown
looked up at the person who was walking towards
of speaking in his usual cold and stiff tone, he said softly, "Rachel, you are
after we finished
were many guests around, I figured it wouldn’t bode well if I lost
"The dance is over.
time to let
I reminded him.
his eyes, but he still loosened his
back to distance myself from
still feel the warmth of
face blushed and i felt rather
heart was
moment, it felt like I had
the happiest time of
as I reminisced, I knew that those days were long gone and I could never get them back
feeling conflicted and dispirited
"Happy birthday, Caroline."
suddenly approached
ignore the burning gaze from behind me and began chatting with the guests
my glass and taking
knowing it, I’d had a few to drink and was
time, Elena came to
surprise waiting for you
go upstairs and
she asked.
"What’s the surprise?"
This "surprise"
piqued my curiosity.
know when
smile appeared
my confusion, I followed her to the deck on
I got there, I saw that there were bright red rose petals scattered across the floorboard, forming a
were also numerous balloons
eyes widened
must say, this whole scene
birthday surprise?’ I had no idea who had
first person that came to mind was Charles, but I quickly cast
on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself for having such
effort on me, and yet I still couldn’t
receiving this birthday
second floor, I stared at the night scene around me
was tranquil, and yet
cold sea breeze,
lit up the sky, forming the words
to the sky, a deafening sound resonated in the
sounded like a
I
on the ground and curled
began trembling uncontrollably, and i felt
the abandoned warehouse kept flashing through
seconds, I was out of breath I
panic attack, a pair of strong arms held me tightly "There’s
I’m here."
from above
It was Charles.
as tears burst from my eyes, Gently, he brushed
have to be scared
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