My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

long time since

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

her

a thought occurred

I

and ran to the kitchen in

Ethan followed behind her.

was extremely flustered, and he

I told you to

pulled her to the side while he cleaned up the mess himself in

her thumbs, Janet stood in the corner, restlessly watching

"I’m sorry.

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

Ethan had guessed this.

he raised his

"It’s my fault.

give you

he spread out his arms and said gently, "Come

her face against his chest, blushing

about the invitation from Patrick, she murmured,

you and I just

probably has a huge grudge

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

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if you really don’t want to

was just being

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a feeling that Shelia didn’t mean him any

some fruits and poured the

definitely

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"And what about you?"

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"Don’t worry about it.

This meat isn’t poisonous.

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Shelia happened to be an easy-going person, this

that

his injuries, she knew she was wrong

"I’m not very hungry.

ahead

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roast the

help, Shelia nodded and

a bite out

chewing for some time, she furrowed her brows and stuck out her

hard

was not cooked fully

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in a deep

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of your way to learn

Shelia did earlier, Victor also crushed some fruits

he used a knife to slice

what Shelia asked, his eyes

a while, he said, "I have no

knew the reason

because he wanted to be prepared in case

even under ner

he would at least have a better chance to

"Alright."

her gaze on the

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

stretched out a hand

and turned to look at

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

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

"Is that so?"

to rub her nose with the back of

what about now? Is it

"No,"

glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

than roasting

Can you teach me?"

do you want to

"In order to survive."

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

shelia said casually.

felt sad upon hearing

the meat ready to be flipped? It’s on the verge

Shelia pointed out.

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

was still thinking about what

.

or not to ask her

was, after all,

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

"Will you please teach

"Hmm,"

said after

"Is that a yes?"

and she broke

meanwhile, became much more

Victor nodded, "Okay."

broadly as she said, "Thanks

are the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for my

"Orphanage?"

where I

was taken over and the old woman was unwell and

as she spoke

elderly woman was a

was younger, she prepared great meals and gave me a lot of

is an orphan…’ Victor pursed his

after you since

leave with the other

and answered, "I didn’t want

the only home Shelia had known for so

you being outdoors on

her head, Shelia said,

visit her tomb,

whereabouts remain unknown to them, and I

dingy

been scattered by the trees

her hands behind her head, her lips

with disappointment as she gazed

to

what keeps you

people guarding the

me if I go

that

when I

blinking

black eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he

had the chance to see you, Van, it would be more

spot in her

I

appropriate to use this term to describe a

Victor concluded that the adjective

of

was responsible for your upbringing, how

to communicate since

to us by

poker card

her pocket as if it were a treasure and presented it

orphanage, each kid was given

as we pleased, but we were

stared at the card–the King

get the

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

said, "I am the only one with the King of

was toasting as

gave her the meat after

all set

Eat, please."

growl came from her gut just after his

her stomach and ate the meat with a greedy

than the meat i made myself! Van,

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a good

feet, she said, "Let’s

nodded and was ready to rise when Shelia

"Come on, get up."

little pause, he took Shelia’s

Shelia used a dart

of time as they

sun had cooled

down on a stone and drank some

how far we’ll have to travel until

out before

some water as

perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing

said incoherently, "I’m sure we

Let’s move forward."

still have

"Like never before…"

continued to hold

she murmured, "Van, you

return, be sure

gaze to the side

mud after a day and a night

What’s

"Plan?"

slow to

once we leave the forest?

to continue my travels and explore the world’s finest

I can no longer

answered with a

"Shelia."

made up his mind after staring at Shelia for a long

"What’s the problem?"

come with me after we get

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

can count on

want me to come with

If you don’t want to, it doesn’t

was concerned that Shelia

before asking,

"No, I’m not.

you the

Victor convinced her.

smiled at Victor,

get out

"Sure."

emerged from the woods,

Go The sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale red glow that passed through the

the bodies of Victor and

since high noon and now,

assuaged when they

we’re out of

meet local villagers if

We can…"

her sentence,

She was confused.

wanting to know why

"Van?"

well, well, i didn’t expect you

looked for the source of

cars that were parked not far from

them intently

feel right away that they

instinctively moved to shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively

off Norton, watching

Victor said, "Run into the forest

won’t get lost even when

out of the forest, I put

these marks and you can get

"And then?"

her eyebrows

straight into

"Walk along this road.

you meet villagers, borrow a mobile phone from them, and call this

Norton didn’t intend

to play a game with Victor by throwing

couldn’t escape this

her back to see

seemed that Victor could not fulfill the promise

phone number on

once you get hold

he whispered.

my

pick

looked down

didn’t respond, Victor looked at

"No."

her hand

were a little

the number, nor do I want

be a

Victor frowned.

he coughed

and clenched her

just didn’t want to spread her palm and let Victor write the

if Norton couldn’t hear what Victor and Shelia were talking about, he could tell that they were reluctant to leave each

"Tut, tut, tut, this is so

other! I’m so moved by

up when

pulled

injured and keeping himself standing steadily was taxing

be hard for him to fight off

up to

and Shelia

patience with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards

was too fast for Victor

"Let her go!"

a firm grip

satisfaction in hearing vexation in Victor’s

know you look

the mud on Shelia’s face with

pain, Victor rushed over

when something silver flashed

knife that Norton pressed

a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

a mocking smile, pretending

felt that he

fist and tried to

you want

has nothing to

So, let her go!"

This is so

Norton curled his lips.

don’t want to let her

she comes from but

alone? I can

eyes, Victor

against her neck, all Shelia

body was

saw Victor spat out blood

that all you

smile plastered on

his eyes narrowed in anger when he heard

did you

said you

Shelia swallowed.

a sense of accomplishment

more, you don’t have in you to do what you intend to

So, cut the crap.

want to kill

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to

that she

Norton’s hackles rise and the man would do just

Norton was indeed angry.

his voice in

like you really want to

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help

Norton said, laughing derisively.

his men and

eyes and asked anxiously,

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

as

hands and feet bound, Shelia was taken

to ride a different

about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464

river was

Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw

hands clenched into fists, and the blue veins

his teeth and yelled, "Let

eyes because of the gushing water,

actually wanted Victor to run

moment she opened her mouth,

her

exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton scoffed

strong but he was useless in this kind of

making me

good man? Why the hell should

cunning smile, Norton approached the rope,

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

in me, huh? What do

could just glare

whatever it took

middle of the

after, two men behind him appeared

slowly stood up and looked at Victor

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the

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

want to save her, right? Knock

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

with his thumb and warned, "But

before

can say goodbye to your good

I’m afraid that you won’t even

the flickering flame, Victor didn’t care about

rushed up

was a mercenary and the most popular leader the Roaring Tiger

course, even his weakest subordinates should be strong as

was

might not even be able to defeat one of the two weakest subordinates of

of them were tall and burly

a doubt, Victor was at a disadvantage

to them, the two men punched Victor right in his abdomen one after another, and hit his back

hit, Victor staggered and

hit repeatedly, his strength left him, and he

being broken scattered all over his body,

Victor’s face looked black with

still tried to stand,

could even get back on his

able to subconsciously use his arm to block it, but it didn’t

a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also fell

this point, Victor’s vision became

eyes on the rope, which was

didn’t matter how many injuries

was put out and the rope was grasped,

this trouble, so he

go on, his body couldn’t keep

fell back to the ground and

awakened when he felt droplets of rain

to open his eyes, but his vision was

just lay there on the ground, watching

but wonder if he was

recovered yet, so he

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

but he

bit, grabbing the mud

he turned his head to look at the river, only

no

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting out more

unto the soil and opened

at the river expectantly, as if he was waiting for something to

waited for

even know

never found the person he had been

hoped that someone would raise her head from the river or come out from somewhere and call his

loss of blood and the excruciating pain he was experiencing, Victor couldn’t

lost consciousness

woke up again,

found him near

him lasted

doctor’s diagnosis, it was found out that

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

Victor did after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send

was still wearing an oxygen mask

completely out of danger yet, but all he cared about was

sense that she must be a very important person

delay to send people to search for Shelia along

search lasted for seven days, but Shelia

there was still no

was able to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the

with mud, but one could

years later,

did after fully recovering

the King of Hearts card in

nothing on the marble tombstone aside from

wasn’t even Shelia’s name

was on

him to the hospital, but

It was also in that year that

years, he finished his

small companies under the control

sales of these companies from a very low level

Victor was able to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually

Roger entered the

the edge of the bed, holding

eat any

had been eating porridge for about half a

couldn’t even stand

sighed and had no choice but

she said, "Eat it again when you

tongue out,

saw Roger standing at the door, so he politely greeted,

a month, Roger came to

kid gradually got acquainted

liked about him was that Roger would bring some snacks when

could at least taste

only eat

greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was surprised to see

say that

here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she

he would

that he had an important project meeting today,

could still visit, it would probably be

I couldn’t

hesitated for a moment before finally saying,

furrowed her brows

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

done to Victor lasted

of the operating room opened and closed for several times as doctors went

but wait

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

the surgery was successfully

was saved, but he wasn’t completely

he was wheeled

not until two days ago that his vital signs became

became eligible to be transferred

he was still

to check Victor’s

what he

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed, they still had

his new injuries just

end, he said that only a miracle could save Victor’s

at least tell us when

asked in

I can’t say

frown as he

may be blunt, please consider preparing for

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

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

percent, but there was a huge chance

Lukas, Rachel was the first one

that Rachel had

wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a

looked slightly disoriented, and there

went down to tell Rachel about this

Rachel heard the tragic news, her face didn’t

as if she had already prepared herself

fact, Carson was a bit

didn’t know when she became this mentally

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

it might have

operating room for

Rachel glanced at the cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in

You can’t smoke here."

senses, Carson put out the

didn’t bother continue

asked, "Anyway, how is

"Joey? He’s fine.

said that he has been recovering pretty

expected that his plaster will

head and peeped through the glass

sleeping soundly

for a bit and said,

I’m leaving

Carson turned around and left

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

from that, he had nothing

eye,

Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend

in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four

Carson didn’t show his face to her

was also convinced that Victor would never

Roger broke the news that Victor had

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

for a long time without being able to

judging Roger’s expression if he

want to

Rachel pressed

nowhere, someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled

I want to see

was Joey, pleading in a soft

to hide the fact that Victor was in a

in the hospital, he actually had

always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come up in any of

the truth, Rachel didn’t have the heart to hide it

nor did he pester Rachel to go to the ICU to

just smiled and

say bad people

to worry too much

she felt a lump in

she mustered

"Yes, of course."

following two weeks, Joey had a good

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 the ceiling with his eyes wide

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

"Okay…"

softened, and

was in

healed yet, it was inconvenient

let him sit in a

pushed the wheelchair for him, and the three of them went

they reached

The elevator finally stopped at the floor

turned out that the entire floor was a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at

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

scene, Carson knew that he would

time I’ve seen you

What brings you here?"

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

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking his innocent

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

where did those dark circles around your eyes come

"Dark circles?"

choked at

he picked up his phone, opened its

that Joey was

looked totally haggard, and his eye bags were

course, this was only to

a good sleep for half

was originally a handsome young man, but even he

"Ha-ha!"

laugh after seeing the

Joey’s seemingly innocent laughter, Carson realized that he

his head, Carson stepped forward

"You, brat.

tease your

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

no

and I

We are best friends.

one

that’s how I

raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms

don’t want it, that fact won’t

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

he withdrew his

also didn’t expect that I would have

a fact that you can’t

better change your attitude

anything more, but he

corner of his eye, Carson recognized

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

that Mr.Sullivan has woken

with Rachel and Joey to

Roger explained.

plan to lose his composure just because

"Oh, I see."

pointed at the room and said, "His

He is resting inside.

see him."Chapter 466 Tacit Cooperation Rachel looked at the ward Carson pointed at, she

what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked

followed her, pushing

arms were placed

lost in

to sav something, Joey

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked

standing very

him

his eyebrows as if he

taking a quick glance at him, Joey

need to use the

what Joey was

about I

"No!"

a very decisive

was a serious

am a

wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take him to

that moment, they were

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

words, Rachel

it was Roger, then her gaze fell

Carson soon observed that she was

she wanted him to take Joey to

pay

out his phone and turned

a thumbs up without

he was answering

read the

he headed towards

he wasn’t very good at

he

call at all! Rachel saw what just

"It’s okay.

will take Joey

He is actually right.

a boy like him to be taken to

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words, they displeased

thought that Rachel ought to have been closer to him than she

days, they got

of them were always in one another’s

to her,

look of things,

that it

night Rachel was standing outside the operating

he and Joey headed

time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

a quick glance at the phone in his

with the phone

"What?"

sight and took

a smile appeared on his

I am through

was left with no choice! My subordinates are too bad at making

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

a fake smile on her

very good at

had pretended to answer

of his nose and coughed to ease the awkwardness of the

want

in order to look through the glass panel on the

ward was

of view, only the living room could be seen,

see Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in no

said Victor would lie in the

to undergo half a year’s

came from

a stable condition now,

"Get out of here!"

interrupted

stopped and saw a man in a suit coming

He looked dejected.

a document in

Carson as

was stunned at first, then

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung around the man’s

It was quite noticeable.

Group and the

was no need asking about

that the project plan

Her attention was drawn to the name on

surname was what really interested

She turned to Carson.

back at her, she raised her eyebrows

"Well, this is Troy.

member of the Sullivan Group’s project

meant by just looking

was at a loss

so many

had to

who

and mentioned

"Miss Bennet."

head

was covered with

had given him the scare of his life! Nonetheless, he was still holding the document

Miss Bennet, I’m going

his hand and said,

do

Carson said, Troy went out of sight in a blink of an

looked at the door

to see that Victor was sitting against the head of the bed at that given

as bad as you

well and can work

door and

leaned against

didn’t follow Rachel

reading some document when he heard the

his head and say coldly, "Get

her gaze

was in

was pale despite the fact that he lowered his

and

percent sure that she waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a

she walked towards the

you to go

the footsteps, his

up at the person who was

instead of speaking in his usual cold and stiff tone, he said

after we

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

"The dance is over.

time to let

I reminded him.

flashed through his eyes, but he still loosened his grip on my waist

took a few steps back to distance

could still feel the warmth of his

face blushed and

my heart was

it felt like I had returned to

with him were the happiest time

as I reminisced, I knew that those days were long gone and I

looked down, feeling conflicted

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached

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

glass and taking

had a few to drink and was starting to

this time, Elena came

waiting for you

go upstairs and take a look

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when you

mysterious smile appeared

followed her to the deck on

that there were bright red rose petals

also numerous balloons around the

widened

this whole scene was picturesque and

I had no

was Charles, but

bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself for having such

had never spent this much effort on me, and yet

joy of receiving this

on the second floor, I stared at the

and

of the cold sea breeze,

display lit up the sky,

the sky, a deafening sound resonated in

like

I covered my ears at

the ground

trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my blood

abandoned warehouse kept flashing through

out of breath I

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

I’m here."

above me, making me feel

It was Charles.

burst from my eyes,

have to be