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.

had been a long time

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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broke free from Ethan’s embrace and ran to

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"I’m sorry.

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

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"It’s my fault.

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while, he said,

knew

to be prepared in case of any

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

learn more skills so that he would at least

"Alright."

her gaze on the

Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile

hand to wipe off

to look at

Victor looked straight into Shelia’s eyes, he started

away, and

"Is that so?"

rub her nose with

about now?

"No,"

said, glancing

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

you learn other than roasting

Can you teach me?"

you want to learn

"In order to survive."

out of Shelia’s mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With

shelia said casually.

Victor felt sad

to be flipped? It’s on the verge of

Shelia pointed out.

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

he was still thinking about

.

whether or not to

after all,

didn’t seem to take it

"Will you please teach

"Hmm,"

said after a

"Is that a yes?"

glowed, and she

two dimples, meanwhile, became much

Victor nodded, "Okay."

grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks

kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for my caretaker in

"Orphanage?"

That’s where I

was taken over and the

eyes clouded as

woman was a wonderful

she prepared great meals and

orphan…’

to look after you

leave with

and answered, "I didn’t want to

the only home Shelia

you

head,

I was desperate to visit her

unknown to them, and

the dingy ground,

in shards of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees and fallen to the

placed her hands behind her head,

disappointment as she gazed up at

want to visit

keeps you from doing

people

me if I

had no idea that

tell her my name when I meet her

blinking her

remained fixed on Shelia and he

continued, "If she had the chance to see you, Van, it would

a soft spot in her heart

that I was

use this term

Victor concluded that

apt description of her features, particularly her

was responsible for your

since she was

never referred to us by

card was in my

it from her pocket as if it were a treasure and

each kid was given a unique

put them on the cards and let us take them as we

stared at the card–the King of

I get the best

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

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

toasting as they were

meat after he re-applied

all set

Eat, please."

came from her gut just

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

better than the meat i made myself! Van, you’re

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a

her feet, she said,

nodded and was ready to rise when Shelia abruptly

"Come on, get up."

aback, and after a little pause, he took

used a dart to put marks

had lost track of time as they

had

on

far we’ll have to

out before

drank some water as

exhausted after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood

said incoherently, "I’m sure

Let’s move forward."

have

"Like never before…"

nodded and continued

forward motion, she murmured, "Van, you

be

to the side of

covered in mud after a day

you? What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow

plans once we leave the forest? Where will you

continue my travels

to the police station when I can no longer walk

answered with

"Shelia."

his mind

"What’s the problem?"

me after we

grandma will like you, I will defend

can count

want me to come with

with you? If you don’t want to, it doesn’t

was concerned that

before asking,

"No, I’m not.

treat you

Victor convinced her.

nodded and smiled at Victor, saying,

get

"Sure."

from the woods, though,

basking the forest in a pale

glimmered on the bodies of Victor

been walking since high noon and now, the sun was

when they saw

we’re out

meet local villagers if we walk a little

We can…"

sentence,

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to know

"Van?"

expect you to come

looked for the source of

cars that were parked not far from

looking at them intently as he

right away that they were Victor’s

shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively

his eyes off Norton, watching his

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

even when it

were finding our way out of the forest, I put

you can

"And then?"

asked, her eyebrows

looked straight into

"Walk along this road.

villagers, borrow a mobile phone from them,

Norton didn’t

to play a game with Victor by

escape

family, bring her back to see his grandmother,

not fulfill

wrote a phone number

number once you get hold of a

he whispered.

is my grandmother’s

her and she will pick you up wherever you

down at

Victor looked at her and asked in

"No."

pulled her hand

eyes were

want to remember the number, nor do I

a good

Victor frowned.

was so anxious that he coughed

remained adamant and

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

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

"Tut, tut, tut, this is

feelings for each other! I’m so

tensed up when saw Norton

intuitively pulled Sheila

seriously injured and keeping himself standing steadily was

be hard for

deliberately walked up to

Shelia

them, Norton

too fast for

"Let her go!"

firm grip on

found satisfaction in hearing vexation in Victor’s

you look

said as he wiped the mud

body pain, Victor rushed over and tried to take Shelia back

his tracks when something silver flashed through

knife that

spat out a mouthful

"No."

"What are you saying?"

in a contemptuous tone and gave Victor a

he had difficulty in

and tried to

you want is

nothing to do

So, let her go!"

wow! This is

Norton curled his lips.

I don’t want to let

but

it’s boring for you to die alone? I can do something about that and let her

eyes, Victor breathed

the tip of the knife pressed against her neck,

was

spat out blood and beg for mercy, she

you can do?

mocking smile plastered on

in anger when he heard

you

you are

Shelia swallowed.

of accomplishment by

in you to do what you intend

So, cut the crap.

you want to kill me, then do

"Shelia…"

tried to stop

knew that she

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

Norton was indeed angry.

he kept his voice in

really? Looks like you really want to

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help

Norton said, laughing derisively.

turned to his men and instructed them, "Tie

squinted his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you

Norton didn’t answer.

just glared at

men did as they

feet bound, Shelia was taken

was made to ride a different

racked his brain thinking about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke Up "Ahem!

was flowing

making her choke

and the blue veins on his neck

gritted his teeth and

because of the gushing water,

Victor to run

moment she opened her

enough, her eyes

expression on

that Victor might be strong but he was useless in this kind of

me laugh,

man?

smile, Norton approached the rope, squatted

wanting to save her so much, I will give

good in me, huh? What do

could just glare

whatever it took to

the middle of the river, Norton

appeared and

slowly stood up and looked

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

the

killed two people, and the one on the

continued, "You want to

soon as Norton finished speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor’s arms let go of him and

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

before

goodbye to your good

washed away, I’m afraid that you won’t even

Victor

essence, so he quickly rushed up and fought against

the most popular

weakest subordinates should be strong

was currently

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

burly men that

at a disadvantage from the

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

was hit, Victor staggered

left him, and

his bones being broken scattered all over his body, making

this time, Victor’s face looked

stand,

even get back on

use his arm

out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth

point, Victor’s vision became

his eyes on the rope, which was only a few steps

how many injuries

put out and the rope was grasped, Shelia’s life could be

he was willing to do anything to

mind wanted to go on, his body couldn’t

to the ground and lost

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

his eyes, but his

lay there on the ground, watching

but wonder if

fully recovered yet, so he thought that he might

that pierced every inch of his body made

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

his hands a little bit, grabbing the mud under his hands

the river,

was no

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting out

he grabbed unto the soil and opened his eyes as

expectantly, as if he was waiting for something to

waited for a long

know how much time

found the person

that someone would raise her head from the river or

pain he was experiencing,

he lost consciousness

woke up again, he

him near the

operation to rescue him lasted for

was found out that Victor had fractures in eight different

his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically

up was ask Carolyn to

wearing an oxygen

out of danger yet, but all he cared

that she must be a very important person

to send people

search lasted for seven days, but Shelia couldn’t

passed and there was still no news about

was able to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that

covered with mud, but one could easily recognize that it

later, Victor

first thing he did after fully recovering was buy

put the King of Hearts card in a box and

the marble tombstone

wasn’t even Shelia’s name

Karl was on

to rush him to the hospital,

was also in that

years, he finished his studies

companies under the control of

these companies from a very low level to one of the

to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed over the Sullivan Group to

At this time, Roger entered

her sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl of porridge, and coaxing Joey to eat

eat any

porridge for about half

couldn’t even stand the

and had no choice but to put the

said, "Eat it again when you get

out, not intending to eat

at the

a month, Roger came to the hospital to visit Joey from

the kid gradually got

about him was that Roger would bring some snacks when

eat too much, he could at least taste something

Joey could only eat

Joey greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was surprised to see

that you wouldn’t come

in advance to ask

no every time, he would still insist on

had an important project meeting today, so he might not be

visit, it would probably

I couldn’t

Roger hesitated for a moment before

Rachel furrowed her

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

The operation done to Victor lasted for more than

operating room opened and closed for several

couldn’t do anything but wait outside until the procedure

the operation began, the indicator light

the surgery

life was saved, but he wasn’t

wheeled to

not until two days ago that his vital signs became

to be transferred

he was still in a

invited an expert in the field to check Victor’s

what he was

Victor sustained serious injuries.

his old wounds had healed, they

his new injuries just

end, he said that only a miracle

tell us when he will wake

in a

can’t

couldn’t help but frown

fact, if I may be blunt, please consider preparing for

you’re saying there’s a chance that he’ll never wake up? Is he

it was obvious that

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

Rachel was the

that Rachel had the right

the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette

there were dark

to tell Rachel

Rachel heard the tragic news, her face

as if she had already prepared herself for

Carson was a bit

when she became

when Victor had been in a coma for

it might have been even

there outside the operating room for 70 hours

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

You can’t smoke here."

he regained his senses, Carson

expression, he didn’t bother continue discussing about Victor’s

changed the subject and asked, "Anyway, how is the little

"Joey? He’s fine.

yesterday and said that he has been recovering

plaster will be removed ahead

head and peeped through the

sleeping soundly

a faint smile, he stretched for a bit

then, I’m

around and

visited to tell Rachel about the doctor’s diagnosis regarding

had nothing else to

eye, two days eventually

she was made aware of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend

stayed in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four

same time, Carson didn’t show his face to her

from an expert, she was also convinced that Victor would never wake

broke the news that Victor had miraculously woke up from being

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

stared at Roger for a long time without being able to

judging Roger’s expression if he was saying

you want to go

asked slowly This time, Rachel pressed her lips hard and remained

someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her

want to

Joey, pleading in a soft

the fact that Victor was in a coma after obtaining serious

in the hospital, he

had always been absent-minded and

Rachel didn’t have the

didn’t cry or say anything, nor did he pester Rachel to go to

just smiled

Isn’t daddy bad? They say bad people live

to worry

eyes, she felt a

a few moments, she mustered

"Yes, of course."

had

mention Victor, as if there was nothing

night from time to time and look

inside him, but Rachel was aware that he missed

"Okay…"

softened,

ward was in the

was inconvenient

Rachel simply let him sit in a

the three of them went to Victor’s

they reached the

The elevator finally stopped at the

turned out that the entire floor was a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was sitting on the sofa in the hall, dealing with

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

Victor had seen this scene, Carson knew that

it’s the first time I’ve

What brings you here?"

the document he was holding aside and raised

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking his innocent

I look like someone who will be beaten

did those dark circles around your eyes come

"Dark circles?"

choked at Joey’s

opened its front camera, and looked at his

that

haggard, and his eye bags were so big

course, this was

have a good sleep

was originally a handsome young man, but even he

"Ha-ha!"

seeing the upset look

realized that he was

his head, Carson stepped forward and

"You, brat.

you tease your godfather? You

and retorted, "Huh? Who said

no opinion regarding

I grew

We are best friends.

the one

that’s how I

raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms

for you, even if you don’t want

tried to pull Carson’s hand away using his uninjured hand and said, "Humph! If

he withdrew his hand from Joey’s

also didn’t expect that I

said, it’s a fact that you can’t

better change your

say anything more, but he stuck out his tongue at

of his eye,

and commented, "I see that

I heard that Mr.Sullivan has

here with Rachel and Joey

Roger explained.

didn’t plan to lose his

"Oh, I see."

at the room and said,

He is resting inside.

Rachel looked

was going through

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

walked

her,

placed over his

lost in thoughts

about to sav

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

looked at

was not standing very far

could see him from the corner of his

raised his eyebrows as if he

taking a quick glance at him,

to use the

overheard what Joey

about I take

"No!"

a

a serious look on his

am a

wasn’t a

were no longer in

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

reaction to Joey’s words, Rachel looked

Roger, then her gaze fell on

didn’t want to bother the former, Carson

him to take Joey to the

refused to pay

took out his phone and turned around as if nothing had

to give Joey a thumbs

Carson pretended like he

have read the plan you sent to

headed towards the

he wasn’t very

screen lit up while he was still

what just happened clearly and understood that it was all a

"It’s okay.

take Joey

He is actually right.

him to be taken to

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words,

have been closer

days, they got along really

always in one

reasons best known to her, she still

of things,

knew that it couldn’t be achieved

from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside

he and Joey headed towards the

some time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

a quick glance at the phone in his

through with

"What?"

took

appeared on

I am

was left with no choice! My subordinates are

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake

not very

that he had pretended to answer the call only

nose and coughed to ease the awkwardness of

you want to go

look

was

the living room could be seen, and

Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in no time and

would lie

has to undergo half a

voice came from behind

is in a stable

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

and saw a man in a suit coming out

He looked dejected.

a document

and Carson as soon as

first, then his

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung

It was quite noticeable.

of the Sullivan Group and the director of

need asking about what just happened

could tell from the man’s expression that the project plan had been denied

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

was what really interested

She turned to Carson.

looked back at her,

"Well, this is Troy.

as a member of the Sullivan Group’s project

meant by just looking at

was at a

many surnames in

he had

who

bowed and mentioned

"Miss Bennet."

head slightly

was covered with

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

going

waved his hand and said,

do that

out of sight in a

looked at the

Victor was sitting against the head of the bed

seem as bad

and can

door and pushed it

leaned against the door

follow Rachel

some document

didn’t raise his head

cast her gaze on

was in a hospital

that his face was pale despite the fact

frowned and

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

was so entranced that she

to go

Victor heard the

person who

in his usual cold and stiff tone, he said

POV: Even after we finished the dance, Charles kept his

it wouldn’t bode well if

"The dance is over.

to let

I reminded him.

eyes, but he still loosened

few steps back

still feel

face blushed and i felt rather

my heart

felt like I had

the

were long gone and I could never get them back

feeling

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

approached me and

burning gaze from behind me and began chatting

glass and taking a sip of

I’d had a few to drink and was starting

this time, Elena came to

waiting for

to go upstairs and

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when you

mysterious smile appeared on

her to the

there were bright red rose petals scattered across the

numerous balloons

eyes widened in

must say, this whole scene

my birthday surprise?’ I had no idea who

was Charles,

appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to

never spent this much effort on me, and yet I still couldn’t forget

of receiving this birthday surprise

I stared at the night scene around me

was tranquil, and yet my

cold sea breeze,

sudden, a fireworks display lit up the sky,

up to the sky, a deafening sound resonated

sounded like

the noise, I covered my ears

on the

began trembling uncontrollably, and i felt

incident at the abandoned warehouse

I was out of breath I felt so

panic attack, a pair of strong arms held me tightly "There’s

I’m here."

familiar voice came from above me, making me feel so

It was Charles.

his arms as tears burst from my

to be