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!"

her teeth

a thought occurred

shouted, "The eggs! I

free from Ethan’s embrace and

Ethan followed behind her.

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did earlier, Victor also crushed some fruits and poured the juice over

knife

Shelia asked, his

said, "I have

Victor knew the

wanted to be prepared in case

even under ner

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

"Alright."

her gaze

of Shelia’s profile and the dust that

stretched out a hand to

startled and turned to look at Victor with a blank

looked straight into Shelia’s eyes, he started

his hand, looked away, and explained,

"Is that so?"

ahead to rub her nose with the back of her

about now? Is it

"No,"

said, glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

learn other than roasting meat? I want to learn

Can you teach me?"

want to learn

"In order to survive."

mouth very naturally.Chapter 462

shelia said casually.

felt sad

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

Shelia pointed out.

Shelia, Victor saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when

he was still

.

about whether or not to ask her

all,

hand, didn’t seem to take

asked, "Will you

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

eyes glowed, and she broke into

two dimples, meanwhile,

Victor nodded, "Okay."

grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks so much,

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

"Orphanage?"

where I was

years ago, the orphanage was taken over and the old woman was unwell

clouded as she spoke about

elderly woman was a wonderful

prepared great meals and gave me

is an orphan…’ Victor pursed

was needed to look after you since the orphanage was

didn’t you leave with the other

looked up at Victor and answered, "I

was the only home Shelia had known

you being

head,

I was desperate to visit

to them,

the dingy ground, Shelia lay down

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

behind her head,

disappointment as she gazed up at the

want to

you from

are people guarding the

find me if I

that I have a name

name when I meet her again in the

said, blinking

eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he said

chance to see you, Van, it would be more than likely

a soft spot in her heart

I was

to use this

concluded that the

apt description of her

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

communicate since she was deaf,

never referred to us

a poker card was in my

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

each kid was given a

fruits, she put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was maybe

at the

get the

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

am the only one with the King of

meat was toasting

meat after he

set

Eat, please."

came from her gut just after his

her stomach and ate the meat with a

much better than the meat i

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after

feet, she said, "Let’s

was ready to rise when Shelia

"Come on, get up."

after a little pause, he took

hard way, Shelia used a dart to put

track of time as they

had cooled down

Victor in sitting down on a

sure how far we’ll have to travel until we’re

can get out before

drank some

so much walking, and he was coughing up blood for the

incoherently, "I’m sure we

Let’s move forward."

still have

"Like never before…"

continued

murmured, "Van, you look

be

his gaze to the side

after a day and

What’s your

"Plan?"

slow to

"What are your plans once we leave the forest?

don’t know… I want to continue my travels and

I can no

with a

"Shelia."

appeared to have made up his mind after staring at

"What’s the problem?"

come with me after we get out of

you, I will defend you if

can count

to come with

it all right with you? If

was concerned that Shelia

paused for a while before asking,

"No, I’m not.

promise to treat you the best

Victor convinced her.

nodded and smiled

we get

"Sure."

from the woods,

started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale red glow that

the bodies of Victor and

walking since high noon and now, the

when they saw a relatively spacious country

we’re out of the

villagers if we walk a little

We can…"

her sentence, she

She was confused.

looked at Victor, wanting to

"Van?"

well, i didn’t expect you to

looked for the

three cars that were parked

the front, looking at them intently

could feel right away

Victor, who in turn stood protectively in front of

eyes off Norton, watching his

hear, Victor said, "Run into the forest when I tell

won’t get lost even when it

our way out of the forest, I put marks all the

these marks and you can

"And then?"

asked, her

straight

"Walk along this road.

villagers, borrow a mobile

didn’t intend to let

with Victor by throwing him into the

he couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia shouldn’t

had promised to give Shelia a family, bring her back to see his grandmother, and treat her

Victor could not fulfill the

hand, Victor wrote a phone

the number once you get

he whispered.

my

pick you up wherever you

looked down

that Shelia didn’t respond, Victor looked at her and asked

"No."

her

eyes were a

want to remember the number, nor do I

be a good

Victor frowned.

that he coughed violently as soon as

adamant and

want to spread her palm and

Victor and Shelia were talking about, he could tell

sneer, he said, "Tut, tut, tut,

each other! I’m so moved by

up when saw Norton

intuitively pulled

and keeping himself standing steadily was

be hard for him

deliberately walked up to

Shelia stepped

Norton

for Victor

"Let her go!"

kept a firm grip

hearing vexation in

you look

wiped the mud on Shelia’s

the more incense Victor, Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed over and tried to take Shelia

in his tracks when something silver flashed through

knife that Norton pressed against Shelia’s

spat out a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

a mocking smile, pretending not to

he

his fist and tried

want is my

to do

So, let her go!"

This is so

Norton curled his lips.

don’t want to let

where she comes from but I find your

you to die alone? I can do

eyes, Victor

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

body was tensed

saw Victor spat out blood and beg for mercy, she

all you can do?

kept his mocking smile plastered on his

narrowed in anger when he heard

did you just

said you

Shelia swallowed.

feel a sense of accomplishment

you

So, cut the crap.

you want to kill me,

"Shelia…"

tried

knew that she

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

Norton was indeed angry.

kept his voice in

like you really want to

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help you

Norton said, laughing derisively.

men and instructed them,

his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you going to

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

did as they were

Shelia was taken to

made to

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

river was flowing

soon as the water rushed over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s face became paler by

and the blue veins on his

his teeth and yelled, "Let

of the gushing

actually wanted Victor to run

her mouth,

her eyes

on Victor’s face, Norton

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

me

a good man? Why the hell should

Norton approached the rope, squatted down, and

the sake of you wanting to save her

me, huh? What

could just

do whatever it took to save

the middle of the

behind him appeared and stood between the rope

slowly stood up and looked at

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the weakest

has only killed two people, and the one

"You want to save her,

as Norton finished speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor’s

with his thumb and warned,

before

goodbye to your

moment she’s washed away, I’m afraid that you won’t even find

at the flickering flame, Victor didn’t care about anything

was of essence, so he quickly rushed up and fought

mercenary and the most popular leader the

his weakest subordinates

Victor was currently badly

even be able to defeat one of the two weakest subordinates of

tall and burly men that could easily flip Victor

doubt, Victor was at a disadvantage from the

right in his abdomen one after another, and

as he was hit, Victor

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

his bones being broken scattered all over his

time, Victor’s face looked black

tried to stand, not ready to give

before he could even get back on his feet, he saw

able to subconsciously use his arm

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

Victor’s vision

fix his eyes on the rope,

how many injuries

as the fire was put out and the rope was

got her into this trouble, so he was willing to do anything to rescue

mind wanted to go

back to the ground and lost

time, Victor was somewhat awakened

to open his eyes, but his vision was

on the ground, watching

help but wonder if he

fully recovered yet, so he thought that he might be

that pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize

up, but he couldn’t move even

only move his hands a little bit, grabbing the

turned his head to look at the river, only to find that there was nothing in it

was no trace

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting

himself, he grabbed unto the soil and opened his eyes as wide

expectantly, as if he was waiting

for

know

found the person he

raise her head from the river or come out from somewhere and call his

blood and the excruciating pain he was experiencing, Victor couldn’t keep himself

lost

again,

subordinates found him near

operation to rescue him lasted for two days and

was found out that Victor had fractures in eight different

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

he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people to look for

an oxygen

not completely out of danger yet,

know who Shelia was, but she could sense that she must be a

people to search for Shelia

for seven days, but Shelia

passed and there was

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

mud, but one could easily recognize

later, Victor

thing he did after fully recovering was buy a

of Hearts card in a box and buried it

on the marble

wasn’t even Shelia’s

year of Victor’s recovery, while Karl was on a

rush him to the hospital, but

also in that year that Carolyn sent

two more years, he finished his

began taking over several small companies under the control of the Sullivan

time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very

to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed over

Roger entered the ward where Rachel

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

eat

eating porridge for

now, he couldn’t even stand the smell

sighed and had no choice but to put the bowl

she said, "Eat it again

out, not intending to

Roger standing at the door,

a month, Roger came to the hospital

the kid gradually

Joey liked about him was that Roger would bring some snacks

too much, he could

could only eat

Roger, Rachel turned around and was

say that

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

she would say no every time, he would still insist on

an important project meeting

could still visit, it would probably

I

Roger hesitated for a moment

furrowed her brows

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

done to Victor lasted for more than

room opened and closed for several times as doctors

do anything but

began, the indicator light outside

that the surgery was

he wasn’t

he was wheeled to the

ago that his vital signs

became eligible to be transferred

he was still in a

field to check Victor’s condition and give a

wasn’t what he

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed, they still had

new injuries just

that only a miracle could

at least tell us when he will

in a gloomy

afraid I can’t say that

frown as he made

if I may be blunt,

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

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

not a hundred percent, but there was a huge chance that this was

for Carson and Lukas, Rachel was

Rachel had the right

the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette between his

and there were

went down to tell

Rachel heard the tragic news,

had already

fact, Carson was a bit

know when she

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

it might have been even

there outside the operating room for 70 hours

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

You can’t smoke here."

if he regained his senses, Carson put out

he didn’t bother continue

asked,

"Joey? He’s fine.

yesterday and said that he has

plaster will be removed ahead of

turned his head and peeped through the glass panel on the

saw Joey sleeping soundly

stretched for a

then, I’m

that, Carson turned around and

just visited to tell Rachel about

had nothing

of an eye, two

of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend to

just stayed in Joey’s ward almost

didn’t

expert, she was also convinced that Victor would

news that Victor

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

Roger for a long time

was as if she was still judging Roger’s expression if he was saying the

to go upstairs and see

Rachel pressed her lips hard and remained

her sleeve and pulled her back from

I want

pleading in a soft

fact that Victor was in a coma

hospital, he actually had a

he found that Rachel had always been absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come up in any of

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

cry or say anything, nor did he pester Rachel to go to the

he just smiled and made a

They say bad people live

have to

at Joey’s bright eyes, she felt a lump

she mustered her courage

"Yes, of course."

two weeks, Joey had

if there was nothing

of the night from time to time and look at the

all inside him, but Rachel

"Okay…"

heart softened, and she

was in the

was inconvenient for him to walk

let him sit in a

the wheelchair for him, and the three of

enough, they reached

elevator finally stopped at the floor of the

that the entire floor was a VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time, Carson was

his brows

this scene, Carson knew that he would have

time I’ve seen you

What brings you here?"

as he quickly set the document he was holding

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking

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

dark circles around your

"Dark circles?"

choked at

opened its front camera, and looked at his

realized that Joey was

totally haggard, and his eye bags were so big that it seemed

course, this was

hadn’t have a good

originally a handsome young man, but even he was susceptible to stress and

"Ha-ha!"

couldn’t help but laugh after seeing

realized that he was fooled

his head, Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s

"You, brat.

you tease your godfather? You

said that you are my godfather? I don’t

have no

father and I grew

We are best friends.

the one who picked

how I became

eyebrows and crossed his arms

you don’t want it, that fact won’t

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

as he withdrew his hand from Joey’s

"I also

said, it’s a fact that you can’t

better change your

but he stuck out his tongue

corner of his eye, Carson recognized Roger

and commented, "I see that you’re not busy today,

I heard that Mr.Sullivan

Rachel and Joey to see

Roger explained.

didn’t plan to lose his composure just

"Oh, I see."

at the room and said,

He is resting inside.

Rachel looked at the ward Carson pointed at, she

one knew what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

walked towards

followed her,

were placed over

in thoughts for a

when he was about to sav something, Joey spoke before

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

looked at the

was not standing very far

Joey could see him from the

raised his eyebrows as if

a quick glance at him, Joey turned his gaze

need to use

what Joey

about I take you

"No!"

replied in a very decisive

was a serious

am

wasn’t a problem for

were no longer

it wouldn’t be appropriate for Rachel to take a boy to the ladies’ room, just

Joey’s words, Rachel

Roger, then her gaze

bother the former, Carson soon

him to take Joey to the

and refused to pay any

out his phone and turned around

give Joey a

like he

Mr.Ramos! I have read the

headed towards

he wasn’t very

up while he was still holding it to

no call at all! Rachel saw what

"It’s okay.

will take

He is actually right.

embarrassing for a boy like him to be

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words, they displeased

that Rachel ought to have been closer to him

they got along really

of them were always

to

of things, Rachel still

it couldn’t be

the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room where Victor was operated

Joey headed towards

time, Carson

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

glance at

through with the phone

"What?"

Rachel’s sight and took a peek at

a smile appeared

I am

choice! My subordinates are too bad at making

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake smile on her

very good at

answer the call only moments ago, the smile on

nose and

you want to go

look through the glass

ward was a

only the living room

door open in no

lie

undergo half a

voice came

in a

"Get out of here!"

interrupted

in a suit coming

He looked dejected.

was a document

and Carson as soon as he

stunned at first, then

"Mr.Scott!"

hung around the

It was quite noticeable.

the Sullivan Group and the

need asking about what just happened

expression that

must have been driven out! Her attention was

surname was what

She turned to Carson.

looked back at her,

"Well, this is Troy.

member of the

what she meant

a loss

were so many surnames in the

he had

recognized who Rachel

bowed and mentioned her

"Miss Bennet."

her head

forehead was covered

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

Bennet, I’m going back

waved his hand and said, "Very well

do that

out of sight in a blink

at the door

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

as

is well and can

walked to the door

leaned against the

didn’t follow Rachel

some document when he heard

he didn’t raise his head and

cast her gaze

in a

tell that his face was pale despite the

and

she wasn’t a hundred percent sure that she waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have thought that the

entranced that she walked

asked you to go

Victor heard the footsteps, his frown

the person who

in his usual cold and

POV: Even after we finished the

around, I figured it wouldn’t bode well if I lost my

"The dance is over.

time to let

I reminded him.

eyes, but he still loosened his grip on my waist like i

few steps back

I could still feel the warmth of his

face blushed and i

heart was

felt like I had returned

days with him were the happiest

knew that those days were long gone and I could never get them

down, feeling conflicted and dispirited

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached me and

behind me and began chatting with the guests with a smile on my

glass and taking

few to drink and

Elena came to

for you on the

go upstairs and take a

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when

mysterious smile appeared on Elena’s

followed her to the deck on the

I got there, I saw that there were bright red

also numerous balloons

eyes widened in

must say, this whole

had no idea who

mind was Charles, but I

bitter smile appeared on my lips, and

this much effort on me, and yet I still

of receiving this birthday surprise

floor, I stared at the night scene around me

was tranquil, and yet my mind

the cold sea breeze,

a sudden, a fireworks display lit up the sky, forming the words

fireworks shot up to the sky, a

like

noise, I covered

the ground and

began trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my blood

incident at the abandoned warehouse kept flashing through

seconds, I was out of breath I felt so dizzy that I

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

I’m here."

above me,

It was Charles.

my eyes, Gently, he brushed my

to be