My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

long time

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

whined, her

thought occurred to

"The eggs! I

from Ethan’s embrace and ran to the kitchen in a

Ethan followed behind her.

stared at Janet, who was extremely flustered, and he couldn’t

told you to keep

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

the corner, restlessly watching Ethan clean up after

"I’m sorry.

you were talking to Charis, so I

Ethan had guessed this.

freshly washed hands, he raised his eyes to look at

"It’s my fault.

didn’t give you enough

spread out his arms and

face against

thinking about the invitation from Patrick, she murmured, "The

and I just got him

probably has a huge grudge

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a casual manner, flipped the meat over, and went

really don’t want to

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at her, Victor said nothing, and silently retracted the

a feeling that Shelia didn’t mean him any

poured the juice

definitely could

Here you go."

"And what about you?"

look down at the meat Shelia was holding out

some more for myself

wasn’t going to take the meat, Shelia smiled as if she had

"Don’t worry about it.

This meat isn’t poisonous.

rest assured and eat it

then, watching Shelia with vigilant and cold

an easy-going person, this didn’t mean that she was

thought that

she was wrong and he

"I’m not very hungry.

go ahead

look away and placed the

the rest

wanted to help, Shelia nodded and said, "Okay, it’s perfectly

bite out

chewing for some time, she furrowed her brows and

hard to

was not cooked

I gave you just now must be

you tell me? You even

meat out, Victor didn’t say a word and only continued to roast the

her meat aside, Shelia turned around and spotted Victor’s smiling

are you smiling? Van, you

smiling?’ Victor never even

hand and gently touched the corner of

to roast

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and get some

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propped under her chin, Shelia proceeded

and said, "Van, you’re good at cooking meat, aren’t

to survive

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that Shelia had ever heard of such

of your way to learn

Victor also crushed some fruits and

used a knife to slice

what Shelia asked, his eyes darkened

he said,

fact, Victor knew the

to be prepared in case of

even under ner protection, Victor

pushed him to learn more skills so that he would at least have a better chance to survive

"Alright."

to focus her gaze on the burning

Shelia’s profile and the dust that rested on

out a hand

to look at Victor with

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

his hand, looked away, and explained,

"Is that so?"

rub her nose with the back

what about now?

"No,"

said, glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

what else did you learn other than roasting meat? I

Can you teach me?"

you want

"In order to survive."

very naturally.Chapter 462 Come

shelia said casually.

Victor felt sad upon

flipped? It’s on the

Shelia pointed out.

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

over while he was still thinking about what she just

.

had second thoughts about whether or not to ask her

after all,

hand, didn’t seem to take

"Will you

"Hmm,"

said after a

"Is that a yes?"

eyes glowed, and she

meanwhile, became

Victor nodded, "Okay."

grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks so much,

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

"Orphanage?"

That’s where I

taken over and the old

eyes clouded as she spoke

elderly woman was a

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

an orphan…’ Victor pursed his

was needed to look after

leave with

Victor and answered, "I didn’t

Shelia had

okay with you being

head,

was desperate to visit her tomb, so I

remain unknown to them, and I don’t

spite of the dingy ground,

in shards of sunshine that had been scattered by

placed her hands behind her

sighed with disappointment as she gazed up at

to

you from doing

are people guarding the

find me if

had no idea that I have a name

her my name when I meet

blinking her

remained fixed on Shelia and he said

see you, Van, it

a soft spot in her heart for

I was a

seem appropriate to use this term to describe a

Victor concluded that the adjective

apt description of her features, particularly

Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your upbringing, how

unable to communicate since she was deaf, mute,

referred to

a poker card was

removed it from her pocket as if it were a treasure

kid was given a unique

we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was maybe

at the card–the

Did I get

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

card and said, "I am

was toasting as they were

meat after he re-applied

all set

Eat, please."

from her gut just

embarrassed, so she put her hand to her stomach and ate the meat

meat i made

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after a

her feet, she said, "Let’s keep

when Shelia abruptly extended

"Come on, get up."

taken aback, and after a little pause,

learning the hard way, Shelia used a dart to put marks on the

lost track of time as

sun had

down on a stone

sure how far we’ll have

we can get out before the

some water

after so much walking, and he

said incoherently, "I’m sure we

Let’s move forward."

still have the

"Like never before…"

continued

her forward motion, she murmured, "Van,

be sure to

to the

mud after a day and a night

What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow

"What are your plans once we

know… I want to continue my travels and explore the world’s finest

station when I can no

answered with a

"Shelia."

mind after staring

"What’s the problem?"

come with me after we get out

like you, I will defend you if she

can count

to

If you don’t want to, it doesn’t

that

paused for a while before asking, "Are you

"No, I’m not.

treat you the best I

Victor convinced her.

smiled at Victor, saying,

when we get out of the

"Sure."

moment they emerged from the woods, though, everything

Chapter 463 Let Her Go The sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale red glow that passed through the branches

on the bodies of

walking since high noon and

they saw a relatively

we’re out of

if we walk

We can…"

finish her sentence, she saw Victor stop

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to know why he

"Van?"

well, well, i didn’t expect you to come

looked for the source

cars that were parked

the front, looking at them intently

could feel right away that they were

instinctively moved to shield Victor, who in turn

off Norton, watching his

could hear, Victor said, "Run

won’t get lost even when it gets

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

these marks and you

"And then?"

her

straight into

"Walk along this road.

a mobile phone from them, and

didn’t

just wanted to play a game with Victor

that if 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

not fulfill the

Shelia’s hand, Victor wrote a phone number on her palm

you get hold

he whispered.

is my grandmother’s

her and she will pick

down at

respond, Victor looked at her

"No."

pulled her

eyes were a little

don’t want to remember the number,

a good

Victor frowned.

that he coughed violently as

adamant and

spread her palm and let Victor write the phone number

hear what Victor and Shelia were talking about, he could tell that

condescending sneer, he said, "Tut, tut, tut, this is

feelings for each other! I’m so moved by

when saw Norton approaching

pulled Sheila

was seriously injured and keeping himself standing steadily

would be hard for him

deliberately walked up to them

and Shelia stepped

with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards

for Victor to

"Let her go!"

firm

in hearing vexation in Victor’s

know you look

the mud on Shelia’s

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

tracks when something silver flashed

knife that Norton pressed

a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

Victor a mocking smile,

that he had difficulty

clenched his fist and

want

nothing to do with

So, let her go!"

wow! This is

Norton curled his lips.

don’t want to let

where she comes from but I

boring for you to die alone?

eyes, Victor

pressed against her neck, all Shelia could do

body was

out blood and beg for mercy, she scoffed

you can do? Threaten

mocking smile plastered on

in anger when he heard

you

said you are a

Shelia swallowed.

of

more, you don’t have in you to do

So, cut the crap.

kill me,

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to

knew that she was provoking

would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man

Norton was indeed angry.

fierce, but he kept his voice in check

really? Looks like you really

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help you with

Norton said, laughing derisively.

his men and instructed them, "Tie

his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

men did as they

her hands and feet bound, Shelia was taken to one of

to ride

where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor Woke

river was flowing

her choke easily Victor

and the blue

teeth and

of the gushing

Victor to

she opened her mouth, she was choked by

enough, her

exasperated expression on Victor’s face,

strong but he was useless in this

me laugh,

a good man? Why the

approached the rope, squatted down,

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

some good in me, huh?

could just

would do whatever it

was in the middle of the

two men behind him appeared and stood

stood up and looked at Victor with a wry

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

the

people, and the one on

a brief pause, Norton continued, "You want to save her, right? Knock

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

Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned,

these two before

you can say goodbye to your good

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

Victor didn’t

quickly rushed up and fought

mercenary and the most popular leader the Roaring

subordinates should

was currently badly

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

were tall and burly men

doubt, Victor was at a disadvantage from the

punched Victor right in his abdomen one after another, and

as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled

he was hit repeatedly, his strength left

bones being broken scattered all over his body, making him feel

this time, Victor’s face looked black

stand, not

on his

subconsciously use his arm

a mouthful of blood, and a tooth

this point, Victor’s vision became

the rope,

didn’t matter how many injuries he

long as the fire was put out and the rope was grasped,

he was

much as his mind wanted to go on, his body couldn’t keep up

to the

somewhat awakened when he felt

to open his eyes, but his

on the ground, watching the

help but wonder

fully recovered yet, so he thought

pain that pierced every inch of

wanted to stand up, but he couldn’t move

could only move his hands a little bit, grabbing the

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

was no trace of

"Ahem!"

coughed violently, spurting out

the soil and opened his eyes

the river expectantly, as if he was waiting

for a long

didn’t even know how much time

never found the person

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

loss of blood and the excruciating pain

he lost

woke up again, he was

him

lasted for two days and two

out that Victor had fractures in eight different body

right knee were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the

woke up was ask Carolyn to send people to look for

wearing an oxygen mask

danger yet, but all he cared about

was, but she could sense that she must be a very

send people to

search lasted for seven days, but Shelia

was still no news about

card that got

mud, but one could easily recognize

later, Victor completely

after fully recovering was buy a

of Hearts card in a box and

marble tombstone

even Shelia’s name

Karl was on

to rush him to the hospital, but he

was also in that year that

he finished

small companies

time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one

ability, Carolyn gradually

At this time, Roger entered the ward where Rachel

of the bed, holding a bowl of porridge, and

can’t eat

had been eating porridge for about half a

even stand the

sighed and had no choice but to put

said, "Eat it again when you

stuck his tongue out, not intending

standing at the door, so he politely greeted,

came to the hospital to visit Joey

the kid gradually got

Roger

he could at least taste something

course, Joey could only eat

Rachel turned around and was surprised to see

you say that you wouldn’t come

send Rachel a message in advance to ask her

no every time, he would still

when Roger asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today, so he might not be able to

still visit, it would probably

initially, I

Roger hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "But I got a

response, Rachel furrowed her brows in

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

The operation done to Victor lasted for more

of the operating room opened and closed for several times as

couldn’t do anything but wait outside until the

day since the operation began, the indicator light

indicated that the surgery was successfully

but he wasn’t completely

was wheeled

ago

to be transferred to the general

still

in the field to check Victor’s

what he

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed, they still

injuries just made

only a

least tell us when he will

asked in

afraid I can’t say

frown as he made

blunt, please consider preparing for

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

say this, it was obvious that

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

Rachel was the first one

that Rachel had

the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a

disoriented, and there were dark circles

down to tell

heard the tragic news,

was as if she had already prepared herself

was a bit

when she became

was when Victor had been in a coma

have been

the operating room for 70 hours

and reminded him in a low voice, "This

You can’t smoke here."

his senses, Carson put out the

indifferent expression, he didn’t bother

the subject and asked, "Anyway, how is

"Joey? He’s fine.

up yesterday and said that he has been

fact, it’s expected that his plaster will be removed

peeped through the

sleeping soundly

for a

I’m

around and left without

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

that, he had nothing else

blink of an eye, two

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

just stayed in Joey’s ward almost

same time, Carson didn’t show his face to

came from an expert, she was also convinced

Victor had miraculously woke up

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

for a long time without

still judging

Do you want to go upstairs and see

time, Rachel pressed her lips hard and

of nowhere, someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her back from her

want to see

was Joey, pleading in a soft

the fact that Victor was

woke up in the hospital, he actually had

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

truth, Rachel didn’t have the heart to

say anything, nor did he pester Rachel to go to the ICU

smiled and

They say bad people live

don’t have to worry

at Joey’s bright eyes, she felt

moments, she mustered her courage and

"Yes, of course."

Joey had a good

Victor, as if

knew that Joey would actually wake up in the middle of the night from time to time and look at the

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

"Okay…"

softened,

in

yet, it was inconvenient for him to

let him

wheelchair for him, and the three

enough, they reached the

the floor

VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this

that there were steps approaching, he furrowed his brows

seen this scene, Carson knew that he would

time I’ve seen you up

What brings you here?"

quickly set the document he was holding

"Have you been beaten?"

asked, blinking his

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

those dark circles

"Dark circles?"

choked at Joey’s

his phone, opened its front camera, and looked at

realized that

were so big that it seemed like someone punched

course, this was only to

good sleep

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

"Ha-ha!"

after seeing the upset look on

Carson realized that he was fooled by this

head, Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s

"You, brat.

dare you tease your godfather?

face and retorted, "Huh? Who said

have no opinion regarding

father and I

We are best friends.

the one who

that’s how I became

eyebrows and crossed his arms in front of

even if you don’t want it, that fact

his uninjured hand and said, "Humph! If I don’t

tongue as he withdrew his hand

he muttered in a slightly low voice, "I also didn’t expect

as I said, it’s a

change your attitude towards

didn’t say anything more, but he stuck

of his eye,

commented, "I see that you’re

heard that Mr.Sullivan

I came here with Rachel

Roger explained.

plan to lose his

"Oh, I see."

and said,

He is resting inside.

go and see him."Chapter 466 Tacit Cooperation Rachel looked at the ward Carson pointed

was going through

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked towards

her, pushing Joey’s

arms were placed

was lost in thoughts for a

he was about to sav something, Joey spoke before

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the little

not standing very

result, Joey could see him from the corner of

raised his eyebrows as if he was giving Carson

taking a quick glance at

to use

overheard what Joey

about I take you

"No!"

a very decisive

serious

I am a

was a bathroom in Joey’s ward, so it wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take

they were

a boy to the ladies’ room, just like

reaction to Joey’s words, Rachel looked at both

was Roger, then

Carson soon observed that

him to take Joey to the

coughed and refused to pay

out his phone and

give Joey a

Carson pretended like he was

the plan you

headed towards the nurses’

wasn’t very good

lit up while he was still holding it to his

there was no call at all! Rachel saw what

"It’s okay.

will take

He is actually right.

a boy like him

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

he heard those words, they

ought to have been closer to him

past few days, they got along really

were always in one

for reasons best known to her,

things, Rachel still didn’t love

that it couldn’t

night Rachel was

Joey headed

some time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

at the phone in

you through with

"What?"

and took a peek at his

smile appeared on

am

choice! My subordinates are too bad at making

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

a fake

very

realized that Rachel knew that he had pretended to answer the call only moments ago, the smile

tip of his nose and coughed to ease

you want

raised her head in order to look through the glass

ward was a

view, only the living room could

Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in

Victor would lie in the bed for two

to undergo half a year’s rehabilitation

voice came from behind

a

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

stopped and saw a man in a suit coming out of

He looked dejected.

was a document in his

into Rachel and Carson as soon as he came

first, then his

"Mr.Scott!"

hung around the

It was quite noticeable.

the Sullivan Group and

asking about

tell from the man’s expression that the project

attention was drawn to the name

what

She turned to Carson.

looked back at her, she raised

"Well, this is Troy.

a member of the Sullivan Group’s project

exactly what she meant

at a

so many

had to choose

who Rachel

bowed and

"Miss Bennet."

nodded her head slightly

was covered

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

Bennet, I’m going back to the

hand and said,

do

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

looked at the

was enough for her to see that Victor was sitting against

seem as

and can

to the door

against the door

follow

document

didn’t raise his head

her

in a

face was pale despite the fact that he lowered

frowned and

a hundred percent sure that she waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have

that she walked towards the bed

to

the

looked up at the person who was walking

usual cold and stiff tone,

Even after we

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

"The dance is over.

to let

I reminded him.

Reluctance flashed through his eyes, but he still loosened his grip

back to distance myself from

still feel the warmth of his touch on

blushed and i felt

heart was

like I had returned

days with him were the happiest time

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

feeling conflicted

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached me and

burning gaze from behind me and began chatting

raising my glass and taking a sip of

a few to drink and was starting to get

this time, Elena came to

for you on the

to go upstairs and take a look at

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when

appeared

to the deck on the

there, I saw that there were bright red rose petals scattered across the floorboard,

numerous balloons around

eyes widened in

must say, this whole scene was picturesque

surprise?’ I had no idea

person that came to mind was Charles, but I quickly cast

on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise

much effort on

joy of receiving this birthday surprise soon

I stood on the second floor, I stared

tranquil, and yet my

the cold sea breeze, I felt

display lit

sky, a deafening sound resonated in the

like a

I covered my ears at

the ground and curled

and i felt like my blood was running

at the abandoned warehouse kept flashing through my

out of breath I felt so dizzy

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

I’m here."

familiar voice came from above me, making me feel

It was Charles.

as tears burst from my eyes, Gently, he brushed my hair

have to be