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.

a long time since

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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he heard what Shelia asked, his

a while, he said, "I have

fact, Victor knew

wanted to be prepared in case of

ahead of time that even under ner protection, Victor would find

that he would at least have a better chance to survive

"Alright."

Shelia continued to focus her gaze

of his eye, Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust

hand to

and turned to look

Victor looked straight into Shelia’s eyes, he started

and

"Is that so?"

her nose with the back of

what about now? Is it still

"No,"

glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

other than roasting meat?

Can you teach me?"

you want to learn

"In order to survive."

naturally.Chapter 462 Come

shelia said casually.

sad upon

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

Shelia pointed out.

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

over while he was still

.

second thoughts about whether or not to ask her about

after all,

hand, didn’t seem to take it

asked, "Will you please teach

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

eyes glowed, and she broke into

two dimples, meanwhile, became much more

Victor nodded, "Okay."

broadly as she said,

ever encountered, except for my caretaker

"Orphanage?"

where

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

as she spoke

was a

was younger, she prepared great meals and gave

an orphan…’ Victor

look after you since the orphanage was

didn’t you leave with

at Victor and answered,

Shelia had known

with you being outdoors on your

head, Shelia said,

visit her

remain unknown to them, and I

spite of the dingy ground, Shelia lay

had been scattered

placed her hands behind her head, her

as she gazed up at

want to visit

you from

people guarding the

me if I

idea that I have a

her my name when I meet her again

blinking her

remained fixed on Shelia

see you, Van, it would be more than likely that she would like

had a soft spot in her heart

that I

to use this term to describe

Shelia, Victor concluded that

an apt description of her features, particularly

"Since she was responsible for your upbringing,

since she was deaf, mute, and

never referred to us

card was in

pocket as if it were a treasure and

the orphanage, each kid

them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter,

the card–the King

get the best

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

retracted the card and said, "I am the only one with the

was toasting as

gave her the meat

set to

Eat, please."

from her gut just after his

she put her hand to her stomach

meat

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after

feet, she

rise when Shelia abruptly extended her hand

"Come on, get up."

a little pause, he took Shelia’s hand

a dart to

track of

had cooled down

on a stone and drank some

we’ll have to

out before the sun

drank some

body was perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he was

said incoherently, "I’m

Let’s move forward."

have

"Like never before…"

and continued

she murmured,

you return, be

his gaze to the side of her

in mud after a day

you? What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow

plans once we leave the forest? Where will you be

I want to continue my travels and explore the

when I can no longer walk and beg

with

"Shelia."

up his mind after

"What’s the problem?"

me after we

will like you, I will defend you if she doesn’t

count

me to come

with you? If you don’t want to,

that Shelia

while before asking, "Are you

"No, I’m not.

treat you the best I

Victor convinced her.

and smiled at Victor,

agree when we get

"Sure."

emerged from

sun started to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest in a pale

glimmered on the

high noon and now, the sun

tiredness was assuaged when they saw a relatively spacious

out of the

villagers if we walk a little

We can…"

sentence, she saw

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to know why he

"Van?"

didn’t expect

for

saw three cars that were parked not

at them intently as he played with

feel right away that they were

to shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively in front

his eyes off Norton, watching his

voice that only Shelia could hear, Victor said, "Run into the

get lost even

way out of the forest, I

marks and you can get back

"And then?"

asked, her

straight into Shelia’s

"Walk along this road.

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

that Norton didn’t intend to

game with

that if he couldn’t escape this

Shelia a family, bring her back to see his grandmother, and treat her as his

it seemed that Victor could not fulfill

phone number

you

he whispered.

my grandmother’s

her and she will pick you up wherever

looked down at her

Victor looked at her and asked in confusion,

"No."

pulled her

were

to remember the number,

be a good

Victor frowned.

he coughed violently as soon as

and

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

talking about, he could tell that they

said, "Tut, tut, tut,

other! I’m so

tensed up when

intuitively pulled Sheila behind

keeping himself

hard for him to fight

deliberately walked up to them

Shelia stepped

with them, Norton pulled

was too fast for Victor to

"Let her go!"

a firm grip

found satisfaction in hearing vexation

you

said as he wiped the mud on

Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed over and tried to

tracks when something

that Norton

out a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

and gave Victor a

he had

his fist and tried

you want is my

has nothing to do

So, let her go!"

wow! This is so

Norton curled his lips.

I don’t want

comes from but I find

die alone?

red eyes,

the knife pressed against her neck, all Shelia could

body was tensed

spat out blood and beg

you can

mocking smile plastered

anger when

you

said you are

Shelia swallowed.

a sense of accomplishment by

you to do what

So, cut the crap.

kill me,

"Shelia…"

tried to stop

knew that she was provoking

hackles rise and the man would do

Norton was indeed angry.

fierce, but he kept his voice in check

you

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help you with

Norton said, laughing derisively.

men and instructed them, "Tie

eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you going

Norton didn’t answer.

just glared

men did as they

bound, Shelia

made to

was

was flowing

soon as the water rushed over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor

blue veins on his neck

and yelled,

her eyes because of the gushing

Victor

she opened her mouth, she was

enough, her eyes

exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton

Victor might be strong but he was useless in this

me laugh,

that I’m a good man?

the rope, squatted down,

to save her so much, I will give you a

in me, huh? What

just glare

do whatever it took to save

the middle of the river, Norton

appeared and stood between the rope and

stood up and looked

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

two are the weakest among

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

pause, Norton continued, "You want

finished speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor’s arms let go of him and took a

the knife in his hand, Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned, "But of course, you have

two before the rope

say goodbye to your good

away, I’m afraid that you won’t even find her

Victor didn’t care about

quickly rushed

and the most popular leader

subordinates should

was

in his peak state, he might not even be able to defeat

tall and burly men that could easily flip

doubt, Victor was at

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

as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled to stand

his strength left him, and he eventually knelt

bones being broken scattered all over his body, making him

this time, Victor’s face looked black with

still tried to stand, not ready to give

back on his

subconsciously use his arm to block it, but it

hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful of

point, Victor’s

managed to fix his eyes on the rope, which was

matter how

was put out and

into this trouble, so he was willing to do anything to

mind wanted to go

fell back to the ground and lost

was somewhat awakened

struggled to open his eyes, but

just lay there on the ground, watching the raindrops

couldn’t help but wonder

yet, so he thought that

sharp pain that pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize that he was

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

little bit,

at the river, only to find

no trace

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting

unto the soil and opened his eyes as wide as

if he

waited for a long

even know how much time passed

he never found the person he

her head from the river or

the excruciating pain he was experiencing,

lost consciousness

Victor woke up again,

found him near

operation to rescue him lasted for two

found out that Victor had fractures

lungs were inflamed, and the critically

up was ask Carolyn

still wearing an

of danger yet, but all he

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

send people to search

days, but Shelia

and there was

a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain

with mud, but one could easily recognize that it was the King of

years later,

after fully

in a box

was nothing on the marble tombstone aside

Shelia’s name

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

to the hospital,

also in that year

two more years, he finished his studies

over several small companies under the control of

from a very low level to one of the top

outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed over the Sullivan Group

At this time, Roger entered the ward

sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a

can’t eat any

eating porridge

he couldn’t even stand the smell

choice but

said, "Eat it again when you

his tongue out, not intending to eat

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

the past half a month, Roger came to

the kid gradually

about him was that Roger would bring some snacks when he

Joey couldn’t eat too much, he could at least taste something aside

only

Joey greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was

you say that you

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

would say no every time, he

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

it would probably be very late

initially, I couldn’t

for a moment before finally saying,

Rachel furrowed

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

Circles The operation done to Victor lasted

opened and closed

couldn’t do anything but wait

the fourth day since the operation began, the indicator

that the surgery

he wasn’t completely out of

was wheeled

two days ago that his vital signs became

to be

he was still in

to check Victor’s condition and give

what he was

Victor sustained serious injuries.

wounds had healed, they still

his new injuries just

only a miracle could save Victor’s

tell us

in

afraid I can’t say

expert couldn’t help but frown as he made

if I may be blunt, please

he’ll never wake up? Is he going to become a

say this, it was obvious that this was what

percent, but there was a huge

Rachel was the first one to know about

deemed that Rachel had the

against the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a

there

went down to tell Rachel about

news, her face didn’t show much

was as if she had already prepared herself for something like

fact, Carson was a bit

know when she

been in a coma

have been even

outside the operating room for 70 hours

and reminded him in a low voice, "This is the area for children’s

You can’t smoke here."

regained his senses, Carson put

indifferent expression, he didn’t bother continue discussing

and asked, "Anyway,

"Joey? He’s fine.

yesterday and said

it’s expected that his plaster will be removed

and peeped through the

saw Joey sleeping

a faint smile, he stretched for a bit and said, "Good

then, I’m leaving

that, Carson turned around and left

really just visited to tell

had

blink of an eye, two days eventually

Victor’s condition,

Joey’s ward almost twenty-four

time, Carson didn’t show his

an expert, she was also convinced that Victor would never

news that Victor had miraculously woke up from being in

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

Roger for a long time without being able

as if she was still judging

to go upstairs

time, Rachel pressed her

someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her back

I want to see

was Joey, pleading

to hide the fact that Victor was in a

in the hospital, he actually

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

truth, Rachel didn’t have the heart to

nor did he pester Rachel to go to the ICU to

he just smiled and

say

have to worry

she

moments, she mustered her courage

"Yes, of course."

following two weeks, Joey had a good

Victor, as if

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

for keeping it all inside him, but Rachel

"Okay…"

softened,

ward was in

fully healed yet, it was inconvenient for him to walk all the way

him sit in a

the wheelchair for him, and the three of them

enough, they reached the

finally stopped at the floor of the ward where

there was only one patient at this time, Carson

approaching, he furrowed his brows and eventually saw three people

Victor had seen this scene, Carson knew that he

the first time I’ve seen you

What brings you here?"

as he quickly set the document he was holding aside and raised

"Have you been beaten?"

asked, blinking his innocent

look like someone who will be beaten easily? Ha!

those dark circles around

"Dark circles?"

choked at

phone, opened its front camera, and looked at his

that Joey was

and his eye bags were so big that it

was only to be

have a good sleep for half a

a handsome young man, but even he was susceptible

"Ha-ha!"

laugh after seeing the upset

laughter, Carson realized that he was fooled

Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s face

"You, brat.

dare you tease your godfather? You have guts,

sharp pain on his face and retorted, "Huh? Who said

have no

father and I grew up

We are best friends.

one

I became your

raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms in front of

if you don’t want

Carson’s hand away using his uninjured hand and said, "Humph!

tongue as he

slightly low voice, "I also didn’t expect that

it’s a fact

change your

say anything more, but he stuck out his tongue

the corner of his eye, Carson recognized

then tried to regain his composure and commented, "I

heard that Mr.Sullivan

came here with Rachel and Joey to see

Roger explained.

to lose his composure just

"Oh, I see."

pointed at the room and said, "His ward is over

He is resting inside.

Cooperation Rachel

was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked

followed her, pushing Joey’s

were placed over

in thoughts for a

he was about to sav

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the

standing very far

Joey could see him from the

his eyebrows as if he was giving Carson

taking a quick glance at him, Joey

need to use

overheard what Joey was

about I

"No!"

replied in a

a serious look on

am a

bathroom in Joey’s ward, so it wasn’t

were no

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

words, Rachel looked at

was Roger, then her gaze

Carson soon

him to take Joey to

and refused to pay any attention

he took out his phone and turned around as if nothing had

Joey a

Carson pretended like he was answering the

the plan you sent

talking, he headed towards

wasn’t very

up while he was

there was no call at all! Rachel saw what just happened clearly and understood that

"It’s okay.

take

He is actually right.

is very embarrassing for a boy like him to be taken to the bathroom

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words, they

have been closer to him

past few days, they got along

of them were always

for reasons best known to her, she still alienated

the look of things, Rachel still didn’t

that it couldn’t be

he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room where Victor

Joey headed

time, Carson came

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

at the phone in his

with

"What?"

Rachel’s sight and took a peek at

smile appeared on

am

with no choice! My subordinates are too bad at

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

was a fake smile

very good

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

tip of his nose and coughed to ease

you want to go

her head in order to look through the

ward was a

the living room

pushed the door open in no

would lie

half a

voice came from

a stable condition now,

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted Carson’s

in a suit coming

He looked dejected.

was a document in his

Carson as soon

at first, then his face

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung around the man’s

It was quite noticeable.

the Sullivan Group and

about what

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

out! Her attention was drawn to the name

was what really

She turned to Carson.

he looked back at her,

"Well, this is Troy.

a member of the

meant by just looking

a loss

were so many surnames in the

had to

recognized who

bowed and

"Miss Bennet."

head slightly in

forehead was covered with

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

Miss Bennet, I’m going back to

and said, "Very well

should do that

Troy went out of sight in

looked at the

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

doesn’t seem as bad

well and can

to the door and

against the door

didn’t follow

reading some document

he didn’t raise his head

cast her gaze on

in

tell that his face was pale despite the fact that

frowned and looked

waited outside the operating room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have thought

that she walked towards the bed

asked you to go out, didn’t

Victor heard the footsteps,

up at the person who was walking

cold and stiff tone, he said softly, "Rachel, you are

Even after we finished the dance, Charles kept his hand

it wouldn’t bode

"The dance is over.

time to let

I reminded him.

but he still loosened his grip on

few steps back to distance myself

could still feel the warmth of his touch on

blushed and i

my heart

it felt like I had returned to

him were the happiest

reminisced, I knew that those days were

feeling

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached me and

burning gaze from behind me and began chatting

said, raising my glass and

it, I’d had a few to drink and

this time, Elena

a surprise waiting for

you like to go upstairs and take

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when you get

smile appeared on Elena’s

to the

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

also numerous

widened

this whole scene was picturesque

I had

was Charles, but I quickly cast aside that

my lips, and somehow, I began to

effort on

this birthday surprise soon

stared at the night scene around me in

tranquil, and yet

cold sea breeze,

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

the fireworks shot up to the sky, a deafening sound resonated

sounded like

noise, I covered my ears at

squatted on the ground and

began trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my blood was running

the abandoned warehouse kept flashing through

seconds, I was out of breath I

panic attack, a pair of strong arms held

I’m here."

above me, making

It was Charles.

i nestled in his arms as tears burst from my

don’t have to