My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

had been a long time since they last met-too

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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"Survive in the wildness?"

first time that Shelia had

out of your way to

also crushed some fruits and poured

used a knife to slice

what Shelia asked, his eyes darkened

while, he said, "I have no

Victor knew the

learned that because he wanted to be

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

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

"Alright."

continued to focus her gaze on the

caught a glimpse of Shelia’s profile and the dust that rested on the tip of

stretched out a hand to wipe off

turned to look at Victor with a

Victor looked straight into Shelia’s eyes, he

retracted his hand, looked away, and explained, "Your nose

"Is that so?"

ahead to rub her nose with

now?

"No,"

glancing over

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

you learn other than roasting meat? I

Can you teach me?"

you want to learn

"In order to survive."

very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With Me "In

shelia said casually.

felt sad upon hearing

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

Shelia pointed out.

saw a small burn on the meat’s

he was still

.

about whether or not to ask her

was, after all,

other hand, didn’t seem

"Will you please teach

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

glowed, and she broke

meanwhile, became much more

Victor nodded, "Okay."

as she said, "Thanks

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

"Orphanage?"

That’s where

was taken over

as she spoke about

elderly woman was a

she prepared great meals and gave me a lot

is an orphan…’ Victor pursed his

needed to look after you since the orphanage was

leave

at Victor and answered, "I didn’t

only home Shelia

okay with you

head,

I was desperate to visit

them, and

dingy ground, Shelia

of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees

placed her hands behind her head,

sighed with disappointment as she gazed up

want to visit

you from

people guarding the

find me if

had no idea that I have a

my name when I

said, blinking her

remained fixed on Shelia

continued, "If she had the chance to see you, Van, it would be more than likely

a soft spot in her

that I was a lovely

use this term to describe

at Shelia, Victor concluded that the

of her features,

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

to communicate since she was

referred to us by

card was in my

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

the orphanage, each kid was given

them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted

the card–the King of

get

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

said, "I am the

toasting as they were

the meat after he re-applied the

all set to

Eat, please."

from her gut

hand to her stomach and ate

than the meat i made myself!

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after a

her feet,

to rise when Shelia abruptly extended her

"Come on, get up."

aback, and after a little pause, he took Shelia’s hand in his

a dart to put

had lost track of time

had cooled down

Victor in sitting down on a stone and drank

we’ll have

we can get out before the

some

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

"I’m

Let’s move forward."

have the

"Like never before…"

and continued to hold

motion, she murmured,

return, be sure to eat

gaze to the side of

face was covered in mud after a

What’s

"Plan?"

was slow

"What are your plans once we leave the forest? Where will you be

to continue my travels and explore the world’s

to the police station when I can no longer

with a

"Shelia."

appeared to have made up his mind after staring at Shelia for a long

"What’s the problem?"

with me after we get out of

sure my grandma will like you, I will defend

can count on

to

you? If you don’t want

concerned that Shelia

paused for a while before asking, "Are you joking right

"No, I’m not.

you

Victor convinced her.

nodded and smiled

when we get out of the

"Sure."

moment they emerged from the woods, though, everything

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

on the bodies of

since high noon

tiredness was assuaged when they saw a relatively

we’re out of

we’ll meet local villagers if we

We can…"

sentence,

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to know why

"Van?"

expect you to come

Shelia looked for the

that were parked not

at the front, looking at them intently as he played with a

feel right away that they were Victor’s

instinctively moved to shield Victor, who in

take his eyes off

hear, Victor said, "Run

won’t get lost even

were finding our way out of the

these marks and you can

"And then?"

asked, her eyebrows

looked straight

"Walk along this road.

meet villagers, borrow a mobile

didn’t intend to

with

he couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia

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

it seemed that Victor could not fulfill the promise

hand, Victor wrote a phone number on her palm

call the number once you get

he whispered.

is my

will pick

down at

didn’t respond, Victor looked at her and asked in confusion,

"No."

her

were a

want to remember the number, nor do

be a good

Victor frowned.

was so anxious that he coughed violently

remained adamant and clenched

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

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

"Tut, tut,

strong feelings for each other! I’m so

up when saw Norton

intuitively pulled

and keeping himself

for him

deliberately walked up to

and Shelia

with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards

too fast for Victor to stop

"Let her go!"

kept a firm grip on

hearing vexation in Victor’s

know you

the mud on Shelia’s face with

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

his tracks when something silver flashed through

knife that Norton pressed against

out a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

in a contemptuous tone and gave Victor a mocking smile, pretending not to hear what

that he

fist and

you want is

to do

So, let her go!"

wow! This is

Norton curled his lips.

I don’t want to let her

where she comes from but I find your reaction quite

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

eyes,

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

was tensed

blood and beg

you can do?

his mocking smile plastered

eyes narrowed in anger

you

you

Shelia swallowed.

a sense of accomplishment

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

So, cut the crap.

want to kill

"Shelia…"

tried

knew that she was provoking

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

Norton was indeed angry.

his voice in check as he

really? Looks like you

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help you

Norton said, laughing derisively.

and instructed them,

his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are

Norton didn’t answer.

glared

as they

Shelia was

was made to ride a different

about where Norton was taking them.Chapter

river was

over, it inundated Shelia, making her choke

clenched into fists, and the blue veins on his neck became

gritted his teeth and

eyes because of the gushing water, Shelia

Victor

she opened her mouth, she was

her eyes became

expression on

strong but

making me

a good man? Why the hell should I obey

approached the rope, squatted down, and blew the

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

in me, huh? What do

just

whatever it took to save

the river, Norton squinted his eyes and snapped his

him appeared

stood up and looked at Victor with

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the weakest among my

left has only killed two people, and the

Norton continued, "You want to save

the two men who had been holding Victor’s

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

before the rope

can say goodbye

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

Victor didn’t care about anything

he quickly rushed up and fought against the two

mercenary and the most popular leader the Roaring

subordinates should be strong

Victor was

even in his peak state, he might not even be

of them were tall and burly men that could

at a disadvantage from

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

As soon as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled to stand

strength left him,

bones being broken scattered all over his

this time, Victor’s face looked black with

still tried to stand, not

back on his feet, he saw another punch

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

again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and

Victor’s

on the rope, which was only a few

matter how

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

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

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

the ground and

awakened when he felt

struggled to open his eyes,

on the ground, watching the

but wonder

hadn’t fully recovered yet, so he thought that

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

up, but he couldn’t move even

a little bit, grabbing the

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

no trace of

"Ahem!"

coughed violently, spurting out more

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

the river expectantly, as if he

for a

fact, he didn’t even know how much

he never found the person he

raise her head from the

pain he was

he lost consciousness

up again, he

subordinates found him near

rescue him lasted for two days and

out that Victor had fractures

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

thing Victor did after he woke up was ask

was still wearing an oxygen mask and struggled

completely out of danger yet,

she must be a very important person due to his

people

lasted for seven days, but

and there was

playing card that got wet from the rain and then

covered with mud, but one could easily recognize that it

later,

after fully recovering was buy

card in a box and buried it

on the marble tombstone aside from the

Shelia’s

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

to rush him to the hospital, but he was declared dead on

was also in that year

he finished his studies and

began taking over several small companies

raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one of the top in

ability, Carolyn gradually

At this time, Roger entered the ward where Rachel

of the bed,

eat

had been eating porridge for about half a

now, he couldn’t even stand the smell

no choice but to put the bowl

"Eat it again when you

his tongue out,

the door,

to the hospital to visit

the kid gradually got acquainted

about him was that Roger would bring some snacks when

much, he could at least

Joey could only eat

around and was surprised to

that you wouldn’t

Roger came here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask

would say no every time, he would still insist on getting her

an important project meeting today, so

still visit, it would probably be very late

I

Rachel, Roger hesitated for a moment before finally

Rachel furrowed

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

to Victor

the operating room opened and closed for several times as

and Carson couldn’t do anything but wait outside

since the operation began, the indicator light outside

the surgery was

but he wasn’t completely out of

he was wheeled to

two days ago that his vital signs

be

still in

an expert in the field to check Victor’s condition and give

wasn’t what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed,

injuries just

the end, he said that only a miracle

you at least tell us when he will

in

afraid I can’t say

frown as he

be blunt, please consider preparing

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

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

was a huge chance that

Lukas, Rachel was the first one

deemed that Rachel

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

there were dark circles round

went down to tell Rachel about

when Rachel heard the tragic news,

she had already prepared

was a bit

didn’t know when she became

had been in a coma

might have been even

there outside the operating room for 70 hours before the indication light

in Carson’s hand and

You can’t smoke here."

regained his senses, Carson put out

didn’t bother continue

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

"Joey? He’s fine.

him up yesterday and said that he has been

his plaster will be removed

and peeped through the glass

saw Joey sleeping soundly in

stretched for a

I’m

turned around and left without

really just visited to tell Rachel

from that, he had nothing else

blink of an eye, two days eventually passed

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

ward almost twenty-four hours a

Carson didn’t show his face to her

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

news that Victor had miraculously woke up

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

time without being able to speak a

still judging Roger’s

to go upstairs and

This time, Rachel pressed her lips hard and remained

nowhere, someone gently pulled her sleeve and pulled her back

I want to

pleading in a soft

the fact that Victor was in a coma

Joey woke up in the hospital,

absent-minded and Victor

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

did he pester Rachel to

he just smiled and

bad? They say bad people

we don’t have to

bright eyes, she felt

moments, she

"Yes, of course."

Joey had a good rest in the

didn’t mention Victor, as if there

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

kid for keeping it all inside him, but Rachel was aware that he missed

"Okay…"

heart softened, and

in the second inpatient

healed yet, it was inconvenient

let him

for him, and the three of them went

they reached the

at the floor of the ward where

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

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

scene, Carson knew that he

time I’ve seen

What brings you here?"

asked Joey as he quickly set the document he

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking

who will be beaten easily? Ha! I’m the one who beats others, you

dark circles

"Dark circles?"

choked

up his phone, opened its front camera, and

that

eye bags were so big that

was only

have a good

but even he was susceptible to stress and

"Ha-ha!"

but laugh after seeing the upset

seemingly innocent laughter, Carson realized that he was fooled by this little guy

Carson stepped forward

"You, brat.

tease your godfather? You have

Who said that you

no opinion regarding

father and I grew up

We are best friends.

the one who

I became

raised his eyebrows and crossed his

you, even if you don’t want it, that fact won’t

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

clicked his tongue as he withdrew

"I also didn’t

a fact

you’d better change your

but he stuck out

of his

his composure and commented, "I see that

I heard that

with Rachel and

Roger explained.

to lose his composure just

"Oh, I see."

pointed at the room and

He is resting inside.

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

one knew what was going through

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked

her, pushing Joey’s

placed over

lost in thoughts for a

when he was about to sav something,

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the

not standing very

could see him from the corner of his

raised his eyebrows as if

glance at him, Joey

to use

what

about I take

"No!"

in a very decisive

serious look on

am

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

that moment, they were no

take a boy to the ladies’ room, just like it

words, Rachel looked at

then her gaze fell on

the former, Carson soon observed that she was

to take

pay any attention to

that, he took out his phone and

a thumbs up without Rachel

like he was answering the

read the plan

he headed

wasn’t very good at

phone’s screen lit up while he

all! Rachel saw what just

"It’s okay.

will take Joey

He is actually right.

him

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

he heard those words, they displeased

ought to have been closer to

few days, they got along really

of them were always

best known to her,

the look of things, Rachel

knew that it couldn’t

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

he and Joey

some time, Carson

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

took a quick glance at the phone

through with

"What?"

followed Rachel’s sight and took

appeared

am through with

no choice! My subordinates are too bad at making

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

a fake smile on her

very

knew that he had pretended to answer the call only moments ago, the smile on his

touched the tip of his nose and coughed to

want to

order to look through the

ward was

her point of view, only the living room could be seen, and it

couldn’t see Victor, Rachel pushed the door

said Victor would lie in the bed for two

to undergo half a year’s

voice came from behind

in a

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

man in a suit coming out of

He looked dejected.

document in

Rachel and Carson as soon as

was stunned at first,

"Mr.Scott!"

card hung around

It was quite noticeable.

employee of the Sullivan Group and the director of the

need asking about what just happened

expression that the project plan had

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

surname was what

She turned to Carson.

back at her, she

"Well, this is Troy.

a member of the Sullivan Group’s

what she meant by just looking

at a

many surnames

he had to

who Rachel

bowed and

"Miss Bennet."

nodded her head slightly

was covered with

his life! Nonetheless, he was still holding

Miss Bennet, I’m going back to the

waved his hand and said, "Very

should do

Troy went out of sight in a blink

at

that Victor was sitting against the

as bad as you

is well and

to the door and

leaned against the

didn’t follow

was reading some document

didn’t raise his head and

her gaze

was in a

his face was pale despite the fact that he lowered his

and

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

entranced that she walked towards

to go out, didn’t

Victor heard the footsteps,

the person who was

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

Gift Caroline’s POV: Even after we finished

around, I figured it wouldn’t bode

"The dance is over.

to let

I reminded him.

his eyes, but he still loosened his grip on my

back

reason, I could still feel the warmth of his touch

blushed and i felt

heart was

felt like I

were the happiest time of

knew that those days were long gone and I could never

down, feeling

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

approached me and greeted

began chatting with the guests with a smile on my face "Thank

and taking a sip

a few to drink and was starting to

time, Elena came to

for you on

upstairs and

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when you

smile appeared on

to the deck on

saw that there were bright red rose

also numerous

widened in

this whole scene was picturesque and

had no idea who

mind was Charles,

him?’ A bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to

on me, and yet I still

joy of receiving this

the second floor, I stared at the night scene around me in

and

of the cold sea breeze, I felt even

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

shot up to the sky, a deafening sound resonated in

sounded like

I

the

trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my blood was

abandoned warehouse kept flashing

I was out of breath I felt

pair of strong arms held me tightly "There’s no need

I’m here."

from above

It was Charles.

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

have to be scared ever