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.

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"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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he said, "I have no

fact, Victor knew

learned that because he wanted to be prepared in case of any

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

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

"Alright."

Shelia continued to focus her gaze on

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

stretched out a hand to

to look at Victor with a

Shelia’s eyes,

away, and explained, "Your nose has dirt

"Is that so?"

to rub her nose with the back of her

what about now? Is

"No,"

glancing

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

other than

Can you teach me?"

do you want to

"In order to survive."

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

shelia said casually.

Victor felt sad upon hearing

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

Shelia pointed out.

small burn on

over while he was still

.

had second thoughts about whether or not to ask her

all,

hand, didn’t seem to

asked, "Will you

"Hmm,"

said after

"Is that a yes?"

and she

two dimples, meanwhile, became much more

Victor nodded, "Okay."

grinned broadly as she

the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except

"Orphanage?"

That’s where I was

was taken over and the old woman

eyes clouded as she spoke about

elderly woman was a wonderful

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

orphan…’ Victor pursed

after

leave with

at Victor and answered,

home Shelia had known for

you being outdoors

her head, Shelia said,

visit her tomb, so

whereabouts remain unknown to them, and I don’t

of the dingy ground, Shelia lay down

had been scattered by the trees and

her hands behind

with disappointment as she

to

what keeps you from doing

people

find me if I go

no idea that I have a name

name when I meet her again in the

blinking her

eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he said

Van, it would

a soft spot in

said that I was a

didn’t seem appropriate to use this term to

Victor concluded

apt description of her features, particularly her

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

since she

to us

poker card

gently removed it from her pocket as if it were a treasure and presented it

orphanage, each kid was given a

let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was maybe due to the

stared at the

Did I get the best

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

"I am the only

was toasting as

the meat after he re-applied

set to

Eat, please."

from her gut

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

the meat i made myself!

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after

her feet, she said, "Let’s

to rise when Shelia abruptly extended her hand to

"Come on, get up."

taken aback, and after a little pause,

learning the hard way, Shelia used a dart

had lost track of time

sun had

assisted Victor in sitting down on a stone and

far we’ll have

get out before the

drank some water

body was perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he

incoherently, "I’m sure we

Let’s move forward."

have

"Like never before…"

continued to hold

her forward motion, she murmured,

return, be sure to

to

face was covered in mud after a day

What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow to

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

to continue my travels

no longer walk and

with

"Shelia."

his mind after staring at Shelia

"What’s the problem?"

after we get

will like you, I will defend you if she

can count on

to

with you? If you don’t want to, it

that Shelia

before

"No, I’m not.

to treat you the best

Victor convinced her.

nodded and smiled at

when we get

"Sure."

moment they emerged from the

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

the bodies

been walking since high noon and now,

when they saw a relatively spacious country

we’re out of the

we’ll meet local villagers if we walk a

We can…"

finish her sentence, she saw Victor stop

She was confused.

Victor, wanting to know why he

"Van?"

expect you to

Shelia looked for the source of

that were parked not

looking at them intently as he played with a

away that they were Victor’s

Victor, who in turn stood protectively in front of

take his eyes off Norton, watching his every

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

won’t get lost even when it

our way out of the

and you can get

"And then?"

her

looked straight into Shelia’s

"Walk along this road.

meet villagers, borrow a mobile phone

Norton didn’t

with Victor by throwing him into the

couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia shouldn’t

bring her back to see his grandmother, and treat her as

that Victor could not fulfill the

wrote a phone

call the number once you

he whispered.

my

her and she will pick you

looked down at her

Shelia didn’t respond, Victor looked at

"No."

pulled her

were a

don’t want to remember the number, nor do I want

a

Victor frowned.

so anxious that he coughed violently

remained adamant and

to spread her palm

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

said, "Tut, tut, tut, this

strong feelings for each other! I’m so

up when saw

intuitively pulled Sheila

injured and keeping himself standing steadily

be hard for him to

walked up

and Shelia

patience with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards

too fast for Victor to

"Let her go!"

kept a firm grip on Shelia’s

found satisfaction in hearing vexation in

you

the mud on Shelia’s face with

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

tracks when something silver flashed through

knife that

out a

"No."

"What are you saying?"

gave Victor a

felt that he had difficulty

and

you want

has nothing to

So, let her go!"

wow! This is

Norton curled his lips.

don’t want to

don’t where she comes from but I find your

boring for you to die alone? I can do something

eyes,

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

was tensed

blood and beg

that all you can do?

kept his mocking smile plastered

eyes narrowed in anger when he heard Shelia’s disdainful

you just

you are a

Shelia swallowed.

a sense of accomplishment by threatening

don’t have in you

So, cut the crap.

you want to kill

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to

knew that she was

Shelia would make Norton’s hackles rise and the man would do

Norton was indeed angry.

voice in

really? Looks like you really want to

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help you with

Norton said, laughing derisively.

turned to his men and

anxiously,

Norton didn’t answer.

just glared at

as they were

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

made to

thinking about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor

river was flowing

it inundated Shelia, making her choke easily Victor saw how Shelia’s face became paler

blue veins on his neck became

teeth and yelled,

her eyes because of

wanted Victor

the moment she opened her mouth, she

her

exasperated expression on Victor’s

that Victor might be strong but he

me

you think that I’m a good man?

cunning smile, Norton approached the rope, squatted down, and blew the

to save her so much, I will

me, huh?

just glare at

whatever it took to save

Shelia, who was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted his eyes and

men behind him appeared and stood

and looked at Victor

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

two are the weakest

has only killed two people, and the one on

want to save

been holding Victor’s arms let go of him

Norton touched its tip with his thumb and warned,

two before

say goodbye

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

flickering flame, Victor didn’t care

he quickly rushed up and fought against the two

and the most popular leader the

his weakest subordinates should be strong

Victor was

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

of them were tall and burly men that could easily flip

a doubt, Victor was at a

them, the two men punched Victor right in his abdomen one

as he was hit, Victor staggered and struggled to

his strength left him,

his bones being broken scattered all over

time, Victor’s face looked

tried to stand, not

before he could even get back on his

was still able to subconsciously use his arm to block it, but it didn’t make

was hit again, Victor spat out a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also

this point, Victor’s vision

fix his eyes on the rope, which was only

didn’t matter how many injuries he

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

so he was willing to do anything to rescue

his mind wanted to go

the

awakened when he felt droplets of rain falling on

to open his eyes, but his vision was still

the ground,

help but wonder if he was still

fully recovered yet, so he thought

of

Victor wanted to stand up, but he

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

he turned his head to look at the

no trace of

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting out

and opened

if he was

for

didn’t even know how much time

found the person he had been

someone would raise her head from the river or come out from somewhere

blood and the excruciating pain he was

lost

up again, he was finally

him near

him lasted for two days and two

found out that Victor

lungs

after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send people

was still wearing an oxygen mask and

not completely out of danger yet, but all

she must be a very important person due to

delay to send people to search for Shelia along

lasted for seven days,

was still no news about

give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain

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

later, Victor

thing he did after fully

put the King of Hearts card in a box

nothing on the marble

wasn’t even Shelia’s

year of Victor’s recovery, while Karl was

him to the

that year that

he finished his studies and

taking over several small companies under the control of the

these companies from a very low level to one

able to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed

this time, Roger entered the

he saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl of porridge, and coaxing

eat any

had been eating porridge for about

even stand

had no choice but to put

she said, "Eat it again when

stuck his tongue out,

saw Roger standing at the

half a month, Roger came to the hospital to

the kid gradually

about him was that Roger would

couldn’t eat too much, he could at least

only eat them in

greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was surprised to

you say that

Roger came here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to

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

said that he had an important project

it

initially, I couldn’t

for a moment before finally saying,

furrowed her brows in

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

Dark Circles The operation done to

closed for several times as doctors

and Carson couldn’t do anything but wait outside until

on the fourth day since the operation began, the indicator light outside the room was turned

the

was saved, but he

wheeled to

was not until two days ago that his vital

eligible to be transferred to

he was still

an expert in the field to

it wasn’t what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

old wounds had healed,

his new injuries just made

he said that only

at least tell us when

in a

afraid I can’t

help but frown as he made things

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

Is he going to become a

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

there was a huge chance that this was it

for Carson and Lukas, Rachel was the first one to know

Rachel had the right to

wall outside Joey’s ward,

there

just went down to tell Rachel about

news, her

she had already prepared herself for something

was

know when she became this

had been in a coma for about half a month

have

room for 70 hours before the indication light turned

at the cigarette in Carson’s hand and

You can’t smoke here."

if he regained his senses, Carson put out the

he didn’t bother continue discussing

changed the subject and asked, "Anyway, how

"Joey? He’s fine.

doctor checked him up yesterday and said that he

his plaster will be removed ahead of the initial

and peeped through the glass

sleeping soundly in

for

then, I’m leaving

Carson turned around and

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

he had nothing

of an eye, two days eventually passed

Victor’s condition, Rachel

Joey’s ward almost twenty-four

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

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

Victor

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

at Roger for a long time without

judging Roger’s expression if he was

Rachel… Do you want to

Rachel pressed her lips hard

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

I want

Joey, pleading in

that Victor was

hospital, he actually had a vague

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

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

nor did he pester Rachel to go to

smiled and made

Isn’t daddy bad? They say

to worry too

eyes, she felt a

a few moments, she mustered her

"Yes, of course."

weeks, Joey had a good rest

as if there

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

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

"Okay…"

heart softened, and she

in the

wound hadn’t fully healed yet, it was inconvenient for

let him sit

wheelchair for him, and the three of

enough, they

stopped at the floor of the ward

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

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

If Victor had seen this scene, Carson knew that he

it’s the first time I’ve seen you

What brings you here?"

set the document he was holding aside and raised

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking his innocent

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

those dark circles around

"Dark circles?"

almost choked

opened its front camera, and

realized that Joey

looked totally haggard, and his eye bags were so big

this was

good

a handsome young man, but even

"Ha-ha!"

after seeing the

Carson realized that he was

Carson stepped forward and pinched

"You, brat.

tease your godfather? You have guts,

and retorted, "Huh? Who said that you are my

have no opinion

and I

We are best friends.

one who picked

I became your

his eyebrows and crossed his arms in front

you, even if you don’t want

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

as he withdrew his

"I also didn’t

it’s a fact

better change your attitude towards

more, but he

his eye,

his composure and commented, "I see that you’re

heard that Mr.Sullivan has woken

I came here with Rachel and Joey

Roger explained.

plan to lose his composure just

"Oh, I see."

at the room and said, "His ward is

He is resting inside.

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

knew what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

walked towards the

her,

were placed

lost in thoughts

to sav something, Joey

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked

was not standing very

result, Joey could see him from the corner

his eyebrows as if

quick glance at him, Joey turned his gaze

to use

what Joey

about I take you

"No!"

in a very

was a serious look on his

I am

ward, so it wasn’t a problem for Rachel to take

were no longer

boy to the ladies’ room, just like

to Joey’s words, Rachel looked

Roger, then her gaze fell

want to bother the former, Carson soon

she wanted him to

coughed and refused to pay any attention to

his phone and turned

Joey a thumbs up without Rachel

he was

read the plan you sent to

headed towards

very good

phone’s screen lit up while he was still holding it to his

no call at all! Rachel saw what

"It’s okay.

will take

He is actually right.

boy like him to be taken

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

those words, they displeased

to have

days, they got along really

them were always in

reasons best known to her,

of things, Rachel still didn’t love

knew that it

from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the

he and Joey headed

time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

took a quick glance at

through with the phone

"What?"

followed Rachel’s sight and took a peek at

appeared on

am through with

no choice! My

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake smile

not very

pretended to answer the call only moments ago, the smile

the tip of his nose and coughed to ease

you want to

look through the glass panel on

ward was

living room could be seen, and it

door

would lie in the bed

undergo half a

came

in a stable condition

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

a man in a suit coming out of the

He looked dejected.

document in

ran into Rachel and Carson as

was stunned at first, then his face

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung

It was quite noticeable.

Sullivan Group and the director of the

about

from the man’s expression that

driven out! Her attention was drawn to the name

was what

She turned to Carson.

looked back at her, she raised her eyebrows

"Well, this is Troy.

a member of the Sullivan Group’s

meant by just looking at

a

so many surnames

had to

recognized who

bowed and mentioned her

"Miss Bennet."

head slightly in

forehead was

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

Miss Bennet, I’m going back

waved his hand and said,

do

Carson said, Troy went out of sight in a

at

see that Victor was sitting against the head of

as bad

and

door and pushed it

leaned against

didn’t follow Rachel

some document when he heard the

didn’t raise his head and say coldly, "Get

cast her gaze

in a

face was pale

and looked

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

that she walked towards the

to go

the

looked up at the person who

his usual cold and

Even after we finished the dance, Charles kept his

I figured it wouldn’t bode

"The dance is over.

to

I reminded him.

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

few steps back to distance myself from

feel the warmth of his touch on my

and

heart was

it felt like I had returned to

were the happiest

I knew that those days were long gone and I

looked down, feeling conflicted and

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

suddenly approached

the burning gaze from behind me and began chatting with the

glass and

knowing it, I’d had a few to drink and was starting to get

time, Elena came to

waiting for you on

to go upstairs and take a look at

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when you get

mysterious smile appeared

followed her to the deck on the

saw that there were bright red rose

also numerous balloons around

eyes widened

this whole scene

I had no idea who had prepared

came to mind was Charles, but

appeared on my lips, and

much effort on me,

this birthday surprise soon died

second floor, I stared at the night scene around

and yet my mind

cold sea breeze,

fireworks display lit

shot up to the sky, a deafening sound

like a

I covered my ears

on the ground and

body began trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like

incident at the abandoned warehouse

I was out of breath I

of strong arms

I’m here."

voice came from above me, making me feel so

It was Charles.

arms as tears burst from my eyes, Gently,

to