My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

long time since

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

her teeth

thought occurred to

eggs! I forgot all about

Ethan’s embrace and ran to the

Ethan followed behind her.

was extremely flustered, and he couldn’t help

you to keep an

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

her thumbs, Janet stood in the corner, restlessly watching Ethan clean up

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raised his eyes to look at

"It’s my fault.

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you go out of your

also crushed some

a knife to

he heard what Shelia asked, his eyes

said, "I

fact, Victor knew the

he wanted to be prepared in

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

that he would at least have a better chance to survive in case

"Alright."

focus her

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

stretched out a hand to wipe off the

look at Victor with a blank

Shelia’s eyes, he started to feel

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

"Is that so?"

rub her nose with the back of her

what about now?

"No,"

glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

else did you learn other than roasting meat? I

Can you teach me?"

do you want to

"In order to survive."

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

shelia said casually.

Victor felt sad

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

Shelia pointed out.

small burn on the meat’s exposed side

over while he was still

.

thoughts about whether or not to ask

after all, Shelia’s

other hand, didn’t seem

you please

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

and she broke into a

dimples, meanwhile, became

Victor nodded, "Okay."

she said, "Thanks

encountered, except for my caretaker

"Orphanage?"

where

over and the old woman was

clouded as she spoke about

was a

was younger, she prepared great meals and gave me a

an orphan…’ Victor pursed

guardian was needed to look after you since the orphanage was

didn’t you leave with

looked up at Victor and answered, "I didn’t want to

was the only home Shelia had

you being outdoors on your

her head, Shelia

visit her tomb,

them, and I don’t intend

the dingy ground,

in shards of sunshine that had been scattered

placed her hands behind

as she gazed up

want to visit

you from

people guarding

if I

no idea that I have a name

my name when I meet her again in the

blinking her

eyes remained fixed on Shelia and he said

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

had a soft spot in her heart for

that I was a lovely

seem appropriate to use this term to describe

Shelia, Victor concluded that the adjective

of her features, particularly her

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

to communicate since she was deaf, mute,

referred to us by

poker card was

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

orphanage, each kid

and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter,

stared at the card–the

Did I get

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

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

toasting as they

the meat after

all set

Eat, please."

came from her gut just after his

she put her hand to her stomach

better than the meat i made myself! Van,

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

after

rose to her feet, she said,

and was ready to rise when

"Come on, get up."

after a little pause, he took Shelia’s hand

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

of time as they

had

in sitting down on a

not sure how far we’ll have to travel until

can get out before the sun

some water

walking, and

said incoherently, "I’m

Let’s move forward."

have the

"Like never before…"

and continued

she murmured, "Van, you look rather

you return, be sure

his gaze to the side

in mud after

you? What’s

"Plan?"

was slow

we leave the forest?

to continue my travels and explore the world’s finest rivers

go to the police station when I can no longer

with a

"Shelia."

to have made up his mind after staring at

"What’s the problem?"

come with me after we get

my grandma will like you, I will

count on

to come

If you don’t want

that Shelia might

while before asking, "Are you joking

"No, I’m not.

to treat you the

Victor convinced her.

smiled at

get out of the

"Sure."

emerged from the woods, though, everything

the horizon, basking the forest in a pale red glow that passed

light glimmered on the bodies of Victor and

walking since high noon and now,

assuaged when they

out of the

villagers if we

We can…"

her sentence,

She was confused.

wanting to know why

"Van?"

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

voice came, Shelia looked for the source of the

cars that were parked not far

the front, looking at them intently as he played

could feel right away that they were Victor’s

in turn stood protectively

off Norton, watching

only Shelia could hear, Victor said,

even

out of the forest, I

and you can get back

"And then?"

asked, her eyebrows

looked straight

"Walk along this road.

you meet villagers, borrow a mobile phone

that Norton didn’t intend

game with Victor by throwing him into

felt that if he couldn’t escape this

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

it seemed that Victor could not fulfill the promise he

a phone number on

once you get

he whispered.

is my grandmother’s

pick

looked down

looked at her and asked in confusion,

"No."

pulled her hand

eyes were

want to remember the number, nor do I

a

Victor frowned.

he coughed violently as soon

remained adamant and clenched her

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

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

said, "Tut, tut, tut, this is so

each other! I’m so moved by

tensed up when saw Norton approaching

intuitively pulled Sheila behind

and keeping himself standing steadily

would be hard for him to fight

deliberately walked up to them

and Shelia

with them, Norton pulled

for Victor

"Let her go!"

a firm grip

satisfaction in hearing vexation in

you

he wiped the mud on Shelia’s face with his

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

his tracks when

knife that Norton pressed against

a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

and gave Victor a mocking smile, pretending not to hear what Victor had

felt that he

clenched his fist and

you want

has nothing to

So, let her go!"

wow! This

Norton curled his lips.

want to let her

from but

to die alone? I can do something about that and

red eyes, Victor breathed

her neck, all Shelia could do was raise

body was

blood and

that all you can

his mocking smile plastered on

narrowed in anger when he heard Shelia’s disdainful

you

you are

Shelia swallowed.

just feel a sense of accomplishment by threatening

you don’t have in you

So, cut the crap.

to kill me, then

"Shelia…"

tried to

that she was provoking

Shelia would make Norton’s hackles rise

Norton was indeed angry.

voice in check as he talked

Looks like you really

Shelia rolled her eyes.

can help you with

Norton said, laughing derisively.

men and instructed

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

Norton didn’t answer.

glared

did as they

feet bound, Shelia

to

thinking about where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464

was

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

fists, and the blue veins on his neck became

teeth and yelled, "Let

eyes because of the gushing water,

actually wanted Victor

moment she opened her

her eyes became

at the exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton scoffed

but he

me

a good man? Why the

smile, Norton approached the rope,

save

good in me, huh? What do you

could just glare

would do whatever it took to save

was in the middle of the

appeared and stood between

stood up and looked at Victor with

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

two are the

only killed two people, and the one

"You want to save

soon as Norton finished speaking, the two men who had been holding Victor’s arms let go

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

these two before

you can say goodbye to your good

afraid that you

flickering flame, Victor didn’t care

essence, so he quickly rushed up and fought against

a mercenary and the most

weakest subordinates should

Victor was currently

in his peak state, he might not even be able to defeat one of the two

and burly men

a doubt, Victor was at a

right in his abdomen one after another, and hit his back with

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

his strength left him, and he eventually

being broken scattered all over his body, making him

time, Victor’s face

stand, not

get back on his feet, he saw another

still able to subconsciously use his arm

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

Victor’s

on the rope, which was only

didn’t matter how many injuries he

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

so he was willing to do anything to rescue

wanted to go

he fell back to the

some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of rain falling

to open his eyes, but his

on the ground, watching

couldn’t help but wonder if he was

hadn’t fully recovered yet, so he thought that he might

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

wanted to stand up, but he couldn’t

a little bit,

he turned his head to look at the river, only to

was no

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting out

the soil and opened his eyes as wide as he

as if he was waiting for something to

waited for a

know how

he never found the person he had been

someone would raise her head from the

of blood and the excruciating pain he was experiencing, Victor

lost consciousness

again, he

subordinates found him near

to rescue him lasted for two days and

out that Victor had fractures in eight

chest and lungs were inflamed,

after he woke up was ask Carolyn to send

still wearing an oxygen

out of danger yet, but all he cared

but she could sense that she must be a very important person due to his concern

dare delay to send people to search for Shelia

search lasted for seven days, but Shelia

was still no news

able to give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from

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

years later, Victor

he did after fully recovering was buy a

in a box and buried it under a

on the marble tombstone

wasn’t even Shelia’s name on

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

to the hospital, but

that year that

he finished his studies and

several small companies under

of these companies from a very low level to

outstanding ability, Carolyn gradually handed over the

At this time, Roger entered the ward where Rachel

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

can’t eat

been eating porridge for about half a

he couldn’t even stand the

and had no choice but to put the

she said, "Eat it again when

tongue out, not intending to eat

at the

half a month, Roger came to the

the kid gradually got acquainted

that Roger would bring some snacks

could at least taste something

only eat them in

Rachel turned around and was surprised

that

here, he would send Rachel a message in advance to ask her if she wanted to eat something or if she

every time, he would

an important project

it would probably be very

I

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

furrowed her brows in

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

operation done to Victor lasted for more

room opened and closed for several

anything but wait outside

began, the indicator light outside the room was turned

indicated that the surgery was successfully

was saved, but he wasn’t completely out of

was wheeled to the

two days ago

be transferred to

still in

invited an expert in the field to check Victor’s

wasn’t what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

old wounds had healed, they

his new injuries just made

the end, he said that only

you at least tell us when he will wake

asked in a gloomy

afraid I can’t say

expert couldn’t help but frown

may be blunt, please consider preparing for the worst-case

you’re saying there’s a chance that he’ll never wake up? Is he going to become a

it was

was a huge chance that

Lukas, Rachel was the first

that Rachel had

outside Joey’s ward, holding a cigarette between

and there were

down to tell Rachel

tragic news, her face didn’t

had already prepared herself for something like

was

didn’t know when she

had been in a coma for about half a month after

it might have been even

the operating room for 70 hours before the

glanced at the cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low voice, "This is the area for children’s

You can’t smoke here."

if he regained his senses, Carson put

expression, he didn’t bother continue discussing about Victor’s grim

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

"Joey? He’s fine.

doctor checked him up yesterday and said that he has been recovering

it’s expected that his plaster will be removed ahead of

turned his head and peeped through the glass

sleeping soundly in

for a bit and

then, I’m leaving

turned around and left without looking

just visited to tell Rachel about the doctor’s diagnosis

that, he had nothing else

the blink of an eye,

aware of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t

just stayed in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four

Carson didn’t

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

broke the news that Victor had miraculously woke up from

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

long time without being able to speak

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

you want to go

slowly This time, Rachel pressed her lips hard

sleeve and pulled her back from her

I want

Joey, pleading

hide the fact that Victor was in

hospital, he actually had

Rachel had always been absent-minded and

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

didn’t cry or say anything, nor did he pester

he just smiled and made

say bad people live long

have to worry too much about

she felt a lump

moments, she

"Yes, of course."

weeks, Joey had a good

mention Victor, as if

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

a brave kid for keeping it all inside him, but

"Okay…"

softened,

in the second

was inconvenient for him to walk all the

simply let him sit in a

and the three of them went

enough, they reached the

the floor of the ward where Victor

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

he heard that there were steps approaching, he furrowed his brows and

seen this scene, Carson knew that he would have been

first time I’ve seen

What brings you here?"

the document he was holding aside

"Have you been beaten?"

asked, blinking his

would you ask that? Do I look like someone who will

did those dark circles around

"Dark circles?"

almost choked at

his phone, opened its front

that

eye bags were so big that it seemed like someone punched

this was only to

a good sleep for half a

handsome young man, but even he was

"Ha-ha!"

couldn’t help but laugh after seeing the upset look on Carson’s

realized that

his head, Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s

"You, brat.

you tease your godfather? You

a sharp pain on his face and retorted, "Huh? Who said that you are my godfather?

have no

I grew

We are best friends.

the one who picked

how I became

his arms in front of his

you don’t want

to pull Carson’s hand away using his uninjured hand and said,

tongue as he withdrew his hand from

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

it’s a fact that you can’t

better change your attitude

he stuck out

his eye,

then tried to regain his composure and commented, "I see that you’re

I heard that

here with Rachel and Joey to see

Roger explained.

his composure just

"Oh, I see."

the room and said, "His ward

He is resting inside.

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

knew what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

nodded and walked towards the

followed her, pushing

placed over

lost in thoughts for a

was about to

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the

not standing

could see him from

raised his eyebrows as if he was giving Carson

glance at him, Joey turned his gaze

need to

overheard what

about I

"No!"

replied in a

serious look on

am a

so it wasn’t a problem for Rachel

were no

room, just

words, Rachel looked

Roger, then her gaze fell on

former, Carson soon observed that she was

him to

refused to pay any

took out his phone and turned around as if

Joey a thumbs up

Carson pretended like he was

have read the plan you sent

talking, he headed towards the

wasn’t very good

he was still holding it to

at all! Rachel saw what just happened clearly and understood that

"It’s okay.

will take

He is actually right.

very embarrassing for a boy like him to be

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

heard those words, they

ought to have been

days, they

them were always in one

reasons best known to her, she still alienated

things, Rachel still didn’t

that it couldn’t be achieved

Rachel was standing outside

he and Joey

some time, Carson

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

quick glance at the phone

through with

"What?"

Rachel’s sight and took a

appeared on his

I am

My

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

was a fake smile

not very

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

of his nose and coughed

you want to

head in order to look through the glass panel

ward was

point of view, only the living room

see Victor, Rachel pushed the door open

doctor said Victor would lie in the

undergo half a year’s

voice came from behind

a stable

"Get out of here!"

interrupted

a man in a suit coming out of

He looked dejected.

document in his

and Carson as soon as he came

first, then his face

"Mr.Scott!"

hung around the

It was quite noticeable.

an employee of the Sullivan Group

need asking about

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

was

surname was what really

She turned to Carson.

back at her, she

"Well, this is Troy.

as a member of the Sullivan

she meant

a loss for

so many surnames in

he had to choose

who

and mentioned

"Miss Bennet."

nodded her head slightly in

forehead was covered with

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

going

and

should do

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

at the

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

doesn’t seem as bad as you

well and

to the door and pushed it

against

didn’t follow Rachel

was reading some document when

head

her gaze

in a hospital

still tell that his face was pale despite the

and

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

so entranced that she

asked you to

the footsteps,

person who was walking towards

speaking in his usual cold and

Gift Caroline’s POV: Even after we finished the dance, Charles kept his hand on my

I figured it wouldn’t

"The dance is over.

to let

I reminded him.

through his eyes, but he still loosened

steps back to distance myself from

some reason, I could still feel the warmth of

blushed and i

heart was

moment, it felt like I had returned to

days with him were the happiest time of

that those days were long gone and I could

feeling conflicted and dispirited

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

guests suddenly approached me

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

raising my glass and taking a sip of

few to drink and was starting

this time, Elena came to

a surprise waiting for you on the second

like to go upstairs and

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when you

appeared

my confusion, I followed her to the deck on the second

were bright red rose petals

also numerous balloons around

widened in

whole scene was picturesque and

had no

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

could it possibly be him?’ A bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself

effort on me,

this birthday surprise

floor, I stared at the night scene around me in

and yet

of the cold sea breeze, I

fireworks display lit up the sky, forming the words "Marry

to the sky, a deafening sound resonated

like a

I covered

on the ground and curled

and i felt like

horrible incident at the abandoned warehouse kept flashing through my

of breath I felt

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

I’m here."

familiar voice came from above me, making me

It was Charles.

nestled in his arms as tears burst from my eyes, Gently,

to be scared