My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

had been a long time

"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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go out of your way to

what Shelia did earlier, Victor also crushed some

used a knife to slice

Shelia asked,

while, he said, "I have

fact, Victor knew

wanted to be

ahead of time that even under ner protection,

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

"Alright."

focus her gaze on the burning

of his eye, Victor caught a glimpse of Shelia’s

hand to

to look

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

his hand, looked away, and explained, "Your

"Is that so?"

to rub her nose

what about now? Is

"No,"

said, glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

than roasting meat?

Can you teach me?"

you want to

"In order to survive."

mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With Me "In order to

shelia said casually.

Victor felt sad upon hearing

be flipped? It’s on the verge of being

Shelia pointed out.

Victor saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed

meat over while he was

.

whether or not to ask her

after all,

hand, didn’t seem to take

asked, "Will you please

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

Shelia’s eyes glowed, and she broke into

meanwhile, became much more

Victor nodded, "Okay."

grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks so much,

are the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except

"Orphanage?"

where

years ago, the orphanage was taken over and

clouded as she spoke

elderly woman was

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

orphan…’ Victor

to look after you since

didn’t you leave with

at Victor and answered, "I

only home Shelia

okay with you being outdoors

her head, Shelia

desperate to visit her tomb, so

to them, and I don’t intend to

the dingy ground, Shelia

of sunshine that had been

placed her hands behind her

disappointment as she gazed up

to visit

you

people guarding

me if I go

that

tell her my name when I meet her again in the

said, blinking her

eyes remained fixed on Shelia

she had the chance to see you, Van, it would be

a soft spot in her heart

I was a lovely

seem appropriate to use this

concluded

description of her

for your upbringing, how

was unable to communicate since she was deaf,

referred to us

a poker card

as if it were

each kid was

elderly woman split the fruits, she put them on the cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was maybe due to the reference to the

at the card–the King of

I get

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

and said, "I am the only

meat was toasting as they

gave her the meat after he re-applied the

set to

Eat, please."

from her gut just

hand to her stomach and

much better than the meat

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

felt rejuvenated after a good

to her feet, she

ready to rise when Shelia abruptly

"Come on, get up."

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

a dart to put marks on

had lost track of time

sun had

Victor in sitting down on a stone

far we’ll have to travel until

get out before the

drank some

was perhaps exhausted after so much walking, and he

"I’m

Let’s move forward."

have the

"Like never before…"

continued to hold

she murmured, "Van, you

be

lowered his gaze to

in mud after a day and

you? What’s

"Plan?"

slow

we leave the forest? Where

don’t know… I want to continue my travels and explore

no longer walk and beg them

answered with a

"Shelia."

made up his mind after staring

"What’s the problem?"

after we get out

like you, I will defend you if she

count

to come

all right with you? If you don’t want to, it

concerned that Shelia might

for a while before asking, "Are you joking

"No, I’m not.

you

Victor convinced her.

smiled at Victor, saying,

we get out of the

"Sure."

emerged from the woods,

basking the forest in a pale red glow that passed through

light glimmered on the

had been walking since high noon and now, the

they saw a relatively

we’re out of

local villagers if we walk a

We can…"

finish her sentence, she saw

She was confused.

at Victor, wanting to know

"Van?"

well, i didn’t expect you to come out

for the source of the

saw three cars that were parked

looking at them

right away that they were

shield Victor, who in turn stood

off Norton, watching

could hear, Victor said, "Run into the

won’t get lost even when it gets

were finding our way out of

you can get back

"And then?"

asked, her

straight

"Walk along this road.

you meet villagers, borrow a mobile phone

that Norton didn’t intend to let

play a game with

felt that if he couldn’t escape this

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

fulfill the promise he made

a phone number on her palm

the number once you get hold of

he whispered.

my grandmother’s

will pick you up wherever

just looked down at her

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

"No."

her hand

eyes were

want to remember the number,

a

Victor frowned.

so anxious that he coughed violently as soon as

and

just didn’t want to spread her palm and let

couldn’t hear what Victor and Shelia were talking about, he could

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

for each other! I’m so moved

up when saw Norton approaching

pulled Sheila

seriously injured and keeping himself standing steadily was taxing

be hard for him to fight

walked up

Shelia

patience with them, Norton pulled Shelia towards

fast for

"Let her go!"

a firm

in hearing vexation in

you

said as he wiped the mud on Shelia’s

Victor, Disregarding body pain, Victor rushed over and tried to take Shelia back

in his tracks when something silver

knife that

spat out a mouthful of

"No."

"What are you saying?"

tone and gave Victor a mocking

felt that he had

and tried to

want

nothing to do with

So, let her go!"

This is

Norton curled his lips.

want to

but I find your reaction

do you think it’s boring for you to die alone? I can do something

eyes,

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

body was

when she saw Victor spat out blood and beg for mercy,

all you can do?

his mocking smile plastered

eyes narrowed in anger

you

said you

Shelia swallowed.

of accomplishment

you don’t have in you to do what you

So, cut the crap.

want to kill me, then do

"Shelia…"

desperately tried to stop

that she was provoking

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

Norton was indeed angry.

but he kept his voice

like you really

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help you

Norton said, laughing derisively.

to his men and instructed them,

his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are

Norton didn’t answer.

glared at

did as

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

to ride a different

where Norton was taking them.Chapter 464 Victor

was

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

blue

teeth and

her eyes because of the gushing water, Shelia had

wanted Victor to run

opened her mouth, she was choked

enough, her eyes became

the exasperated expression on Victor’s face, Norton

that Victor might be strong but he was useless

making me

man? Why the hell

rope, squatted down, and blew the

you wanting to save her so much, I

some good in me, huh? What

could just glare

do whatever it took

Shelia, who was in the middle of the river, Norton squinted

two men behind him appeared and stood between

looked at Victor with a wry

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

are the

people, and the one on the right

"You want to save her, right? Knock

holding Victor’s arms let

his hand, Norton touched its tip with his

two before the rope

can say goodbye to your

afraid

Victor didn’t care about

of essence, so he quickly rushed up

was a mercenary and the most popular leader

his weakest subordinates should

Victor was

not even be able to defeat one

and burly men that could easily

Victor was at a disadvantage from the very

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

was hit, Victor staggered and

repeatedly, his strength left him, and he eventually

bones being broken scattered all

this time, Victor’s face looked black with

still tried to stand, not ready to give

on his feet, he saw another punch

arm to

a mouthful of blood, and a tooth also

point, Victor’s vision

his eyes on the rope, which was only a

how many injuries

and the rope was grasped, Shelia’s life could

trouble, so he was willing to do anything

much as his mind wanted to go

fell back to the ground

time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt droplets of

eyes, but his

lay there on the ground, watching the raindrops

help but wonder if he

so he

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

Victor wanted to stand up, but he

move his hands a little bit, grabbing the mud under

his best, he turned his head to look at the river, only to find that there was

was no trace

"Ahem!"

coughed violently, spurting out more

unto the soil and opened his eyes

as if he was waiting for

waited for

didn’t even know how

found the person he had been

would raise her head from the river or come out from

the excruciating pain he was experiencing,

lost consciousness

Victor woke up again, he was

him near

rescue him lasted for

diagnosis, it was found out that Victor had fractures in eight different

his right knee were shattered, his chest and lungs were inflamed, and the critically ill notice

did after he woke up was ask Carolyn to

was still wearing an oxygen

of danger yet, but all

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

she didn’t dare delay to send people to search

lasted for seven days, but Shelia couldn’t be

passed and there was still

give Victor was a crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then dried by

but one could

years later, Victor completely

first thing he did after fully recovering was buy

card in a box and buried it under

on the marble tombstone aside from the

Shelia’s

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

to rush him to the hospital, but he was declared

It was also in that year that

two more years, he finished his

taking over several small companies

companies from a very low

to prove his outstanding ability, Carolyn

At this time, Roger entered the

bed, holding a

can’t eat

eating porridge for

even stand the smell of

sighed and had no choice but to put the

she said, "Eat it again when you

tongue out, not intending to eat

Roger standing at the door, so he

month, Roger came to the hospital to

the kid gradually got

him was that Roger would bring some snacks

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

could only eat them

greeted Roger, Rachel turned around and was

say that you

advance to ask

no every time, he

when Roger asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today,

could still visit, it

initially, I

at Rachel, Roger hesitated for a moment before finally

Rachel furrowed her

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

operation done to Victor lasted for more

closed for several times

do anything but wait

began,

the surgery

saved, but he wasn’t completely out of

was wheeled to

not until two days ago that his vital signs became

became eligible to be transferred to the

was still in a

to check Victor’s condition

wasn’t what

Victor sustained serious injuries.

had healed, they still had an

new injuries

only

at least tell us

in a gloomy

I can’t say

couldn’t help but frown

may be blunt, please

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

say this, it was

was not a hundred percent, but there was a

for Carson and Lukas, Rachel was the

Carson deemed that Rachel had the right

against the wall outside Joey’s ward, holding a

there were dark circles round

tell Rachel about

when Rachel heard the tragic news, her face didn’t show much

was as if she had already prepared herself for something like

Carson was

know when she

it was when Victor had been in a coma for about half a month

might have

room for 70 hours before the indication

a moment of silence, Rachel glanced at the cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low voice, "This

You can’t smoke here."

regained his senses, Carson put out the

didn’t bother continue discussing about Victor’s grim

asked,

"Joey? He’s fine.

said that he has been recovering pretty

will be removed ahead of

head and peeped through the glass panel on

Joey sleeping soundly in the

for a bit

I’m leaving

around and

that he really just visited to tell Rachel about the

from that, he had nothing else

of an eye, two days eventually passed

Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend to visit

just stayed in Joey’s ward almost twenty-four hours a

didn’t show his face to her

diagnosis came from an expert, she was also convinced that Victor would

Victor had miraculously woke up from being in

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

Roger for a long time without being able to speak

as if she was still judging Roger’s

Do you want to go upstairs and see

pressed

sleeve and pulled her back

want to see

was Joey, pleading in

that Victor was in a coma

in the hospital, he actually had a vague

on, he found that Rachel had always been absent-minded and Victor

Rachel didn’t have the heart to hide

the full truth, Joey didn’t cry or say anything, nor did he pester Rachel

just smiled and made a

They say bad

don’t have to worry too much

at Joey’s bright eyes, she felt

she mustered

"Yes, of course."

weeks, Joey had a good

as if there was nothing wrong going

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

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

"Okay…"

heart softened,

in the

Joey’s wound hadn’t fully healed yet, it was inconvenient for him to walk all the

Rachel simply let him sit

him, and the three of them went to

enough, they reached the

finally stopped at the floor

VIP ward, and there was only one patient at this time,

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

Victor had seen this scene, Carson knew that he would have been very

first time

What brings you here?"

Joey as he quickly set the document he

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking

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

dark circles around your eyes come

"Dark circles?"

choked at Joey’s

opened its

realized that

totally haggard, and his eye bags were so big that it seemed

of course, this was only to be

a good sleep for

a handsome young man, but even he was susceptible to

"Ha-ha!"

help but laugh after seeing the upset look on Carson’s

realized that he was fooled by

forward and

"You, brat.

your

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

no opinion regarding

I

We are best friends.

the one who

I became

his arms in front of

for you, even if you don’t want it,

and said, "Humph! If I don’t want to

as he withdrew his

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

a fact that you

better change your

anything more, but he

corner of his eye,

then tried to regain his composure and commented, "I see that you’re not busy today,

heard that

came here with Rachel and Joey to

Roger explained.

his composure just because

"Oh, I see."

at the room and said, "His ward is

He is resting inside.

Rachel looked at the ward Carson

knew what was

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

and walked

her, pushing

were placed

in thoughts

when he was about to sav something, Joey spoke before

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

and looked at the

was not standing very

him from the corner of

eyebrows as if

at him,

I need to

what

about I take

"No!"

replied in a

was a serious look

am a

ward, so it wasn’t a problem

were no longer in the

appropriate for Rachel to take a boy to the ladies’ room, just like it wouldn’t be right for her to take him to the men’s

Joey’s words, Rachel

was Roger, then her gaze fell

to bother the former, Carson soon observed that she

him to take Joey to

to pay any attention

out his phone and turned around as if nothing

Joey a thumbs up

he was answering the

have read the plan

headed towards the

very good at

while he

that there was no call at all! Rachel saw what

"It’s okay.

will take Joey

He is actually right.

like him to be taken

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words, they

Rachel ought to have

past few days, they

were always

to

things, Rachel still didn’t

that it

Rachel was standing outside the operating

and Joey headed

time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

a quick glance at the phone

you through with the phone

"What?"

Rachel’s sight and took a peek at

a smile appeared

am through

no choice! My

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake

very good

pretended to answer the

nose and coughed to ease

you want to

look through the

ward was

of view, only the living

the door open in no time and walked

doctor said Victor would lie in the bed for two

has to undergo half

voice came

a stable

"Get out of here!"

interrupted

in a suit coming out of the

He looked dejected.

a document

Rachel and Carson as soon as

was stunned at first, then his face

"Mr.Scott!"

work card hung around

It was quite noticeable.

was an employee of the Sullivan Group and the director

about what

that the project

out! Her attention was drawn to the name on the work

what

She turned to Carson.

he looked back at her, she raised her

"Well, this is Troy.

member of

exactly what she meant

was at a

were so many surnames in the

had

recognized who Rachel

and mentioned her

"Miss Bennet."

head

was

life! Nonetheless, he was still holding

going

and said, "Very well

do that

what Carson said, Troy went out of sight in a

at the door

see that Victor was sitting against the head

seem as

is well and can

door and pushed it

against the

didn’t follow

some document

didn’t raise his head and

her

was in

still tell that his face was pale despite the fact that he lowered

frowned and looked rather

operating room for more than seventy

that she walked towards

to go out, didn’t

the footsteps, his

person

speaking in his usual cold and stiff tone, he

we finished the dance, Charles kept his hand on

guests around, I figured it

"The dance is over.

time to

I reminded him.

loosened his grip on my waist like i told

steps back to distance

could still feel the warmth of his

face blushed and i

my heart

moment, it felt like

the

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

looked down, feeling conflicted and

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

guests suddenly approached

gaze from behind me and began chatting with the guests with a

and taking

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

time, Elena came

surprise waiting for you on the second

go upstairs and take a look

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

know when you

mysterious smile appeared

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

there, I saw that there were bright red rose petals

also numerous balloons around

widened

say, this whole scene was picturesque and

I had no idea who had

mind was

A bitter smile appeared on my lips, and somehow, I began to despise myself for

had never spent this much effort on me, and yet I still couldn’t

this birthday

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

and yet my

of the cold sea

fireworks display lit up the sky, forming the

the sky, a deafening sound resonated

like

the noise, I covered my ears

the ground

trembling uncontrollably, and i felt like my

at the abandoned warehouse kept

I

a pair of strong arms held me

I’m here."

came from above me, making me feel

It was Charles.

my eyes, Gently, he brushed my hair

don’t have to