My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire

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

Then she began to type out her reply to Brandon.

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

the staff member said through gritted teeth.

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

Ignoring her, Janet texted Brandon back.

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

The message from Brandon was a godsend.

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

Brandon replied with a long message.

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

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

The data was tampered with.

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

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

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

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

"How did you find that out?"

The platform was now owned by Lester Silk Fabric.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As she spoke, she tucked her phone away.

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

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

Janet ignored her.

She turned around and left without looking back.

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

"What’s up, Lind?"

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

Janet asked politely.

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

Tiffany looked at her warily and then nodded slowly.

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

"I want to call him and apologize,"

Janet answered simply.

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

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

There are enough discussions about you already,"

Tiffany scolded.

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

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

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

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

Janet reached for the card with a bright smile.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

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

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

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

Janet said, her voice as sweet as honey.

When Ritchie heard this, he was surprised.

Then, he sneered.

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

Janet had given up so soon.

"You’re scared, aren’t you?"

With a smug smile on his face, Ritchie smirked.

"Come to Lester Silk Fabric tomorrow.

You can apologize there in person."

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

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

he barked at his secretary.

"I want them here tomorrow.

Call some famous personalities in the fashion industry as well.

We need people in authority for the event."

The secretary nodded respectfully.

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

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

Get your ass back here."

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

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

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

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

"Get the biggest function hall for the press conference.

I want hundreds of people to be there.

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

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

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

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

1 Another evil grin spread on Ritchie’s face.

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

The secretary pursed his lips and jotted every detail down.

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

The sun shone bright and early the next day.

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

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

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

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

Tiffany remarked from beside her.

She turned to look Janet in the eye.

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

A faint smile appeared on Janet’s lips.

"You’ll find out soon enough.

Don’t worry.

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

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

The room finally settled down as Janet took her place.

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

"Sorry for taking up your time, everyone.

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

From a distance, Ritchie frowned and narrowed his eyes.

He could sense that something wasn’t right.

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

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

"She can’t have,"

the other man replied confidently.

"We’ve taken care to sweep everything.

All the evidence has been locked away.

I think she’s just bluffing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is your truth.

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

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

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

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

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

His secretary was also scared silly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janet smiled and said in a calm voice.

Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.

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

"I thought you came here to apologize.

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

While smiling, Janet didn’t say a word.

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

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

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

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

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

The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She said frantically, "I have no idea.

Don’t ask me…"

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

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

His secretary hurried to stop his curses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, she felt much better.

"It’s finally over!"

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

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

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

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

Related videos went viral on the Internet.

Suddenly, Janet’s phone started to ring.

It was Tiffany.

"Lind, I’m impressed.

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

You really knocked them dead!"

"Oh, my God! Seriously?"

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

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

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

There was a lot of positive feedback.

"Wow.

Heart.

Heart.

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

"She’s a lovely girl.

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

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

"Even though I’m a girl, I want her!"

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

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

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

Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.

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

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

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

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

plummeted.

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

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

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

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

Ritchie glared at him, speechless.

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

"I’m not an idiot.

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

Things didn’t end there.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am responsible for all of this.

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

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

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

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

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

She’s just an ordinary employee.

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

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

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

Janet pulled her chair and sat down.

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

"I can’t say I’m surprised.

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

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

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

"It doesn’t matter.

Look on the bright side.

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

Now, all eyes are on my work."

In the end, Luna was put behind bars.

And Janet had become an online celebrity.

Many people now knew her name and saw her designs.

Some even paid for it.

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

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

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

How’d you get the evidence?"

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

Janet froze.

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

"A very capable friend helped me get them."

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

Janet’s eyes twinkled.

"It’s a secret.

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

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

Gerda scratched her head and hurried back to her desk.

Janet couldn’t help but chuckle.

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

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

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

Janet couldn’t help but feel a little strange.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Someone texted you."

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

"It seems your wife’s missing you."

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

Instantly, his expression darkened when he read the text.

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

Garrett asked seriously, the smile wiped from his face.

"Janet’s asking Brandon out for dinner."

Ethan put his phone down and sighed.

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

Garrett leaned back with his hands clasped behind his head.

"Yeah.

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

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

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

It’s not good for my heart either,"

he sighed.

Ethan frowned and started typing out a brisk reply.

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

You’re an employee of the Larson Group.

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

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

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

That’s thanks enough, Miss Lind,"

Ethan replied politely, keeping things professional.

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

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

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

Transfer her to a subsidiary company.

Then, bring Charis here."

Garrett was just about to take a nap.

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

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

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

"Why did you want to dismiss Janet?"

Ethan asked in a low voice.

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

"I just wanted to protect the company name,"

Charis answered defensively.

Ethan narrowed his eyes at her coldly.

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

No one other than me.

Understood?"

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

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

"I see how it is.

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

Ethan had already noticed that something was wrong with Charis.

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

She and her family had always valued their image.

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

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

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

Charis was a dignified woman.

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

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

She hadn’t cried in years.

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

She had been reluctant to leave him.

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

She and Brandon had worked together for years.

They had shared the company’s ups and downs.

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

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

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

"I met Brandon first,"

Charis muttered through gritted teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

But she couldn’t act as overtly as before.

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

She had to be more careful now.

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

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

Janet’s voice dripped with sarcasm.

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

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

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

But he couldn’t tell her this.

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

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

The manager of the shop at work fired me.

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

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

In fact, there was some truth to his story.

Ritchie had indeed caused him a lot trouble after all.

Hearing this, Janet’s heart immediately softened.

She walked over to help him with the vegetables.

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

I was worried something bad happened to you."

"The problem’s been solved.

Don’t worry,"

Ethan said with a reassuring smile.

That much was true.

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

"Your brother is really hard to deal with."

Janet pouted like a child.

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

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

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

Janet looked up at Ethan curiously.

Almost immediately, she saw the lust in his eyes.

His face was so beautiful.

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

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

Janet’s face turned as red as a tomato.

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

Then she focused on chopping the vegetables.

Amused, Ethan patted her on the head affectionately.

He really liked it when she blushed.

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

He had to admit it really turned him on.

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

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

Ethan stroked Janet’s hair.

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

A long forgotten name appeared on the screen.

It was Patrick Lester.

Chapter 324 Nora’s Birthday Ethan pursed his lips.

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

It was winter and the cold wind was unforgiving.

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

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

Janet’s voice broke the silence.

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

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

He was answering the phone out on the balcony again.

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

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

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

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

"I was busy just now,"

Ethan simply replied.

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

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

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

She wants you and your wife here."

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

— – Janet had overheard Patrick’s loud voice.

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

Ethan held her tighter and sighed.

"We are.

Patrick seldom summons me.

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

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

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

Janet smiled at him sweetly.

"I can tell that you’re fond of her."

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

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

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

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

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

She was the only Lester who ever cared about Ethan.

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

"She’s a kind lady,"

he said calmly.

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"Let’s not talk here.

It’s so cold!"

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did you go out of your

crushed some fruits

knife to slice the

heard what Shelia asked, his eyes darkened

said,

knew the reason

he wanted to be

ner

would at least have a better

"Alright."

focus her gaze on

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

hand

turned to look at

into Shelia’s eyes,

looked away, and explained, "Your nose has dirt

"Is that so?"

went ahead to rub her nose with the back of her

about now? Is

"No,"

said, glancing over at

"Good."

Shelia smiled.

did you learn other than roasting meat?

Can you teach me?"

do you want to learn

"In order to survive."

mouth very naturally.Chapter 462 Come With

shelia said casually.

sad upon hearing

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

Shelia pointed out.

a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when

the meat over while he was still thinking

.

about whether or not to ask

after all, Shelia’s own

hand, didn’t seem to take it

"Will you please teach

"Hmm,"

after

"Is that a yes?"

and she broke into a

dimples, meanwhile,

Victor nodded, "Okay."

as she said, "Thanks

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

"Orphanage?"

That’s where I

orphanage was taken over and the old woman was unwell and

eyes clouded as she spoke about

woman was

prepared great meals and gave me a

orphan…’ Victor pursed his

to look after you since the orphanage

you leave with

looked up at Victor and answered, "I

home Shelia had

okay with you being outdoors on

head, Shelia said,

visit her tomb, so

them, and

spite of the dingy ground, Shelia lay

been scattered by

placed her hands behind

with disappointment as she gazed up at the

want to visit

what keeps you from

people guarding

find me if I

had no idea that I have a

name when I meet her again

blinking

on Shelia and

you, Van, it would be more than likely

a soft spot in

I was a lovely

didn’t seem appropriate to use this term

Victor concluded that

description of her

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

since she was deaf, mute, and

to us

a poker card was

if it were a treasure

kid was

the 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

the card–the King of

Did I get the

Shelia inquired.

"It’s definitely the best."

am the only one

was toasting as they

gave her the meat

all set to

Eat, please."

came from her gut just after

to her stomach and ate the

than the meat

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a good

she rose to her feet, she said,

and was ready to rise when Shelia abruptly extended her hand

"Come on, get up."

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

way, Shelia used a dart to put

lost track of time as they

had cooled down

Victor in sitting down on a stone

far we’ll have to travel until we’re

get out

drank some

walking, and he was coughing up blood for

said incoherently, "I’m

Let’s move forward."

still have the

"Like never before…"

nodded and continued to hold

murmured, "Van, you

you return, be sure to eat

gaze to the

small face was covered in mud after a day and a

you? What’s your

"Plan?"

was slow to

plans once we leave the forest? Where will

continue my travels and explore the world’s finest

go to the police station when I can no longer walk and beg them

with a

"Shelia."

mind after staring at Shelia for a

"What’s the problem?"

with me after we get out of

grandma will like you, I

can count

want me to come with

If you don’t want to, it doesn’t

concerned that Shelia might

for a while before asking, "Are you joking

"No, I’m not.

treat you the best

Victor convinced her.

nodded and smiled at Victor, saying,

when we get out of the

"Sure."

they emerged from the

to disappear below the horizon, basking the forest

the bodies of Victor

walking since high noon and

they

we’re out of the

if

We can…"

finish her sentence, she saw Victor stop

She was confused.

wanting to

"Van?"

well, i didn’t expect

Shelia looked for the source of

cars that were parked not far from

the front, looking at them intently

right away that they were Victor’s

to shield Victor, who in turn stood protectively

off Norton, watching his every

Shelia could hear, Victor said, "Run into the forest when I tell you

won’t get lost even when

we were finding our way out of the forest, I put marks

you can get

"And then?"

asked, her

looked straight

"Walk along this road.

you meet villagers, borrow a mobile phone from

Norton didn’t intend to let him

with Victor by throwing him

that if he couldn’t escape this predicament, Shelia shouldn’t

promised to give Shelia a family, bring her back to see

could not fulfill the promise he

wrote a phone number on

once you

he whispered.

my grandmother’s

and she will pick you up

down at her

didn’t respond, Victor looked at

"No."

her

were a little

the number, nor do I

a good

Victor frowned.

was so anxious that he coughed violently as soon as he

and clenched

spread her palm and let Victor write the

were talking about, he could

said, "Tut, tut, tut, this is

for each other! I’m so moved

tensed up when

intuitively pulled Sheila

himself

for

up to them

Shelia

patience with them, Norton pulled

was too fast for Victor to

"Let her go!"

a firm grip on Shelia’s

in hearing vexation

you look

the mud

pain, Victor rushed over

when something silver

that Norton pressed against Shelia’s

spat out a

"No."

"What are you saying?"

and gave Victor a mocking

that he

and tried

you want

has nothing to do

So, let her go!"

wow! This is so

Norton curled his lips.

want to let

but I find

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

red eyes,

the knife pressed against her neck, all Shelia

was tensed

Victor spat out blood and beg

all you can do?

smile plastered

anger when

did you just

said you are

Shelia swallowed.

feel a sense of accomplishment by

more, you don’t have in you to do what you

So, cut the crap.

want to kill me, then

"Shelia…"

tried

she was

make Norton’s hackles rise and the man would

Norton was indeed angry.

kept his voice in check as

really? Looks like you really want

Shelia rolled her eyes.

help

Norton said, laughing derisively.

his men and instructed them,

squinted his eyes and asked anxiously, "What are you

Norton didn’t answer.

just glared at

as

and feet bound, Shelia was

was made to ride a

about where Norton was

river was

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

the blue veins on his neck

his teeth and yelled, "Let her

her eyes because of the

actually wanted Victor to

the moment she opened her mouth,

enough, her

exasperated expression on Victor’s face,

strong but he

making me laugh,

good man? Why the hell should I

Norton approached the rope, squatted down, and

wanting to save her so much, I

me, huh? What do you

could just

whatever it

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

appeared and stood between the rope and

up and looked

"Here’s what I’m thinking.

two are the weakest among

has only killed two people, and the one on the right

brief pause, Norton continued, "You want to save her, right?

as Norton finished speaking, the two men who had been holding

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

two before

can say goodbye

washed away, I’m afraid that

Victor didn’t care about anything

he quickly rushed up

was a mercenary and the most popular

weakest subordinates should be strong as

Victor was currently badly

even be able to defeat

them were tall and burly men that could easily flip

a doubt, Victor was at

in his

as he was hit, Victor

he was hit repeatedly, his strength left him, and he eventually knelt on

scattered all over his body, making him feel somewhat

face looked black with

stand,

could even get back on his feet, he saw

his arm to block it,

out a

this point, Victor’s vision became

his eyes on the rope, which was only a few

didn’t matter how

the fire was put out and the

so he was willing to do

to go on, his body couldn’t keep up any

back to the

raining?’ After some time, Victor was somewhat awakened when he felt

struggled to open his eyes, but his vision

the ground, watching the raindrops

but wonder if he

yet, so he thought

pierced every inch of his body made Victor realize that

but he couldn’t move even an

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

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

no trace

"Ahem!"

violently, spurting out more

himself, he grabbed unto the soil and opened his

at the river expectantly, as if he was waiting

for

even know

he never found the person he had

someone would raise her head from the river or come out

of blood and the excruciating pain

he lost consciousness

up again, he was finally

found him near the

lasted for two days

a doctor’s diagnosis, it was found out that Victor had

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

up was ask Carolyn

wearing an

life was not completely out of danger yet, but all he cared about

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

dare delay to send people to

seven days, but Shelia

and there was still

crumpled playing card that got wet from the rain and then dried

but one could easily recognize that it was

years later, Victor completely

he did after fully recovering

King of Hearts card in a box and buried

the marble

even Shelia’s

Karl was on a business trip, he suffered a sudden

tried to rush him to the

It was also in that year

he finished his studies and

began taking over several small companies under the

shortest time, Victor raised the sales of these companies from a very low level to one

to prove his outstanding ability,

this time, Roger entered the ward where

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

can’t eat any

been eating porridge

now, he couldn’t even stand the smell

choice but to put the

it again

stuck his tongue out,

the door, so he politely greeted,

In the past half a month, Roger came to the hospital to

the kid gradually

about him was that Roger would bring

he could at least taste something aside from

could only eat

Joey greeted Roger, Rachel turned around

say that you

advance to ask her if

say no every time, he

asked, he said that he had an important project meeting today, so he might not be able

he could still visit, it

initially, I couldn’t

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

furrowed her brows

"Rachel, Victor woke up."

Roger broke the news.

Dark Circles The operation done to Victor lasted for more than 70

of the operating room opened and closed for

but wait outside until the procedure

since the operation began, the indicator

indicated that the

but he wasn’t completely out of

he was wheeled to the

days ago that

eligible to be transferred to

was still in

invited an expert in the field to check Victor’s condition

wasn’t what he was

Victor sustained serious injuries.

healed, they still had

injuries just

only

at least tell us

asked in

afraid I can’t say

help but frown as he

I may be blunt, please consider preparing for the

chance that he’ll never wake up? Is he going to become

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

there was a huge chance that this was

was the first one to know about

Rachel

the wall outside Joey’s

looked slightly disoriented, and there were dark circles round

went down to tell Rachel about this important

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

already prepared

Carson was a

she

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

have been even

the operating room for 70 hours before

cigarette in Carson’s hand and reminded him in a low voice, "This

You can’t smoke here."

he regained his senses, Carson put

didn’t bother continue discussing about

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

"Joey? He’s fine.

yesterday and said that

that his plaster will be removed ahead of the initial

his head and peeped through the glass panel on the

saw Joey sleeping

for a bit and said,

then, I’m leaving

that, Carson turned around

to tell Rachel about the doctor’s diagnosis regarding

from that, he had nothing else

of an eye, two days eventually

made aware of Victor’s condition, Rachel didn’t intend to

Joey’s ward almost

the same time, Carson didn’t show

was also convinced that Victor would never wake

Victor had miraculously woke up

Obviously, Rachel was stunned.

long time without being able to

judging Roger’s expression if he

want to go upstairs

This time, Rachel pressed her lips hard

her sleeve and

I want

was Joey, pleading in

fact that Victor was in a coma after obtaining serious

woke up in the hospital, he actually

absent-minded and Victor hadn’t come up in any of their

truth, Rachel

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

he just smiled and made

daddy bad? They say bad

don’t have to worry too much about

bright eyes, she felt a lump

moments, she mustered her courage

"Yes, of course."

weeks, Joey had a good

if there was nothing wrong

of the night from time to time and look at the ceiling with his

inside him, but Rachel was aware that he

"Okay…"

softened,

ward was in

yet, it was inconvenient for him to

let him sit in

the wheelchair for him, and the three of

enough, they reached the

The elevator finally stopped at the floor of

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

furrowed his brows and eventually saw three people approaching like

scene, Carson knew that he would have been

it’s the first time I’ve seen you

What brings you here?"

document he

"Have you been beaten?"

blinking his

look like someone who will be beaten

circles around your eyes come

"Dark circles?"

almost choked at

phone, opened

that Joey was

and his eye bags were so big that it seemed like someone

course, this was only

have a good sleep for half

man, but even

"Ha-ha!"

but laugh after seeing

laughter, Carson realized that

Carson stepped forward and pinched Joey’s face

"You, brat.

you tease your

"Huh? Who said that you are my

no

and I grew

We are best friends.

one who picked

I

his eyebrows and crossed his arms

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

said, "Humph! If I don’t want to admit it, no one can make

clicked his tongue as he

voice, "I also didn’t

I said, it’s a

change your attitude

more, but he stuck out his

of his eye, Carson recognized Roger

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

heard that Mr.Sullivan has woken

came here with Rachel and Joey to

Roger explained.

lose his composure just because of Carson’s

"Oh, I see."

room and said, "His ward

He is resting inside.

Tacit Cooperation Rachel

what was going

"Let’s go,"

Roger reminded Rachel gently.

"Alright."

and walked

followed her, pushing

arms were placed

lost in

was about to sav something, Joey spoke

"Mr.Jimenez."

"Is anything the matter?"

Roger asked.

stopped and looked at the little

was not standing very

Joey could see him from the

raised his eyebrows as if he

quick glance at him, Joey turned

to use

what Joey was

I take you

"No!"

replied in a

a serious look

am a

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

that moment, they were no longer in the

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

Joey’s words,

Roger, then

didn’t want to bother the former, Carson soon observed that she was staring

she wanted him to

and refused to pay any attention to

that, he took out his phone and turned around as

managed to give Joey a thumbs up without

Carson pretended like he

I have read the

headed towards the nurses’

very

up while he was

all! Rachel saw what just happened

"It’s okay.

take Joey

He is actually right.

embarrassing for a boy like him

Roger smiled gently.

"Thank you very much,"

Rachel said to Roger.

when he heard those words, they displeased

have been closer to him

past few days, they

them were always in one another’s

known to her, she

of things,

knew that it

stop himself from thinking about the night Rachel was standing outside the operating room where

and Joey headed towards the

time,

"Where is Joey?"

he asked Rachel knowingly.

quick glance at

you through with the

"What?"

and took

appeared

am through

no choice! My subordinates

"Of course they are!"

Rachel narrowed her eyes.

fake smile

not very good at

that he had pretended to answer the

of his nose and

you want to

her head in order to look through the

was

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

Victor, Rachel pushed the door open in no

lie in the bed for

half a year’s

came from behind

is in a

"Get out of here!"

voice interrupted

and saw a man in a suit coming out of

He looked dejected.

was a document

Carson as soon as he came

stunned at first, then his

"Mr.Scott!"

card hung

It was quite noticeable.

employee of the Sullivan Group and the director

asking about what

could tell from the man’s expression that

Her attention was drawn to the name

was what really

She turned to Carson.

back at her, she raised her

"Well, this is Troy.

works as a member of the Sullivan

meant by just looking at her

at a loss

were so many surnames in the

he had to choose

who Rachel

and

"Miss Bennet."

head

was

given him the scare of his life! Nonetheless, he

going

hand and said,

do

said, Troy went out of sight in a blink of an

at the door

enough for her to see that Victor was sitting against the

as bad as

and can

the door

leaned against

follow

some document when he

didn’t raise his head and say coldly,

cast her

in a

was pale

frowned and looked rather

room for more than seventy hours half a month ago, Rachel would have

she walked

you to go out, didn’t

Victor heard the footsteps, his frown

the person who

his usual cold and stiff tone, he said softly,

we finished

guests around, I figured it wouldn’t

"The dance is over.

to

I reminded him.

he still loosened his grip on my

back to distance

reason, I could still feel the warmth of

and i felt

my heart was

felt like I had

with him were the happiest time of my

were long gone

feeling conflicted

"Happy birthday, Caroline."

guests suddenly approached me and

behind me and began chatting

glass and taking

few to drink and was starting to

Elena came

for you on

you like to go upstairs and take a

she asked.

"What’s the surprise?"

This "surprise"

piqued my curiosity.

when you get

smile appeared on Elena’s

I followed her to

there were bright red rose petals scattered across the floorboard,

also numerous

eyes widened

whole scene was

this my birthday surprise?’ I had no idea who had

first person that came to mind was

smile appeared on my

never spent this much effort on me,

of receiving this birthday

floor, I stared at

was tranquil, and yet my mind

sea breeze, I felt

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

the fireworks shot up to the sky, a deafening

sounded like a

the noise, I covered my ears at

the ground

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

the abandoned

seconds, I was out of breath I felt so dizzy that I almost

I was having a panic attack, a pair of strong arms held

I’m here."

came from above me,

It was Charles.

my

to be scared ever