I bent down to pick up the documents and handed them to the assistant. On the cover were several large words:
“Shengqi Acquisition Plan”
Shengqi was Rachel’s parents‘ company.
The hand on my waist tightened. I turned to meet Adrian’s gaze.
A flash of panic crossed his eyes.
“It’s just that I…”
“I support all your decisions.”
After all, given Adrian’s vengeful personality, he would never tolerate Rachel repeatedly trying to drive a wedge between us for so long.
After getting in the car, Adrian kept holding my hand tightly. After a while, he carefully asked me.
“Aren’t you angry that I’m going after them?”
“How could I be? I’m so happy my husband is working hard to make money for our family.”
Besides, I’m even happier that he’s going after Rachel.
Rachel’s schemes against me were not trivial.
At first, she tried to drive a wedge between Adrian and me, urging us to divorce.
Later when she couldn’t contact me, she became desperate, even brainwashing my son.
Just thinking about my son innocently asking if I would abandon him made my heart clench.
Since Adrian was taking action, I could just sit back and watch.
Soon, Rachel’s parents came to our door, saying they wanted to see me.
The butler stopped them at the gate, but was met with a barrage of scolding.
“What do you know? Your madam treats us like her parents. Do you believe she’ll fire you if I tell her to? Get lost quickly.”
“I said you can’t enter. If you continue like this, I’ll call the police.”
I stood by the floor–to–ceiling window on the second floor. From my angle, I could see the couple at the gate.
The clothes they were wearing were exactly the same as when we first met.
That day was my birthday. My parents had sent some money and that was it.
When Rachel found out, she immediately took me to her home.
That night, I ate cake at their house. Before I left, Rachel’s mother stood at the door looking at me lovingly.
“Hazel, if you don’t mind, you can come visit often in the future. Uncle and auntie will always welcome you.”
I kept those words in my heart. After that, whenever the Li family needed help, I would give generously.
But they only saw me as a stepping stone to climb higher and an obstacle preventing their daughter from marrying Adrian.
I told the butler to send them away. With my permission, the butler directly called security to drive them off.
That evening, Rachel called me.
She must have been desperate to dare call while Adrian was home.
12.08 PM
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She must have been desperate to dare call while Adrian was home.
But Adrian was in the study hosting an international conference at the moment.
After answering the call, Rachel’s tearful voice came through.
“Hazel, why won’t you help us? Aren’t we best friends? You won’t even see my parents. How could you change like this?”
“I’m your best friend?”
How laughable. Who would try every means to harm their best friend?
“Aren’t you? Have you forgotten your friends now? Is it because of Adrian that you’ve become like this?”
“And Jack too. He’s always wanted to save you and take you away from your misery. Have you forgotten your past feelings?”
The person on the phone was still earnestly persuading me. I rubbed my temples and casually made some perfunctory replies before quickly hanging up.
Adrian’s acquisition plan was faster than I had imagined.
After all, before I knew him, I had always heard he was an ambitious man who acted decisively.
The only reason he had held back from going after Rachel’s family’s company was out of fear of further damaging our relationship.
Now without my obstruction, Adrian was even more unrestrained. In no time at all, he had devoured the company.
I saw the current state of Shengqi Company online. Reportedly, the company’s chairman was under investigation for suspected bribery of
officials and tax evasion.
There was also a fleeting shot of Rachel on TV.
She was blocked outside the police line, watching her father being taken away, crying out in despair.
Without Rachel’s harassment, I felt much more relaxed.
With one less person sowing discord, my relationship with Adrian finally began to develop by leaps and bounds.
At least now when we went out, the man wouldn’t hold onto me so tightly, looking on edge as if afraid I would run away at any moment.
One day, as I was admiring some rare flower species brought back from abroad with my son in the garden, I suddenly received a call from
Adrian’s assistant.
“Madam, Mr. Gu has been in a car accident.”
I felt my heart stop, my mind going blank. After a while, I finally found my voice again.
“How… how is he?”
We had just started to get along better. Surely heaven wouldn’t make me a widow at this point?
“He’s already at the hospital. The doctors are still trying to save him. Mr. Gu is waiting right now.”
Huh?
“Adrian is waiting?”
“Yes, I mean Mr. Gu hit someone else.”
I immediately felt much more relaxed, inwardly wanting to grab the assistant and beat him up.
“So the person who was hit is…”
12:10
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“Who told you to say more!”
Before he could finish, an angry shout suddenly erupted. Then someone else took over the phone.
“I’m fine, baby. Don’t worry. I’ll come back after I deal with this.”
