Mona saw Marcus’ nervous face. It was rare to see him so flustered. Then, she remembered that Thaddeus had not contacted her at all today. Something must have happened.So she asked, “What happened?”“There’s a problem in the European market, and the impact was quite severe. Mr. Fontaine is quite angry now in the office. The executives can’t handle him, so they asked me to hurry over.”“Oh, go on then,” Mona told Marcus to get back to his work. If the situation made Thaddeus angry, it must be quite serious.Marcus left in a hurry while Mona followed Aunt May to her room.The room was Thaddeus' room. Mona had only stayed here once: When Thaddeus carried her here the last time she was kidnapped.She stood in the room, looking at the simple yet stylish interior design. It looked minimalist, but each piece of furniture and ornament was worth a fortune. The man always had good taste and pursued quiet luxury.It was Mona’s first time carefully observing the room furnishings. She had n
Mona called Linda over.The two women stayed in the bedroom, wondering what could be inside the study.“It’s really mysterious. I can guarantee that there’s something disgraceful inside. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been locked so tightly.” Linda was certain. She tilted her head and pondered, “What could it be? Trade secrets? Proof of scandals? Maybe there’s a person hidden inside!”Mona rolled her eyes, admiring the woman’s imagination.“Don’t be so dramatic. You should become a screenwriter.”Linda shrugged and said speechlessly, “Wait, why do you want to open this door so badly?”Mona had the patience of a saint and was rarely obsessed about something. Why did she care that the study was locked and what was hidden inside?Mona sighed and pulled Linda to sit on the sofa at the foot of the bed. “Do you know why I remarried Thaddeus and moved here?”“Isn’t it because of the children? What’s wrong?”“No. It was because of a phone call from Samantha.”Mona told Linda about her p
When Mona heard those words, her cheeks flushed uncontrollably. She bit her lip and punched Linda.“Linda, when did you become like this? You’re so frivolous!”“Haha!” Linda cackled and teased Mona, “What are you shy about? Mr. Fontaine has been obsessed with you for so many years. If you ask me, it’s surely because he can’t get enough of your body. Hehe.”“You’re being more and more ridiculous.” Mona knocked Linda’s head, stood up, and went outside. She wanted to ask Aunt May for a steel wire and other tools.After getting the wire, Mona stood at the door of the study, lowered her head, and began to examine the door lock.Linda saw her taking pictures and measurements and bent down to watch carefully.“What are you up to?”Mona slowly inserted the thin steel wire into the keyhole, took it out again, marked the length, and recorded it in a memo on her phone.“Since I can’t find the key, I’ll try making one myself.”“You know how to make a key? My god, you can do that?”Linda
Thaddeus stood in place. His whole body was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, giving off an aura of indifference and alienation that made people not dare to approach him easily.Mona sneered in her heart. This man was so capricious and always puzzled her. That servile man afraid of angering her yesterday must have been a fake Thaddeus Fontaine.“I heard Aunt May say you wanted to use the study.” The man’s tone was light and did not sound like a question.“Yes, but I couldn’t get in since it was locked.”“There’s another larger study on this floor. I’ve told the maids to clean it for you. You can use that one if you need it in the future.”“Okay. I got it.”Mona nodded and did not ask other questions.The meaning behind the man’s words was very clear. She would be asking for trouble if she inquired about that study again.“Also, I have to go on a business trip for the next few days. There’s a problem with the French market.”Mona responded lightly, “Okay.”After Thaddeus finish
Thaddeus listened to Marcus’s words and lifted his eyes. His gaze trailed from the documents to the car window, and he was silent for a long time.The atmosphere was gloomy. Thaddeus' displeasure was clear, so Marcus did not dare to continue this topic. He simply focused on driving.In fact, Marcus also could not understand how Mona was involved in this mess. The senior executives at the board meeting today had been ready to turn Mona in to the police as a traitor who had stolen trade secrets. It was Thaddeus who stopped them.The matter started with a USB flash drive. Today, all the computers in Fontaine Group suddenly went down, and the quotations for all the new products in the European market were leaked even before the products had been introduced. It resulted in the loss of advantage in the price wars, and the company suffered heavy losses in the European market.Later, the staff from the IT department investigated and found that the culprit was a USB flash drive in the CEO’s
[Samantha has something she wants me to tell you. Let’s meet.]Mona looked at the message. After hesitating, she decided to go to the location Victor sent.According to Victor and Samantha’s relationship, Victor must know some inside information.She looked at the time and saw it was 8:30 pm. It was not that late, so she put on her coat and went downstairs.“Madam, where are you going so late?” Aunt May was cleaning downstairs and went to ask Mona when she saw the latter come down.“Oh, I’m going to a cafe to meet a friend.”“I’ll tell the driver to prepare the car for you. I’ll be more relieved if the driver goes with you.”As she spoke, she picked up the phone in the living room to call the driver and ask him to drive the car to the door.Mona felt it was safer to have a companion, so she agreed.When the driver pulled up to the cafe Victor mentioned, the latter was already sitting inside drinking coffee.As he held his cup, he narrowed his eyes and watched as Mona got out
Victor placed all the blame on Samantha. Then, he learned it was Samantha who instigated Mona to go to Fontaine Residence, which led to Mona and Thaddeus' remarriage.He originally wanted to let Samantha off and allow her to go anywhere after leaving Worchester City. However, she pushed his beloved toward Thaddeus.How could he forgive her?Mona saw how obsessed Victor was with what happened back then. To her, it was all in the past, and she had already let go of the matter. She could only say that Victor was too obsessive.What good would it do for him to continue obsessing? It would only add to his troubles.“Victor, what Samantha did was wrong, but didn’t she already get her punishment? Her reputation was ruined to the point where she couldn’t even stay in the city anymore. That’s enough. I think you’re the one who needs to learn to let go.”Victor snorted coldly and stared at Mona. “You’ve always been soft-hearted. You were the same back when we were at school. You were so ki
Mona was too sleepy to open her eyes. She reached out and picked up her phone from the nightstand, then glanced at the name on the screen in a daze. It was a call from Tim.Why was he calling her so late at night?The man had not contacted her since the party last time. For some reason, Mona felt that Tim was deliberately distancing himself from her. In short, it was a little strange.Mona swiped the answer icon, and Tim’s low voice reached her ears.“Were you resting?”“Yeah. I was getting ready for bed. Do you need something?”“There’s a matter regarding work. Several details in your design draft need to be modified. I’ll send you an email later with the annotations and requests, and you can just make the changes accordingly.”“Got it.”As soon as Mona heard it was a work issue, she immediately sat up, rubbed her eyes, and turned on the lights.She did not have her laptop with her, so she had to go to the study outside.She turned on the computer to log into her email to fi