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
Aunt May came into the room with some food. Mona was leaning against the headboard, her cheeks flushed from the fever.“Madam, are you feeling better? Please have something to eat first.”Aunt May placed the tray on the bedside table, picked up a plate of food, and fed it to Mona’s mouth.Mona turned her head and pushed away Aunt May’s hand.“Have the kids gone to school?”“Don’t worry. The driver and chaperone have sent them to preschool. You have to eat, Madam.”Mona licked her dry lips and took the plate from Aunt May’s hand. “Okay. I’ll eat by myself.”She was eating, but there was no taste in her mouth. She simply chewed and swallowed mechanically.“Aunt May, help me get the laptop. I still have some work to do.”“No!” Aunt May instantly refused Mona’s unreasonable request.“Why are you thinking about working when you’re sick? You have to rest.”“I’m much better now.” Mona put on an obedient and pleasing expression. She learned from Millie’s example and clasped her hand
The call ended, cold and pointless. The conversation with Thaddeus had not impacted Mona much.However, it made the servants of the Fontaines busy.After Thaddeus hung up the phone, while he was waiting for his luggage on the carousel, he called Aunt May’s personal cell phone.Aunt May was at a key shop, bargaining with the locksmith when her phone rang. She hurriedly answered the phone when she saw it was Thaddeus calling.“Second Young Master, you’re finally on your phone. Have you left the plane?”Thaddeus did not answer Aunt May’s question and got straight to the point. “Is Mona sick?”Aunt May quickly said, “Yes, yes. How did you know? She had a high fever last night. The family doctor gave her an IV infusion just before dawn, so she’s better now. She’s busy working in bed now.”“What? Why did you let her work when she’s sick?”Mona’s thin and frail figure suddenly appeared in Thaddeus' mind. Why was that woman so capricious? Why was she still working when she was sick? Wa
With no internet and the laptop soon running out of battery, Mona had no choice but to give up and draft the design by hand.When Aunt May saw this, she came up with a plan. When Mona went to the washroom, Aunt May took the opportunity to hide the design along with the pen.“Aunt May, where’s my draft?” Mona, dressed in a cotton nightgown that revealed her two fair and slender legs, wandered around the room looking for her drawing.“Maybe it grew wings and flew away.” Aunt May pretended as if nothing had happened. She took out the cake, cut it into slices, and served a slice on a plate before handing it to Mona. “Would you like some cake?”“Yes, please.” Mona was tired of looking and sat on the bed with her legs crossed.She thought of eating some cake and putting aside her work for the time being.“How did you know I wanted strawberry cake?” Mona’s mouth felt sweet with the cream. She hated taking medicine when sick since the bitterness made her unable to taste anything else. At