"I have investigated. The company had problems with its capital chain long ago. Recently, a backlog of problems was discovered due to a sudden accident, and the company went bankrupt." Carter replied.Maxwell frowned. "You mean, no one is behind the sudden collapse of this company?""Seems like that so far."Maxwell kept silent, then said, "You should dig deeper. Investigate further everyone Ezra Ward had been in contact with recently. If necessary, try to investigate his mobile phone."Carter agreed and hung up the phone.In the afternoon, Carter responded. "I investigated Ezra's communication records and found that he had contacted an unfamiliar number several times recently. I checked the number, it was a black market number. So, I checked the coordinates. The location is actually in the City Center’s cultural square.”"When was the first contact?""The first contact was two days after Ezra reconciled with Lindy. The calls continued until a few days ago. I tried calling that
Laurel hesitated and smiled sheepishly. "That's right. It doesn’t mean anything even if they met."Vespa looked at her meaningfully.Once class was over, Sonnet went to the bathroom. Vespa immediately grabbed Laurel. "You didn’t finish what you meant to say, right?""Yeah, Sonnet was here. I don't know if I should...""Tell me, I'll help you analyze this."Laurel nodded. "I agree. It's better for us to discuss this first. What I didn't say before was when I saw Maggie coming down the stairs, she was buttoning her shirt. There were marks on her neck.""Marks?" Vespa's face changed slightly.Laurel's face was slightly red, "I've never done it, but I’ve seen one before. That was clearly a hickey!""You mean, she was upstairs with the man...""Or else? She can't make that kind of mark on her neck by herself!"Vespa looked out of the window and murmured in a low voice. "There are only two offices upstairs, the president’s and the vice president’s office. When you went down, you sa
Vespa blushed slightly and mocked herself. "Well, I just wanted to find something to talk about, Mr. Yates. How embarrassing, I’m so bad at small talk!""Relax, you don't need to force it, just let nature take its course," Maxwell replied.However, Sonnet felt that Vespa was not the kind of person who had nothing to say.When the car was approaching home, they passed by a vegetable market. Vespa said, "Mr. Yates, please stop by the side of the road. My daughter likes to eat rice cakes here. I'll bring some home for her. Please go back first."Sonnet wanted to follow, but Vespa stopped her. "You’re pregnant, just stay put and wait to eat."After she got out of the car, Maxwell continued to drive. They soon arrived home downstairs.The two entered the elevator one by one. As Maxwell bent down to press the elevator, Sonnet turned, and her eyes suddenly fell on his collar.His shirt was white, so the red lipstick mark on the left back collar was very obvious.She froze for a moment
Sonnet stopped and looked back at her. There was a smug expression on Maggie’s face. "Aren't you surprised why I’m here?""The Paragon Group is not a prison, anybody can come and go as they please," Sonnet replied coldly.Maggie continued to apply lipstick, and said slowly, "Oh, the color of my lipstick is really pretty, especially on the collar of a white shirt."Sonnet paused in her steps and continued to walk outside.Maggie raised her voice when Sonnet ignored her. "It seems that you don't care enough about your boyfriend. Didn't you notice the lipstick stain on his shirt collar?""You’re saying that you made that lip print, right? Well, now I know, thanks for telling me." Without turning her head, Sonnet said and quickened her pace.She heard Maggie shout angrily. "Men are all the same. Responsibility is one thing. Whether they can control their urges is a different matter!"Sonnet was completely unmoved, turned a corner steadily, and entered the elevator lobby.Maggie's
As they walked out of the headquarters, Sonnet stopped and looked around.Originally, Johnson had promised her that he would get off work early to send her home, but she did not see his car anywhere.She was just about to call him when a car suddenly stopped beside them. Someone poked his head out of the car window. "Sonnet!"Sonnet was slightly taken aback, but before she had time to react, Juliette called out. "Mr. Strombold!"Zachary smiled and nodded at Juliette. Juliette's eyes shone brightly, as if hearts were about to pop out of them."Get in the car. Johnson needed to go on a business trip for something urgent. Before he left, he asked me to pick you up and take you home. I will pick you up for the next few days."Sonnet did not know Zachary well, so she was embarrassed to bother him. "Don't bother, I can go back by myself.""How could this be? Before Johnson left, he specifically asked me to send you home. Something about you being in danger last time, right?" Zachary s
With a gentle smile, Zachary glanced at her from the rearview mirror. "It's okay, I have nothing urgent. Besides, it's not gentlemanly to leave a girl like you by the side of the road."Juliette's heart was thumping like a stampede, ‘Mr. Strombold is so approachable, he doesn't have the airs of a president at all!Zachary glanced at her again from the rearview mirror, the corners of his lips curled up when he saw her blushing.While waiting for the red light, he took out his social media QR code and handed it to the back. "Scan it, let's add each other online."Juliette was flattered. However, she looked at him, still uncertain. "Do you really want to add me as a friend?""I have no intentions. I’ve added many employees as friends. If a company wants to do well, we must first listen to the voices of grassroots employees.""No, no, I didn't mean that!" Juliette hurriedly waved her hand to explain and scanned the QR code.She just never expected that a person of Mr. Strombold’s st
She was certain that she had not fallen in love with Johnson yet. However, her opinion of him has changed and she felt good about him.Love life aside, his attitude toward the children was better than many fathers in normal marriages.However, she was still reluctant to consider marrying him now."I think it's good as it is now. We are friends who aren’t too close or distant, and we get along very comfortably." She spoke softly."You may be comfortable, but he isn’t. Everybody can see that he likes you. You let him be around you only to be ordinary friends with him, isn’t that hard for him?"Sonnet waved her hand: "He might meet a great girl later, and they will fall in love. Alright now, don't you worry about it!"Lindy did not say anything more. She knew that it was difficult for her bestie to get over her previous relationship, so she had to let things be.The afternoon two days later, Sonnet was on her way home in Lindy's car when she received a message.She opened it. It w
——Maxwell woke up with a hangover and a massive headache.He felt something pressing against him. He looked down, and it turned out to be Zachary.Zachary arrived the next day after him, saying he wanted to assist him.He undoubtedly played a significant role in helping him complete this large project.In this way, the Paragon Education Group’s reach had successfully extended overseas!Maxwell looked down at the sleeping Zachary, who lay beside him, leaning against him with one arm and one leg over his body.There was a strange feeling in Maxwell’s heart, inexplicably felt that this posture was a bit... He shook his head vigorously to dispel this feeling.‘Zachary’s sleeping posture is just a little off.’He took Zachary's arms and legs off his body, sat up, and rubbed his temples.Last night, they had to drink with people from Avalon. Zachary was not good at drinking, so he took the drinks in his place. He was confident in his alcohol tolerance, but he never expected the dr