Scarlett had been teasing him when she'd asked him how she was in comparison to Anya. But she never expected Frederick to remain quiet for so long.Scarlett seemed to have thought of something and gave him a small smile. "Oh, my God. Mr. York, don't tell me you haven't slept with Anya despite living with her for so long now."Frederick's face immediately turned red after he heard Scarlett's words. He knew she would end up guessing the truth!He quickly changed the topic and asked, "Why weren't you home just now? You look exhausted too. Haven't you been sleeping well lately?"As a miracle doctor, he noticed her bloodshot eyes and the dark circles around her eyes. He could also tell that her body seemed overly exhausted lately.Suddenly, he saw the bruises on her hands. The bruises weren't littered around her arm but near the knuckles of her hands.In a normal situation, bruising would only occur in such a place after fighting someone.Frederick was slightly curious. "Did you get
Frederick knew about the burden Scarlett was carrying. However, it would not be easy for her to take over and restore the glory Drake once had over Jenaire City by herself.He also knew that he could not treat Scarlett as a normal friend after seeing her willingly risk her life just to save him."I can help you!"Scarlett smiled after hearing Frederick's words and knew that he was indeed capable.But she also knew that his abilities were still slightly lacking and did not want him to carry on such a heavy burden with her.She said, "Sure. I'll wait for you to take over the city with me."Only then did Frederick leave the mansion in satisfaction as he still had to return to Timbergale Corporation.After all, he had just been promoted to the team leader and did not want to be late to the office after lunch break. He didn't want to give people the illusion that he held the same work ethic as Marsh.Scarlett stood by the mansion's window as she watched Frederick leave hurriedly to
Frederick returned to the company and had planned to send the ointment to Nicole after work.But then he read through the group chat and realized that Ivy had planned a party to celebrate his promotion.Since the party was held in his honor, he couldn't skip it either. So, he could only call Nicole and ask her to come over to collect her ointment.The allergic reaction on Nicole's face was too severe, so she could not leave the house. She could only tell him that she'd send Ursara over to collect her ointment and that Ursara would call him later.Frederick couldn't help but laugh when he recalled Ursara's reckless behavior as well as the whole misunderstanding regarding Tigris' death after hearing Ursara's name.At the same time in Team Two's office, Priscilla was furious at Frederick for framing Mitchell. Now, Mitchell was forced to be on the run while her mother had been apprehended by the police.In addition, she still had to attend Frederick's celebratory party. How could t
"Yes, that's me."The thug sized him up before nodding. "Follow me."Then, he brought Marsh inside the cyber cafe.If Frederick were here, he would probably find the situation amusing if he saw those thugs.It just so happened that Marsh had found Lynara's gang. It was the gang that had tailed Frederick. But after falling into Frederick's trap, they ended up starting a brawl with Mitchell.Lynara immediately noticed Marsh's bruised face. Then, he looked at Marsh's anxious and worried appearance as well as the stack of money in his bag.He could tell that Marsh wasn't from the underworld. Those people who weren't from the underworld were easy to trick.So, he put up his scary front. He sat on the chair and took a deep breath of his cigarette. Then, he threw the cigarette bud on the floor and stomped on it.Then, he exhaled a puff of smoke. His tone was impassive as he asked knowingly, "So, you're the one who wanted to meet me. What do you want?"Marsh had never experienced nor
Marsh had been fooled completely as he listened to Lynara's words and felt a warm feeling in his heart.A thug was willing to give him a discount of 200 thousand dollars and help him get his revenge after seeing that he had been bullied by someone.Marsh immediately felt like he had met someone who could understand him. His eyes turned red as he hugged Lynara. "Mr. Wildclaw, you're such a nice man."Then, Marsh gave him a small summary of what had happened and his revenge plan for Frederick and Grace.Lynara's brain began to spin as he listened to Marsh's story. It turned out that Marsh was a manager of a big company. Didn't that mean he could continue getting money from Marsh if Marsh could return to his original position as a team leader?After all, hiring a group of thugs to beat someone up was not a glorious thing, and thugs like him weren't afraid of exposing the truth, nor were they scared of going to prison.But an office worker like Marsh would be terrified at the prosp
On the other end, Anya had some other plans in mind and was currently giving Ivy her orders.Inside the director's office, Ivy was currently on the phone with Anya as she listened to Anya's wishes."I had another motive for tonight's celebratory party. I didn't approve it just to reward Frederick for becoming the new leader. "I did it because I hope you'll be able to settle the bad blood between Team One and Team Two. After all, the leader of Team One personally captured the brother of Team Two's leader. "I'm sure both teams are at odds with each other. Priscilla must hate the new leader. But I don't wish to see the relationship between the two teams worsening as they bring their own grudges to the company. "From how I see it, Frederick and Priscilla are capable people. Currently, headquarters and the subsidiary companies haven't been doing well lately. So, we really need Frederick and Priscilla to stay in the company."Ivy couldn't help but frown when she heard Anya's words.
Ivy quickly collected herself and proceeded to call Priscilla and Grace to her office.She was sincerely hoping that the branch she was managing would be able to share a portion of the burden.After seeing Priscilla and Grace arrive, she suppressed the resentment and anger she felt toward them and smiled. She said, "I believe we all have some misunderstandings between us. I also believe you two have some misunderstandings with Frederick. But I hope we'll be able to resolve our misunderstandings today."Priscilla didn't expect that Ivy would call her and Grace over to the office just to talk about this.So, Priscilla and Ivy exchanged glances as they thought about how Ivy was acting exactly like how they expected her to.Ivy and Frederick were proud of ruining the Miller family. But despite it all, Ivy still had the audacity to say such a thing to them.Weirdly enough, Ivy and Priscilla did not argue with Ivy after hearing her words. Instead, they smiled and said, "Alright, Ms.
Priscilla looked confused. "We won't be the ones doing it?"Grace smiled mysteriously. "Don't worry. I have a plan!"On the other hand, Frederick was heading over to Ivy's office hurriedly after hearing that Ivy wanted to meet him.Ivy was direct as she said, "Frederick, I know there are some grudges among you, Priscilla, and Grace because of your investigation against Mitchell."Frederick froze. He thought Ivy was looking for him due to some other issues, but he never thought it'd be about that matter.He couldn't help but smile. Priscilla and Grace's anger toward him wasn't solely because of this incident. The two of them had formed some sort of hatred toward him out of the blue about two months ago."Don't worry, Ms. Mallin. I'm not afraid of making enemies due to my job."He could only joke around and say something like that as he couldn't explain the history he had with Priscilla.But Ivy was pleased to hear Frederick's words. She said, "I'm glad you're not afraid of makin
Mary's case was the most severe, while Ivan's symptoms were the mildest, and Frederick could roughly deduce the sequence of transmissions among them. It was clear that Mary infected Nigel, who then passed it to Kimberly, then finally passed it to Ivan. Frederick also saw that Ivan was actually a decent person who unfortunately ended up being betrayed and infected. However, Nigel was primarily worried that Ivan might start trusting Frederick, as he wanted Ivan to believe in his capabilities to carry out his plan.Originally, he intended for Mary to insult Frederick for being poor and unskilled, but she ended up attacking him for having an unpleasant odor, which backfired when Frederick exposed her for contracting syphilis. Now, Nigel had no choice but to take matters into his own hands, he then said to Frederick, "Hehe, Frederick. We all know Ivy is a director, what exactly do you do to be worthy of her?"Nigel assumed that Frederick was just a low-level salesperson, something
Hearing Frederick's words, Kimberly jumped with joy and stopped crying. While wiping her tears, she pointed at Mary, laughing and said, "You're covered in syphilis, yet you're making fun of me.""Slut, I wonder how many people you've slept with!" After being pointed and insulted, Mary was furious and she was ready to fight Kimberly. "You bitch! I am going to teach you a lesson!" At this moment, Nigel felt terrible. If Mary was diseased, he'd be the first victim. He grabbed Mary and shouted, "Bitch, let me teach you a lesson first. Now I know why you always wanted the lights off! I thought you were shy, but you just didn't want me to find out."In a fit of anger, Nigel slapped Mary hard across the face. Just as Mary was about to explain, she was interrupted by another slap. Holding her face, she yelled angrily, "Nigel, how dare you hit me?! Do you want me to expose all your little schemes and tricks?"Nigel froze in horror; if Mary exposed him, it would have been disastrous.
Kimberly heard her laughter, and body odor had always been a sensitive issue for her; a wound she'd tried to cover up over the years. For Frederick to bring it up in front of everyone felt like rubbing salt into an open wound. Yet what hurt even more was Mary's laughter; as a fellow woman, it felt like salt to the wound, then roasting it. Kimberly was furious, pointed at Mary and said, "What are you laughing at? Do you want me to come over there and shut you up?"Mary felt wronged, she had only let out a reflexive laugh, but now Kimberly's anger was directed at her. "Did I laugh at you? What proof do you have that I laughed at you?""You're the one with body odor, yet you're taking it out on others. You're such an unreasonable woman!"Kimberly grew even angrier after hearing Mary's retort. "You're the one with body odor, your whole family has it!" "Look at what you're wearing, it's like you just threw on two pillowcases. You're a shameless woman, just trying to show off t
When everyone heard Ivy's words, they laughed even more. Her words effectively confirmed that Frederick did indeed have an unpleasant odor. It wasn't entirely her fault as Kimberly's words had been a bit of a trap. "Haha, if you smell, just take a shower and don't embarrass yourself here.""With all that cheap stuff on, no wonder he has a smell."Hearing this, Frederick simply gave a slight smile and then asked Mary and Kimberly, "Are two really that fragrant?"Mary and Kimberly lifted their heads proudly after hearing Frederick's words. "Why don't you ask everyone here, ask them if we smell good or not?""Exactly, go ahead and ask."Both of them considered themselves beautiful, and of course, they would smell pleasant. The men around them quickly chimed in, especially those eager to admire Mary, who was dressed in a way that gave them a bit of eye candy. "Of course, they smell good. How could these two beautiful ladies not smell good?""Hehe, Frederick with his cheap, th
In a hidden corner, Nigel said to Mary, "Damn it, that bumpkin Frederick keeps stealing my spotlight. I am worried that our plan won't go well later.""You should help me humiliate him properly, and Ivan's girlfriend will back you up."Mary pursed her lips and said to Nigel, "Every time something comes up, you just ask me to handle it. My bag hasn't been bought yet, and you've lost 300 thousand dollars"Although Nigel was annoyed by Mary hitting a sore spot, he kept his tone calm and replied, "Help me humiliate Frederick and talk him down in front of Ivan. After that, leave the rest to me. Once it's done, I'll get you more than one bag, I could get you ten bags and it wouldn't be a problem. I don't care about that small amount of money. You saw that Porsche just now, right? I wouldn't mind burning it if I had to." Hearing this, Mary was delighted and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, babe." She hadn't realized that Nigel was so wealthy and even had a Porsche. Up until th
Knowing Martin as someone who knew a lot about wood, everyone immediately looked as though they were ready for a good show. They were convinced that the Saint George statue couldn’t possibly be made of anything valuable.Martin let out a strange exclamation. "What the hell!"Kimberly, thinking that Martin was angry, quickly said, "Mr. Lawson, tell us what’s so disastrous about this wood. Are you saying it’s just a piece of junk?"Contrary to expectations, Martin replied angrily, "I’m saying that whoever preserved this Saint George statue was a jerk. This is genuine sandalwood, and yet it’s completely neglected, covered in dust."Most of the group had no idea what sandalwood was worth, but judging by the name alone, it sounded impressive.Kimberly asked curiously, "Mr. Lawson, are you saying this is really antique wood?"Martin examined the statue carefully, scrutinizing every detail. "Judging by the texture, this carving must have been made at least 150 years ago."Everyone was
"The Saint George statue was indeed a fitting choice for a karaoke." Nigel chuckled, turning to Ivy.“Why didn’t you just go on Amazon and buy a new one for a few dozen bucks? This one is obviously second-hand. Or was it picked up from some junk stall?”Frederick heard Nigel’s mockery and nodded in agreement, a faint smile on his lips. “You’re not wrong. This statue actually was picked up from a street stall.”“At the Treasure Hall in the antique trade market, no less. And yes, it’s an antique.”The truth was, the statue was from the Victorian era. Even the owner of Treasure Hall, Dominic, had recognized its age but dismissed it as worthless, tossing it onto a stall outside.Frederick had picked it up casually, thinking it would come in handy one day, and now it was the perfect gift for Ivan.Hearing this, Nigel burst out laughing, clutching his stomach. “An antique? Treasure Hall? You’re really trying to fool us.”Kimberly chimed in, her tone dripping with sarcasm as she glance
The group’s attention was fully captured by Frederick’s words, their eyes all on him. Nigel, knowing that Kimberly had informed Ivy at the last minute and that she likely didn’t have a gift, sneered at Frederick."Well, if you’ve got a gift, go ahead and show it.""Considering Ivy and Kimberly’s relationship, the gift should be pretty decent, right?"Everyone was now staring at Frederick with anticipation, curious to see what kind of gift he could produce.Ivy, on the other hand, was completely flustered. She hadn’t handed any gift to Frederick, though she understood he was trying to help her out of a tough spot. But wasn’t this making things even more awkward?Nigel continued to press him, "Where’s the gift? Come on, take it out already.""After all this time, you still can’t take it out. Don’t tell me you don’t even have one."Frederick glanced at Nigel with a calm smile. "Oh? Are you planning to bet 300 grand with me again?"Nigel froze. There was no way he had another 300 t
Ivan was deeply moved, feeling as though all the unpleasantness from their school days had been swept away. A sense of childhood nostalgia, unique to old classmates, welled up within him.The crowd continued to shower Nigel with praise, giving him thumbs up one after another."A gift worth 10 grand is no small amount. Nigel is truly generous.""That’s right. These days, even classmates hesitate to prepare gifts, but Nigel has shown such generosity.."Most of the attendees had come because of their connection with Kimberly. Each had prepared gifts with costs ranging from a few hundred dollars. Compared to Nigel’s grandiose gift worth 10 thousand, their contributions paled in comparison.Hearing the compliments, Nigel waved his hand dismissively, feigning modesty. "It’s nothing, really. After all, Ivan and I are good friends from way back."Then, Nigel’s expression shifted slightly as he added, "Speaking of good friends, I’m sure it’s not just me and Ivan here who share a special b