Freya was surprised. The person Ryan brought was truly not bad. “This is my friend, Eliza Robbins.” Freya immediately went to Eliza’s side.“Nice to meet you, Ms. Robbins.” Max extended his hand politely. Eliza shook his hand. When their gazes met, it was calm. Chester watched them coldly. Everyone was an adult. He knew what Ryan and Freya were thinking. However, would Max fancy Eliza?He would just have a fling with her as well. “I was just about to take a rest, Mr. Langston. Why don’t you play in my stead? I’ll have a chat with Ryan.” Freya handed the racket to Max. “How are your badminton skills?”“It’s so-so.”Max stood on the other side. Eliza served first. Both of them played back and forth. The rally lasted for tens of strokes. Eliza would sometimes make tricky shots, but Max could receive them all. They played back and forth and were in tune with each other. As Freya watched from the side, she sighed. “Your friend has great skills.”“I’m not lacking compa
“I understand too,” Ryan said. “People like us have been living on top of the hierarchy since we were young. We’ve had many people around us pleasing and flattering us since birth. However, I’ve always thought that everyone is equal.”“Really? I don’t think so.” Chester’s attitude was lazy and slack. “President Jewell, being overly arrogant isn’t a good thing,” Ryan reminded out of kindness. Chester scoffed. It was obvious that he disagreed.…They had a badminton match and played to their hearts’ content. After that, Eliza went to the bathroom to wash her face. Max came out from the men’s bathroom on the opposite side after washing his hands. Both of their heads were lowered. Max laughed lightly. “I haven’t played badminton with you like this for a long time. But your badminton skills in the past weren’t as good as they are now.”Eliza did not raise her head. “Did you come here on purpose?”“By coincidence. Ryan said his wife had a great friend who was single and he wan
“President Jewell, didn’t you ask me to stay nine feet away from you?” Eliza reminded Chester out of the goodness of her heart.“Now, I’ll allow you to stay within two feet from me,” Chester said in a merciful tone.The moment Eliza heard it, she laughed.It was as if she had heard a joke.The other end of the phone was quiet for a few seconds. Chester’s icy voice carried a sense of warning. “I believe your financial backer won’t dare to go against my order.”“Go and look for my financial backer, then. Both of you should communicate before you get him to look for me.”Eliza hung up on him.As Chester heard Eliza hang up, a hint of disbelief flashed across his eyes. This woman was bold. How audacious of her to hang up on him.Was she under the impression that he could not deal with her?Chester soon informed his subordinate. “Check on Eliza and find out who her financial backer is. I must know the result within a day.”He wanted to see what kind of a man she found who allowe
“Eliza, how crazy could you be to put an animal trap in your house? Come down right now and release me.” Chester was in so much pain that he was breaking out in a cold sweat. Even so, he bent down to try and open the animal trap, which caused his wound to hurt even more. The more it hurt, the weaker he became. Even his leg began to bleed.“Okay, okay. I’ll come right now.”Eliza replied promptly. After entering her room, she nearly burst into laughter.The animal trap was meant to prevent people from sneaking into her house. She did not expect it to trap Chester.It served him right.She leisurely got changed and headed downstairs. Chester had long been waiting eagerly. After noticing that she had gotten changed, he was seething with anger. “You actually had the leisure to get changed. Eliza, are you f*cking tricking me?”“President Jewell, don’t accuse me. I wasn’t wearing a bra just now. What if you thought that I was trying to seduce you?”Eliza took a glimpse of his wound wi
After hearing what Eliza said, Shedrick was dumbfounded. “Do you mean President Jewell climbed the wall of your house, got injured from the animal trap, and was sent to the hospital?”“I didn’t mean for him to get hurt. As you know, given my popularity, there’ll usually be haters harassing me, like the last time those haters ruined my car. I’m doing this to protect myself. Who knew President Jewell… would be so lawless?”Eliza grumbled glumly.Shedrick was at a loss for words.Oh well. He actually thought that she was, to some extent, right.“Don’t tell me that I’m unreasonable. I’ll be transferring one million dollars to you to compensate for President Jewell’s medical fees and mental damage caused. I believe that should be enough for him, and can you remind him not to try to blackmail me? If I’m forced to a corner, I’ll share the issue online and consult a lawyer.” Right after that, Eliza hung up the call mercilessly. Shedrick looked at his phone and gasped.How arrogant and
Shedrick was speechless.That was indeed cruel.After all, it was natural for people to fall sick nowadays.However, Chester had not used that tactic for a long while now. By the looks of it, his boundaries had been challenged.“President Jewell, Eliza is in the wrong, but she’s only protecting herself because she was injured by some haters a while back. It’s understandable for her to place an animal trap in her house.”“Why are you standing up for her?” Chester suddenly asked coldly. “Could you be interested in her? Oh, by the way, I heard you privately gave her 50 million dollars when the company terminated its contract with her.”Although it was a hot day, Shedrick felt a chill run down his back. “Don’t get me wrong. I gave her 50 million dollars because I did think it was the company’s fault, and I felt a little guilty about it. As for why I’m standing up for her, our company has been involved in so much scandal that a lot of people dare not work with our artists. Eliza is th
Chester lifted his head mockingly. “Now that my leg is injured, am I supposed to entertain you both with a smile? It’s fine since you’re my mom, but who is she to receive the same treatment?”Madam Jewell was so angry that she nearly felt a pain in her chest. “We’re just concerned about you, and Cindy is my lifesaver.”“Yeah. For your sake, I’ve given her all the resources she wants, yet she’s still not content. Does she want me to marry her and be nice to her too?”A taunting look washed over Chester’s face. “If not for the fact that you need her blood, would she be able to stand before me and make demands over and over again?”“You…”“No worries, Madam Jewell.” Cindy stopped Madam Jewell and forced a smile on her face. “Young Master Jewell just got injured, so it’s normal that he’s in a bad mood. I’ll take my leave now and come to visit him another day.”Cindy wanted to stay at first, but Chester’s remarks were getting nastier.He had never made it so obvious back then.Howev
However… Charity was dead.Whenever Chester thought of her, he would feel miserable.…Only after Chester was in the hospital for three days did Shaun learn that he was admitted to the hospital. With that, Shaun brought some fruits to visit Chester.“This is rare. It’s my first time seeing you admitted to the hospital.” Shaun asked in surprise, “How did you get injured?”“...”Chester looked terrible. He wondered why everyone who came had to ask him that question.As the party involved in the incident, he was too shameless to answer it.“Where’s Catherine? Did she approve of you visiting me?” Chester changed the topic. He took an orange and began to peel it. “She couldn’t stand the sight of me that day on the court.”At the mention of that, Shaun turned glum. “Oh, she and Eliza brought the kids on vacation to Hawaii two days ago. She even posted all kinds of stories on Instagram. She’s probably having so much fun that she got carried away.”Chester squeezed the orange so hard