Charity pushed Chester. “Move away. This is the corridor. It’ll be troublesome if someone comes over later.”If she stayed there and a waiter saw them, her plans would be ruined. However, Chester refused to budge. In that case, Charity had no choice but to scratch his chest hard. Chester hissed in pain and grabbed her wrist, dragging her to the emergency exit behind a door. “No one will see us here.” Chester pressed Charity against the door. His bright, handsome eyes were filled with bewilderment. “Let me go. I want to go back.” Charity did not want to get involved with him anymore. “Chester, I told you very clearly last time. Let’s just go our own way, okay? I believe you can do it. After we broke up, didn’t you have lots of fun over the years and so many women by your side? You can continue to do that in the future.”The dark stairway fell silent for some time before Chester said in agony, “But whenever I close or open my eyes now, all I see is you.”Charity stared int
Ken was taken aback. After a moment, he said, “Of course. There are many things in this world that I can’t have simply because I want them.”“Elaborate on it.” Chester passed a cigarette to him. Ken accepted the cigarette and said, “You know that my parents divorced when I was five years old. I had a happy life before I was five, but it only took an instant for everything to fall apart. No matter how much I begged my dad not to divorce my mom and abandon me, he still left even after I knelt and pleaded with him not to leave. It was because he had another woman outside, and that woman was pregnant too.”Ken smiled. “I asked for a complete family and for the people I loved not to leave me. However, those were just my wishes. Everyone is an independent individual. They’re not obliged to satisfy me.”“That’s right. She’s not obliged to satisfy me either,” Chester muttered. Some people wished for family love, while some hoped for romantic love. However, emotions were the hardest to
When Chester was about to get in his car, he suddenly turned back and said to Ken, “Remind the presidents who ate together tonight that they didn’t see Eliza and Monte eating together upstairs. Also, take care of the security footage that hasn’t been deleted.”Ken was stunned. He nodded. However, he was confused and wondered what spell Eliza had put Chester under. She had rejected Chester countless times, yet the selfish President Jewell was still helping her. It was bizarre. …After returning home, Charity received a call from Steven. “Miss Robbins, the woman has been arranged to enter Monte’s room. As for the hotel’s security footage… I realized someone had already deleted it. It seems like the restaurant’s waiters have been told to keep their lips sealed beforehand too… Do you need me to investigate this? I think someone is helping you in secret.”Charity immediately thought of Chester. “No need to investigate. I know who did it.”She did not expect that he would still v
Monte was still unaware that there was a huge commotion outside until there was the sound of something heavy banging on the door.“Who’s being so noisy?” He threw a tantrum and sat up. Then, he saw an unknown woman whom he had never met before lying beside him. The woman’s hair was fanned out, and she was naked with the smell of cheap perfume on her.“Who… Who are you?”Monte was so startled that he stood up from the bed instantly. At the same time, Lillian barged in with two of her brothers with a bang. “Monte, you bastard!” Lillian charged over and slapped Monte twice. The fire of fury burned in her eyes. She was exasperated. Lillian was a proper elite lady. Her family had spoiled her since she was young.However, everyone had found out that her fiance was having an affair behind her back. Never mind that he was having an affair, but he even said she did not have good looks or a nice body. He said she was like a dead fish on the bed. What Lillian felt was not just a
Monte took a quick bath. After thoroughly removing that woman’s scent, he rushed to the hospital for a check-up. On the way, he received a call from Mr. Patterson. “Monte, you unfilial son! I told you to treat Lillian nicely, but look at what you did. You created such a scandal, and now everyone knows about it. I’m utterly embarrassed because of you. Your Uncle Tanner even called to say they want to cut off contact with our family.“Also, I heard from the Tanner family that you’ve been infected with HIV?“I should’ve strangled you to death when you were born back then.”Cold sweat broke out on Monte’s forehead. “Dad, I was scammed. Someone wants to ruin our partnership with the Tanner family.”“You only got scammed because you’re stupid and perverted!” Mr. Patterson scolded. “If you’ve really caught some dirty disease, don’t appear in front of me anymore.”Mr. Patterson hung up after speaking. Monte gripped the phone tightly. He never thought Eliza would set him up like this
“That’s amazing. Absolutely awesome.”Freya started sharing the first-hand information she got with Charity. “You can’t even imagine what’s going on now. This issue raised a heated discussion among the wealthy families in Canberra. All group chats are talking about it. The Tanner family has gone crazy from anger. Lillian brought her two brothers to the hotel to catch them in the act early in the morning. I heard that she caught Monte red-handed. He wasn’t even wearing clothes.”That scene was within Charity’s expectations. “I deliberately had the editor show the hotel’s address on the bed frame in the video. It wasn’t hard for the Tanner family to find out.”“But… You arranged a woman like that.” Freya let out a tsk and said, “People in the circle are shocked. Is what they said about that… true?”Charity did not understand. “What is it?”“HIV,” Freya said. “That woman revealed that she has HIV. It shocked Lillian until she was eager to break off the engagement with Monte on the sp
Upon hearing that, Charity raised her head and gave Steven a complicated gaze. “Don’t tell Max.”Steven was confused. “Why?”“He has his own matters. Don’t keep troubling him,” Charity said with a stern expression. “I know you two have a close brotherly relationship, but since you’re here to protect me, you just have to do your job. You don’t have to tell him everything in detail.”Steven felt awkward. He did tell Max many things. Max knew what Charity did every day very well. “Steven, I know Max is concerned about me.” Charity softened her tone. “He has always treated me well, but everyone has their privacy. Besides, his duty is to protect the prime minister. It'll affect his promotion if he keeps worrying about my issues.”“I understand.” Steven put on a serious expression. “I’ll take note in the future.”“In the meantime, get two more bodyguards with good skills. It’s impossible for you not to have any connections in the industry.”“Okay. I’ll look for people now.” Steve
“What responsibility?” Madam Patterson said furiously, “Just get people to beat her up. Don’t let her leave Canberra with her four limbs intact.”Mr. Patterson rubbed the middle of his brows. His wife’s knowledge was too shallow. It was probably due to her being used to living a luxurious life. Hence, she did not think too much of Eliza, an actress.“Mom, doing that… Isn’t that too inappropriate?”Monte stammered, “It would’ve been fine if Eliza were the same as she was in the past. However, Dad said just now that she’s the president of Neeson Corporation, Ferra Film Group’s major shareholder, and Jewell Corporation’s shareholder. Look at her last identity. Any one of Jewell Corporation’s shareholders can be on par with Dad.”“Jewell Corporation is no longer the same as before,” Madam Patterson said. “I heard Jewell Corporation’s profits last month went down by half when I was playing poker.”“The rich are still rich even after suffering a blow. Jewell Corporation is still the l