Over the next two days, Charity took the medicine obediently, and she persisted with jogging every day.Beside the villa was a park, so every night, Charity would jog around the park for one round, which was a distance of three kilometers.Especially the first few days of her starting jogging, Charity felt like she almost died. When she returned, Max was standing at the entrance of the neighborhood with two bags of food in his hands. He looked at her with a smile. “Charity, you need to work harder. You’ve only jogged for three kilometers, and you’re dog-tired.”Charity rolled her eyes at him. Little did she know that her body would be so weak until she started working out.“Let’s go. I’ve bought you some kebab skewers.” Max shook the package in the bag. “My friend recommended it to me. He said the kebab from that restaurant tastes good.”After jogging, Charity happened to be hungry. The minute she heard the word ‘kebab’, her stomach growled.Upon entering the villa, Max opened
As soon as Max heaved a sigh of relief, he glanced at Charity in admiration. “I didn’t know you’d be so clever.”“...”Charity lowered her head and ate the kebab in slight embarrassment.If it had not been for Chester’s reminder at the bar the other day, she might not have done that.At most, she would have arranged for more people to protect Sherman and his mentee.However, substitution was the best solution.A hair slid off her ear and landed on her cheek.With the black-and-white contrast, Max could not help but stretch out his hand to tuck the hair behind her ear.Being touched by the opposite sex, her body suddenly stiffened.She lifted her head, only to meet Max’s black, bright eyes.“I’m worried that you got oil on your hair.” Her gaze made Max’s ears turn hot. Even so, he tried his best to feign indifference while speaking. After that, he looked down, revealing his red ear lobes. Such a look coupled with his handsome face made him look a little cute.Charity looked
Charity took a deep breath.There was no dirt on Janee Hotel in March this year, so it seemed like the Patterson family had removed the video and did not disclose it.If it were exposed online, that matter would be filed and subject to investigation.Who sent that video?Charity glanced at the address on the courier bag, which read ‘Chester Jewell from Jewell Corporation’. “...”She was quite speechless.People would usually keep their identity anonymous when doing such a bad deed. However, it was as if Chester was worried that no one knew that it was his doing.In fact, she could more or less guess it even if Chester had not left his signature.Nevertheless, it would be great if she could pretend she did not know who it was.Now…Charity carefully watched the video once again. At last, he contacted Levi from Ferra Film Group.Levi sighed. “Eliza, you’re getting more extreme. It’s not easy to dig up dirt on the Patterson family. How did you get it?”“I got it through my o
“How could it be?” Chester walked toward the water dispenser while holding the cup. His lips curled up. “I just can’t wait to stand up to women like you.”Charity was dazed for a moment.Chester added, “The girl in the video was just casually walking on the hotel corridor, yet she ended up being dragged to a room. Don’t you find it terrifying? After the incident, there was no news about it. How’s the girl now? What happened after she was dragged into the room? Aren’t you curious or angry?”Charity’s heart sank.As a female, she surely found it terrifying. “Since you were able to get your hands on this video, you should know what happened afterward.”“What happened afterward was that the girl died. The man who dragged her into a room was on drugs. Janee Hotel has suppressed this issue. It forbade such a scandal from being uncovered as it’d bring a huge impact on its business. The girl’s parents have tried to appeal their daughter’s death, but the evidence wasn’t convincing eno
“Seemingly, you’re going to use my video.” Chester’s tone was relaxed and happy again.Charity choked. After some time, she said reluctantly, “I didn’t want to use it at first. After all, I don’t want to be involved with you anymore. However, having said that, the poor girl was innocent. I have no choice but to support your act of upholding justice.”“Thank you very much.” Chester curled his lips without her realizing it.His secretary wanted to enter the room to take her phone. When she secretly hid behind the door and caught sight of Chester’s expression, she was nearly blinded. His smile was very sweet. Could her boss be possessed?“You’re welcome.” Charity ended the call.Chester stared at his phone, feeling attached to it. Then, he waved at his secretary. “Here’s your phone.”“Thank you, boss.” His secretary cautiously lifted her phone.“Another scandal related to Janee Hotel will break this afternoon. Later, get some people who side with Ferra to add fuel to the fire and
Manager Starr frowned. “After the video was disclosed, I got netizens to fuel the issue, but it didn’t really work. This has provoked outrage, particularly among the females. An apology alone isn’t useful. What’s more, if Eliza has evidence telling everyone that the woman is dead, I’m afraid that the consequences…”Toby said furiously, “Those women are really idle. Well, Ruby Vernon deserves what happened to her. Since she was dressed so beautifully late at night, she deserved to be dragged into the room by Huxley Todd.”Manager Starr curled his lip awkwardly. He did not dare to say a word.Deep down, he was sneering at Toby and Monte.In this era, what was wrong with women going out dressed beautifully?However, Manager Starr currently relied on the Patterson family for his bread and butter. It was not easy to get a job out there. He had long put aside his principles for the sake of money. Monte pursed his thin lips silently. Now, he was rather scared that he would be dragged i
“Didn’t you want me to marry Eliza to get benefits from her?”Monte was slightly wistful.Men enjoyed conquering clever and brilliant women.In the past, he was fed up with Eliza. Nevertheless, ever since Eliza humiliated him, he had been so dissatisfied that he felt the need to win her heart.Toby glared at him. “Of course, I hope so. But do you have the capability and charm to do that?”“I…”“Now, it finally hit me that Eliza is an albatross. If you don’t marry her, you’ll have to do away with her.”Toby’s eyes flashed with cruelty. “This woman isn’t simple. Although I’ve warned her many times, she’s still not afraid and can even counterattack so quickly. Apart from Huxley, I still need to get a helper.”“Who?”“Chester.” Toby snorted. “Considering that Eliza sent Chester to jail, I believe he hates her.”After some thought, Monte said with concern, “Dad, that might be true, but Chester has gotten out of jail for some time and Eliza is still fine.”Toby glowered at him. “I
Madam Jewell’s expression stiffened. “Your dad used to have a good relationship with Toby. We can’t possibly steer clear of them the moment they get into trouble. He came to visit us back when you were in prison too. The Jewell family can’t do that kind of thing.”“You two are so merciful,” Chester mocked. “Look at what he did. You’re a woman too, Mom.”“But Toby wasn’t the one who did this,” Madam Jewell said resignedly. Chester could not be bothered to care about her. He started walking toward the reception room in long strides. “It’s been a while, Chester.” Toby stood up and held out his hand to Chester. Chester did not even look at his hand, not to mention shake his hand. Chester went to a sofa and sat down. “Why are you here, Uncle Toby? The Patterson family is detested by many now. There’s a crowd surrounding the hotel’s entrance, wanting the hotel to provide an explanation, but here you are at my home. Dad, you must be muddled too. You actually dared to open the door f