Chapter 495

North felt a lump in her throat as her face heated up.

Gerald looked down at that photo. She could not tell if he was smiling or not. “No rush,” he said.

“What do you mean, no rush?” North lost her temper again. “They’re dragging you into this mess! You don’t even know who spread these rumors—”

At that moment, Gerald’s phone rang.

Cedric roared on the other end, “Get back here right now! You’d better think about what you’ve done, sparking such a huge scandal! I should give your company to your brother instead! What have you ever done apart from getting into trouble?!”

Gerald hung up with a cold chuckle and looked at North. “Now we know, don’t we? I told you there was no rush.”

North understood at once. “You mean Mike was the one who did it?”

Gerald smiled, as if he did not take the matter seriously at all. “Mike’s sent two moles to my company, so it’s high time they made a move. Can you do me a favor, Mrs. Howard?”

North did not say a word.

Why did she feel like she was his pa