Damon had no idea what Xavier had been up to overseas. Xavier had used every means to shake off the subordinates Damon had sent to keep an eye on him. They couldn’t find anything at all.‘This d*mned kid must have some kind of huge trick up his sleeve.’However, he never expected Xavier to manage to slip into the country in secret.‘It probably wasn’t done in secret. Look at him now, so eager to flaunt himself in front of me.“Xavier, watch yourself.”Damon took Jeanette’s hand, turned ar
However, she, as the CEO of Leighton Inc., couldn’t afford to be late today.The meeting was at 9:30 a.m. The journey from their home to Leighton Inc. only took ten minutes, so there was no rush.In the car, she looked through the documents that Lucia had sent to her on her iPad. She encountered a portion that she did not really understand and bit her nails.Damon reached out and smacked the hand by her lips, then snatched the iPad away from her.“Hey! That’s confidential company material!”
At the hospital…Elias' heart broke when Damon appeared in front of him with his bloody hand.“I told you this before, you need to avoid getting your wound wet. What’d you do, slice it with a knife?”“Just shut up and fix it.” Damon snapped icily.“Damon, I’m a doctor, but I can’t fix patients who deliberately seek to handicap themselves.”He unwrapped Damon’s bandage, layer by layer. He saw that the wound on his hand was actually nearly healed but had been torn again and was bleeding profu
Xavier purposefully closed the door as soon as Parker left the room.“What are you planning?” Damon asked in an extremely cold and sharp voice.“I’m here to inform you that Godfrey Group will be having a shareholders’ meeting in a few days. You’re not going to enjoy this seat for very much longer, so you’d better enjoy it while it lasts.”Xavier patted him on the shoulder, smiling in a carefree manner.Damon frowned.‘A shareholders’ meeting?’He was the CEO, why hadn’t he heard of this?
After receiving a full-scale understanding of the situation, Damon knew that public relations could do nothing to solve this.The Godfrey Group had no other choice except to issue a public apology, fire the person in charge, and cease all construction projects.He finally understood why Xavier had so much confidence to stand in his office.Because he, the CEO of the Godfrey Group, was the person who had signed off on this particular project.“Sir, what do we do?”Parker had always been reso
As such, he agreed.Damon secretly heaved a sigh of relief.‘Xavier… That brat would even stoop to murder, just to drag me down. I won’t let him trample over me, just to get what he wants, even if I have to be torn to pieces.’When Damon stepped out of the entrance of Godfrey Tower, he found Jeanette, waiting anxiously outside.He paused then walked toward her.“When did you get here?”“I just arrived. I heard about the Godfrey Group’s crisis as soon as I finished my meeting.”Jeanette st
His sudden embrace made Jeanette stiffen. Her body still instinctively objected to his advances, but she did not want to push him away in his wretched, unfortunate state. She loved him.Jeanette tried her best to contain her bodily objections. She didn’t want Damon to notice, but he was sensitive enough to sense her tenseness. He released her, feeling slightly disappointed.“Forget it. I know you can’t accept any form of intimacy with me. I won’t force you, and you don’t have to force yourself.”Damon’s face was filled with bitterness and self-deprecation. He could wait for her to gradually accept him. After all, they had plenty of days ahead. He loved her, so he had to give her enough time. However, he still felt a little disappointed every time she tensed up and instinctively rejected his touch whenever he was near her. When would they ever go back to how it used to be?Damon’s sudden disappointment made Jeanette very guilty. After all, he was already in dire straits.Jeanette s
Damon shrugged and said, “What do I have to be afraid of? Whatever problem arises, I’ll get it resolved. I’m sure there’s going to be light at the end of the tunnel anyhow.”It was Jeanette’s turn to shrug this time. “I’m actually a bit more relaxed now that I realize you’re being so optimistic about it.”While the two of them were talking, an awkward sound suddenly broke the originally relaxed mood. Damon’s expression became slightly uncomfortable as he could not help but let off a light coug
…In jail, Xavier stared at Jeanette’s face through a layer of glass. His expression was filled with hatred.Jeanette stared at him and took a deep breath. Then, she picked up the phone.“How’ve you been?”Xavier smirked. “Since my own brother has decided to send me to jail, why has he asked you to come all the way here? To insult me? You really are a match made in heaven.”Jeanette sighed. Actually, Xavier was a very smart man, on par with Damon. Besides, when she had first joined the Godf
In the car, Mimi turned to look at Zeke, who was next to her. For a moment there, she had no idea what to say to him.They had pretty much silently admitted to the media’s claims over their engagement. Over the past few days, Zeke had been making preparations for their engagement party. She had been the one to suggest getting married, but now she was beginning to feel cold feet. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to spend the rest of her life with Zeke.Zeke seemed to be in a good mood. He had
“Damon Godfrey! It was you, wasn’t it? How could you do this to me?” His expression was ruthless. His eyes were filled with a terrifying expression, unlike ever before. He looked like a wild animal that had been suppressing its urges for a very long time.Jeanette had never seen such a terrifying look on Xavier’s face before. She paused in fright as she stared at Xavier from afar.Damon seemed perfectly calm. “You brought this on yourself, Xavier. I know what you’ve done. It’s just that I neve
“You’re overthinking it!” Elias slapped her hand away.Vanessa laughed bitterly. “Oh, I wish I was, Elias. But the facts prove that you’re in love with Mimi Norton. You’re in love with your best friend’s fiancee!”“That has nothing to do with you!” Elias was like a cat who had his tail trampled on. He was tense. He had grown increasingly annoyed now that the heart of the matter had been prodded at.“Nothing to do with me? Elias, do you really think that I was only in love with your position?
Damon reached out and held her wrist. “You don’t believe me? Then come with me.”Jeanette smacked his hand away, looking very stern. “What are you planning? I’m not leaving with you.”Felix suddenly emerged from his room, holding a teddy bear, just as the pair were in the midst of conflict. He widened his large, limpid eyes and looked at Damon at the doorway. His expression filled with immense joy.“Daddy!” The little boy smiled and happily rushed to wrap his arms around Damon’s waist. “Daddy, are you here to take Mommy and me home?”Damon smiled and gazed at his clever son, a god-send, and spoke in a gentle voice. “Of course. Would you like to come home with Daddy?”“Yes!” The little boy’s voice was clear. Then, he carefully turned to Jeanette. “Mommy…”Jeanette frowned. Her heart was a mess. Felix missed his home. He was such a small child and had been forced to endure the conflict between her and Damon. He must have suffered. However, she couldn’t go home with Damon like this.
Jeanette was standing in the kitchen, staring dazedly at the pot of burnt potatoes, looking exasperated.‘I’m such an idiot! I’ve actually managed to burn potatoes… by boiling them. This is completely unheard of! It’s all my fault for being so careless. I left the potatoes to boil and ran off to do something else. I was so busy that I completely forgot about them, until two minutes ago, when I smelled the burnt potatoes. Then I remembered that mine and Felix’s dinner was in that pot. All of the water had actually evaporated!’Jeanette felt a massive headache as she stared at the blackened potatoes stuck to the pot. This was the only food they had at home. Now that the potatoes were ruined, she had no other choice except to take Felix out for food.She scratched her head in exasperation. Felix appeared from behind her, hugging the teddy bear she had just bought for him, and walked into the kitchen. He lifted his chubby, naively little face and stared pitifully up at Jeanette.“Mommy
In a restaurant, the surrounding atmosphere was illuminated by a gentle, dim light, which made it all feel warm and comfortable. Mimi stared at Zeke, who was seated in front of her. She looked hesitant and nervous. She released two soft coughs, unable to say the words she wanted to say.‘Get engaged…’These words felt very distant to her. She did believe that Zeke was the kind of man she could spend the rest of her life with, but to prepare herself for marriage with him in such a short period… She couldn’t bring herself to accept it. After all, she and Zeke had only been dating for a very short time. Unfortunately, Vanessa’s threat had rendered it impossible for her to avoid the subject. Upon careful consideration, it made sense. Since she was going to be with Zeke, why would the time of marriage make any difference?Perhaps it was time for her to truly accept this relationship and start a new life.She took a deep breath and looked at Zeke, who sat in front of her, then swallowe
“Father, even if he is my brother, he should be responsible for his crimes. We live in a civilized society. Besides, he’s worked with an outsider in a plot against our company. You know this. The company wouldn’t have been reduced to this mess if it weren’t for him. Father, your constant shelter and indulgence has caused him to make so many mistakes! If you continue spoiling Xavier, he’ll resort to something even more terrifying in the future,” Damon said with a frown.Christophe smirked in his rage. “Damon, has your search for power driven you mad? How could you be so cruel to your own brother? It’s not like you’re unaware of why I’ve been so indulgent toward him. Xavier has never been of sound mind from a young age. Are you worried that I’d leave the Godfrey Group to him? That he would take everything that belongs to you?”Damon was taken aback. He chuckled bitterly and exasperatedly. “Father, do you really think that that’s what I think? Would you really be bold enough to leave th
The car drove along the road. The driver, a woman, dressed in black wearing a baseball cap, slowly spoke. “What did you say to her?”Vanessa pursed her lips, looking particularly relaxed. “I told her to get engaged with Zeke within a week.”The sound of the car coming to a screeching halt filled the air. The car stopped in the middle of the road, just like that, forcing a row of cars behind them to stop as well. The driver widened her eyes. Her expression was full of rage. “I thought we agreed to expose her affair with Elias? It was a great opportunity for us to ruin her, and you just gave it up?”Vanessa shrugged, looking unperturbed. “Why would I want to ruin her?”“I thought you hated her? Don’t tell me you’re going soft!”The woman frowned. Her expression was filled with anger as if she resented her for not doing any better.She had been planning for so long, coming up with all sorts of schemes to find someone who hated Mimi just as much as she did. However, who would have th