The cop stood up and said, “Actually, I’ve already finished recording her statement. It’s just that she kept on insisting that we arrest her boss…”Joshua smiled at him. “Thank you so much, officer.” Then, he lowered his face to glance at Irene. “Ms. Cook, shall we go now?”Irene was already excited by the fact that Joshua Lynch, the richest man in Banyan City, wanted to send her home, but with him directly talking to her, she felt as though she was on cloud nine.She stood up somewhat dazedly and replied, “Okay…”Because she had been so badly beaten up, coupled with her excitement, Irene almost fell as soon as she stood up.Joshua immediately grabbed hold of her. “Be careful.”Irene was so overjoyed by his reaction that her entire body felt light as if she was about to float off like a balloon at any minute.Was this a dream? Why else would Joshua Lynch treat her so kindly all of a sudden!Joshua dragged her out of the police station. Irene was so overcome by delight that she
“Alice Gibson?” Irene glanced at Joshua with a puzzled expression. “Who’s that?”Joshua narrowed his eyes and showed Irene the screen, which displayed the name ‘Alice’ on it. “This person. Who is this? How do you know her?”Irene furrowed her brows. “She added me through the company group chat tonight after I exposed Luna’s wrongdoings.“She told me she’s enemies with Luna, so I accepted her friend request and chatted with her for a bit… We gossiped and talked about Luna.”Joshua frowned upon hearing this. “Where’s the chat history?”“I deleted it.” Irene pursed her lips. “This person named Alice told me that Luna knows a very skilled hacker and that she might hack into our phones. She told me to delete our chat history, so I did.”Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly.This person named ‘Alice’ definitely had something to do with Irene being beaten up. Joshua guessed that she probably wanted to cover her tracks, so she lied to Irene about the hacker to get her to delete the chat
Alice triumphantly sent the text as she stretched herself, yawning. Then, she switched off the backup phone, went out into the yard, and tossed it into the man-made lake behind Blue Bay Villa.There. Evidence destroyed.“What are you doing?” Suddenly, a cold voice rang out behind her.Alice froze that instant, and it was only a long while later that she turned around somewhat stiffly.Joshua stood behind her and leaned against one of the gazebo’s pillars. He fixed his cool, impassive gaze on Alice’s face.Alice suddenly felt grateful that she texted Irene instead of calling her.Did he…notice anything?Alice let out a small cough and tried to suppress the panic she was feeling. “It’s a backup phone that I used when conducting business abroad. I found it just now and discovered it had already broken, so I can’t use it anymore. I threw it into the lake out of frustration.”She scratched her head sheepishly. “Was I too rash? Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to throw it into the lake. I
Luna’s sudden turn-around startled the employees that stood behind her.One of them eyed the Bluetooth earphones that Luna was wearing and asked cautiously, “You…can hear us?”Luna furrowed her brows.Of course she could.She was wearing her Bluetooth earphones because she had called Neil on her way to Lynch Group Tower and forgot to take them off when she got out of the taxi.These people thought she could not hear her, so that was why they even dared to gossip about her right behind her.Luna did not want to get involved, but she could no longer tolerate their ever-growing atrocity.She narrowed her eyes and glanced at the woman who had spoken. “You still haven’t answered my question. What happened to Irene?”The woman hesitated for a moment before finally handing Luna her phone. “Take a look at it yourself… We didn’t want to believe this at first, but look at this chat history…”Luna frowned, took the phone from her, and glanced at it.A chuckle escaped her as she read wha
Alice had come specially to watch this scene unfold.Irene knew that chat history could not be used as evidence in court, so instead, she posted them online to spark public dispute.At the same time, Alice had contacted her with another number and convinced her to make a scene. [If I had suffered injustice like this, my friends would definitely stick up for me! I’d show up in front of Lynch Group Tower with a banner and humiliate this woman!]When she thought of this, Alice glanced at the group of people who had stormed up the stairs.Irene was indeed a very useful pawn in her game. There was always use for people who did not know how to think for themselves and blindly followed orders.Alice sighed and gracefully strolled toward the front doors, her heels click-clacking on the pavement.“Mrs. Lynch?” All of a sudden, the security guard at the door raised his arm to stop her. “What a coincidence. We meet again.”Alice frowned and lifted her head to glance at the man.The man be
“Luna, come out!”“Luna, come out and apologize!”“Come out now! Stop playing dead!”…Outside the design department was Irene, who brought a few of her friends and a few others hired bodyguards. They revealed a banner.The group protested outside the design department as they held up banners and flags, all while murderous intent burned among them.Irene sat in the middle of the group. The bruises on her face seemed to be even more serious than the day before.She was sobbing with tears.“I admit that I shouldn’t have spread unconfirmed rumors, but how ruthless of you to treat me this way, Luna! I was about to go on a blind date today. Look at me now! Not only can I not go on the blind date, but I also lost a good job I just found yesterday. You have to compensate for my losses, Luna! My physical, mental, and emotional well-being! Waa…!”The noise outside was quite loud, but Luna was in her office with headphones. She heard nothing.Arianna looked at Zayne, then at Samson. Sh
Irene was extremely agitated. “What you said yesterday was all true, right? How dare Luna accuse me of spreading false rumors. She even got people to beat me up…”Celeste slightly furrowed her brows before, a moment later, she laughed. “I pity you. Not only is Luna so immoral, but she’s also vicious…”“Mrs. Allen, are you here to look for Luna as well?”Celeste smiled. “Of course.”When she returned to the hotel the night before, Theo accidentally overheard her casually mention her meeting with Luna in the hotel to Nathan.Theo was currently at home on a hunger strike, forcing Celeste to apologize to Luna.Celeste was there not to truly apologize to Luna, though. She came to make Luna break up with Theo.Celeste did not expect that there would be a protest outside of Luna’s design department.Celeste raised her eyes and watched as the people held up their banners, smiling a little before she turned to look at Irene. “Actually, protesting this way won’t bring results. It seems t
Celeste’s expression instantly contorted uglily upon Luna’s words.She glared at Luna fiercely. “What do you mean by this? Are you trying to show off your wealth to me? Isn’t my son the one who gives you your money?”Luna sneered. “Mrs. Allen, I was wrong in calling you a crazy old hag. I was wrong. I’m sorry.”Celeste furrowed her brows. Why did Luna suddenly change her attitude and apologized to her?She harrumphed coldly. “Good that you know that, you…”“I really shouldn’t have called you that,” Luna coldly interrupted Celeste before she could finish. “In my eyes, crazy old hags would still have a small brain. You, on the other hand, don’t even have one.”Celeste’s eyes widened. She raised her voice a few octaves. “What do you mean by that?”“What do I mean?” Luna sneered. She picked up the check that Celeste gave her and elegantly tore it up into pieces. “In your opinion, a famous artist, whose works cost at least a few million dollars, is only worth five million dollars? A