“What picture?”Fia took out her phone and walked over to show it to him.When Conrad saw the picture, he was full of disgust.“Who sent it to you?”“Even you feel disgusted when it’s you in the picture. Outsiders will only get more ideas out of this,” Fia whispered. “I really hate to see both of you in the same picture, even if nothing happened.”Conrad could only stare at Fia with a frown.“Once this is over, can we just send her away?”“Send her away?” Fia cracked a smile. “After what she did to me, she will be punished to the full extent of the law!“Oh, Conrad. Did your heart soften again? Did she beg you just now? Maybe she cried and sobbed?”Conrad frowned and said, “She didn’t. Can you please not think that I’m that weak?”“I want to, but I can’t control my own brain.” Fia forced a smile. “Take care.”Fia had just left the interrogation room when she met up with Silas.“Oh, why are you here, madam?!” Silas’s expression immediately changed. ‘Did she find out?’“Your
“…” Fia was completely confused. However, a car honk could be heard. When she saw Jason roll down the car window, she quickly ran over.Finn’s eyes followed Fia as she got into the car and then went to Jason who was driving, and his smile became even wider.Jason nodded to him before rolling up the car window.“Evans, he said that he’s the director! Is he joking? Since when is a director so free?”Jason chuckled. “Then you’ll be disappointed. He is indeed the director. He just got appointed.”“What?”“What is it?”“But he’s so strange. He came to talk to me and asked me some questions!”Fia didn’t understand what was happening. “Why would a director like him speak to a commoner like me?”Jason was also quite confused, but he said honestly, “Mr. Parker is a good officer. Gryphon needs to get rid of all the corrupt officials. The duty he’s been given is quite heavy.”“You know him?”“My dad does.” Jason paused. “The reason that I was able to see you together with Eileen last t
Finn placed his hands behind his back with a detaching expression on his face. “We can forget about the formalities. I’m here to personally make things right.”Conrad didn’t get angry because he refused to shake his hand. Most of those who became officials had their own quirks.Finn glared at the woman tied to the bed who was letting out shameless sounds.“We’ll continue this somewhere else.” With that, he took out a strip of pills from his pocket and gave it to his assistant. “Feed the woman.”“Of course, sir!” The assistant looked at Conrad. He was not as retrained as the director. “Mr. Maxwell, originally the director had prepared this for you.”Conrad was stunned before thanking him sincerely. “Thank you.”“Go now!” Finn said to his assistant in a harsh tone before waving at Conrad. “This is now my area of responsibility. I have the duty to see things through now that something like this has happened. I will do what I can.”They then went to the meeting room. Finn sat in t
“Mr. Maxwell, can you please show mercy to my brother and his daughter for the sake of your relationship with Esme?” Hank cried out in sorrow.Beth quickly said, “Please save Esme. We only have one daughter.”“Enough!” Hank stared at his wife. “Do you know because of your love for your daughter, not only is my brother going to get fired, but he’s also going to get punished as well?”“So, your brother is important, but my daughter isn’t?!”When Conrad saw that the two of them were going to start fighting, he was worried that they would be too noisy for Fia. He said coldly, “They’re simply suffering from the consequences of their own actions. No one can save you. Leave!”Thump!Hank knelt down on the ground directly, and that shocked Beth.“Yes, Esme is suffering her own consequences. But my brother has never hurt anyone as a police officer! He even helped a lot of people in Gryphon! You’ll know it if you investigate! We’re the ones at fault this time! You shouldn’t have let your
“Fia, I’ll treat you well for the rest of my life. I won’t let you walk the same path your mother did.”Fia bit her lips even as she trembled and her tears began to roll, her vision blurring.She couldn’t see his handsome face anymore, and her final defenses crumbled as she caved into his arms.“Fia, I…”She opened her mouth and bit into his shoulder, cutting him off.She put a lot of strength into it and soon, she could taste iron.Conrad was feeling a bit sad, so he simply let her bite into him while he stroked her back.“I’m sorry for misunderstanding you all those times. I should have seen through everything earlier. I should have treated you better earlier.”In the past two days, he had found out too much about Esme. The more he found out, the more he realized that everything that she said about Fia seemingly by accident was fake.She was a naïve and kind girl, but she made it sound like she was someone jealous, extreme, calculative, and a robber.And the one thing that
“Fia, I…”“Enough. Don’t. Silas is back.”Silas waltzed back with a happy face as he held the receipts.“The madam is finally discharged, sir! Anything I need to pack? I’ll do it all. You two should just sit tight!”Conrad gave Silas a cold stare and he froze.Oh, gods. It seemed like his boss didn’t want the madam to get discharged so that he could spend some time with her in the hospital.What should he do? Should he find a way to help him?“Why are you still standing there? Did you suddenly lose your mind?!” Conrad roared angrily.When Silas was roared at, his heart skipped a beat, and he said something without thinking. “Maybe I can admit the madam back into the hospital…?”Fia was completely speechless.Meanwhile, Conrad stared at him icily. “Maybe you want me to beat you up until you’re admitted into the hospital!”“I’m sorry.” Silas lowered his head.“Out!”“Okay.”“Back to the company! We don’t need you here!”Silas almost started to run! Accompanying his boss wa
“What is it, Sally?”“Jason Evans.” It was quite rare for her to call him by his full name as she stared right into those beautiful eyes of his.“Don’t make it harder for yourself. Let it go.”The flesh on Jason’s face trembled very slightly as he said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”He quickly pulled away from Sally’s hands and walked away.All Sally could do was to simply stare at his tall figure as her eyes turned red. “Why do I even bother?”Conrad didn’t put the bags in the trunk in a hurry. Instead, he first opened the door to the passenger’s seat.“Fia, into the car.”Originally, Fia was thinking of sitting in the back seeing that they were going to divorce soon. But, she saw him opening the car door for her with bags still in his hand.Her heart was warmed up and she accepted it, now sitting in the passenger’s seat.“Wait for me in the car. I’ll put the bags in the trunk first.”“Sure.”Conrad maintained a cruising speed as the two stayed in the car in si
Fia frowned. She was just about to remind him about it when she heard Mrs. Taylor’s voice.“Wait, Master Maxwell! The sun is searing today. Don’t let her stay under the sun for too long!”Mrs. Taylor ran over with an umbrella and then waited outside the car as she opened the umbrella.“You can come down now, madam. You can’t get too much time right now.”Fia felt touched and wanted to cry.Mrs. Taylor reminded her of her grandma and mom.“Madam?” Mrs. Taylor was worried that she was still mad at Conrad and didn’t want to get down the car, and didn't want to continue her marriage with Conrad.She pushed at Conrad, who was waiting by the door. “Master, carry the madam off the car.”“Oh, sure.” Conrad nodded and bent down, with half his body inside the car as he unbuckled her seatbelt and carried her out.“No… No thanks…”Fia felt herself blushing as she couldn’t refuse the strongly built man.Mrs. Taylor cracked a smile as she raised the umbrella high, and followed behind Conr