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"Sure thing." The software engineer immediately sat back down in front of the computer to get the surveillance footage Corinne asked for.Doing that required some time and Corinne was a little tired of standing so she looked around the restaurant for an empty chair she could pull over and sit. However, while she was doing that, she happened to meet Jeremy's deep, dark eyes.Jeremy followed them to the restaurant because the matter involved his son but he did not insert himself in their investigation. Instead, he situated himself at a round table not far from where they were and lit up a cigarette languidly as though the whole thing had nothing to do with him and he was only there to watch the show.The cigarette smoke obscured Jeremy from Corinne so it was hard for her to tell what he was thinking. She was starting to wonder whether he cared about Anya and Joey at all.Suddenly, someone passed her a bottle of mineral water. This pulled her out of her thoughts; she looked down at th
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"I just forgot about it, that's all! Do you know how many rooms I have to clean up every day? It stands to reason I'll forget which is which," said Oliver stubbornly.Corinne smiled. "Oh my, your memory isn't that great huh? Now I'm worried whether you've ever mixed up the orders you're in charge of. Though I must wonder why the owner of this restaurant would keep you on the job if your memory is as bad as you've implied."Oliver guiltily shifted his eyes away from her. "No! It's only today my memory isn't that great 'cause, 'cause I'm not feeling well. Miss, why do you insist on pushing the blame on me when you're the one who snatched the bowl of soup away from me and poured it all over the kid?""Did I say you have anything to do with that? I'm just asking you where the memory card is." Corinne suddenly smiled but only for a second before her face became serious again. "Oliver, it's still not too late for you to hand over the memory card now. Otherwise, I'll call the police and th
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"When did I order you to take out and destroy the memory card? What communication method did I use to do that? Which bank did I use to wire you the money? And just how much did I wire you?"Corinne shot out question after question at Oliver to confuse him. She was certain Oliver was lying. 'Anya must have somehow threatened him when she was coughing. If not, he wouldn't have changed his mind. What does Anya have to make him so scared of her?'However, a last-minute fib would not be perfect. Meaning to say, it would be easy for Corinne to prove that he was lying.Oliver started panicking again and stammered, "You contacted me 30 minutes ago using a social media app, then you wired me 15,000 dollars!"Corinne raised her eyebrow. "Oh? Social media app, you say? Surely you must have our chat history then? Why don't you show it to everyone here."Oliver took a gulp and said, "As if I would still keep the chat history. You've ordered me to delete all of our conversations after that.""
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That seemed to have sealed Corinne's fate because, in Lucas's eyes, there was no more doubt as to whether she was the real mastermind behind all of this."That's enough, Corinne! You can stop trying to worm your way out of this since no one here will ever believe you again."Still, with the same relaxed expression on her face, Corinne looked at him and said, "Mister Lucas, don't you think none of the accusations the waiter threw at me make any sense?"Lucas' face darkened. "Then tell me, why would a waiter who you have never met in your life suddenly frame you like this?"Corinne was disgusted by how Lucas would lose his reasoning whenever the matter involved Anya. She smiled mockingly and said, "Mister Lucas, is there a possibility that the waiter is trying to pass the blame to me because he's afraid of facing the consequence of hurting your nephew?"And also is there a possibility that he took away the memory card in the security camera because he was trying to destroy any evide
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Anya was not worried at all when she saw Corinne busying herself at the computer. She found the whole thing laughable.'The memory card in Bamboo Forest has already been destroyed so there's no way she could find anything even if she spent the whole day in front of that computer. And up till now, instead of speaking up for her, Jeremy has only been quietly sitting by the side. Seems like he's disappointed in her which is a good thing for me. All my efforts would have been well worth it as long as he believes Corinne to be the type of evil woman who would hurt an innocent child,' thought Anya.She was secretly jumping for joy but on the surface, she let out a helpless sigh before innocently walking up to the counter and said softly, "Corinne, why don't you just give up your act and come clean with your crime? As I said, I'm willing to ask Lucas to show you mercy if you just admit what you've done!"Corinne completely ignored Anya. She did not even raise any of her eyebrows. Instead,
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At that moment, Anya's expression stiffened and her eyes were wavering with guilt. It never crossed her mind that Corinne would be able to find footage of her and Oliver talking with each other."Mister Lucas, please take a closer look. Miss Anya's hand came in contact with Oliver's hand while they were talking."Corinne rewound the video by around 10 seconds or so and put it in slow-motion."Look, their hand movements are very obvious. You can see Miss Anya taking something out of her pocket and stuffing it into Oliver's hand. Mister Lucas, would two people who don't know each other need to sneak around and pass things to each other while talking?"At that moment, Corinne's tone was filled with sarcasm, but it was not too much. She was just giving Lucas a taste of his own medicine.Lucas did not say anything. Instead, he just watched the two footage quietly while the expression on his face became colder and colder. After that, he stood up and looked deeply into Anya's eyes."Any
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Anya looked tearfully at Lucas. "I was just giving him some tips. Is that so wrong?"Lucas frowned. "Just some tips?"Anya nodded innocently. "Yes! I thought I should give him some tip because he spent all that time patiently recommending food for me but I didn't order anything in the end."Corinne smirked. "Didn't you say that the waiter advised you against ordering more food since we've already ordered so much? And now you're saying he spent all that time recommending what to order? Besides, it's normal to give tips so why do you act like you're doing something illegal?"Anya knew every word of Corinne's was aimed to unravel her lies so she ignored her and focused all of her theatrics on her brother. "Lucas, you know I have a habit of giving the wait staff tips, right? I did it secretly because I wanted to make sure his colleague didn't see it; that way he can have the tip all to himself."Lucas narrowed his eyes and looked at Anya's innocent face. He could not do it. He could n
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It took a long time for Oliver to get this job. Plus, the temptation of 15,000 dollars was just too much so he agreed to carry out Anya's plan in the end.However, when it came time to do it, he could not. He struggled with the thought of doing it when he saw the innocent and cute Joey and this caused him to accidentally trip, sending the bowl of soup flying into the air. Scared, he immediately ran out of the room.'It was a good thing Miss Corinne managed to touch the tip of the bowl or else that kid would have been burned even more badly,' thought Oliver. 'I might as well tell the truth since this is even more serious than stealing the customer's phone.'Lucas noticed Oliver and Anya communicating through their eyes. He frowned and ordered, "Don't look at her! Tell me the truth. What did she say to you when the two of you were standing in front of the restroom?"Oliver was frightened by the threatening aura being emitted by Lucas. This and his guilty conscience made him dare not
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Sherman could not help but feel fearful when he recalled the incident.Rita gently smoothed his furrowed brow. "I knew you'd come to rescue me, just like all the times you did. I love you, Sherman."Previously, Rita confessed her love to him when she was groggy. At this moment, however, she was clearly awake, even sporting a faint smile on her face as she confessed.Sherman immediately blushed. "I love you, too."Rita did not stay long in the hospital; she quickly returned to the Parr family's mansion. Just as Sherman's grandparents had said, Rita did not have any major injuries, so there was no need for her to stay in the hospital that long. In fact, she might even recover faster emotionally under the care at home.Not once did Sherman bring up Rita's job, but she surprisingly resigned from New Capital Times on her own accord. It would be difficult for her to investigate cases with her current condition; not to mention Sherman had handed over the evidence to the police. The polic
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"Sherman, I like you. I love you," Rita finally confessed.Sherman, deeply pained, pulled Rita into his arms. "This is all my fault. I should've looked for you quicker. I've never blamed you. All I want is to see you smile. It's enough for me as long as you're willing to let me stay by your side."You don't have to confess to me. I know it's hard for you to do that because of your family. I've seen the way they've treated you, and…"The bodyguards who had barged in with Sherman felt a bit awkward to see their company president in tears. However, the priority was to get Rita to the hospital for a check-up. Being tied up for hours could cause circulation issues, and it could be dangerous if her limbs did not regain feelings soon.In the end, they got the bravest among them to convince Sherman to let them take Rita to the hospital. Instead of letting them do it, Sherman wiped away his tears and, with ease, lifted Rita as if she was as light as a feather.Fortunately, after the hospit
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With that, Karen left without looking back. She was carrying Vince's baby in her womb, so how could she pin all her hopes on Sadie? Since Sadie was obviously unruly, she would have to rely on her son.'Sadie can spend the rest of her life with Esmond since she likes him so much. God knows it had been exhausting enough to raise her. Plus, it's only fair for Esmond to take care of her since I've done my part taking care of her until now,' thought Karen.Meanwhile, the only consolation for Sherman was that Esmond did not try to put up a fight. It seemed that he still cared about his daughter Sadie.Sherman led his men to a dilapidated house. Esmond had been cautious enough to choose a rundown house situated at the end of a village.When Sherman barged in, he found Rita lying on the floor while Esmond's men ignored her. Esmond's men had followed his orders, and since he did not instruct them to do anything to Rita, they left her well alone.Before the men could react, they were surrou
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Karen cried and silently knelt by Sadie's side without trying to defend herself. Sadie, on the other hand, feebly tried to explain herself. Alas. Vince refused to listen.There had been many occasions before when he had chosen to believe Karen and Sadie, but at this moment, he realized he had been terribly wrong to do that.Rita used to be so kind, understanding, and well-behaved. However, ever since Karen and Sadie moved in, Vince felt like his daughter had become manipulative, always trying to compete for attention, and stirring up jealousy in front of him.Unfortunately, it took Rita's disappearance to make Vince realize that Rita was not trying to compete for attention. All Rita wanted from him was to treat her the same as Sadie.Vince used to think that Rita should give in to Sadie more since Sadie was younger, too."Why don't you go live with your biological father since you prefer him so much? I never want to see you show your face around here anymore! As for your mother, s
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Sadie was so anxious that she wanted to jump out. "Mom, don't tell me you fell for it! Why did you call Esmond? Now they all know where Rita is. You've ruined everything, again! What were you thinking?"Karen could not care less. She cried and slapped Sadie. "You nearly scared me to death! What would I do if something happened to you? I didn't raise you just to watch you die. I told you not to meet up with Esmond, so why did you secretly meet up with him? How can you ask him to get rid of Rita?"Are you out of your mind? All I want is for us to live out the rest of our lives peacefully, so why didn't you listen to me?!"Sadie was furious. Karen had stopped trying to get rid of Rita ever since she got pregnant, so how could Sadie not be angry? Rita was like a thorn in her side, and Sadie would never be happy unless Rita was dead."Don't you know I like Sherman? How could you ask me to do nothing when Rita has stolen him from me?! I was the one who liked him first. It's either Rita g
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Karen wanted so badly to slap Esmond through the phone.'What good are his pompous words now? We wouldn't be in this mess now if he hadn't hit me back then! What's more, he's saying he's doing this for Sadie. But has he ever thought of what would happen to me and Sadie if he got rid of Rita? Rita's the heiress of the Russell family. Not to mention, she's married to Sherman, so that makes her owner of Parr Group too! What makes Esmond think he can get rid of Rita so easily?'Karen's breath was ragged as she said, "If you don't believe me, just listen to your daughter's screams. I can't save her now; you will literally decide her fate! Plus, I'm pregnant with Vince's baby, so even if I lose Sadie, I still have a kid—which is more than what I can say about you!"Sherman could not help but be impressed by Karen a little. Even in this dire situation, she did not forget to express her heartfelt feelings to Vince, letting him know that she was always on his side. It was certainly not an ea
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"Sherman raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry, I'm sure it's just a minor injury, maybe just a finger. There shouldn't be any major issues. A sprained joint takes only a hundred days to heal, and it might take her even less time to heal if you take very good care of her while she's recuperating."Karen's heart ached upon hearing that. She lunged toward Sherman, wanting to hit him, but the bodyguards stopped her before she could get close.Vince, still worried, held Karen tightly beside him. "Calm down. I'm sure Sadie will come out unharmed if Rita's kidnapping has nothing to do with her. But if it does, then you should know very well that…"Vince's voice dropped an octave. He could not believe his daughter's disappearance had anything to do with his stepdaughter. However, he was not utterly naive.He continued, "How could a girl like her take Rita away? Even the car window was smashed. Others must've been involved. Does her biological father have anything to do with it?"Sherman nodded
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"Yes, it's true I met up with my biological father, but it was just a one-time thing. I don't want to go back to him at all! Otherwise, I would've done it ages ago. Dad, I'm really grateful to you for taking me in and looking after me all these years. That's why I feel like you're my real father, even more real than those who share the same blood."How could you unjustly accuse me and Mom like that? Sherman is the one spouting nonsense here. He's trying to push all the blame onto us. Dad, you have to wake up and see the truth!"Karen nodded along, but her heart was racing. 'When did Sadie meet Esmond? How did Sherman know when I don't even know? Seems like Sadie does have something to do with Rita's kidnapping. I have to settle things and get Sherman out of here.'Karen never had the thought of rekindling her relationship with Esmond. The only thing she wanted then was to peacefully give birth to her son. Everything in the Russell family would eventually go to her son, and she would
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Sherman detested people pointing their fingers at him when they spoke. He stood up slowly, towering over Vince instantly."You claim to be Rita's father, yet if I were you, I'd choose to shut up and stand aside. I can't believe you're scolding me for threatening Sadie when she's not even your real daughter!"Look at her guilty expression; it's clear she's involved. If you don't believe me, use your brain a little. No wonder Russell Group is declining under your leadership. It's only a matter of time before the company goes completely bankrupt!"Sherman showed no mercy, causing Vince to retreat with every word. Vince clutched his chest, struggling for breath.Karen, despite her weakness, stepped forward to support him. "How could you speak to your father-in-law like this? What has Sadie done to offend you? She has nothing but admiration for you. Plus, she's just a child. How could you treat her like this?"She went on and on, but Sherman stood his ground. Meanwhile, the burly bodyg
