Claire was taken aback and was in doubt. However, she didn’t overthink. She put away her stuff and walked to Brian’s office with him. Honestly, Claire was clueless as to why Brian wanted her in his office as she had already finished the work assigned. "Claire, after observing you for a few days, I’ve decided to bring you to the site so that you have some real experience and make better advertisement plans." Brian looked up and adjusted his glasses.This was the first time Claire thought that a guy would look so elegant in glasses. However, she quickly realized what Brian said and was shocked. "You’re taking me to the site? Now?"Claire came to the Marquez Group as a promotional planner, so she had to deal with such matters. However, she felt that it was too quick to go to the site."What’s the matter? Do you have a problem with it?" Brian asked calmly. Claire almost choked and said, "N-No."She merely felt that it was weird. After all, she was a newcomer. She understood Brian v
Since Claire was a woman, the leader retracted his ferocious expression and sighed, "We’ve worked here conscientiously for many years. However, since last year, developers have used contract loopholes to suppress our wages. In the end, we hardly get paid anything."The leader was furious when he thought of how long these developers had exploited them. "We discussed with them many times, but the matter was never solved. Instead, our men would get hurt."This time, a worker in bandages walked to Claire, and he was furious. "Look at how they beat us! Do these people even have a conscious? They have to give us an explanation today!"Yes! They must explain today! I’m going to protest anyway!" The group started to shout, and they were very loud.Looking at such a scene, Claire felt pity for these people. They were at the lowest level of society. She knew they were the victims and said, "Please don’t get worked up. I promise to help solve this situation, okay? I'll give everyone the jus
"Yes. Our company will also work with Ms. Hudson to solve this matter. We won’t let you guys work for nothing," Claire told them and tried to calm them down. "Please believe us and give us some time. We’ll give all of you a satisfactory answer." Claire was extremely sincere. Sure enough, the workers started to have confidence and knew it was useless to continue this farce. Perhaps this lawyer and employee could really help them. "Okay, we’ll believe you this time. You guys can leave," the leader said and gave way to them. Athena supported Claire and left the crowd. Only then did the strike stop."It’s finally over." Claire breathed a sigh of relief. She was still scared as she thought about what happened just now. Beside her, Athena chuckled. "You really do like to be nosy, huh? It was a huge commotion, and you dared rush up."Claire smiled awkwardly and remembered Brian. He had been gone for such a long time. Had he run away? However, it didn’t match his personality at all.
She walked to the office and knocked on the door with some pent-up anger.Brian frowned and looked at Claire, who was angry. Then, he asked, "Is there something you need?""Of course, there is." Claire was even angrier at his attitude. She didn’t care if he was her manager and walked to him. Then, she stared into his dark eyes. "What’s the situation with those workers? Don’t tell me you don’t know anything. Why didn’t you help them and leave me alone?"She wasn’t angry at Brian for leaving her alone. After all, if she didn’t choose to get out of the car, the workers wouldn’t have treated her in such a way. Claire had many questions, and she knew Brian must’ve seen her with Athena. How could he be so indifferent about it? "I have my own reasons." Brian didn’t want to discuss this matter in detail with Claire.However, Claire was furious, and she didn’t plan on giving up. So, she continued to ask, "Mr. Lucas, you must know that they were used by the developers, right? Why aren’t
The developer ended the call while the workers stood frozen in place. Those people actually hired Aveya Hudson? Everyone knew her, the famous lawyer who never lost a case. When the workers thought of that, they were in despair. After all, with Aveya as their opponent, they would never win against her.Claire also got the news and rushed to the construction site. There was a depressed atmosphere at the site while the workers surrounded the developers' office. However, those people were gone. So, when they saw Claire, they rushed to her as if they were seeing their last ray of hope."Ms. Weiss, what do we do now? The developers hired a lawyer. I don't think we can get back our money," the leader of the workers sighed helplessly.Claire quickly comforted him. "Don't worry. We have a lawyer too. Please be confident in our team."Then, a worker interrupted her. "How can we be confident? The developer hired the most famous lawyer in the industry, Aveya Hudson. How could we win agai
Claire looked at the phone and was in a dilemma. She knew there wasn’t any hope left on Athena’s side, so what should she do next?A hundred possibilities flashed through Claire’s mind. In the end, she couldn’t make up her mind. However, she believed that justice would always prevail over evil. She couldn’t do anything excessive to those evil developers, right? However, the situation wasn’t as simple as Claire had thought. While Claire was thinking of a plan, a piece of sad news came. The workers had found out that Athena decided to push off this case. Instantly, they were in despair and lost all confidence.Claire knew how chaotic it must be right now, but she couldn’t figure out what to do and was overwhelmed. For the whole morning, Claire felt breathless, and she had a feeling that something bad would happen. She forced herself to cheer up and quickly thought of a plan.At the start, Claire only decided to help them out of pity. Now, she felt it was her duty to help out these w
"I don’t care who you are. However, you’re a man with responsibility. If you jump down, you’ll get nothing good out of it. Only if you live can you have a chance to change your fate. Mr. Lucas and I, as well as everyone in the Marquez group, will make sure all of you get the justice you deserve!"The guy on top of the building seemed to calm down. Claire quickly said, "Please believe me. I will pay for your child’s medical expenses first. I will also make sure your money will be returned to you. You only have one life. Please come down."The worker was much calmer and seemed to see hope. Still, he was in doubt. "Really?""Yes. Mr. Lucas is here to make sure it will happen. Please believe us." Claire pulled Brian over and shouted. At this moment, she knew it would be the most convincing to use Brian because he was the manager. The worker on top seemed to have grabbed the last straw and knelt down crying. Finally, the crowd saw that he had no intention of jumping and quickly went to
However, Claire could understand. It would be exhausting if Aveya had to meet everyone when they came to her door. So, she sighed and continued to talk to the receptionist. "Miss, could you please tell Ms. Hudson that a lady called Claire Weiss wants to meet her? Please."The receptionist looked at her in doubt and was reluctant to do as she said, but she still picked up the phone and called Aveya's office."You're Claire Weiss?" Suddenly someone spoke behind Claire, which gave her a shock.Claire looked back and saw a woman that she didn't recognize. The woman was elegant and charming. "You are?" Claire tentatively asked."You're Claire Weiss." The woman didn't answer her. Instead, she continued to ask Claire and stared at her. Claire frowned and was slightly displeased with her reaction. She nodded. "Yes. I'm Claire Weiss."After hearing Claire's answer, the woman had a weird expression. Then, she extended her hand and shook Claire's hand while looking at her. It turned out
Hattie looked extremely sincere in her pleading. However, when Sofia did not answer or even look at her, she began to lose confidence. Sofia's face was impassive. "Hattie, I've known you since you were a baby, but I can't help you with this. Please leave." She did not want to discuss the other stuff with her yet.However, Hattie was obstinate. She looked at her with tears in her eyes. "Aunt Sofia, please, please help me. I know it's not much trouble for you, but it can save our entire family. You've always been so kind to me. I promise that the Snyder family will repay you for your kindness!"Hearing this, Sofia felt uncomfortable. She raised her head and gazed at her coldly. "In this case, Hattie, I'll tell you why I won't help you," she said impatiently. "Do you really not know what you've done? I won't say it, but I know exactly what you've done to Ollie. You deserve everything that's happening to you now."Hattie widened her eyes, partly in shock and partly in disbelief when she h
Javier paused outside the door and waited until Claire left before giving his subordinates a look. They understood perfectly and grabbed Chantelle at once.As Javier had ordered, they were to send this woman abroad as far away as possible and leave her to fend for herself.Outside the hotel, Claire looked up at the sky blankly. She felt like a huge burden had been taken off her shoulders; for the first time in a long time, she felt relieved of all the hurt that she had suffered five years ago. Turning back, she told Javier, "Thank you, Javier, for allowing me to face my fears. I feel so relieved now."Javier's expression fell when he heard her thank him. He tapped her on the nose fondly in exasperation. "What are you talking about? Of course, I won't let those who hurt you get off so easily. They have to pay for what they have done."Claire was touched to see him so protective of her. A surge of warmness spread in her chest as she gazed at him fondly. "I'm lucky to have you, Javier."T
That was all Armand could think of.In just a few minutes, Chantelle admitted to everything she had done to Claire over the past few years.From drugging Claire out of jealousy and getting a stranger to assault her to getting Liam to banish her abroad, she admitted to everything. Claire knew some of them, but not all; only now did she know the extent of her crimes.When she was finished, everyone in the room sported conflicting expressions. Liam looked especially hurt and remorseful. It turned out that his younger daughter had always been evil, and he had wrongfully blamed Claire for all these years.Armand, on the other hand, didn't know how to feel about all this. He glanced at Claire and Javier. He felt that he really didn't deserve Claire, after all he had done. He had thought Chantelle to be kind and naive and had trusted her blindly to the point that he almost married her.Thank goodness the wedding didn't happen. Even so, he had lost Claire thanks to this. It made him regret eve
If Chantelle told Claire the truth about what happened that night, then there would be nothing stopping her from having a happily-ever-after with Javier.Back then, driven by jealousy, she had drugged Claire and put her in Javier's bed without their consent. She had planned all of this out herself meticulously. She had gotten Armand to catch Claire in the act so that he would call off the engagement and be with her instead. Liam banished Claire abroad to fend for herself. However, if she had known that the random stranger she had arranged to assault Claire was Javier, she never would've done it.Even so, it was a perfect plan worthy of a blockbuster film. Claire and Javier never found out the truth, nor did they know that Ollie was actually Javier's son.It took them two years of skirting around each other only to find out that they were meant to be in the first place. Now that the truth was out, Claire would not settle for prison as a punishment for the cause of all her suffering. Sh
After a lot of persuasion, Claire and Sofia finally managed to get Ollie to agree to stay in the hospital for another three days.Of course, three days weren't enough. Sofia and Pedro tried everything they could to convince Ollie to stay in the hospital for as long as possible.However, Ollie was smart enough to see through their ruse. He felt guilty when he saw them trying to cajole him into staying, so one day, after another attempt, he spoke up hesitantly, "Grandma, Grandpa, I'm glad that you're trying to keep me happy, and I'm touched that you're concerned about me, but I've been in the hospital for too long and it's making me sad. I promise that I'll listen to the doctor even when I'm at home, okay?" Under his bright, clear gaze, Sofia's protests died in her throat, leaving only exasperation and wordless sorrow.Ollie was too mature for his age. How could they not love him?Therefore, Ollie got his wish and was discharged three days later. In order to take care of Ollie, Sofia an
Hearing this, Javier narrowed his eyes. He felt like he was on the verge of grasping something, but the feeling passed too quickly for him to register it. Softening his tone, he said, "There's no need to be scared, Ollie. We're all right here with you. We'll protect you no matter what happens. Can you tell me what you remembered?"Ollie might have regained his memories from before he'd been drugged.Buoyed by the encouragement, Ollie thought hard for a moment and said with a frown, "I … I remember a lady beating me. She locked me up and didn't let me eat anything while saying bad things about me and Mommy all the time. I wanted to fight back, but I was too weak. After I tried to run, she caught me and beat me up some more and forced me to eat food off the floor." Toward the end of this, Ollie burst into tears.Claire's heart hurt for him. She wanted to hug him, but Javier got there first."Tell me, Ollie, do you know her name?" Javier's voice was thick with tears as well. "Do you remem
With that, Henry threw a glance at the rest of the employees and hurried them out. He also dragged Raina and Thomas out with him, leaving only Claire and Javier's parents to keep him company.Since it was only a small procedure for Javier, he did not get a lot of anesthesia. He tried to wriggle his body a little. Realizing what he was doing, Claire quickly helped him sit up.Javier did not look like he had just come out of surgery. Thanks to his strong physique, he looked fine.Seeing this, Sofia finally eased up a little on her worries. "How are you feeling, Javier?"Javier shook his head. "I'm fine, Mom. I just need some rest. How about Ollie? Did they say when he'll wake up?" He already knew that the surgery was a success, so he wanted to know when he would be able to see Ollie."Randy said that Ollie will be out for some time, but he's fine," Claire replied. Javier nodded. He, too, finally eased up on the tight knot of worry that was weighing his chest.Once he was sure that Javie
The surgery took three hours.As time went by, Claire got more and more anxious. However, there was nothing she could do but wait.In the end, Sofia was the first to crack. She went up to Claire and said anxiously, "Claire, are you sure that Dr. Xenos is good? It's been three hours, why aren't they out yet? I have a bad feeling about this."Claire wasn't exactly relaxed either, but she didn't show it. She gathered her thoughts and comforted Sofia. "Everything will be fine, Mrs. Marquez. Randy is a well-known surgeon, I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Don't worry." She wanted to reach out to comfort her, but in the end, she just sat there with an awkward expression. This was probably how their relationship would be in the foreseeable future—awkward and distant.Pedro watched their interaction with an air of knowingness. "Stop crying, Sofia," he said. "They're fine, you don't have to cry about them. Claire's still pregnant, don't upset her."Sofia was about to get angry about his admoni
At that, Javier narrowed his eyes dangerously.The Weiss family wasn't in a stable condition right now, so it wouldn't be hard for him to take revenge on Claire's behalf. Now that he knew the truth of what had happened, he had to find a way to punish the perpetrators.The news that Ollie was Javier's biological son quickly spread, especially after Sofia held a party in celebration. In fact, it made headlines the day before Ollie's scheduled surgery.Javier wasn't surprised about it. He had been looking for an opportunity to announce it to the public so that there wouldn't be unsightly rumors that would affect Claire. Claire, on the other hand, felt a little uncomfortable about the announcement. After all, she had always been a private person; she didn't want anyone to disturb her peaceful life.After a while, though, she got used to it.The most important contributor to this was that it benefited Ollie. From now on, he wasn't a fatherless child anymore. He could tell anyone who would l