“Because I love you and don’t want you to suffer any grievances.”
…
Janine waited in silence. She did not accept nor insist on rejecting the $15,000,000 Eropah dollars of investment
Hannah offered. She wanted to wait for the latter to expose herself.
Zephyr was like his mother. He kept waiting. Once the other party’s patience ran out, they would naturally expose
themselves. This was especially after he received Nicholas’ call.
“The person you asked me to check the other time, I got it!”
“Mm.” Zephyr lowered his voice. “What’s the situation?”
Nicholas’ power was not in Melorian, but he had friends in gangs abroad, so he was able to find things out.
“You said that there’s a boss around Melorian with a deep, grating voice? That’s Cuck Cole!”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What?” Zephyr nearly spat his coffee.
“Hahaha, it’s said that people in the gangs call him that!” Nicholas said with a chuckle, “His real name’s Chuck Cole,
and he is coincidentally from Centrolis. He went to Ricos, then to Melorian after failing to establish himself there…
He does everything abominable and seems to be on money laundering recently!”
Zephyr nodded and had his guess.
“Where did he get so much money from?”
“Illegal money, duh. Where else?” Nicholas snorted. “It’s said that he’s only made it and gotten rich by depending
on a woman!”
Zephyr frowned. “Nicholas, how do you all go about this money laundering business?”
“Hey, hey, hey, I’ve quit. Don’t get me involved!” Nicholas coughed. “But there are many ways to do it…
Investment is one! Invest the illegal money, and it’s legal when it comes back!”
“What?”
Investment? Investing in film production was one too, then?
Zephyr felt odd instantly.
…
Aurelia stayed many days in the villa. She felt very secure since James could It was just too bad that the b*stard had
still taken her money in the metal box…
Her heart ached about it. She had long spotted a course in the fashion school and saved up more than half a year
to pay the registration fee.
She had not mentioned it to anyone and stayed cheerful, doing house chores in the villa like the other maids.
Everyone in the villa liked her.
Aurelia was mowing grass in the yard when the doorbell rang. She ran over to see that it was a middle-aged
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwoman, who sized her up not very friendlily and said smugly, “I’m here for Cordelia!”
“She’s resting upstairs,” Aurelia replied politely. “May I know who you—”
Before she finished, the woman shoved her away impatiently.
“Hey, you can’t just go in like this!” Aurelia went forward to pull her but stumbled from being pushed.
“Where do you come from? How dare you lay your dirty hand on me? Open your cheap eyes! I’m Mrs. Baker!
Zephyr Hamerton’s aunt!”
Aurelia froze.
Hannah scoffed and continued to go inside but acted like a different person once she was in there. She called out
warmly downstairs, “Cordelia! My darling Cordelia, are you home? I’m here to visit, hahaha…”
Aurelia felt her ears pop. The woman’s voice she heard when she was abducted the other day rang in her head
clearly—”Darling, are you inside? I’m here!”
Her heart thumped as she inched closer behind Hannah, keeping a close eye on her back.