NovelEnglishChapter 274 "What? A coincidence?" "I myself was also attending a company dinner here," Xavier explained.
It was the truth. He'd just been coming out of the restroom, when he caught sight of Willow coming in. Curious, he'd followed her to her table, which was how he'd been there to witness Yelena's abuse against her.
Unwilling to let that stand, he'd gotten involved.
Willow considered this a moment, then said, "You'd better get back in there, then. I'll find my own way back." She placed a hand on the door handle meaningfully, indicating that he should unlock it for her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Never mind, the director of human resources will handle things. Anyway, it's hardly even my company anymore..." This gave Willow pause. "What do you mean?" Xavier leaned back upon the seat, folding his hands behind his head. "You haven't heard?" He turned to look at her.
"About what?" Willow was completely bewildered.
"Goodwill Technologies has been bought over by my Uncle Jasper." "When did that happen?" Willow burbled, in shock and confusion.
"The day before yesterday, when he snatched you back to be his secretary." Willow's eyes flew wide with surprise.
But then she remembered asking Tyson about this: Could employees really be transferred between separate companies this easily? Tyson's answer was that it was as easy as the boss wanting it to be so.
She didn't understand his meaning, at the time. With this new information from Xavier, she finally got it: Once Hughes Corporation acquired Goodwill Technologies, all their assets basically belonged to Jasper Hughes. In that case, shifting one employee around was nothing at all.
It was no less of a revelation than when she discovered that he was the father of her four children.
Swallowing down a sudden gob of cold spit, Willow said, "You're all family. It shouldn't matter who owns the business." "It matters!" Xavier declared, suddenly sober. "I built Goodwill Technologies from the ground up, all by myself! The Hughes family had absolutely nothing to do with my success! Uncle Jasper took it from met Although he paida handssum for it... that company really meant a lot to me! It broke my heart to lose it like this-but Uncle Jasper had to have it, no matter what! I just don't understand what he's after... could it really have only been for the sake of getting his hands on you?" Xavier turned to give Willow a look of accusation, and... scrutiny? As though trying to find ssort of clue in her expression...
She averted her eyes, hesitating for a moment before saying, "Your Uncle Jasper is an eccentric fellow, who can say what goes on in that mind of his? What I know is that I'm just an ordinary person-certainly not worth a whole company!" Xavier considered this. "You're right. Uncle Jasper has always been a mystery to everyone else: unpredictable, unfathomable, a
regularly given to drastic action. However, every decision he's made so far, every asset he's acquired, has bolstered the capabilities of Hughes Corporation. That's how the family business grew into a major player at the national level-as well as the international level-in just a few short years under his management."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThis was the first tWillow had ever heard Xavier talking so much about Jasper. She kne ne knew he wasm e someone special, but she hadn't realized he was this amazing... who knew that the CEO of Hughes Corporation might be a business manager of such high caliber? What did that make her, in his eyes? Just another asset to be acquired? Had he performed an aggressive take- over to make her his woman?
All because he'd taken her virginity, that night five years ago... and now he wanted her all to himself, so that no other man would even be allowed to cnear her, ever again? Her future seemed bleak. She couldn't imagine the cruel fate that awaited her, at the end of this road. She shivered, consumed with despair.
"Whatever your Uncle Jasper's motivations, your guess is as good as mine. It's late, now. I wanna go home. Please open the door so I can leave," she reasoned with him.
At this point, it still wasn't such a big deal, two people chatting in the backseat of a car.
"I'll drive you home," Xavier declared, making to open the door so that he could move over to the driver's seat in front.
However, it occurred to him that doing this might also allow Willow to get out of the car and escape. What would he do, then?
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