When Florence saw the video, her teeth almost ground to dust. Her obsession with Patrick had reached a demonic level, and seeing the related news under the video only made it worse: “Pansy Group CEO and Star Entertainment CEO will hold an engagement ceremony next month.”
Florence immediately turned pale and became agitated. Without hesitation, she closed the webpage and angrily slammed her hand on the table.
Peter heard the noise and walked in, looking at his sister with concern. He knew Florence’s emotions were unstable, so all he could do was take care of her as best he could.
“Florence, what’s wrong?”
“Brother.” Florence sat in a chair, staring at her computer desktop. After saying that word again with a pause in between, she turned to look at Peter. “This time you have to help me. Patrick is going to marry that bitch! You have to help me!”
“Patrick?” When Peter heard this name, alarm bells rang loudly in his head. He had tried more than once to persuade Florence to let go of Patrick and Jane because they were not people they could afford to provoke but Florence never listened.
In time he realized there was nothing he could do about it.
“Hmm.” Florence nodded heavily and spoke through gritted teeth, “He’s going to hold an engagement ceremony with Jane next month! Brother, now I only have you left! You must help me stop them from getting engaged!”
Peter was stunned for a moment as he looked at Florence without speaking for a long time. He didn’t know what kind of spell Patrick had cast on her that made her so obsessed with him like this; besides this wasn’t something he wanted or should agree upon, but seeing how crazy Florence looked right now… he couldn’t bring himself not helping out either, lest she did something drastic like suicide or self-harm.
He promised their mother that he would take good care of his sister after all.
Finally biting down hard on his lip, Peter answered firmly, “Then… let me think about it some more but you can’t cause any trouble okay? Do you understand?”
Hearing Peter agree finally loosened up Florence’s expression somewhat, revealing an excited smile while madness glinted faintly within her eyes.
“Brother, why don’t you try to pursue Jane, or even drug her? The Pansy family cares a lot about whether their future daughter-in-law is from a respectable background. Besides, Mrs. Pansy doesn’t like Jane. If you can sleep with her and let the people from the Pansy family find out, then she probably won’t be able to marry Patrick anymore. Patrick won’t want her either. Isn’t that good?”
“You-” Peter didn’t expect Florence to say such things and was momentarily speechless. He looked confused and bewildered in his eyes as he couldn’t understand why Florence would turn herself into this for Patrick.
Even asking him to sleep with Jane.
But-
Peter fell silent, and Florence became anxious when she saw this. She hurriedly grabbed Peter’s wrist and looked at him earnestly, “I really like him, brother. Can you help me?”
Looking at his sister’s appearance, Peter finally softened his heart and nodded reluctantly saying, “Okay, I promise to help you with this favor but you can’t cause any trouble in the future.”
“Okay.”
Florence nodded eagerly; as long as she could get Patrick back no matter what!
The next day Peter went straight to Star Entertainment looking for Jane.
In the CEO’s office:
“Mr. Doyle hello,” Jane was taken aback when she saw Peter but politely shook hands with him; although she had no good feelings towards Florence, towards Peter, it was just normal since his biggest mistake was spoiling his sister too much.
But since he came here, there must be a reason for it so there wasn’t any reason not to see him.
“Miss North,” replied Peter shaking hands briefly before sitting down on the sofa opposite her desk after adjusting his suit jacket while Jane sat beside him.
“What brings you here today?”
“Well…” After pondering for a moment, Peter spoke up, “My company also wants to expand into film industry recently. I have seen some of your company’s new TV dramas which are very impressive so I also want to invest in one of them. It will be an ancient costume drama based on time travel theme. The script is being written by someone already. I would like your company come supervise this drama. Miss North, what do you think?”
Jane was a bit surprised.
In her impression, Peter had never been involved in the film and television industry before. However, there were many companies in the industry that had been around longer than Star Entertainment, so it was quite unexpected for Peter to approach them.
But Jane just kept these thoughts to herself. After pondering for a while, she agreed.
“Okay, if you’re interested, we can give it a try. But after your script is finished on your end, show it to me first so we can continue with the contract details.”
“Great.” Peter smiled and his eyes sparkled warmly.
“We will definitely bring the script over. I’m looking forward to your response.”
“If you’re willing to personally produce this drama series and once it airs, I am willing to put Star Entertainment as the first production company credit on screen and your company’s film platform will have exclusive broadcasting rights for this drama series.”
This was an incredibly generous offer from Peter. Although Jane had some doubts in her mind about this deal, since she started her own company now, she also considered its benefits as a businesswoman. Since Peter offered such favorable terms, why not give it a try?
The Waters family.
“Nana, how are you feeling today?” Carl sat next to Nana with concern written all over his face.
After the previous incident, although Nana managed to save the child, she remained in the hospital for almost half a month. After daily examinations by the doctors, she was finally discharged when it was confirmed that both mother and child were safe. Mrs. Waters, feeling remorseful, promptly welcomed Nana into the Waters family, fearing any further mishaps.
Hearing Carl’s words, Nana smiled and shook her head. “It’s okay. The doctors said I’m fine, and besides, I’ve been at your home these past few days. There’s nothing to worry about. You don’t need to fret over me.”
Even though she said this, Carl, recalling the previous incident at the hospital, still felt lingering fear. He had pursued Nana with great difficulty and didn’t want to lose her.
“Now that I’m the child’s father, and you’ve agreed to marry me after much effort, as the head of the family, I must protect both of you and ensure you’re not harmed in any way.”
“Alright, alright. Let’s talk about this later. Come on, Nana, have this bowl of soup first.”