Upon hearing these words, Jane suppressed her inner anger and stepped forward to apologize to Issac. “I’m sorry, Issac. It’s my fault. I didn’t take good care of Melissa, which led to the accident. I’m truly ashamed.”
Apologizing was merely a superficial gesture. In reality, Jane wanted to obtain first-hand information and make Melissa admit everything in person.
Patrick chimed in from the side, “Why not let Jane go and see?”
Issac couldn’t say much in this situation, so he simply waved his hand at Jane.
Thus, Jane smoothly entered the intensive care unit. Seeing Melissa with tubes all over her body, weak and frail, Jane couldn’t summon any sympathy.
If Issac knew that all of this was Melissa’s doing, how disappointed he would be.
“Why did you come?” Melissa weakly replied.
Through the glass, Issac and the others could only see Jane and Melissa conversing but couldn’t hear what they were saying.
“You played the ‘Make a Cunning Gateway’ trick quite well. It’s as if my company mistreated you. Do you think I’d believe that?” Jane didn’t want to beat around the bush. They were all intelligent people, and directness was better.
“What do you mean by that? Are you saying that I brought this upon myself?” Melissa shouted at Jane with all her remaining strength.
“To undermine my position in this family, to destroy me, you resorted to such methods to achieve your goal and ruin a family. Do you think what you did is honorable?”
Upon hearing this, Melissa knew that Jane must have learned the truth.
“As long as I can defeat you, I’m willing to do anything,” Melissa had dreamed countless times of becoming the person by Patrick’s side, rather than Jane.
He had countless times wanted to replace Jane.
During her time abroad, she had studied hard and built up her strength for this very purpose.
Now that she had finally returned and witnessed their affectionate appearance, she felt a twinge of jealousy.
“Now that you’ve admitted it, there’s no need for me to ask anything else, right? Take care of your health.” Jane quietly turned off the recording function on her phone.
After all, she had obtained what she wanted. She walked out of the ward, pretending to look pitiful.
“Melissa looks really pitiful. You should go and see her.”
Issac walked straight in.
“I think you should compensate her properly. After all, she helped take care of your children for such a long time, and this incident happened in your company. In a situation like this, if our own family members don’t step forward to resolve the public opinion, your company will likely have a hard time surviving,” Beatrice casually remarked, as if she hoped for Jane to face trouble.
“Are you suggesting that my company should be in trouble? Should we apologize to Melissa?” Since Jane had already obtained what she wanted, there was no need to argue with them.
“With something happening in your company, and it happening under your jurisdiction, don’t you think you should take responsibility?” Beatrice’s words caught Jane’s attention.
Furthermore, Jane felt that Melissa couldn’t have accomplished this on her own. She didn’t have the power or ability. There must have been Beatrice’s assistance in the middle of it.
“Since you put it that way, my company will hold a press conference this afternoon. Make sure to pay attention,” Jane replied, no longer wanting to argue.
Jane didn’t want to argue anymore.
“Is it too risky to hold a press conference at this time? We haven’t received the results from Patrick’s investigation yet! The company’s actions are too significant.”
“I thought you were speechless. When others bully me like this, you can’t even say a word. Is this how you protect your family?”
Jane seemed to release all her grievances at once.
Beatrice, feeling unhappy, retorted, “You owe an apology to the entire family. Why are you taking out all your anger on my son?”
Originally, Beatrice didn’t like Jane. Although she gave birth to twins and had four children in total, she never met Beatrice’s expectations of an ideal daughter-in-law.
“This is between Patrick and me. It has nothing to do with you.”
Jane knew that if they continued their conversation, it would likely escalate the conflict even further, possibly leading to a full-blown war.
A nurse hurried over, saying, “This is the intensive care unit. Please lower your voices so as not to disturb the patients.”
Both Beatrice and Jane sat silently beside each other.
Patrick approached and gently patted Jane’s shoulder. “Are you sure about holding a press conference?”
Jane nodded again.
“I’ll go with you.”
Jane wasn’t particularly pleased by his offer, but she didn’t want Patrick to find out about everything Melissa had done in advance.
“No need. We will handle our company’s affairs internally. You don’t need to worry about it, boss.”
After saying that, she turned around and left.
“Just look at the way she behaves. Clearly disrespecting us. I say it’s better to divorce her,” Beatrice said, only to see her son’s expression change immediately.
“If you continue to disregard respect for elders and say unnecessary things, I’ll have no choice but to send you back overseas.”
Patrick wasn’t being polite to his mother.
And Beatrice was particularly afraid of her son.
“You will regret defending a woman like this sooner or later.”
Patrick saw her leave and quickly caught up. Jane was driving ahead, with him following behind. The two of them arrived at the company together.
“Why are you following me all the time?”
Jane walked up to his car as soon as she got out and tapped on the window.
“You don’t need to worry about it.” Patrick responded coldly and bypassed her, heading into the elevator.
Meanwhile, the reporters outside were already prepared and waiting for the company to open its doors.
Jane’s colleagues in the PR department were assisting her, preparing the speech and helping to clarify the rumors surrounding the company.
The two of them entered the conference room.
This was Patrick’s first time attending after the incident occurred.
The colleagues in the PR department were all somewhat surprised.
But they were more envious of the bond between the two of them. Only Jane knew the reasons behind it all.
“I don’t need these speeches, and I certainly don’t need these empty words. Just make sure you control the journalists, and leave the rest to me.”
Jane had long been prepared to handle such situations, and she was more than capable.
“Prepare the company’s PR statements and release them immediately after the press conference. Make sure they stand out among the others.”