The butler, seeing such an Edward Ford for the first time, was unable to utter half a word at once.
Edward Ford was caught up in self-judgement and soon, he shook his head and quickly withdrew his hand to meet the butler’s gaze.
“No, I didn’t do anything wrong!”
“Mr Ford ……”
“Everything I did was for Elena’s future, I wanted her to stay by my side, wanted her to be in my world all the time, nothing could happen to her, I was doing what was best for her ……”
He was right, he wasn’t wrong at all ……
“Mr Ford!” The butler couldn’t help but look at him in fear again, “No, you are wrong, you are wrong to interfere too much , even if Miss Elena is your daughter, her love is free and she should be ……”
“She has always been free! But her trying to try to get away from me was the biggest mistake of all!” Edward Ford retorted hysterically.
In his perception, the world was too realistic, too much at stake, and she would only make herself suffer and surely regret it if she continued.
So, all he did was to protect her and to let her live without fear ……
He was right!
Edward Ford did not give the housekeeper any more time to say anything, and alone he made up his mind about everything, not to mention allowing anyone to refute it.
The butler involuntarily lifted his hand and clapped the top of his head, and indescribable emotions welled up in his chest.
He even thought that Edward Ford was sick and that was why he was saying these things, which no one in their right mind would think. But he was different, his world view made him think that it was best to keep Elena Bush within his visible reach.
But he was wrong. ……
The butler was about to say something else when Edward Ford cut him off and said coldly, “Enough! I’ve sorted this out and don’t let me hear you mention it again!”
He knew what he was going to say, so he blocked out everything he had to say before he could do so.
The butler closed his eyes deeply, utterly powerless, and he couldn’t help but smile, “Yes, Mr Ford is right about everything.”
Edward Ford rubbed his sore brow, then changed the subject, “Where is my assistant? Have him come and see me.”
“He?” The butler thought back carefully, “I haven’t seen him since Miss Elena arrived at the hospital, perhaps he’s still dealing with the company.”
“Company?” Edward Ford grinned, “Tell him to come and see me now, I’ll see if it’s more important to deal with the company or me!”
The butler sniffed and left nodding without further hesitation, “Yes! I will go and arrange for him to come and see you now.”
Edward Ford heard this and only then did he hook a smile of satisfaction and watched him leave.
Edward Ford booked a separate room in the hospital with its own lounge and went to the lounge himself first, he was thoroughly tired after a whole day of stress and it was just getting light at this moment, making him completely defeated by fatigue.
His body had just fallen into bed when sleep struck him, making it impossible to lift his heavy eyelids.
When he woke up again, there was a person standing dutifully in front of his bed, causing him to open his eyes for a moment and be so startled that he bounced to a sitting position.
It was only when he had steadied himself that he spoke with a slight sigh of relief, “When did you get here, and why didn’t you wake me up!”
“I’m sorry.” The assistant was apologetic, “I saw that President Ford had already fallen asleep when I first arrived, so I didn’t dare to disturb him and waited on the sidelines.”
Edward Ford couldn’t help but scratch his hair and quickly recovered his spirits, “Did Jacob contact you again after that?”
“Mr Jacob?”
“Who else but him?” Edward Ford said, “I tell you, no matter what, I will get him, and if I fail, I will hold you accountable!”
The assistant hung his head and didn’t say a word.
As the minutes passed, Edward Ford’s heart grew restless, “What’s going on? Is it possible that Jacob is going back on his word?”
“No.”
“Then what’s the point, just say so!”
“I sent two people to Jacob found out, contacted me today and said …… if you want to know his answer then you can ask President Ford to make an appointment yourself, no need to sneak around and find someone to watch, also, and …… Tell the people who went there to come back and all ……”
“What about all of them?”
Edward Ford nearly went mad at his big breathless words, and his head went into a tizzy.
The assistant heard the displeasure in his words and spoke up, “The two men sent to spy on Jacob were fine when they were sent there, but now they are ……”
“Already, all of them are not good, the doctor said, those injuries are all from punches and kicks, and the bruises on that body are all from the same person ……”
After saying that, the assistant was already the first to get scared, “President Ford, Jacob already knows our intentions, should we continue to have people watching him? But if …… the same thing happens again, what should we do?”
At that, Edward Ford immediately plucked out a glance at him, “Are you belittling our ability!”
If it were any other day, there is no way that such a thing would have happened, but it was because he was so concerned about Jacob that the other party was able to detect it.
The assistant couldn’t stand up straight at his words, so he just looked down at the floor and didn’t say anything for a long time.
With a look of impatience on his face, Edward Ford waved his hands off and said, “Forget it, I don’t care!”
He bellowed, then continued, “You contact Jacob, I want to know everything about him in the shortest possible time, and I want to be sure he’s on my side!”
“Yes.” The assistant had a confident face, “Don’t worry President Ford, I can definitely do this little thing.”
It was just a test of Jacob’s loyalty to Edward Ford, not a difficult task.
Edward Ford gave him a suspicious look, obviously not trusting him.
The assistant was a little embarrassed by what he saw and couldn’t help but shrink his head.
“Then President Ford, I’ll go out now, I’ll see you when I have news.”
“Wait!”
At those words, the assistant stopped and turned around, “What else does President Ford want?”
Edward Ford narrowed his eyes dangerously, a flash of hostility, “How has the company been these past two days? Have you settled everything clean from before?”