Mia widened her eyes, “I initially thought of going to such places to hook a wealthy man as my backing. But now, I have Jasper. Once we get married, I’ll be the mistress of The Reid family in the upper echelons of the capital. If I get involved in this kind of scandal, how can I continue in that circle?”
“Right now, Mia, the only way to quickly get tens or even hundreds of millions is through this method. Rest assured, the confidentiality agreements there are impeccable. No one will find out.”
As time passed second by second, Scarlett’s consolation gradually swayed Mia. Besides, Jasper believed that Mia’s first time was with him. Even if she slept with someone else once or twice, she wouldn’t be found out.
“Mom, you can arrange for it. When I was out of the hospital, I will tell Jasper to go out for a few days.”
…
Scarlett nodded happily, thinking that since they were taking this path, they might as well make the most of it.
Five minutes later, Evelyn received a one million transfer. As agreed, she promptly blocked and deleted all trending news messages.
Zane, watching those messages disappear, exploded, “Who’s so unethical, helping to destroy evidence!”
“If I find out who it is, I’ll make sure to beat them up,” he continued to rant.
Evelyn sighed, then slowly walked over. Seizing the moment when he wasn’t paying attention, she suddenly stepped on Zane’s foot.
“Ouch! Evelyn, it hurts! Let go, it’s going to break!”
“I thought you were so engrossed in cursing someone that you forgot about the pain.”
“What?”
Zane said, “I was cursing that person who helped Mia and her mother clean up the messages. What’s it to you?”
“The messages were deleted by me. Do you have a problem with that?”
Zane, without much thought, frantically shook his head.
“But, don’t you have a grudge against them?” Zane questioned.
“When someone pays, it’s all about prioritizing money,” Evelyn raised an eyebrow, chuckling, “But I only promised to help clear things up, I didn’t promise any post-sales service, Understand?”
Zane was a bit dazed before finally nodding, “I think I get it now.”
He found the young model, posted another message, and together with Luke, contacted several influential accounts to push Scarlett’s scandal to its peak again.
This time, they left no chance for Scarlett to react, and she was directly exposed by netizens.
“Look what I found. Scarlett turns out to be Mia’s mother. Seems like she’s also a homewrecker? With her cunning, her daughter can’t be any good either.”
“I’ve sensed Mia’s shady nature for a long time. On the surface, they appear to be close sisters, but behind the scenes, who knows how they’re scheming against Evelyn.”
“Mia is probably going to come out and explain again, saying it was all her mother’s unilateral decision. Ugh…”
After this wave of scathing comments, Evelyn’s inbox was flooded with messages.
Evelyn, not bothering to read them, shut down her computer and headed back to the villa.
Henry was already home, sitting on the sofa. When he saw her, his gaze darkened, and there was an indiscernible complexity in his eyes.
“Dr. Evelyn is back at last.”
Evelyn’s eyes flickered as she quickened her pace, “If I know you’re at home, I’ll definitely fly back at rocket speed.”
Henry responded with a low “Hmm,” and his gaze became serious.
“Ethi…”
Evelyn forced an awkward smile, subconsciously glancing at his buttocks, and she slowly turned toward David.
David, “…” She couldn’t blame him for leaking the information. After all, boss wasn’t without a sense of pain, and that long needle… thrusting deeply into the flesh, who wouldn’t feel pain?
Watching Evelyn approach step by step, David suddenly recoiled backward, “Boss, there’s still work at the company. I need to rush back for overtime.”
“Just as the Madam is back, I won’t disturb you two,” he said hastily and fled the villa.
Evelyn silently cursed his lack of loyalty, then put down her bag and slowly approached Henry.
“Is Ellis asleep?”
Henry’s cold gaze swept across her face, as if telling her that changing the topic had failed.
Seeing her distressed expression, he reached out, and pulled her into his arms.
“Studied nursing?” he asked.
“Just a little, just a little,” Evelyn glanced at him nervously, “The situation was so urgent at that time, I had no choice but to… to treat you.”
“You won’t blame me, will you?”
Henry thought for a moment. “No.”
Evelyn: “…” No blame? Why did she have this tiny bit of disbelief?
Evelyn swallowed nervously, “Are you sure?”
“Sure.” Henry stood up, “It’s very late. Let’s go upstairs and sleep.”
Looking at the just-set sun outside, Evelyn was vigilant. She slowly moved away from him.
Just as she was about to retreat to a safe distance, her wrist suddenly tightened, as if it was being clamped by pliers, and she couldn’t move. This was clearly the prelude to revenge.
Evelyn blinked, wondering how to break free. The continuous approaching footsteps were like a savior, forcing Henry to let go.
Ellis ran over quickly, stopping in front of them. Curiously, he asked, “Are you guys fighting?”
Evelyn shook her head.
“Is it Uncle who’s hitting you?” Ellis glared at Henry with annoyance, “As a man, how can you hit a girl? I look down on you.”
Henry looked at Evelyn, attempting to let her explain.
At this moment, Evelyn leaned leisurely on the sofa, her eyes lowered, and her hand covering the wrist that had just been pulled.
Ellis stepped forward, pouted, and blew on Evelyn’s wrist twice. Then, with a “snap,” he threw two slices of potato onto the coffee table.
“If Uncle is so bad, I won’t let you use this.”
Potato slices! Use?
Evelyn asked, “Baby, how do you use these potato slices?”
“When Ellis gets a shot, Grandma always puts potato slices on my butt. It’s cool, and it doesn’t hurt anymore.”
Evelyn continued, “Are these potato slices prepared for Uncle?”
“Yes.” The little guy nodded, “But Ellis won’t let bad people use them. Bad people should feel pain.”
Seeing this, Evelyn laughed.
Even though they hadn’t met, Evelyn found the idea of the “grandma” endearing. Glancing at Henry’s extremely dark expression, Evelyn laughed and explained for him, “Baby, Uncle didn’t bully me. How about we still let him use these potato slices, okay?”
Henry was speechless.
After a moment of contemplation, Ellis reluctantly nodded, “Okay.”
“Auntie, if you’re being forced, make sure to blink at Ellis. Ellis will call Dad, and we’ll go to M country.”
“Sure, with how cute you are, Auntie will definitely go with you.”
Henry’s gloomy gaze swept over. Ellis immediately stood between them, “No glaring at Auntie.”
“Kid.” Henry picked him up, “It’s time for you to sleep.”
“I’ll sleep, but Auntie has to sleep with me.”
“Okay, I will accompany you.” Seizing the chance before Henry could react, she grabbed Ellis and ran back to the room.
…
In one night, the reputation of ‘Glory’ soared rapidly, ranking third on the game charts. Winter couldn’t sit still.
As soon as Evelyn arrived at the company, he rushed into her office impatiently, “Evelyn, are you fucking with me? Do you dare say you didn’t release those messages?”
He held up evidence from Twitter. “Is this not proof? Do you have anything to say?”
“Why is that considered evidence?” Evelyn raised an eyebrow. “Can’t I adopt a new PR strategy?”
“I just didn’t refute the information that the little model leaked. Did I admit to it?”
“You… are you trying to back out again?” Winter gritted his teeth, “With ‘Glory’ making so much profit now, I have contributed half, so the dividends…”
Evelyn interrupted, “Give you half?”
“In light of your cooperation, I won’t take sixty or seventy percent. Fifty-fifty is good, fifty-fifty.”
He looked as if it was only fair, almost making Evelyn nauseous, “Winter, why are you so shameless?” Evelyn’s eyes turned cold, “This wave of profits was earned by me. What does it have to do with you?”
“Are you my son? Do you need me to cover your losses?”
Winter trembled with anger, “You, you…”
“I don’t have time for you. Get out.” With that, she directly threw Winter out.
Gavin also sent a message, asking her to report to the headquarters in the afternoon. However, she couldn’t neglect her position at YR Company for the time being.
Evelyn headed to the research institute headquarters.
The employees there had seen her before, but this time, as they faced her, they whispered.
“Is this the unlucky one? Going to the R&D department?”
“That’s right, the one who was sent to the devil’s office in the R&D department because the higher-ups didn’t like her. Pity.”
“I bet she won’t last half an hour in there before leaving.”
Evelyn calmly went straight to Gavin’s office.
Upon seeing Evelyn, Gavin stood up, his face showing a hint of guilt.
“Coming so early?”