Shawn was immersed in his own world. It took him a while to realize. He moved his lips and said bitterly, “Go to jail?”
“What do you think?”
“As a businessman, no one is more stupid than you,” Ryder said mercilessly.
Shawn trusted a woman easily and did business worth billions like playing a game. If Marina didn’t find something wrong, the White family would go bankrupt.
“The soil there was not qualified. If built as your plan, it would be a disaster.”
If the house collapses due to quality problems, Shawn would be held accountable. He would go to jail, be the headlines of social news, and pay all his fortune as reparations.
“Do you think you can settle it with money? Public opinion will make the stock price drop to the bottom.”
Ryder was tired of mocking Shawn. But it was the truth.
When he married Marina, Shawn was a playboy. Now he was constant in love and almost got himself into trouble.
“Shawn, it was not your fault. Don’t overthink. It was because Maeve was too ruthless.”
Marina felt sorry for her brother and comforted him.
Although Shawn made a mistake, Maeve had more responsibility for it. Maeve was not an upright person.
Ryder’s phone rang, and the living room was silent again.
Ryder picked up the phone and simply said a few words. Then he hung up the phone and said, “The project manager has been controlled by our people. He admitted that as long as the project is signed, Ms. Aston will get ten million as commission.”
And the relationship between the project manager and Maeve was also clear. Maeve had been the project manager’s mistress.
“Ten million?”
Maeve was too greedy. Marina was angry that Maeve regarded Shawn as a tool.
Now, there was enough evidence to send Maeve to prison.
“I have to go to the company and prepare the materials.”
Shawn endured the pain in his heart and stood up. He glanced at Ryder and finally said in a low voice, “Thank you.”
Without Ryder’s help, he was still kept in the dark. Even if he found out at the end, he couldn’t take back the money lost in the project in a short time. And he still had to go through legal procedures.
Ryder was right about one thing. Shawn had lost his mind because of his feelings and even made such a decision.
It didn’t matter if he went to jail, but he would get Markus and Marina involved. Thinking of that, Shawn regretted it.
“Shawn, how do you get there?”
The traffic in City J was more congested than in Jin City. It was the peak period, and it was not easy to take a taxi.
“You can use my car.”
Ryder threw out a car key and then sat on the sofa comfortably. He was not going to leave.
Since Shawn was there, Marina glanced at Ryder in surprise but did not say anything.
Ryder had helped a lot. Marina was not an ungrateful person.
Shawn got the key and entered the underground garage. His phone rang.
Seeing a string of unknown phone numbers, Shawn thought for a while and pressed the answer button.
“Mr. White, it is Maeve.”
Maeve found that her plan had been exposed. She was scared, but she was confident that there was no evidence left in the transaction between her and the project manager. Moreover, because the cooperation was canceled, she did not receive a commission of ten million.
She had to persuade Shawn to forgive her.
“It’s you.”
Shawn felt complicated. He rubbed the diamond ring in his pocket and smiled sarcastically.
He wanted to have a family and let Maeve be Mrs. Shawn. But it was just his own wishful thinking. The woman’s goal was Ryder.
Although the family wanted Marina and Ryder to divorce, they hadn’t divorced yet. And the woman he loved wanted to be Ryder’s mistress.
Last time, he gave Maeve a chance at the White family’s banquet.
Was it really a coincidence that Maeve wore the same dress as Marina?
Shawn was unwilling to investigate further before. But now, Shawn had known Maeve’s means.
“Yes, it’s me.”
Maeve took a deep breath. She was now at Mount Flave in City J and wanted to see Shawn. She was confident that she could convince him.
If Shawn still did not believe her … Maeve opened the buttons of her shirt, then she had to seduce him.
“Alright.”
Shawn agreed to see Maeve. Next time, he would take the company’s lawyer with him and follow the legal procedures.
Shawn didn’t care if Maeve only wanted money. But Maeve’s purpose was not that simple.
Shawn got into the car and started the engine. He was lucky and avoided the traffic in the city. Then, he headed straight to Mount Flave, which was located in the suburb of City J.
When he was driving on the mountain road, he found that the brake pad didn’t work. He couldn’t slow down.
Shawn was shocked and tried to call Marina, but it was too late.
Shawn opened all the doors and tried to slow down, but he still couldn’t control the steering wheel. The car went straight to the mountain…
Five minutes later, a driver found a car accident and immediately called the police.
…
Marina and Ryder were sitting together without Nicole. Marina felt very uncomfortable facing Ryder, who had taken away her first time.
“Thank you for the project.”
Marina thanked Ryder sincerely. At least Ryder appeared in time and saved a lot of losses for the White family.
“How are you going to thank me?”
Ryder loosened his tie, and his gaze was aggressive.
“What is he thinking? No way!” Marina thought and then stepped back a few steps and sat down far away from Ryder. She asked, “How much do you want?”
A problem that money could solve was not a problem.
Ryder had always valued money above anything else, so it was appropriate to thank him with money.
“Money? Yes, we … you also said about money.”
Ryder smiled sarcastically. He didn’t want money this time.
“Don’t you want money? Do you want my life?”
Marina’s expression changed. There was nothing that Ryder could not do.
“You are overthinking.”
Ryder turned away his head. He had to admit that this woman was cute when she was confused. Sometimes he even suspected that she was not the same person as the original one.
“I’m hungry.”
Ryder said concisely, indicating Marina to do as she pleased. As far as he knew, Marina had been working on cooking recently, but he didn’t know how she cooked.
“Then what do you want to eat?”
Marina treated Ryder as a guest.
“Whatever you want. I’m not picky.”
Ryder said, and his eyes stopped at Marina’s chest. The implication was obvious.
Marina had never been teased by words. She quickly turned around to hide her red face but ignored her ears. Her ears were red too.
Ryder followed, and Marina could only retreat to the kitchen.
The fridge was full of ingredients and frozen dumplings. However, it seemed too simple to cook dumplings. After all, Ryder had helped a lot this time.