“What was the reason for you, as an employee of a law firm, to betray the company?”
“Did you betray the company because you were dissatisfied with it, or did you have a personal vendetta against Ms. Hale, or for some other reason?”
The reporters are messing with the rhythm.
Steff pursed his lips and looked at the reporters on stage who kept asking questions and the cameras kept cracking and snapping, he was a little shaded.
Steff shook his head repeatedly, “No, no. In fact,… in fact,… is my daughter previously had a pretend disease, need money to cure, I was at a loss when someone from Aclurg Group came over to me and gave me half a million, let me give my daughter medical treatment. Afterwards, I was given another five million to leak the bottom of the Huaxia Hengshui bid to him, which I didn’t want to agree to. But the other party then threatened me that if I didn’t give it, let me immediately return the five hundred thousand dollars to him. Although my daughter’s illness was cured, but the follow-up still needs treatment, I simply do not have the money to return them, and the other party promised to let us immigrate abroad and help us get a green card.
I … I ghosted and agreed. After leaving the country, I went to the casinos in Las Vegas and lost five million in three days, and also … owed a few million.
This is where Mr. Alston approached me and said that he would help me pay back the money if I would just say the word. I in order not to involve my wife and children, I … I can only agree. To say the least, Mr. Alston is my benefactor, I’m sorry Mr. Alston more sorry my boss.”
With Peter’s seduction, Steff pointed the finger at Aclurg Group, clearing YY Law Firm of any wrongdoing, but not avoiding the trend that the law firm was already headed for ruin.
It will certainly not turn the situation around again like the previous scenery without quantity.
Peter then plugged a USB in his hand into his computer and connected it to a large screen, which showed a scene of Steff gambling in Las Vegas and a scene of Steff’s daughter in the hospital for surgery, as well as his bank card flow information.
Enough evidence overwhelmed the journalists, but no evidence of direct contact between Steff and the Aclurg Group.
The police then came and took Steff away, while claiming to the public that they would definitely give an explanation to the public.
This side of things fell, the new East tourist resort project is supposed to cooperate with the government, so it caused a high degree of attention, directly canceled the results of this bid.
and re-tendered to the public.
As a result, YY Law Firm’s losses were significantly reduced, with millions of dollars in losses directly avoided.
After the reporters dispersed one by one, only Adriana and Peter were left in the large press conference.
Two people, one sitting and one standing, but both silent.
Adriana sensed a line of sight falling on her, she crossed her fingers in front of the table, slowly hung her head, looked down at the speech on the table, sighed and said, “Thank you for what happened today.”
She had evidence of Steff’s betrayal of the company, but not enough to get Steff to change his mind and bite the Aclurg Group back.
That was the power disparity, and she knew it all along.
“You’re my Peter’s woman, for you, as it should be.”
Peter looked down at the woman in front of him, obviously close at hand, but there was a sense of distance that was out of reach.
“Well, the company still has some things to take care of, so I’ll go back to the office first.”
Too many things happened, Adriana originally 100% trust Peter, but because of a trip to Los Angeles, let him and Peter between the bridge of trust completely collapsed.
She didn’t know how to continue to trust Peter, or even how to continue to maintain the relationship between the two.
Or, when you meet, you don’t know what kind of way and attitude to talk to him and climb into the conversation.
He is Luis and Helen’s real father, the man she loves in her heart, but she loves him carefully, cautiously, trying her best to restrain her emotions.
Even so, it is not inevitable that it is still hurting.
Seeing her get up to leave, Peter pulled her wrist, and with a strong tug, dragged the little woman directly into his arms, and wrapped his arms around her waist in the process.
At the same time, Peter really felt her body could not suppress a tremble.
“You’re avoiding me?”
He looked at her and asked in a calm tone.
Adriana shook her head, a small smile on her face, but the official smile that is so formulaic in the workplace, “Yes? Maybe just a little tired lately.”
“You can’t hide it from me.”
The man’s eyebrows are slightly knitted, and his obsidian-like pupils are staring at her, as if they want to pry into her heart through her pair of eyes.
Feeling his heartbeat, his breath, his body emitting exclusively male masculine scent to the nose, everything in just a few months, from unfamiliar to familiar, to hot and entwined, and even let her have a fondness and dependence.
She had thought that her lonely and unsupported life would end, that the future would be hard, but that she would not be left all alone.
Everything proved to be contrary to the initial idea.
Not only did she not find the warmth and love she wanted, but she was caught in a plot and scheme, losing herself and losing more.
Perhaps, between her and Peter, it is not suitable at all.
“Did you? You’re looking at it wrong, aren’t you?”
Adriana’s watery eyes are clean and transparent, like a mountain spring, clear to the bottom, without any impurities, simple people have to be convinced.
“Yes.”
Peter nods his head.
“That’s your illusion.”
She pushed Peter away, “There are some misunderstandings between us, until the misunderstandings are cleared, let’s just calm down and cool off. If we can’t trust each other, there is no need to come together.”
A comment that made Peter think of her with Harlee.
Unbeknownst to Adriana, the words are in the air.
“Why were you with Harlee when you went abroad?” He asked directly, not wanting any misunderstanding between each other.
“Heh.”
Hearing him ask that, Adriana laughed, “Would you believe me if I said it happened?”
“Don’t believe it.”
He answered directly.
“Yes, I find it hard to believe too. But it’s such a coincidence.”
Coincidence?
Not coincidentally, it was more like Harlee’s active approach.
With Brenden’s previous experience, now every person around her who approaches so actively, shows kindness and helps, will make her feel that there is an agenda.
Can’t blame her for thinking too much, but the heart is evil.
“Sorry, I’m going to be busy.”
Adriana looked straight at Peter for a few seconds and found that his dark eyes, which were as deep as a cold pool, flashed, and then wrinkled imperceptibly like an ink-dyed sword brow, and then smiled and turned away.
That smile, hidden deep meaning, but Peter can not read.
Peter always felt that Adriana had changed, becoming colder and more unapproachable, leaving him helpless and helpless.
Once again, he could only look at her distant back, feeling the distance between the two from far to near, and then, from near to far, more and more distant, far enough to seem familiar actually more strange.