Behind her, Matthew Miller moved back into his chair, propped up on his desk, and stared up at the ceiling, gasping for breath.
Brown Group, Emma Rosy stands on the steps, lost in thought.
After persuading Master Wright to borrow money from Alex Brown, Emma Rosy rushed to the hospital, only to learn that Alex Brown had been discharged this morning and had offended Dean Wright in the process.
She is now even more apprehensive about what to say to him, as he has not yet recovered and has suddenly returned to the office from treatment.
As she took a step, she hurried back, her mind wrestling with the situation, Eric Chan, returning from an errand, spotted her.
“Miss Richard.” Eric Chan approached: “Here to see Mr. Brown? By the way, how is Miss Keira?”
Eric Chan was a close friend of Alex Brown, and Emma Rosy did not intend to hide it, and explained her purpose.
“I heard from the doctor that he is still sick, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the shock if he knows about Keira, so I dare not go in, but… but I really need the money!”
Emma Rosy looked at Eric Chan with pleading eyes, while Eric Chan’s concerns were the same as hers.
“You come in with me, but do not tell Mr. Brown Keira was kidnapped, only that Wright Group needs money, understand?”
“Yes!”
Emma Rosy blurted out, but in her heart, she was worried that Alex Brown was not that easy to fool.
She was led into the CEO’s office, and before she left Eric Chan gave her a wink, reminding her to be careful not to say anything.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm her emotions, when Alex Brown’ concerned questioning voice already sounded.
“Where did you find Keira?”
Seeing Alex Brown full of apologies, Emma Rosy blamed herself more and more, but could only lie hard: “She… was accidentally lost, and was sent back to the old house by a kind person.”
“Someone found her, why didn’t they contact you?” He remembered that the news of Keira’s disappearance was broadcast on the radio at that time, did the person who found her not hear it?
It was true that if you tell one lie, you have to tell a hundred lies.
Emma Rosy pursed her lips, stammered: “She ran outside the playground, so…”
There are two entrances and exits to the playground, and security guards are on duty all day long, so how could Keira, a child, get out?
Without Alex Brown’ rebuttal, she had already discovered the flaw in her words and panicked.
Alex Brown took in Emma Rosy’s confusion and had a bad feeling in his heart.
“Is Keira at the Wright Family or not, and what are you doing here?” He walked around the desk to Emma Rosy and stared at her with a torch-like gaze.
Emma Rosy’s already fragile emotions gradually disintegrated under his step-by-step pressure, but still bravely coaxed: “I came to borrow money from you… Keira is fine, but the Wright Family’s new project is short of funds, about 50 million, can you first lend it to me?”
“No way!” Alex Brown was in total disbelief.
“Tell me the truth, is this $50 million related to Keira, what happened to Keira, is she sick again? Is she sick again?”
She had guessed that Alex Brown was so tight-lipped that he could not even be fooled by a mentally planned trap, let alone a flawed lie.
Emma Rosy had no choice but to confess that Joe Wright and Keira had both been kidnapped.
“Fifty million dollars, the ransom demanded by the kidnappers.”
Boom…
Something exploded in his brain and Alex Brown arched his back, taking a few steps back against his desk to keep from falling over.
But the familiar headache and ringing in his ears came back, and he couldn’t hear Emma Rosy’s next words, only a blur of her rushing toward him, concern and guilt written all over her face, her eyes even more crystalline.
“It’s okay… it’ll be fine in a minute…”
He spat out a few words with all his strength, but did not know if they made a sound, and was helped by Emma Rosy to rest on the sofa, and before he could lie down, his eyes were covered with darkness.
“Alex Brown, shall we go to the hospital?” Emma Rosy’s voice trembled, vaguely with a sobbing voice.
Although he could not lift his strength, his consciousness was still clear, and he refused Emma Rosy’s offer and continued to rest drowsily.
Not long after, Eric Chan brought in coffee, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately understood.
“Miss Richard, didn’t you promise not to tell Mr. Brown , now how…”
He didn’t finish the rest of his sentence because of his status, but his tone clearly conveyed reproach.
Emma Rosy gazed at Alex Brown’ pained face and blamed herself beyond words.
After learning from Dean Wright the reason for Alex Brown’ illness, her remaining resentment crumbled, and the love she had buried deep in her heart blossomed through the cracks.
Emma Rosy silently endured Eric Chan’s complaints, but Alex Brown did not want her to suffer a bit.
“Prepare $50 million as soon as possible!”
Seeing his irritation, Eric Chan dared not be reckless and hurriedly went out to do his work.
After his headache subsided a bit, he rushed back to the Wright Family with Emma Rosy.
Master Wright, sitting in the living room with a group of plainclothes police officers, was visibly upset when he saw Alex Brown enter.
But before he could say anything, Emma Rosy suddenly received a phone call from the kidnappers.
“You’ve got Alex Brown? Well, you should call the police next!”
Emma Rosy’s breath caught in her throat and she raced out into the yard, looking around: “You’re watching me?”
The kidnappers laughed disdainfully: “I hope you know what you’re doing, I have the initiative now, what’s spying? If you play tricks again, I’ll pick between Joe Wright and Keira Wright and kill one of them!”
“No!” Emma Rosy exclaimed, realizing that she was too excited and would probably anger the kidnapper, she was busy to slow down her tone and explain: “My family can’t get that much money, so I really have no choice but to borrow from Alex Brown, but don’t worry, no one else will know about this except him.”
“Can I still trust you? Before you promised to come to the deal alone, but behind you followed Joe Wright…”
“There will be no more surprises this time, and the money will be raised soon?”
The kidnapper thought for a long time, warned her repeatedly not to play tricks and hung up the phone, not to be bothered by the presence of Alex Brown.
Back in the living room, Master Wright had a worried look on his face.
“Emma, did they notify you of the time of the transaction?”
Fearing that Master Wright would become too stressed, Emma Rosy decided not to tell him the exact time of the transaction after communicating with the police, and if he asked, just said that the kidnappers had not yet informed.
Emma Rosy followed the plan and found a random excuse to get by, and Master Wright was visibly disappointed when he heard the news.
Turning his head and seeing Alex Brown, he found an outlet for his annoyance and snorted, “Who sent you?”
Alex Brown bowed respectfully, and then apologized sincerely: “Keira is my daughter, I failed to protect her and put Joe Wright in danger, I have an unshirkable responsibility, and I should make amends for this.”
Master Wright is a little uncomfortable, but still serious face: “Joe and Keira are Wright Family people, what they do has nothing to do with you, as for the Wright Family loan you money, will be returned in the near future.
“You don’t have to do that, the ransom should have been paid by me.”
From the moment he agreed to pay the money, Alex Brown had no intention of taking it back, for the same reason: Keira was his daughter, and it was his duty to pay the ransom.
Master Wright concluded by reminding, “Don’t think that if you pay, Emma and her daughter are yours, I’m not for sale!”