After taking the medicine, the tingling sensation in the chest and the violent heartbeat gradually calmed down, and the breathing returned to smooth, Master Wright leaned on the back of the sofa and effortfully raised his hand to nod Hope, which still seemed to have not subsided.
“You kids … have to …!”
A mixture of fear and aggression, but can not explain anything, Hope teary-eyed to help him rub his chest, and said sorry.
Resting for a moment, Master Wright got up with his cane and went back to his room with a heavy pace, Hope tried to help him, but he refused with a wave of his hand.
Standing in place with her head hanging, Hope sniffled and quietly lifted her hand to wipe away her tears, the housekeeper saw this and couldn’t help but sigh: “Don’t be sad, Miss, Master is just too worried. When you didn’t come back last night, the master stayed up almost all night, calling the young master and his subordinates one after another, asking them to divide their manpower to look for you, and he didn’t even feel like eating this morning.”
Hope nodded and tried to hold up a smile, “I know, great-grandfather cares about me a lot. By the way, Grandpa , is there anything left to eat in the kitchen?”
Half an hour later.
Knock, knock, knock–
“Great-grandfather, are you asleep?”
Hope stood in the hallway and got permission before pushing open the door and walking in with a tray.
Master Wright was leaning back in his chair, and outside the window, summer was in full swing, the flowers and grasses were in full bloom, but Hope knew that he had no desire to enjoy the view.
Holding the warm bowl of porridge in her palm, she squatted in front of Master Wright, and Hope gently persuaded him: “Can you eat something first, or your body won’t be able to stand it. I was wrong last night, you can scold me all you want, but you must take care of yourself.”
Master Wright took the porridge, but did not eat it, his eyes still fell on her face.
She had to sigh helplessly and explain first, “I saw everyone was looking for mom, my heart followed the anxiety, and also wanted to help do something, so I went to the place where I used to go with mom to look for her, who knew that … could not come back in time.”
“Where is the phone?”
“I forgot to bring it when I went out.” It probably slipped out of her pocket by accident when she was carrying Keira to bed.
Master Wright reached out and nudged her, “You!”
He finally picked up his spoon and, despite his lack of appetite, managed to swallow it so as not to worry the children.
Hope doggedly handed over a small dish, and ran to the housekeeper to get the medicine Master Wright takes after meals, and took care of him to finish his meal peacefully.
“Cold … so cold …”
It was a hot summer day, the sun was blazing outside the window and the room was air-conditioned, but Emma Richard was covered with a quilt and shouldn’t have been crying out in any case.
The doctor came by on time to check on her, and when he heard about the situation, he advised Alex Roberts to take it easy.
“The patient is still running a high fever and her temperature is hovering between 37. 5 and 38 degrees, so it’s normal for her to feel cold. Anyway, when she wakes up with the fever gone, everything will be fine.”
The housekeeper sent the doctor away, and Alex Roberts returned to the bedside, washing towels and carefully wiping Emma Richard’s face, occasionally nagging her for not listening and for having to trust Paul Johnson.
The doctor reminded the room to keep ventilation, so the windows and doors were half-open, at this time Eric Chan and Ivy Smith stood outside the door, saw the scene and looked at each other, both looked a little difficult.
Just now received a phone call, the company side may have a problem, Ivy Smith knocked on the door to enter.
“Five minutes ago Ken Cotillard called, saying that someone from the prosecutor’s office suddenly went to the company to review, and flatly said that there is something wrong with the company’s accounts, involving money laundering.”
Seeing Alex Roberts’ gloomy face from his sleepless care of Emma Richard, Ivy Smith hesitated, but the government investigation was a big deal and had to be reported to him as the person in charge.
As expected, Alex Roberts was too preoccupied with Emma Richard to manage his business.
“You guys go handle it.” He said indifferently.
Ivy Smith turned her head to Eric Chan and saw that the latter also nodded, willing to share Alex Roberts’ worries, so she agreed. After all, Eric Chan is the subordinate who has been with Alex Roberts for the longest time, and she is not as familiar with the company’s internal emergency measures as Eric Chan.
Alex Roberts continued to watch over Emma Richard, while Ivy Smith and Eric Chan went to the office together, and when she arrived, she looked around casually and felt something strange in her heart.
The finance department office.
When they entered, they were greeted by a mess, most of the computers and other office equipment had been moved, paperwork was flying, and the staff was divided into piles, whispering and whispering with palpable panic on their faces.
“Stop it!” Eric Chan shouted a loud rebuke, discontented question: “Who gave you permission to go through the internal information of the company?”
And then turned his head to look: “Where is Ken Cotillard? Why isn’t he here?”
Some employee responded in a low voice: “He’s still in the sales department, where … is also in disarray.”
The meaning is obvious, the office area of the sales department in the building is located on the second to fourth floors, this group of guys must have come close to the sales department first to make a mess before finding the location of the finance department.
Although large companies especially need to have good relations with the government, the sudden and disruptive inspection still provokes a lot of anger, Eric Chan’s eyes burned at the three men, offering to look at their documents.
The man in the lead calmly took out his ID from the inside pocket of his uniform and held it up in front of Eric Chan, the corner of his mouth curved with provocation: “Look carefully, then hurry up and stay aside, don’t interfere with our work!”
Are all public officials so arrogant now?
Eric Chan coldly snorted, his eyes lingered on the documents for a few seconds, unable to distinguish the real from the fake, and instead proposed that they contact their superiors and show the relevant documents.
When ordinary people encounter government employees, they probably won’t even look at the documents and will just cooperate with the work. The man obviously didn’t expect Eric Chan to make another request, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
“What … what documents? We received orders to investigate your company’s accounts, who does not cooperate, do you want to go into the police station?!” The man feigned a shocked warning.
Eric Chan originally did not suspect, saw his reaction, but can not help but frown. Ivy Smith stood up again and asked, “Why didn’t the business department come forward? If a major economic problem occurs in a business, even if they do not have the authority to rule, they should at least be involved in the investigation. Furthermore, the Honda downstairs was driven by you, right? Why is there no prosecutor’s office logo on it!”
The man was dumbfounded by the question, and the two men behind him also bowed their heads, no longer having the same compelling aura as before.
Eric Chan immediately summoned security guards to watch the three men, while Ivy Smith called the police to intervene.
The police immediately started their investigation and within half a day, they were able to find out who was behind the operation.
The company was holding an impromptu board meeting when a team of police officers arrived in the middle of the meeting and called Ivy Smith and Eric Chan outside for a confidential talk.
Five minutes later, several police officers barged in and took control of a middle-aged man in a cold sweat in the conference room.
This man is Alex Roberts’ distant cousin, two years ago when Alex Roberts “died” received a large amount of shares in the company after Fiona Roberts and David Roberts, do not want to “the dead” returned, his hands of power and wealth into nothing, naturally feel resentment.
Recently, Alex Roberts has not appeared in the company for many days, so he seized the opportunity to arrange a big play.
When Alex Roberts was abroad to make his return plan, Ivy Smith had advised him to deal with the betrayer forcefully, however, he was still soft in the face of his loved ones, and that’s how he fed the tiger, which almost led to a big disaster. Now that he happens to be away, Ivy Smith takes out his power of attorney and asks the police to file the case and take the legal route.
The distant cousin, who was trembling like a sieve, got anxious when he heard this, shouting that he was Alex Roberts’ elder and that the company had developed to the present day with his efforts: “Young man, I advise you not to make things worse!”
Ivy Smith looked at him with cold eyes, unmoved.
Seeing this, he lowered his voice again and threatened: “Someone has found out Alex Roberts’ biggest secret, if you make things difficult for me, he won’t be able to have an easy time in the future!
Ivy Smith has never failed to play psychological warfare or conspiracy, and with a snort, she leaned in close to him and said with a sinister smile, “Don’t worry, I won’t spare anyone who threatens Alex.”
Hearing the deeper meaning of her words, the cousin uncle fell violently on the chair, and then trembled and shouted: “This woman is crazy! Help!”
The police officers who were guarding the side saw this and directly lifted his shoulders one by one and took the person back.
After dealing with his cousin, Ivy Smith called Alex Roberts to report the incident, but one thing led to another and the company’s design department was burglarized, and many of the unreleased designs disappeared without a trace.
Help!”
The police officers who were guarding the side saw this and directly lifted his shoulders one by one and took the person back.
After dealing with her cousin, Ivy Smith called Alex Roberts to report the incident, but one thing led to another and the company’s design department was burglarized, and many of the unreleased designs disappeared without a trace.
The Roberts Group has always operated legally, and as long as they cooperate with the investigation, they will soon be cleared of any wrongdoing.
However, the theft of a large number of designs will not only cause anxiety within the company, but will also have a serious impact on the progress of the next projects and cause incalculable losses.
In bed, Emma Richard is sleeping peacefully, her fever is gone, and her brow has been lifted as if she is completely out of the gloom.
Alex Roberts wanted to take care of her, and he wanted her to wake up and see him, but he also knew that even if the theft of the design hadn’t happened, he couldn’t let her know what he’d been doing for days.
Charles Taylor arrived after the phone call with a grim look on his face, confirmed that Emma Richard was safe, and reached out to pull Alex Roberts out of the bedroom.
“Why isn’t Emma awake? When did she get back? What did you do to get her out, and where are Marisa Miller and Paul Johnson, letting them get away?”
A series of questions displayed his anger to the fullest, but unfortunately, Alex Roberts did not answer any of them.
“She is out of danger, you take her back to take care of. And …” there was a pause, converging his eyelashes to cover his sad and unsympathetic dark eyes: “The one who saved her is you, understand?”
This is probably the best option to handle it this way.
After sending the two away, Alex Roberts immediately went to the company to take charge of the situation, and after asking the person in charge and the staff in charge, he learned that the three men who had come to cause trouble had not been in the design department, and there was nothing unusual in the visitor log at the front desk that day.
Alex Roberts thought for a moment and sent Eric Chan to secretly investigate the absence and leave of absence of the staff that day, of course, if someone was a thief and stole the design and immediately disappeared, then they can save a lot of time.
Ivy Smith was then instructed to find some random excuse to stabilize the troops and keep the matter under wraps so as not to let the impact continue to spread.
Before Alex Roberts arrived, Ivy Smith and Eric Chan had already done a good job of keeping it a secret, but the news hadn’t reached other departments, but the design department, which was involved, couldn’t help but talk about it.
After all, the morning “prosecutor’s office” search had become a big deal, and although the company’s top management issued a document to clarify the situation, there was no guarantee that the staff would be suspicious. By noon, the company director was arrested on the spot and a team of police came in and out of the company, naturally causing numerous suspicions. Now even the design was stolen, and the quantity was not small, so the rumor was even stronger.
An anonymous colleague had the audacity to post this series of events at Roberts Group on the Internet, and it was like a boulder thrown into a lake, stirring up an uproar.
The company could no longer hide, internal rumors of various versions were flying, and the external situation was also affected, within a few days the stock fell one after another, and a few contracts that were about to be signed, also fell through.
Eric Chan was busy investigating the thieves, and the only person left to assist Alex Roberts with his business was Ivy Smith.
“You want to jump ship too?”
“Of course, I heard that Roberts Group is going bankrupt, I have to find a good way out for myself, or else …”, her arm was stabbed, the female employee impatiently brushed her mouth: “Stop it, we haven’t finished yet! ”
And then she followed the line of sight turned her head, scared face white,: “Ms. Simth …”
Ivy Smith expressionless standing in the office doorway, quietly staring at the crowd in front of them.
After a long time, quietly speak: “Want to leave? No problem, all of you are regular workers with a contract, as long as you pay the breach of contract, Roberts Group will not stop you, and will write a good recommendation letter for each of you.”
Roberts Group has business dealings with many companies, and it has been repeatedly rumored that it has an affair with the lady of Wright Family, so they are afraid that the so-called recommendation letter will break their jobs, right?
Seeing the panic and indignation of the crowd, Ivy Smith sneered, “Don’t worry, despite the company’s current difficulties, the future is promising. The letter of recommendation from me will definitely guarantee your entry into any medium-sized company in the city, and it’s up to you to decide how to stand afterwards.”
Ivy Smith’s generous attitude caused everyone present to mutter. From what she said, Roberts Group will definitely survive this crisis and is not worried about losing talent, because a thriving company, even if some of the talent is gone, will only be the first to come in more.
Moreover, the breach of contract is not a small amount, in case the wrong bet is made, it will not be worth the loss.
The people looked at each other resentfully for a moment, and finally returned to their respective positions, and continued to work in peace.
The chaos within the Roberts Group was easily put to rest by Ivy Smith, but there was still a lot to deal with, and by now, Emma Richard had woken up in the old house.
Hope and Keira had gone to school, Joe Wright had left on an errand, and only Master Wright and Charles Taylor were at the bedside, all looking happy.
“Finally awake, you know how many days you were in a coma? Everyone in the family was terrified by you, and Grandpa almost …” Charles Taylor was so excited that he couldn’t choose his words, but was afraid Emma Richard would blame herself, so he hastened to silence.
She was helped up by Charles Taylor and leaned against the head of the bed. Emma Richard waved her hand to refuse the warm water he offered and looked around carefully, always feeling that something was wrong.
Charles Taylor’s heart tightened and he asked cautiously, “What’s wrong, are you still uncomfortable?”
Emma Richard shook her head, biting her lower lip as if with some hesitation: “I’ve been living here, never been to the hospital … or anywhere else, right?”
The few days after being rescued, although the fever would not go away, but occasionally regained consciousness, the layout of the room at that time resembled the Roberts Family, and a certain person with a blurred face, always holding her hand.