The conversation in the special ward was lively, and in the surveillance room at the end of the corridor, Paige sat in front of the screen and also watched the fun.
She guessed that the chaebols would definitely take the opportunity to ask Jason questions, but she didn’t expect to hear such a passage.
Paige sat in a chair, rubbed her knuckles, and fell into thought.
Originally, catching the culprit behind the Ferris wheel plan could be made public, so that the public could know the truth. But now, the culprit is Enrico’s father. Regardless of their relationship, it’s impossible to make it public, as it would affect Enrico.
Enrico’s position cannot be shaken at this time, or there will really be chaos.
So now we can only focus on breaking the epidemic. But the vaccine will take time, and it won’t be available that quickly. The most important thing now is to control… In the end, we still have to deal with a group of plutocrats.
This battle with the chaebol is the final battle.
Her phone suddenly vibrated, and Paige took it out to see that it was Enrico calling.
After a meal at Rose Estate, the three of them were full, and Gabriel, who was feeling listless, was caught by his teacher continuing to study. She came here, and Enrico went to the consortium to take care of things.
“What’s wrong?” Paige asked, picking up the phone.
It had only been two hours since they had finished lunch, and she thought he must have something important to say.
“How are you feeling now? How much strength have you regained?”
Enrico’s low, magnetic voice sounded in her ear, like a feather gently brushing against her eardrum.
He had asked that question at the table two hours ago.
“It’s all recovered,” Paige said with a smile, looking down as she opened and closed her hands, no longer feeling weak.
Having gotten the answer he wanted, Enrico didn’t hang up, but asked, “What did you hear while you were sneaking around and spying?”
Paige heard some slight movement in the phone, and she could imagine Enrico leaning back as he said this, his legs arrogantly stretched out on the desk, his whole body slack.
She leaned back a little, too, and as the chair she was sitting on was a swivel one, she rotated half a turn and looked up at the screen. She said, “When we pressed the Smiths family, we knew that the chaebols had only two options: either they would show weakness to us, or they would join forces and fight us to the death.”
“And?” Enrico’s tone was rising, very sexy.
“It seems that they will choose to fight to the death,” Paige sneered.
She could have restrained the lawyer who delivered the message and pretended that the two of them had never had this conversation, but it would have been useless.
This lawyer was just a lead. Since he was so receptive to Jason’s words, it meant that his master had already thought about it and was inclined to fight to the death.
After she finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone, and Enrico gave a light “hmm.”
“You’re not at all surprised?” Paige was puzzled.
“Showing weakness to us means disclosing the number of infected people in the family, and submitting to us at our own expense. They are used to being the masters, so who can stand this humiliation? It’s better to fight to the death, and maybe we will be driven out of the country, and they can be the masters of Country A.”
Enrico has been in this circle for a long time and sees more clearly than she does.
Yes.
Now Country A is suffering from internal and external troubles. Instead of fighting the epidemic together, they have wronged these plutocrats. I’m afraid they all feel that they are forced to fight to the death out of desperation.
Paige leaned back in her chair, let out a bitter laugh, and looked at Jason’s sinister face on the screen. She whispered, “Jason said that the first step in a deathmatch is to divide us. They will use every means to find out many, many things to divide you and Rafael, to divide you and me.”
If Jason could think of it, the group of plutocrats would naturally think of it as well.
“Divide? He’s so relaxed after being shot, I guess I’ll have the doctor take a closer look to see if he has any other wounds. He might have been shot in the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, or kidneys by shrapnel, and we’ll have to cut him open to find out.” Enrico snorted.
“…”
Paige thought about that image, which seemed quite terrifying. She lowered her long eyelashes and said indifferently, “It’s still unknown what tactics they will use, but it’s the worst kind of discord between friends and between a man and a woman.”
This is not really a conspiracy, it’s just that they want to show you the rift in their relationship and see if you can stand it.
“What, are you afraid that I really will be included?” Enrico laughed softly.
“That’s not what I’m afraid of.” Paige paused, clenching the phone in her hand, “I just think, Enrico, is history repeating itself? Will the chaos of a hundred years ago repeat itself?”
This time, how many families and innocent families will fall victim to the passage of time?
And will there be her and Enrico?
“Are you scared?” Enrico’s smile disappeared.
“A little,” she said.
“…”
Enrico’s breathing suddenly became heavy. She could feel him, as if he had sat up straight over there.
“I don’t want all the hard work I’ve done to be for nothing, I don’t want Country A to become a living hell, and I don’t want… to have only spent this little time with you.”
The monitoring room was small, and she was the only one there.
The air conditioning was set at a low temperature, and she felt a chill run up her skin, making her throat feel uncomfortable and her eyes sting.
She heard her own low voice, full of resentment and reluctance.
They hadn’t actually been together for long.
It was too short.
It was really too short.
“Paige, we can’t lose,”
he said in a low, steady voice, each word knocking against her eardrums. “Don’t forget, I’m Enrico, I’m Temple in Heaven, and in Temple in Heaven, you can have anything you want.”
“…”
Paige sat in the swivel chair, her heart pounding.
“I want us to win, and we will win.”
“…”
“If you want Country A to be heaven on earth, it won’t be a hell on earth.”
“…”
“If we want to grow old together, we will grow old together. Getting a little wet in the snow or a little white plum blossom doesn’t count.”
His voice was like a finely woven net, trapping her and blocking out all her uncertainty and unease.
Paige listened, her eyes inexplicably feeling very sore, but her whole being also settled down. She smiled, “Well, getting a little wet in the snow or a little white plum blossom doesn’t count as growing old together.”
Since there was no escaping an inevitable situation, it was important to face it bravely.
She has never been afraid of charging into battle.
After this phone call, Paige felt like she had received a shot in the arm and was once again full of fighting spirit.
Leaving the surveillance room, she did not do anything to Jason or the lawyer. This was a deathmatch of a head-on confrontation, and she would take whatever moves they made.
The car pulled up to the curb.
Paige got into the car and told the driver, “Go to the Gustin Group.”
Her assets are gone, and now the only thing those plutocrats can do is divide them and deal with Enrico’s power.
From today onwards, she will stand by his side and fight alongside him.
The car started up and slowly drove forward. After just two turns, the car stopped.
Paige looked up and saw several cars parked across the road in front of her, with no intention of giving way, clearly coming for her.