She could even think of the subtext between Mr. Cruise and that side. You, Enrico, aren’t you a wife-spoiling man, and aren’t you desperate to announce your marital relationship to the whole country? Now that you know that your wife has been treated so harshly by the man you helped get to the top, if you’re capable, continue to work together seamlessly.
Enrico looked at Paige in front of him. Her eyes were clearly panicked, and her long eyelashes trembled lightly.
TP1314.
He knew what kind of medicine it was.
The reason he had never doubted her words was because he could not imagine such a frail body being able to hold more than one medicine.
She was so soft and watery, where did she get the energy…
Up to this moment, he still could not imagine.
“…”
Paige’s heart skipped a beat at the way he was looking at her, and she hurriedly said, “Everything is in the past, I don’t want to think about what it felt like back then. Mr. Cruise’s words were also deliberately misleading. The so-called young people taking drugs don’t live past forty because the people who enter Gangnam Hall are not ordinary people, and they suffer from short lives because of other things.”
TP1314 does not have such a big aftereffect.
“…”
Enrico quietly watched her explain, watching her pale pink lips open and close, and the image of her being escorted out of Gangnam Hall slowly emerged before his eyes.
At that time, he had thought that she was so weak because of the gunshot wound.
“Rafael is the president, and he has his position. This is not his fault.”
Paige’s fingers curled around his sleeve, “You and he have been friends since childhood, you understand him, he wasn’t targeting me, he was just doing what he thought was best at the time, but that’s it, he also chose to stand by your side, didn’t he?”
Even if you don’t look at it from a friend’s perspective, right now Country A is going through a special period of time, if he and Rafael fall out, it’ll be the end of everything.
This is exactly the situation that those chaebols want to see.
“What’s your hurry?” Enrico pulled her hand away from his sleeve and returned the phone to her palm.
“You…” Paige couldn’t quite make out what he was thinking at the moment.
The next second, Enrico pulled her into his arms, his hands slowly moving up her shoulders, and finally cupping her face, which was slightly cooler to the touch. His eyes were as dark as the night, and his voice was low, “Come on, Paige, tell me, how many pills did you take in total?”
As soon as he said this, Paige knew that he was going to pursue it to the end.
She was shocked. “Enrico…”
“Be a good girl and tell me.” Enrico’s fingertips gently stroked her face back and forth, as gentle as if he were saying sweet nothings.
“It’s really over.”
Paige simply didn’t dare to tell him the real number.
“Okay, I’ll go ask him.”
Enrico smiled, took his hands off her face, and turned around.
Paige hurriedly held him back, “Aren’t you just falling into Mr. Cruise’s and that side’s trap? That’s what they’re doing to divide you.”
“So what?”
Enrico’s tone was rising, and his eyes were so dark that it was impossible to tell his mood.
“So you can’t fall into the trap.” She didn’t know how to persuade him anymore, and just kept emphasizing that this was blatant division.
“Don’t worry, I won’t fall into the trap, I’m just going to ask.”
Enrico looked at her calmly and said, before taking her hand away again, his jawline hard as a chisel.
After that, he turned around and strode out with long strides.
“…”
Paige stood there in a daze. She had hidden it for so long, but it still couldn’t be hidden.
…
On the street, a luxurious black car was parked quietly by the roadside.
In the back seat of the car, Mr. Cruise was sitting, resting his cane to the side.
In a moment, the car door was opened, and his son stood outside, looking at Mr. Cruise with a grave expression on his face. “Enrico left the consortium and went straight to the presidential palace.”
Hearing this result, Mr. Cruise smiled, a deep meaning flashed in his eyes, and he sighed with emotion, “My father is indiscriminate in love, and my son is deeply in love. The genetic makeup of The Gustin family’s villa has deviated a bit.”
“I think this woman from the slums has bewitched Enrico,”
His son said as he stood by the car door.
Not to mention him, he believes that even his own father, who has lived until now, has never seen such a deeply affectionate person. “It seems that Rafael and Enrico are going to break up this time.”
“Whether they break up or not, we don’t know, but the seeds of mutual dislike have definitely been sown. Rafael also comes from a large family and has pride, and he won’t let Enrico suppress him. This is how division comes step by step.”
“Yes.”
“Tell them to wait for this to ferment a bit before taking the next step to divide them. Don’t cause any more fighting. It’s pointless to fight to the death.”
Mr. Cruise really wanted to mediate between the two sides. He didn’t want to see a repeat of the chaos a century ago, as it would benefit no one.
But Enrico refused to back down, so he helped the plutocrats to knock him down a peg.
Enrico is a smart man, and I believe he will back down once the so-called triangle is no longer stable.
…
“President, Mr. and Mrs. Gustin have arrived.”
When the butler came to deliver the message, Rafael was sitting at his desk, slowly wiping the lens of his glasses.
On hearing the news, his movements paused and his eyes darkened.
What had to come would come sooner or later.
“Ask them to come in,”
Rafael said indifferently, putting the polished glasses on his nose. His face was refined and white, and the suit he wore was ironed and immaculate, giving him an air of luxury.
He put the glasses cloth in the box, looked up, and saw Carrie sitting on the sofa not far away, fiddling with a medical kit. She looked serious as she put bottles of medicine into the medical kit, and then a pile of gauze.
“What are you doing?” Rafael asked.
“With Paige here, your brother-in-law definitely won’t kill you, but I don’t think he’ll be able to avoid a beating. I have to get everything ready,” Carrie said. “I’ve already told the doctor to stand by, and I’ve got blood bags ready.”
She really was very well prepared.
“Do I really have to let him beat me?” Rafael looked at her busy figure, a little strange, “You’re just going to let me get beaten up?”
“You were wrong in the first place. You knew how innocent Paige was and how much she had suffered, but you still sacrificed her.”
Carrie looked straight at him with a calm gaze.
In her opinion, it was a good time to tell him the truth.
At least now was a period when Rafael and Enrico needed to be in close contact, and there was Paige to deal with, so it wouldn’t get to the most embarrassing stage.
Rafael sat there, and a reflection crossed the camera. “So, you always wear a mask with me, and it’s because of this, you hate me in your heart.”
She cared so much about Paige, and she remembered clearly the suffering Paige had endured at his hands.
“…”
Carrie didn’t expect him to suddenly bring her into the conversation, but she couldn’t refute it.
This is indeed a thorn in her heart, even though Paige herself has let go of it.
“Do you think that it would be better if someone else sat in my position?” Rafael added.
Carrie frowned, ‘I didn’t say that.”
After those words, there were footsteps outside.