Once this realization reached his mind, Rafael was delighted. He pushed his hands away, glared at them mockingly, pointed at himself, and said, “You are the ones who have driven Rafael to this, and now you don’t trust me?”
Are you kidding me!
Is this how Rafael spends his time?
“President Rafael, don’t be angry. This operation is too important. One mistake could cause the whole plan to fail. Mr. Wilkie and the others are just being cautious.”
Mr. Cruise put his hands on the faucet’s handle and smiled as he interceded on their behalf.
“Don’t you think I’ve been Enrico’s lapdog for too long and can’t bite back?”
Rafael sneered. “If that’s the case, let’s not talk about it.”
He then started to walk out.
Mr. Wilkie quickly stopped him, “President Rafael, it was my fault. I was paranoid. I apologize. Bring my apology up here.”
After he said that, a line of bodyguards entered in succession, each carrying a black safe in their hands. When they opened it, it was full of cash.
“…”
Rafael stood there, staring at the boxes of money, his eyelashes twitching slightly, before he said, “Mr. Wilkie, there’s no need to insult me like this. I’ve seen money before, and I’m not doing this anymore.”
“President Rafael…”
Mr. Wilkie tried to persuade him again, while Mr. Cruise laughed and spoke up, “President Rafael, Mr. Wilkie and the others didn’t mean to insult you. They were wrong this time, changing the plan they had already set. Just take the money.”
Mr. Wilkie waved his hand, and a group of bodyguards came in again, bringing a pile of cash.
Looking at the safe in the living room, Rafael’s expression finally loosened. Seeing this, Mr. Wilkie and several financial magnates hurriedly said kind words and pulled Rafael into a seat.
“Forget it, I know this is a big operation, and it’s normal for you to be on your guard against me.”
Rafael’s tone softened, “Why don’t we just scrap the plan? With your power, you don’t need Paige as bait to fight Enrico.”
“Why has President Rafael changed his mind again?”
Mr. Wilkie laughed, “We’ve been dealing with Enrico for a long time, and it’s really hard to deal with him because you can’t find a fatal flaw in him. After all, no one can play with a madman, right? We can only use Paige.”
Rafael could tell that they were determined to carry out this test, but this time it was just to see if he had truly betrayed Enrico.
He placed a hand on his forehead, his eyes flickering, and said in a deep voice, “Then let’s get rid of one man, just the young one, and don’t abuse a girl in a brutal way.”
Hearing this, Mr. Wilkie knew that he had compromised again, and quickly laughed, “Okay, okay, President Rafael is right, we will be careful.”
After another round of flattery, Rafael left, agreeing on a time for the next operation.
The bodyguards carrying the safe followed Rafael out, delivering the cash to the designated location.
Once Rafael left, the smiles on the faces of the people in the living room slowly faded.
“Come in,” Mr. Wilkie said from the sofa.
A professional microexpression research expert walked in and nodded to them. Mr. Wilkie looked at him and said, “You are the most professional in this field. Rafael, Carrie, and Paige just spent a long time here chatting. Did you notice anything?”
“I carefully analyzed every detail in their expressions and found no flaws,”
the expert shook his head and said seriously.
“Even you couldn’t find the details?” A chaebol said, his expression a little pleased. “It seems that Rafael really wants to break free from Enrico’s control.”
“I focused on the president. He is angry with Enrico, but struggles with feelings of guilt towards Paige,” the expert added.
“I noticed that too. It made me want to get rid of one less man,” Mr. Wilkie snorted, then looked at Mr. Cruise, “Mr. Cruise, you are well-informed, what do you think?”
“Paige came out secretly this time, and Enrico didn’t make a sound, so he probably doesn’t know about this move,”
Mr. Cruise paced with his walking stick in his hand. “Also, when the three of them were talking, they mentioned that there were problems with currency stability and that they had to act first. Go and find out more. If this is not a clever move, then they are just putting on a show today to gain our confidence. If it is a clever move, then it is real. Don’t be in a hurry to call back, just let it happen naturally. If there is a loss, then there is a loss, don’t make Enrico suspicious.”
“That’s what I was thinking,”
Mr. Wilkie nodded and then sighed, “I can feel that Rafael really wants to surrender, but for some reason, my eyelids have been twitching for the past two days, which makes me feel a bit uneasy about doing this.”
A bold chaebol looked at him and said, “The fact that Rafael was able to bring Paige here today already says it all. Why think so much?”
“I don’t know, when I climbed to the position of being in charge of my family, I wasn’t even this nervous,”
Mr. Wilkie couldn’t help but rub his hands together.
Be careful.
You must be extra careful.
…
This kind of caution continued until the second decisive moment.
This time, Mr. Wilkie deliberately made a bit of a commotion on his side, secretly arranging for personnel to move around, seemingly preparing for a big battle, so much so that Enrico’s subordinates were alarmed and hurriedly reported back.
But when Paige met with Rafael and Carrie in private, no one still came to deal with Paige.
Rafael was tricked twice and completely blown away, so he directly pressed Mr. Wilkie to the ground and beat him.
In the end, the plutocrats worked together and directly gave him a two-story townhouse in an excellent location. The townhouse had nothing in it, just gold, silver, jewelry, and cash, so that each room was stuffed so full that there was barely enough room to get through.
In this way, Rafael gave up and watched as they decided on the time and address for bringing Paige out for the third time.
The plutocrats felt that this was foolproof.
It was the third time.
There were so many truths and falsehoods that not many people could understand them. Rafael must have been confused.
When she got the call from Carrie, Paige was sleeping in the room next to Enrico’s office, having just helped look at a few projects.
Enrico was now too lazy to look at the things she had handled. She said if it was no good, she would call back, and if it was fine, she would just sign and release it.
It gave her the illusion of being in charge.
When her phone vibrated, Paige was sound asleep and picked it up groggily. Carrie’s voice came from the other end.
She was a little helpless, “Another appointment? What’s wrong with Rafael? He’s got nothing better to do, so why can’t he just tell you over the phone?”
Paige no longer wanted to go on the appointment.
“I don’t understand either. He said it was very important and that he had to meet with you in person, and that his brother-in-law couldn’t know,” Carrie was very helpless on the other end of the phone, she was just a messenger.
“Okay, give me the address and time, I’ll come if I can.” Paige didn’t make things difficult.
“Okay,” Carrie quickly sent the address and time for the third meeting.
After hanging up the phone, Paige lay on the bed for a while, suddenly losing interest in sleeping, so she got off the bed and walked out.