The polite smile on Rachel’s face disappeared, “What is this, Mrs. Barnett? People who don’t know the truth will think the White House is bullying you right now. Mrs. White gave you a chance! But your family is stupid enough to throw it away. It is your fault that your company ended up with this tragic result. We’ve never been a part of your failure. Why do you feel Mrs. White is obliged to help you? You only want our help, but you never considered what it would bring us if we lent you our hand. Do you want our help, or do you want to drag us down with you?”
“No… This is not what we mean.” Mrs. Barnett hurried to explain. And then, her face changed as a vicious look appeared on her face, “Mrs. White must help us! If we didn’t do that thing for her years ago…”
Rachel’s face fell.
However, Sam acted even faster than she did. He yanked his wife up from the floor and hissed, “Shut up! Margo! Shut up!”
“We’re so sorry. Just like what my wife said, we’re desperate. We came to bother Mrs. White because we didn’t have another choice. If Mrs. White doesn’t feel like seeing us, we’re leaving right now.”
Mrs. Barnett was still so furious after returning to the car, “Why do you have to stop me? Mrs. White owes us! She needs to repay us!”
Sam had the heart to slap some sanity into this stupid cow. She had only stayed in this city for one year. Yet she had made so many troubles.
Diego must also get his IQ from his stupid Mom.
Sam snapped, “I’m warning you right now. Don’t you ever bring that thing up to anyone ever again? Or I’ll fucking kill you. Do you understand?”
****
Meanwhile, Diego finally cracked the virus. He ran toward the meeting room excitedly. “Dad! Dad! I just…”
However, the meeting room was empty. No one was in there. Diego took in a deep breath and put the thought of his game behind him.
He decided to do the marketing plan first. However, when he clicked open the page, he saw ads for Linford’s newest game.
Diego’s face fell. But he still downloaded the game and played a little. After one round of the game, his whole body was covered in a cold sweat.
In the end, he buried his head into his arms, curling up on the couch. He knew he was doomed.
“Mr. Barnett, your father, and mother went to ask for Mrs. White’s help. I don’t even know if Mrs. White will help us this time. I’m afraid we’re finally doomed.” The old assistant sighed and walked away.
Were they gonna be doomed?
Was this the end?
Diego sat up abruptly. His red eyes were fixed on the chart of the stock prices of the two companies on the screen of his laptop.
Diego screamed in pain and threw the laptop away.
He suddenly remembered what his Dad had said a couple of hours ago. He said this was Linford Bradley’s trick.
Linford Bradley beat him in his domain. It felt worse than being killed by a bullet. Linford Bradley… That son of a bitch!
Now, he had completely lost the game. Would Cristelle love him again? Would she even spare him a glance?
****
Jasper was sitting in his office with his assistant. The news of Diego’s bankruptcy was rolling on the TV. Sam left the company building defeatedly with his wife, both looking miserable.
Dean seemed to be worried, “Linford Bradley’s pretty vicious. He made the Barnett House go bankrupt in only 15 days. If he finds out about what we did, I’m afraid…”
“What are you afraid of?” Jasper popped the bottle of wine open, “Do they even have any evidence?”
Dean shook his head, “The leader of the group we sent to murder Enzo and Cody is dead. Only he knew who hired them.”
“Yep. So what are you so worried about?” Jasper poured him a glass of wine.
Dean reclined on the couch, seeming extremely anxious, “I don’t know. I just have a very bad feeling. Linford Bradley is not stupid at all. He will find the culprit behind it.”
“Stop being a chicken, Dean. I know you’re scared by what happened to the Barnett House. But if Linford Bradley wants to accuse us, he, at least, needs some evidence to do it. We did all those things cleanly, and we didn’t leave any traces behind. He can’t do anything to us.”
“I guess so,” Dean let out a long breath before standing up from the couch, “Mr. Johnson, I need to go now. The studio that wants to collaborate with us just sent me an email. Would I contact Miss. Friesley later to ensure the design?”
“No problem. I’ll call you when I make sure of that,” Jasper took a sip from his glass.
When Dean walked out of the door, Jasper suddenly jumped up and deleted all his emails and messages with Dean.
It definitely wouldn’t be him if someone needed to take the blame.
****
When Linford returned home, Cody and Candace were crouching beside a bucket. The bucket held the fish they caught with Pop and Mr. Weston today.
The little girl was pretty excited when she saw her Dad.
“Fish!” Candace pointed at the bucket.
Linford smiled as he walked up to carry his daughter in his arms, “Did you catch them?”
Candace nodded and pointed at Cody. Cody also caught them.
Linford smiled and left a big kiss on Candace’s cheek.
Cody rolled his eyes, “Can you put Candace down? She’s a big girl. She can walk by herself.”
Candace’s eyes widened. She couldn’t understand why Cody was so pissed off.
But she decided to make her brother happy by getting down.
However, Linford refused to let her go.
“You let Daddy hold you, Candace,” Linford smiled, “Your brother said that because he’s jealous.”
Cody was so annoyed, “Me? I’m jealous of whom?”
“You want me to hold you as well, don’t you? You’re just too shy to ask,” Linford deliberately tried to tease the boy off. Cody clasped a hand over his throat and pretended to vomit.