Robin picked up Leslie from her kindergarten and returned to Houry’s Villa. However, Elise still worriedly sat in front of her laptop, looking for some data.
“Honey, when I was on the way home, I heard Lucas Corporation had gone bankrupt,” Robin said.
Right then, Karen returned home after playing Mahjong with her friends. While going upstairs, she overheard Robin’s words and chuckled ironically, “Bankrupt?”
She couldn’t help laughing. “How come you believe such a ridiculous rumor? Lucas Corporation is a big enterprise, one of Stillwater’s top five architecture companies. It’s unlike Lands Corporation. How come it goes bankrupt so easily?”
“Alas… I know you are a loser, but at least you should be smarter. Lucas Corporation’s bankruptcy is surely a rumor. If it’s real, I’ll jump off our house. You idiot!”
Karen shook her head, thinking Robin was stupid.
“Alas…” Elise heaved a sigh. Although she hoped Lucas Corporation to go bankrupt, it was impossible. As her mother said, it was a big organization, and she could only keep dreaming.
“Humph! What a fool!”
Karen glanced at Robin in disdain.
Suddenly, Elise received a call. She checked the caller ID and muttered, “Miranda is calling me.”
Since Elise had offended the Lucas family, she tried to figure out various methods to prepare for future risks. She didn’t call Timothy for help because the Lucas family had been enraged about what had happened to their only son. Therefore, she didn’t think the Buosont family would be willing to take the risk to help her and her family.
Instead, Elise wished to let Nina have the last ray of hope.
Earlier, she called Miranda to figure out what she could do. Therefore, Elise swiped to answer the call immediately. “Hello, Miranda. What’s up? Have you thought of something?”
“Not really,” Miranda answered.
Elise felt frustrated. However, Miranda’s following words took her aback. “I didn’t figure out any method, but Lucas Corporation has gone bankrupt.”
“What?”
Elise was startled. ‘Bankrupt?’
“Exactly. I heard the news just now. Lucas Corporation has offended a mysterious bigwig. That bigwig bought out the company and donated all the company assets to charity. Therefore, Lucas Corporation has gone bankrupt.”
Elise thought she must be hearing things while listening to Miranda. Lucas Corporation was such a huge company, but it had gone bankrupt.
It was impossible and sounded ridiculous indeed!
However, Elise didn’t think Miranda would have made fun of her at this critical moment. She believed Miranda’s news was real.
“Really? They’ve been bankrupt? My curse came true?”
Elise brought a hand to cover her mouth in shock. One day ago, she cursed Lucas Corporation to go bankrupt, and it had come true. She was too surprised.
“Wait!”
Elise shook her head and calmed down. Her curse couldn’t have such magic. It would be only because the Lucas family was so unlucky that they had offended a mysterious bigwig.
Elise couldn’t help wondering who that bigwig was.
Suddenly, she looked at Robin in suspicion. Just now, Robin went out. After he returned, Lucas Corporation went bankrupt.
It was too coincident in her eyes.
“Um, Robin…” Elise was about to ask Robin.
Suddenly, Miranda added on the phone, “By the way, some rumors said that mysterious bigwig was the Robin-Sophia Group’s chairman of the board, as someone saw him enter Lucas Manor earlier.”
“Your company’s chairman of the board? No wonder,” Elise answered.
Then she withdrew her gaze from Robin, feeling slightly disappointed. She believed that she had overthought. It couldn’t be Robin, who was just an ordinary security guard.
Elise thought the Robin-Sophia Group’s chairman of the board was indeed outstanding.
She wondered what the Lucas family did to offend him. He easily bought out Lucas Corporation and donated its assets to charity. How generous!
“Miranda, you’ve found an excellent employer,” Elise sighed.
“I can’t agree more. The Robin-Sophia Group is also a famous enterprise in the capital. I wonder why they suddenly moved to Stillwater. Anyway, I could come back to my hometown. By the way, I admit my company is excellent, but it seems I’ve offended someone. The company has deducted my annual bonus this year. 100, 000 dollars in total! I was also fined 1, 000 dollars as I once left my office five minutes earlier,” Miranda complained pitifully.
“I checked with Mr. Jordan, but he only told me the punishment was according to the company rules and regulations. Boohoo… I’ve lost 100, 000 dollars. I can tell some senior executives wants to give me a hard time, so my salary has been deducted.”
Miranda had been confused. Since the previous day, she had been unlucky in the company. Mr. Jordan strictly punished her and deducted her annual bonus. Thinking of that 100, 000 dollars, Miranda wanted to shed tears.
“Probably, it was really your fault,” Elise replied but didn’t know how to console her. After all, she didn’t know what had happened exactly.
After hanging up, she said to Robin excitedly, “Lucas Corporation has gone bankrupt for real. Our family has been saved. We don’t need to be afraid of their revenge anymore.”
“Really?” Karen gaped at her in disbelief.
However, she also overheard Miranda’s words earlier. The Lucas family had offended someone mysterious and gone bankrupt.
Thinking about her words earlier, Karen looked up to check the height of her house. Immediately, she turned away. “We’re lucky,” she remarked.
She dared not to stay.
Karen hadn’t expected Robin to tell the truth. Lucas Corporation did go bankrupt. She had to admit Robin was lucky to hear the correct news.
Robin shrugged. Since Karen refused to admit she was wrong, he couldn’t do anything. He couldn’t throw her off the house, could he?
Elise suddenly hopped onto the bed excitedly, stretching. She had changed into her nightgown, so her fair skin was exposed to the air when she didn’t pay attention.
Elise had a curved figure, pretty appealing to a man. After giving birth, she became more maturer than before. However, she had never been in love, so she was as shy as a teenage girl.
“Dad, do you think Mom is pretty?”
Leslie suddenly tugged Robin’s sleeve.
Only then did Elise realize her improper posture. Raising her head, she met Robin’s passionate gaze and immediately tucked herself in the quilt. “Ah… Stop looking, Robin!”
“So childish,” Robin chuckled, shaking his head.
Although Elise had been his wife and given birth, she was still like a teenage girl.
However, she had a perfect figure, a gorgeous face, fair skin, and long legs. Her bosom was plump, and her waist was slender. Moreover, watching his wife wasn’t against the law.