The woman was stunned. She was only planning on reconciling with Bobby, and she didn’t even expect that William would ask her to pay a compensation fee.
Didn’t they say that William was very rich and generous? She was told that William wouldn’t ask her to pay for the medical expenses and the car repair fee, so why did he suddenly mention this?
The woman was stunned for a moment, but she saw Bobby looking at her in a daze out of the corner of her eye. She gritted her teeth and said, “Yes… Since you’ve been so kind to me, I will find a way to compensate for your losses.”
“I didn’t intend to ask this from you, but I won’t refuse since you’re so persistent. After all, everyone has their own self-esteem.” William looked at the woman on the ground sarcastically. “Well, you can compensate me with five million dollars first. My car needs to be sent back to the factory to be repaired, so it may not be enough.”
Five million dollars was an astronomical figure for the woman. She looked at Bobby again and found that he had no intention to reconcile with her because she was still in a daze. Then, the woman gritted her teeth and said, “I will find a way to prepare the money and return it to you.”
“Alright, you can come to me when you get the money. I’m going out to have lunch now since it’s getting late.” William reached out to pull Bobby along. “What are you waiting for? Let’s go and eat!”
Bobby subconsciously looked at William and realized that the latter had a knowing glint in his eyes. Then, he looked at the woman that was laying on the ground with disheveled hair and got into the car without saying anything.
Bobby’s reaction was different from what she had expected because Evelyn told her that Bobby would be very excited to see her. She expected him to give her a big hug and reminisce about the old days with her, but his reaction was totally different from what Evelyn had said.
Evelyn would definitely scold her because her efforts would be in vain if William and Bobby left just like this.
Jacelyn suddenly got up from the ground and chased after Bobby and William. However, someone grabbed her collar from behind soon as she rushed to the front of the car and she was dragged to the side like dead weight.
Jacelyn felt that the grip on her neck was so tight that she couldn’t breathe, and she couldn’t do anything but watch as Bobby started the car and leave.
Bobby saw Silas suddenly come out and drag Jacelyn away in the rearview mirror. He had a complicated expression on his face as William sat quietly and looked at him from the back seat.
Neither of them spoke as Bobby quickly drove away from Wolf Group building.
Silas grabbed Jacelyn’s collar and restrained her expressionlessly. When Jacelyn turned her head and saw Silas’ frightening face, she stammered in fear, “Who… who are you? What… what are you going to do? Please let me go!”
Silas’ expression was ice cold and he didn’t intend to let go of Jacelyn. He just loosened his grip slightly so that Jacelyn could catch her breath and said in a cold voice,
“Miss, I’m William’s bodyguard. Didn’t you stop our boss just now because you wanted to pay him back? He doesn’t have time to listen to your explanation, so you can just give the money to me!”
“I… Why should I trust you?” Although Jacelyn was afraid, she still braced herself to refute.
“Do you want me to prove it? The staff in Wolf Group knows me, so do you want them to verify my status in front of you?”
“Who would know if you bribed them? I don’t have time to let all of them identify you.”
“Well, I’ll let Assistant Field deal with this then.” Silas sneered. “Assistant Field, this lady wanted to pay William. I asked her to give the money to me, but she said that she doesn’t know me. She should recognize you, right? Her efforts would probably be in vain if she doesn’t even know the president’s renowned assistant.”
Jacelyn clearly understood the sarcasm in his words. After a while, Marcus walked over with a faint smile on his face. “You’re Miss Penham, right? Are you here to pay William back and do you know how much it costs?”
“I… I’m here to thank William. I…” Jacelyn stammered even harder and she felt flustered.
“There’s no need to thank me. Our boss doesn’t know you, so why do you think you have the right to get close to him? You can just hand over the money because Assistant Field is also very busy.”
Silas was not polite at all. Jacelyn’s face turned red as Marcus smiled and said, “How much did Mr. Howard ask you to pay back? Just give me the money, I won’t take any of it for myself.”
“I… I didn’t bring any money today.”
“If so, why did you look for our boss? Do you think he’s free enough to meet people like you?” Silas sneered again.
“Or are you here just to get close to Mr. Howard? Tell me your purpose in seeing meeting our boss!” Silas suddenly shouted.
His voice was so loud that Jacelyn fell back because she was so scared of him.
Marcus had a smile on his face. “Are you scared, Miss Penham? He just has a loud voice, so you don’t have to take it to heart. By the way, when will you give me the money? You can set a time if you don’t have any money with you now. Would you prefer tomorrow or the day after?”
Marcus’s tone was very gentle, but the intention behind his words was completely unquestionable. Silas looked at Jacelyn so sinisterly that it seemed as though he would kill her if she didn’t agree. She was so scared that she trembled. “The… the day after tomorrow.”
“Okay, I’ll look for you then.” Marcus got in the car with Silas and left after he finished speaking.
Jacelyn bit her lips unwillingly and left quickly as their car drove off.
Silas sneered as he drove the car. “How dare a piece of trash like her try to be someone she’s not? Jacelyn, who saved Bobby that year, didn’t even change her expression when a gun was pointed at her. This lady has already exposed herself!”
William asked when Bobby stopped the car at the restaurant, “Why aren’t you asking me about what happened?”
“She’s not Jacelyn!” Bobby shook his head. “Although she looks exactly the same, her actions and tone are not the same as Jacelyn’s at all.”
Bobby was indeed shocked at first, but he found out that there was something not quite right with that woman. Paired with her conversation with William and how she wanted to pay for the car accident, Bobby could roughly guess that William must have investigated her and confirmed her identity.
Since William had always treated Bobby like family, how could he have asked Bobby’s saviour to pay for it? William would not only refuse the money if that woman was Jacelyn, but he would give her even more compensation instead.
William didn’t hide it from Bobby. “She’s not Jacelyn, but they’re related and they should be twin sisters. A few days ago, she suddenly fainted in front of my car when she was chased by someone. I found it strange, so I asked Silas to investigate it.”
“Is this why you asked me to go abroad?”
“Yes, my intuition told me that she is not Jacelyn and I’m afraid that she has ill intentions towards you. Right now, I’ve confirmed that she’s Jacelyn’s younger sister and that she was ordered by Evelyn to approach me. What do you think I should do?”
“Sir, you can do whatever you want. I owe a favour to Jacelyn, not her family. I will take care of her family if they’re as kind as her, but I wouldn’t have anything to do with them if the opposite was true.”
William sighed when he heard Bobby’s calm tone. “I thought you… Forget it. Let’s eat first and let Silas deal with this. We’ll listen to what he has to say about this later.”