Across a wooden room door, the conversation inside could be vaguely heard.
“Has Celeste suspected you guys recently?”
It was Kevin’s voice, followed by an unfamiliar voice, “No, she is not suspicious in the slightest.”
“Good, now that the evidence has almost been collected. As long as you get the most crucial evidence, your mission will be accomplished.”
“Okay, Mr. Jones-Sharp, we will definitely live up to your expectations.”
Kevin looked askance at Alvin, “Is there any action on her side recently?”
“It seems that she is fighting for a cooperation case, and there is no unusual activity.”
“Keep watching closely.”
“Got it.”
After that, they lowered their voices and chatted secretly for a while. Kevin looked at the time, and it was two o’clock in the morning, “Okay, you guys go back. Until we gather the most critical information, we should not meet for the time being to avoid being noticed.”
Bella hurried back to the bedroom. After seeing Alvin and two strange men leave, Bella took a deep breath and went straight to the study.
Bella knocked on the door, and Kevin opened it, thinking it was Alvin, and blurted out, “Is there anything else?”
Once Kevin saw that the person standing outside the door was Bella, he was taken aback, “Bella, why are you up?”
Bella frowned and angrily barged into the study. She sat on the sofa without saying a word.
“What’s wrong?”
Kevin sat over and hugged Bella with a suspicious look.
“Didn’t you promise to face difficulties with me and no longer have any secrets?”
Kevin was shocked for a while before asking uncertainly, “You wouldn’t have been eavesdropping outside the door, would you?”
“Yes, I just eavesdropped.”
Kevin rubbed his forehead and patiently explained, “Bella, that’s not a secret. It’s just some struggle in the mall, and now that you’re pregnant, I don’t want you to get involved in this kind of deception.”
“Then you have to tell me, and there may be something I can help with.”
“There is nothing you need to help. You just stay happy and feel at ease to be mother-to-be. You don’t have to intervene in other matters.”
“I heard you guys talking about Celeste. Are you preparing to deal with her?”
Kevin did not hide, “Yes, I really did not expect Celeste to be so bold. After she returned home in just a few years, her tax evasion reached hundreds of millions. I still wonder how she’s got so much money to buy shares everywhere. Her business is flourishing, but it turns out that she is taking such a risk. It’s really self-destructive.”
“How do you know?”
“I keep an eye on her. What she has done can’t escape my close surveillance.”
“Who are those two people just now?”
“They are important employees in the finance department of Celeste’s company. Celeste trusts these two people and all the accounts are handled by them.”
“Then how could they betray her?”
“There is no reason to betray someone. Even people who are close to each other can betray at times, let alone subordinates.”
“Why do you meet late at night? Last time you went out at night to meet them too?”
“Yes, because it is confidential, I must do a good job of concealment.”
“Are you very confident that you can defeat Celeste this time?”
Bella looked at Kevin who was unpredictable and felt uneasy. Bella grew up with animosity of revenge, and now as Bella grew older, she surprisingly no longer liked that kind of life when she was pregnant. Bella began to yearn for peace, for a future without intrigue and darkness.
“If it goes well, we can settle her in one go, and definitely catch her off guard.”
Kevin’s tone was very certain and his eyes lit up. Kevin got up and took out a piece of information from the bottom drawer of his desk, “Take a look.”
Bella roughly flipped through it, which not only recorded the amount of Celeste’s tax evasion but also recorded when and where she had engaged in bribery with the officials.
“You must keep this secret in any case. Before I hand over this evidence to the anti-corruption bureau, don’t disclose it with anyone, especially your good friend Alice.”
Bella nodded, woolgathering, “Got it.”
Alice was Celeste’s daughter-in-law. Seeing her favorite man and her best friend’s mother-in-law openly fighting, Bella felt more or less a little uncomfortable.
Bella thought of Louis’s attitude when he defended his mother’s on the day of Patrick’s funeral and was worried.
Early in the morning, before Bella woke up, Blanche came upstairs and knocked on the door, “Bella, are you up yet?”
Bella rubbed her drowsy eyes and got up to answer, “Yes, I’m up.”
Kevin also got up, opened the door, and asked Blanche, “Why did you wake her up so early?”
“I agreed with her to go to King Hills today to thank God. God is so generous to our Jones-Sharp family, I must go to thank them.”
“You agreed?”
Kevin turned back to his wife and asked.
Bella nodded, “Yes.”
After breakfast, Blanche asked the maid to carry a pile of gifts to the car, and then she went to the King Hills with Bella.
The master in the Great Buddha’s Hall saw Blanche and greeted her very warmly. These years Blanche donated a lot of money to the temple and accumulated merit, and now their Jones-Sharp family finally saw the hope. Blanche believed more in the Buddha. Once she entered the temple, she gave a large donation of money.
After making a wish and worshiping Buddha, the temple master made a gesture of invitation and said, “The Great Master is waiting for you in the backyard, and today he’s teaching you the heart Sutra.”
Blanche turned around and asked her daughter-in-law, “Bella, will you go with me to listen?”
Bella shook her head, “Mom, I won’t go. I want to walk around.”
“Good, we’ll stay here for lunch at noon. You don’t go too far.”
“Okay.”
After Blanche turned to the backyard, Bella took a step out of the King Hills Temple and went straight to a lively street.
This place changed a lot compared to two years ago. The road was wider. Obviously it was renovated, and the vendors doing business on both sides of the road had fixed stalls, and it was no longer as messy as in the past when the stalls were scattered. Bella searched for the doctor who attended to her back then, knowing it was impossible to see him again, but she was still vaguely expecting to see him again here.
Blanche was grateful to the Buddha, while Bella was grateful to the doctor who had given her herbs for three months in a row. Although it was not certain at the time that the medicine would be effective, she was able to conceive today, which had something to do with the doctor.
Bella shuttled with the crowd, constantly looking around, but she didn’t find him. Even the stall where Bella and Kevin bought bracelets disappeared. This place looked different every year.
After walking around alone for a long time, Bella felt a little tired and returned to the temple. Bella had a vegetarian meal with her mother-in-law at the temple at noon and went down the hill. But Blanche did not rush home. She ordered the driver to drive to a large shopping mall.
“Mom, why are we here?” Bella asked in confusion.
“To buy clothes for the baby.”
Blanche smiled happily at the mention of the baby in Bella’s belly.
“It’s too early, isn’t it?”
“No, it’s all to be prepared in advance.”
Bella had no choice when but Blanche insisted. They went to the baby zone. Seeing small clothes and shoes, Bella felt good. Her mothering instincts were aroused as she was stroking the baby products, tears unconsciously welled up her eyes.
It had been a long time that Bella deliberately avoided the baby counter no matter who she was shopping with. Because Bella was afraid that she would be grieved seeing these angelic clothes. Now that it was all over, Bella could happily pick out something for her baby, “Mom, how about this one?”
“Yes, it’s beautiful, wrap it up.”
“How about this one?”
“Yeah, it’s nice too. Buy it.”
They brought a small jacket and a pair of small shoes and even bought a number of drool scarves.
“Mom, it’s enough. We can not bring them home.”
Bella stared at her own hands and her mother-in-law’s. They were simply like master shoppers. But Blanche didn’t stop shopping, “There were two children. You have to buy more.”
“There will be time next time. Let’s buy this much for today.”
Blanche saw Bella’s forehead beaded with sweat, afraid of tiring her out, and nodded in agreement, “That’s fine. Let’s go to the first floor for a drink and then go home.”
When taking the elevator downstairs, Bella looked back and she felt as if someone followed her since she entered the door of the mall. But Bella did not find any suspicious people as she looked back. At the bar on the first floor, Bella was drinking juice and whispered to Blanche, “Mom, do you feel as if someone followed us today? ”
“No, who is following us?”
Bella smiled, “I’m just saying casually.” Bella took a sip of juice and thought she might have been influenced by Richard and was a bit worried.
As soon as Kevin returned home in the evening, Bella pulled him upstairs, then pointed to the pile of little baby clothes on the bed and said, “Take a look, does it look good?”
The first time Kevin saw such small clothes, he was a little excited. Kevin picked up a pair of small socks and took a look, “It’s good-looking. You all bought two pairs of them?”
“Yes, otherwise the two brothers must still fight.”
“Brother and sister.”
Kevin corrected.
“Okay, brother and sister, brother and sister. What if you have two girls?”
“What else can we do but continue to work hard to make a baby?”
“Don’t you get tired of having so many?”
“Why bother? My biggest dream is to have lots and lots of children with you.”
“Nasty, I’m not an old hen. I won’t give birth to a lot of children at once.”
Bella retorted but felt sweet. What could be happier than having a child with the man you loved?
This day Bella was working in the company and suddenly received a phone call from Alice. Alice’s voice sounded a bit wrong, “Bella, when are you free? I want to meet with you.”