Chapter 367: I Do Not Know Who Is More Miserable
Looking into Wendy’s eyes, Todd knew that he couldn’t hide it from her.
He sighed, "I didn’t tell you the truth because I’m worried you’d be afraid. I didn’t just give money to the head of the security guards. Since this matter was very serious and our lives were at stake, I controlled his daughter..."
Todd’s words shocked Wendy. In her eyes, Todd was a very gentle person. She could not imagine that he would threaten someone.
Looking at her expression, Todd smiled sadly, "Is your impression of me ruined?"
Wendy nodded, and then she shook her head slowly. Todd did not do anything wrong, because their safety could be better guaranteed this way.
She also believed that Todd would not harm the girl.
Seeing that Wendy was silent, Todd continued with a smile, "But rest assured, I will never do these things to you."
Wendy believed him. Todd had never harmed her all these years. She could actually understand where he’s coming from. Ever since Todd left HG and established his own business, Lewis Design Company was making pretty decent progress even though it could not be compared with HG. How would he be able to survive in the cutthroat world of business if he did not pull any tricks?
Wendy smiled, "I understand."
Todd was a little afraid that Wendy was merely saying this to comfort him. He bowed down his head and stayed silent for a while before he said, "Corrine, I will not hurt his daughter. My aim is to guarantee our safety."
Wendy frowned when she heard his explanation and patted him on the shoulder, "I do believe you. You don’t have to explain so much."
Todd looked up and saw her expression. She did not seem to be lying. He felt relieved. He had been reluctant to tell Wendy that he had the girl under control because he was afraid that Wendy would find him cruel.
"You don’t need to worry at all." Todd’s smile returned as he continued, "By the way, are you hungry? Shall we grab a bite? There’s a new store nearby and the food there is good."
"Okay, I have something to tell you too." Wendy stood and picked up her bag. "Let’s talk on the way."
Seeing that Wendy had turned around, Todd followed her out. She walked to the elevator and hit the button to call for the lift. She looked back at Todd, a serious expression on her face. "I need your help for something else."
"Go ahead," Todd answered.
Just then, the elevator door opened and Todd made a gesture to let Wendy enter before him like a gentleman would.
Wendy was not shy and went ahead. The elevator was not small but they stood close to each other. Todd could smell the light fragrance from Wendy within the silent confined space.
"I will send you the information. Help me do some research on this person." Wendy took out her cellphone and sent the information to Todd’s private email address.
"His name is Clement and he comes from Rheinsville city, where you have more connections compared to me. See if you can find out something about him. It would be ideal if you could find out about his latest itinerary."
"Okay, no problem. I’ll let you know once I’m onto something," said Todd.
"But it’s okay if you cannot find anything about him," said Wendy.
"I will do my best." Todd would certainly do so for Wendy.
...
Ten in the morning in Lake City.
Yonina Collins walked into Michael Lucas’ office in a hurry, and there was a smile on her face.
Michael looked up at her face and guessed what had happened.
Then, he lowered down his head and continued dealing with the documents.
He did not say anything because he was waiting for Yonina to speak first.
"Christian Lucas seemed to have believed my proposal," said Yonina. "I told him that I made lots of effort to steal it."
"I made that proposal by myself; how could he not believe it?" Michael put down his pen and crossed his hands. He looked up at Yonina and spoke confidently, "I have known Christian well for so many years. He also knows me very well, so I made the proposal according to what he knows about me. Moreover, what we gave him was indeed the real proposal."
Initially, Michael had intended to give a false proposal to Christian. Once Christian believed that proposal, then his bid proposal based upon it would mostly fail.
But Wendy told them not to compete for this bid proposal.
Therefore, Michael gave Christian the real proposal.
As long as Christian believed it, he could make optimizations based on Michael’s proposal and offer a higher bid price accordingly.
Then, he could get the bid very easily.
"Now, we can just wait for Christian to bite the hook," Yonina laughed happily. "But Wendy told us not to get the bid successfully - is this good or bad? In case something accidental happens... " "Who was always praising my wife several days ago and proclaimed that I should yield my position to Wendy?" said Michael. "Now, how did you change your mind after only a few days?"
"I did not change my mind; I am just a little worried." Yonina’s smile faded, and sighed slightly, "You know that I have entrusted the entire Collins Group to you and Wendy."
"Wendy and I also entrust our everything on this project." Michael also looked serious when it came to that point.
He would rather force Wendy to leave Lake City even if she would misunderstand him. However, she still came back to the center of the turbulence.
If it were possible, Michael really hoped that Wendy would not encounter things like these in her entire life.
"I cannot count on you now; let us only count on Wendy." Yonina was still very confident in Wendy.
However, she was still more or less afraid.
Someone knocked on the door at that moment.
Mr. York came in with a smile on his face.
He must have some good news as well.
Mr. York saw that Yonina was present, so he nodded at her as a greeting.
Then, Mr. York reported to Michael, "I have finished the task given by Mrs. Lucas.
The families of the people in charge of the vendors were all controlled by us."
Michael nodded, and his eyes brightened, "I will call Wendy and let her know."
Michael was upset that there was no good excuse for him to contact Wendy.
Every time he called Wendy, she hung up.
"Well... " Yonina said deliberately, "Wendy will not pick up your phone. Let me call her."
Yonina walked forward and grabbed Michael’s phone from his hand.
Michael looked gloomy, and he was obviously unhappy, "You mean to do it, don’t you?"
Yonina saw that Michael took it seriously, so she no longer wanted to tease him.
She returned the phone to Michael and said, "I am just joking. Why are you so serious? You can call her. And you will always be the one to call her in the future, areyou satisfied?"
Michael took back his phone and resumed the smile on his face.
When Michael was about to make the call, an email arrived in his mailbox. And there was a notification on his phone.
Michael received lots of emails every single day, so he did not feel strange about it.
But the temporary notification let him see the sender.
It was Christian!
Michael’s smile on his face suddenly faded.
Michael and Christian never contacted each other usually, not to mention emailing each other.
If Christian sent an email in person, then something important must have happened.
So, Michael opened the email.
There was a video in the email.
The video was only one minute long.
But that one minute made Michael suddenly become solemn and cold.
"Don’t you want to call Wendy?" Seeing that Michael was a little abnormal, Yonina asked, "What happened?"
Michael did not answer her, which made Yonina even more curious.
She walked over to him and tried to see what he was looking at.
She was startled when she saw the screen of the video.
The background of the video was an office.
And one man and one woman were lying on the sofa.
After a short while, the man carried the woman into the lounge.
Yes, the man and the woman in the video were Todd and Wendy.
The video came from the surveillance camera.
Very soon, Michael’s phone rang.
It was Christian calling.
Michael picked up the phone in numbness.
As soon as it was connected, he heard Christian’s proud voice, "Brother, did you see the email I sent you?"
Michael did not say anything for a long time.
This was within the expectation of Christian, and he continued, "As soon as I got this video, the first thing I wanted to do was to show it to you. If I am not wrong, then one of them in the video is my sister-in-law. Oh, sorry, I am wrong; she is no longer my sister-in-law. I should call her Ms. Swift now. Since she is no longer my sister-in-law, there is no need for me to show you this. I am sorry, brother. Please pretend that you have not seen this video."
"How did you get this video?" Michael knew that HG belonged to Christian, so it was not abnormal that he had access to the surveillance camera videos.
But Christian did not know that they knew about this fact.
"Brother, I have been in the industry for many years, and I have my own means." Of course, Christian would not tell Michael the truth. He turned the pen in his hand and smiled very insidiously. "It does not matter how I got this video, but since she is not your wife anymore now, this is not important to you."
"Christian, don’t think that I am not aware of your evil desire for Wendy." Michael tried his best to control his emotions and slightly held up his head. He said coldly, "You must be very sad when you saw this video. It is a pity that I can show my sadness explicitly, but you can only hide and feel angry when there is nobody around. At least Wendy was once mine, but you will never have any chance in your entire life. I do not know who is more miserable... " "Really? We will know who is more miserable very soon." Christian hung up the phone immediately after he said this.
After he hung up, Christian grabbed the phone tightly then smashed the phone to the ground vigorously.
The phone was suddenly smashed into pieces.
It was totally broken.
As if that was not enough, Christian hit the table in the office with his fists.
Christian made this call to Michael to irritate him.
But he did not expect that Michael would make him furious!
