The crowd turned to the source of the voice to see an elegant woman dressed in red entering and approaching them. It was Mia Philip! “Ms. Philip?” Donald felt a premonition of oncoming trouble. He immediately forced a smile and went up to her. “Why have you come?” “I’m here to join in the fun! Am I not welcome here, respected Mr. Cole?” Mia put extra emphasis on how she addressed Mr. Cole. “Ms. Philip, that was just a joke. Don’t take it to heart,” Donald explained awkwardly. How did he know that she would appear at such terrible timing? “A joke? It didn’t sound like one to me. You sounded so sure of yourself back there,” Mia said, unperturbed. “Well— Donald could not find the words to excuse himself for what he said. “Forget it; I’ll let that go. Now tell me, what’s going on here?” Mia asked calmly. “Ms. Philip, here’s what happened.” Mr. Dylan was just about to explain when he was cut off by a glare from Mia. “Are you in a position to speak now?” “Know your place!” Donald tu
“Mr. Brown, I’m terribly sorry! I was rude and ignorant, please, have mercy on us and let us go!” Donald saw how Mia was ignoring them, so he quickly changed his target and turned to beg Henry. “What?” Lilian and Micheal watched the proceedings with their mouths agape. The vice president of Philip Pharmaceuticals was on his knees, begging for forgiveness from a worthless piece of trash? How humiliating! “It’s too late to repent now! Take them away!” Mia signaled to her guards. They were both quickly dragged away. Their cries and shouts for forgiveness fell on deaf ears. Mia’s swift and decisive course of action caused the crowd to look at her in awe. She was impressive and domineering, truly deserving of her title of the Steel Lady. “Henry, I’ll leave the rest to you. I’m taking this opportunity to rid the company of anyone else bearing ill intentions. I don’t want an insignificant employee of the company to ruin our reputation.” Mia gave Henry a heads–up and proceeded to leave wi
An hour later, Solomon burst into the Millers manor hurriedly. “Mom! I’ve got bad news! Lilian’s in big trouble!” “Trouble? What trouble?” Mrs Millers was enjoying her tea and responded slowly. “Michael just called to tell me that Lilian’s been sent to jail!” That was a shocking piece of news. “What?” Mrs Millers sat bolt upright when she heard that. “How did that happen? Why would Lilian suddenly be locked up?” “Michael said that Lilian went to the Philips to buy their newly released product, and she got into some sort of conflict with Henry. Somehow, Lilian ended up detained for stealing drugs, Solomon explained. “Stealing drugs? No! That’s impossible! Lilian might be spoiled, but she would never commit thell!” As Mrs Millers spoke, she suddenly seemed to catch an important piece of information, “Hang on, did you just say that Lilian had a conflict with Henry, which was why she got caught? Could it be possible that the worthless piece of trash pulled a dirty trick on her?” “Th
He immediately helped her up and comforted her. “I wasn’t trying to fire you, I was just worried that the work would be too hard on you.” “It’s not hard at all… Roseline shook her head profusely. With teary eyes, she said, “It would be the blessing of a lifetime to be able to serve you and Mr. Adam. I’m not afraid of hard work. If you don’t mind, Mr. Brown, then I am willing to become your laborer!” “Roseline, is there something that you’re too embarrassed to share?” Henry tried asking. “Nothing of that sort. It’s completely voluntary on my part.” Roseline explained hastily. “I was orphaned when I was young. It was Ms. Mia who saved me and helped me survive this long. I dare not ask for too much; all I want is to be able to repay Ms. Mia. I’m very stupid; I don’t know anything but hard labor. I hope you won’t detest me for it, Mr. Brown.” Seeing the person in front of him look so terrified and pitiful, Henry let out a sigh. He couldn’t help but feel pity for her. She was at the
“Solomon, I’m giving you three seconds to apologize to Roseline!” Henry slowly got to his feet, his expression dark. “Apologize? Who the fuck do you think you are? As if I’m going to apologize just because you asked me to. Not to mention, isn’t she just a stupid bitch? So what if I hit her? What are you doing to do about it? If you’re going to keep yapping at me, I might even hit you too!” Solomon yelled; his expression was ferocious. “You dimwitted fool!” Henry snorted humorlessly, launching a kick at Solomon‘ abdomen. The latter let out a pained cry as he flew a few feet backward. His entire body was curled up into a ball as he rolled backward. At first, Mrs Millers was utterly dumbfounded. Then, her eyes flared with rage, screaming as she pounced at him.” How dare you hit my son?! You ruthless animal, I’m going to teach you a lesson!” She started to scratch and hit him, throwing out moves like it was a catlight. “Get off!” Henry’s body shook, and an invisible force pushed M
“It’s a long story. You need to go to Mom’s room and see her as soon as possible!” Solomon urged. Emily frowned and quickly went to Mrs Millers’s room. She found Mrs Millers lying on the bed, looking pallid. Her head was wrapped in thick bandages, and her hands and feet were in casts. On the bedside table, there are several bloody towels. It was a scene from a nightmare. “Mom, what happened to you? How did you get hurt so badly?” Emily was aghast. “Emily, you’re finally back. If you had come any later, I may not see you ever again…” She trailed off before erupting in a fake coughing fit. “Mom, just what happened to you? Who did this to you?!” Emily’s expression turned frosty. “Ugh It was all because of that animal, Henry! Your brother and I went to the Medical Center today to ask him to help us write a formula, but not only did that animal refuse to help, he even spewed many offensive things. I got mad and told him off, but that savage was so ashamed that he flew into a rage a
“Am I being unreasonable, or are you just a cold and heartless person who grew tired of your old toy in favor of a new one? Am I not even worth one formula in your eyes?!” Dahlla was about to lose her mind. She wasn’t this upset earlier, but at the thought of Mia, she felt a knife pierce her heart. She couldn’t help but feel as if someone had taken something important from her. “Emily, I don’t want to argue with you. If you called me to talk about this, then I don’t think we have anything to talk about,” Henry said, taking a deep breath. “Fine! Let’s not talk about the formula–let’s talk about Lilian! Were you responsible for her arrest?” Emily changed the subject. “If I said no, would you believe me?” Henry said indifferently. “Do you think I would believe you? Micheal saw you plant fake evidence with his own eyes and got Lilian sent to jail! I know you don’t like her, but must you be so petty? How could you do such a cruel thing over a small conflict? That’s my cousin! How cou
Seeing their reaction, of course. Emily caught on. “So you two have been lying to me all along? All for what?” She bit the bottom of her lip. “Fine. I’m not hurt! So what? Seeing that her ruse was up, Mrs Millers stopped pretending. She said indignantly, “Although I didn’t get hurt, it’s still true that that animal beat us up. You saw what happened in the video. Could that be faked?” “That’s right! Emily, look at the injuries on my face. He did this to me!” Solomon played along. “Give me your phone!” Emily demanded, her gaze cold. “W–what do you want my phone for?” Solomon felt a niggling sense of guilt. “Just give it to me!” Without another word, Emily snatched the phone from his hands. She looked for the full video and played it with the volume turned up. After grasping the entire situation, her body began to tremble from head to toe. She finally understood why her brother had been beaten up. Henry wasn’t the ungrateful one. It was her mother and brother who crossed the l