"Hello, you must be El!" When Linda had been abroad, she'd often visited the orphanage. She prided herself on being an approachable person. She bent down in front of Elvin and smiled. "I heard that you're very intelligent."Elvin said nothing. His guard was still completely up. Linda didn't mind. After all, Elvin was Stephen's son, so it was only normal that he had a strange character.She reached her hand out to Elvin. "I'm Linda Mitchell. You can call me Linda."Elvin glanced at her hand, but he had no intention of taking his hand out of his pocket.Linda smiled rather awkwardly and looked at Yvonne. "Yvonne, your son has quite the personality."Yvonne cleared her throat. "Elvin, be polite." No matter what, she couldn't let her son be rude.Elvin reluctantly greeted her back, saying, "Hello, Linda.""That's more like it!" Linda replied happily. She patted Elvin on the head. "You're a good kid. I brought you a present. See if you like it or not.""Thank you," Elvin replied
When she heard the gate close, Yvonne turned around to take a look. Elvin approached her and asked curiously, "Mommy, who is she? You don't seem to like her very much."Yvonne smiled and explained, "She's a salesperson. She's been bugging me for the past few days about some investment project. I was just annoyed by her.""And she came to your house?" Lloyd chimed in, "Ms. Yvonne, don't worry. When I see her next time, I won't let her in!""Okay," Yvonne responded, then helped Lloyd with the coal.She couldn't let an unwanted guest spoil her weekend barbecue.…After Linda left Miller Villa, she texted Stephen to ask him out for dinner.That night, Linda reserved a table at a Fragornian restaurant. Stephen arrived right on time. He sat down and asked her, "Did something happen at work that you need my help with?"Linda was unamused. "Do I really seem that useless to you?""You just returned to the country. The financial circle is complex. It's only normal that you'll come acros
It was a rare occasion for Linda to meet Stephen's friends, so she invited James to dine with them.In front of a beautiful lady, James completely ignored Stephen's death glare. He raised a hand in the air to get the server to add another set of cutlery.James had been a philanderer for many years. One of his main skills was making girls laugh. Linda and he happily chatted away, leaving only Stephen sitting there with a gloomy expression.Linda laughed so much that her face was sore. She looked at Stephen and said, "I never thought your friend would be so interesting."Linda thought that a person as strange as Stephen probably wouldn't have any friends at all."I'm the most interesting one among Stephen's friends." James raised his glass and said with a smile, "But it's only because we click! Come, let's drink to this new friendship!""Of course!" Linda clinked glasses with James. "I hope we stay friends."James replied happily, "Of course!"After dinner, they left the restaura
Linda clenched her mug tighter as she heard their comments. She didn't want to confront them, so she turned and left with her mug of coffee.Unexpectedly, one of the colleagues took a step forward and hit her mug. Coffee spilled all over Linda.Linda wailed, burned by the hot coffee. She frantically took some paper towels to wipe the stain off her clothes.That colleague pretended to be baffled. "Oh, my goodness. I'm sorry. I didn't notice you there."Linda could hear the smugness in her voice. She was just about to retort when she heard someone bark, "What the hell are you all doing?"Soon, a figure pushed Linda's colleagues away and walked over to her. "Are you alright?"Linda looked at James, a little stunned. "Why are you here?""I'm a client here. I was here to check up on a project. I never thought I would bump into you here."James looked at the mess on Linda's clothes. Furious, he turned to look at the group of people. "I never knew that Finspatial was so unprofessional
Suzy walked closer to them and said to James with a smile, "I need to speak with Linda. I hope you can give us some privacy, Mr. Davison."James ignored her, merely looking at Linda.Linda hinted at him with her eyes, asking him to leave first, but James was still worried. He stuffed his business card in her hand. "I'll go. Call me if you're in any trouble."Linda nodded. Seeing James leave, she finally said to Suzy, "Are you here because of Benjamin Anderson?""Not really, but it has something to do with him." Suzy smiled. "That day, after you left, Benjamin, that bastard, kept forcing me to drink alcohol. The angrier he got, the more it proved that he was interested in you. Which was why I'd long predicted that Mr. Scott would push you to work with him."Of course, I'm not trying to intimidate you by saying this so that you'll let me have the client. I just feel like I have to warn you to be careful when dealing with him."Then, Suzy unnaturally put her hair behind her ear. "
Meanwhile, Yvonne was flipping through the documents Linda had given her.Linda might be young and pretty, but she had a great eye for investments. When she'd been abroad, she'd helped her clients earn buckets. If it hadn't been for her inexplicable relationship with Stephen, Yvonne would have let Linda have a go at investing her assets.What a pity.Yvonne set the documents aside. She instructed Hayden, "Send these back to Finspatial Securities. Tell them I don't wish to invest right now and kindly ask them not to disturb me."The moment Hayden left with the documents, Yvonne received a call from Caleb.Caleb said with a smile, "Yvonne, you'll have to treat me to a meal today."Yvonne was surprised. "You've found it?""Hmm, we'll talk in detail when we meet."Yvonne said delightedly, "No problem. I'll treat you to a meal at Galarinx Restaurant tonight."…That night, Galarinx Restaurant was crowded during dinner time.Yvonne had barely entered the private room when Caleb fo
"When I was looking into Mark through the dark web, Emerald Group targeted me. They tracked me down through the server and sent me a virus as a warning."Caleb sighed and continued. "Emerald Group sure has a lot of talented people. I'd barely started investigating when they found me. They even went past my firewall."Yvonne furrowed her brows. She hadn't expected Emerald Group to have such great defenses."But you don't have to be too disappointed. I did find some things about him."Caleb took his phone out, opened a document, and passed it to Yvonne. "Mark committed a crime in Northerna City when he was 17 years old. "It was a brawl against a gang. They had six people; two of them were seriously injured, while the other four sustained injuries. Mark was under 18 years old at the time, so he was only sentenced to a juvenile detention center for five years."Caleb looked at Yvonne and said, "Guess why he got into a fight with them? I looked into the gang. They were all from your
"This …" The server was conflicted. "It's a matter of the customer's privacy, we can't just …""Alright, I'll call the police then." Yvonne took her phone out. "I'll tell them that the Galarinx Restaurant allowed Benjamin Anderson to assault a woman and even tried to protect him despite his criminal behavior."The server immediately stopped her and told her everything.Five minutes ago, Benjamin had taken Linda away. She guessed that it must be the same as usual and that they'd headed over to the five-star hotel next door.Time was of the essence, so Yvonne couldn't spare any time explaining things to Caleb. She only sent him a message saying, "Something came up. Don't wait for me."Meanwhile, Suzy was on a call with James in the hotel's lobby. She was so nervous that her voice was trembling. "Mr. Davison, something has happened to Linda. Only you can help her." James immediately pushed the woman in his arms away and asked with urgency, "What happened?"Suzy stuttered, "I don't