Chapter 975

Chapter 975 More Than Meets The Eye Dixon answered expressionlessly, “You jest, Ms. Berry. What happened was either a natural disaster or an accident. No one could’ve prevented it. Anyway, I hear that you’re a woman of many talents. Not only are you a designer but also a film producer. Are you looking for someone to invest in your latest movie, True Magnate? How about counting me in?”

“Sorry, but my husband and I are the sole investors, and we don’t plan on getting anyone else in,”

Ashlyn responded with a smirk. What a joke! I’ve no wish to have anything to do with him!

Lucas wrapped an arm around her slender waist in a familiar manner, then said frostily, “Mr. Haddock, I believe you’ll be in need of money as rebuilding an office building costs a pretty penny.

Here’s one million. Take it for any emergencies.”

He took out a bank card and handed it to Dixon.

Dixon’s expression turned grim, and there was a tinge of darkness to his fury. His gaze was vicious as he glared at Lucas’ handsome face. “Mr. Nolan, is this your way of sending away a beggar? Do I look like someone who lacks such money?”

He’s doing this on purpose. He’s deliberately humiliating me!

The already livid Dixon felt as though he was about to explode with rage at Lucas’ provocations, but he restrained himself.

Although I fell into his trap this time, I’ll make him pay for his actions with interest next time!

Just then, Sienna took the bank card with a smile. “Thank you for the kind gesture, Mr. Nolan. Mr.

Haddock isn’t in a good mood, so his reply was somewhat blunt.”

“Ms. Oates is indeed gracious and broad-minded.” Lucas’ lips curved into a slight smile as he glanced at Dixon, whose face was as black as thunder.

Indeed, I’m just here to add insult to injury. Back then, Ashlyn’s Imperial Hotel got destroyed. Now, I’ve burned Haddock Group’s office building. I suppose one can say… things are even between us now.

Anyway, there were so many people inside Imperial Hotel when that happened. There were so many guests. However, Haddock Group was empty except for a few security guards, and they were all rescued. Hence, Ashlyn is still the one who suffered a greater loss.

Over at the Jensen family’s mansion, Sadie was sitting on a couch, bawling her eyes out. She whined to Robert, “Dad, what will I do? The whole world is mocking me for tripping over! This can’t be the end of my career, can it? But who’ll dare to hire me in the future?”

Frustrated by her sobbing, Robert replied, “Stop crying, okay? It was just a show, am I right? If things don’t work out, switch to a different career! That’s enough now. I’ll find someone to contact Twitter and see how we can manage the situation.”

“Thank you, Dad!” Sadie wiped her tears and was about to go upstairs when the front door opened. A familiar figure walked in and began taking off her shoes in the foyer.

“Shiela? What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be at Richard’s house?”

The pregnant Shiela looked somewhat upset as she explained, “A fire broke out at Haddock Group last night. At times like these, Richard needs to go and offer his support, so he sent me back.”

However, she was not being completely honest. The truth was that Richard had already planned to send her back to stay at the mansion for some time, and it just so happened that the timing coincided with the fire at Haddock Group. I can’t seem to understand him as well as before. What on earth is going through his mind?

“What did you say happened to Haddock Group?” Sadie asked. She had been too preoccupied with checking on the negative comments about her fall that she had not paid any attention to anything else.

“There was a fire. Didn’t you see it on Twitter?” Shiela answered impatiently. “Anyway, I feel a little tired. I’ll be heading upstairs now.”

“Be careful going up the stairs. Don’t trip,” Robert called out to her, but she did not take any notice of him.

Feeling annoyed, Sadie muttered, “What’s with that attitude? She isn’t officially Mrs. Shaw yet but is already treating you like that, never responding when you talk to her. Won’t she become even worse once she really does marry into the Shaw family?”

“What do you know? Your sister is in poor health. It’s not like you’re unaware of that, so why can’t you be nicer to her? With her health, it wasn’t advisable for her to have a child. However, for Mr. Shaw’s sake, she still got pregnant. Look what happened after that. Mr.

Shaw was so touched that he got engaged to her immediately.”

Robert spoke of Shiela’s engagement with joy, not knowing that there was more to his daughter’s pregnancy than met the eye.