My Sleeping Beauty Husband by Lyanna Nichols Chapter 141 The Smith Group Was Boycotted âThat was fast!â Lucien got agitated and stood up from his chair.
Alston raised his eyebrows, âYou donât like Alice doesnât mean that she canât find someone who likes her Auntie loves Alice so much. The men she found for Alice must be great. At least the ones I know about are decent.â
Lucien froze and smiled stiffly before saying, âOf course. Alice is a nice girl, and sheâs beautiful. Any man would be lucky to have her.â
After saying this, Lucien didnât dare to look at Alston and hurried toward the door. He made a sudden turn before reaching the gate, âAlston. You were seeking a birthday gift for Cynthia, werenât you?â
Alston didnât expect him to bring this up again. He stared blankly for a moment and then nodded.
Lucien smiled, âYou guys didnât have a wedding. I think you can take this opportunity to give Cynthia a surprise. You can propose to her, you know. Women like that.â
After speaking, he left directly.
Alston watched him left with mixed feelings and pursed his lips. Although Lucien wasnât good at dealing with relationships, he was right about this. Alston knew what to give for Cynthiaâs birthday.
As soon as Lucien left, Alstonâs phone rang. He immediately picked it up when he saw the name.
Cynthiaâs nervous voice came from the other side, âAlston, I saw the news on Instagram. How are you doing?
Is there anyone making trouble in front of our company? Did you call the police? Should I post something on Instagram to explain everything...â
Those questions bombarded Alston, but he felt warm. His expression softened, and he said in a low voice, âItâs okay. We have a lot of security guards and bodyguards here. They wonât let anyone break into the Smith Group. Everything is fine over here.â
âThank goodness!â Cynthia breathed a sigh of relief, âYou have no idea how horrible those keyboard warriors say about you. They say that you are a capable man with no conscience or morality. Bah! They donât know anything. They just blindly believe whatever other people say. How outrageous! I just couldnât stand them.
slandering you like that!â
She was full of anger, but her tone was delicate and soft, making Alston smile involuntarily, âDonât mind them, then. They donât deserve your attention.â
âNo, why should I stay quiet!â Cynthia said indignantly, âI wanted to read what they say, and I asked Greg and Mrs. Lewis to register accounts on Instagram and refute their lies.â
She grew more and more excited when she shared her tactics, âYou know, Joyce may seem shy and introverted. Sheâs actually good at arguing. She alone made those keyboard warriors suffer from their own doing.â
Alston listened intensely, eyes full of gentleness and tenderness, âJust ignore them, honey. Donât be mad because of them, and stay in the house. Some extreme paparazzi or netizens may come to our house since Chapter 141 The Smith Group Was Boycotted 1/4 Get Bonus they canât get in the Smith Group. You just stay inside and be careful. Iâll take care of it.â
âOk Cynthia responded without hesitation, âDonât worry. I have Greg and other people here with me.â
âThatâs my girl!â
Alstonâs voice was hoarse and low, which made Cynthia blush. He used to say those words to her when they were on the bed. Therefore, she automatically felt shy when she heard it again over the phone.
âI have to go.â Cynthia blushed even more, caught by curious Joyce and others taking a break from posting arguments on Instagram.
Cynthia abruptly hung up the phone, feeling abashed.
Alston heard the âbeepâ sound from the other side, smiled wryly, and put down the phone.
Lloyd was amazed at his bossâs behavior when he entered the door. Only Mrs. Smith could make his boss look like this.
Seeing Lloyd coming in, Alston became serious again, âWhatâs the matter?â
âItâs coming finally!â
âWhat?â Alston looked interestingly.
Lloyd handed over the phone, âThis is the latest video, Someone took a video of Ms. Brooks going out, sick and worn out.â
Alston clicked on the video and furrowed deeply as soon as he saw the figure inside.
In the video, a woman was standing in a shopping mall, fighting for cheap clothes and shirts with a bunch of middle-aged women. The heavy makeup couldnât even hide her weariness. Her skin was dry and sallow, and she looked fragile.
If Alston didnât know her well, he wouldnât have recognized her at first glance. She was at least ten years older than when she was in the Smith family, and her well-maintained complexion became slack.
âThatâs unusual!â Alston said after a long pause.
Lloyd nodded, âI donât think Ms. Brooks looked normal either. Itâs only a short time since she left the Smith Group and got picked up by Clare to her villa. Clare canât mistreat her in terms of food. How could she lose so much weight? Itâs like...â
He glanced at Alston as he spoke but didnât finish the sentence.
Alston added directly, âItâs like she had taken drugs, right?â
âYes, she looked like those drug addicts who are terribly thin and sick.â
Alston sneered. Clare picked up Stella when she left, and there was no way that she took drugs herself. The only person who could poison her meals unknowingly must be the person Clare arranged to take care of her on a daily basis.
Chapter 141 The Smith Group Was Boycotted 2/4 Q From how Stella behaved in the video, she had no idea what was happening to her body âHow stupid! Alston said coldly and secretly clenched his fingers. How could you not know you are poisonedâ
Lloyd glanced at his frosty boss and dared say nothing Alston may renounce the relationship with his mother. She was still his biological mother it was natural for him to feel agonized when she was poisoned and used as a weapon against him Stella didnât even know that someone was photographing her She asked the servant while throwing the cheap clothes on the sofa she snatched from the mall in disgust, âIs it true that Clare will transfer money to me if I buy those cheap clothes?â
The servant flickered her eyes and said, âYes, I just told the master about it. He will definitely do something if he learns you are having a rough time.â
As soon as the servant finished talking, Stellaâs cell phone rang. Seeing that Clare had transferred money to her, she was overjoyed and didnât realize she was being used.
Sure enough, people became frenzied as soon as Stellaâs video came out.
Someone also posted pictures of her before leaving the Smith family. She looked more pitiful and desolate now. People left a lot of comments under the video.
âWhat a sh*me. Whatâs the point for her to have that son.â
âItâs only been a few days since Alston Smith threw her out. Look at her now. She must have led a callous life.â
âAlston, how could you still enjoy yourself while your mother suffers so much? How shameful for you to leave her like this and live a luxurious life yourself!â
âRich people are really inhumane. Your mother raised you single-handedly, and you kicked her out. What a ruthless son!â
Most of the rumors were about Alston, reprimanding him for being cold to his mother. Some people even began to boycott products produced by the Smith Group.
âHow could he care about the consumers when he couldnât even take care of his mother? How could we still trust their products?â
Those, as mentioned above, were so powerful that people began to echo it, and the stock price of the Smith Group also started to take a downward turn.
The PR manager couldnât handle those, so he rushed into Alstonâs office and asked if he should release the news.
Alston thought for a while and said to him, âDonât announce why I threw her out. Just let them know that Clare Smith took care of her after she left the Smith family. Make sure Clareâs name came with her.â
The PR managerâs eyes lit up.
Chapter 141 The Smith Group Was Boycotted 3/4 Get Bonus Now it had been confirmed that Clare was behind all this. Since he hadnât shown up yet, Alston must force him to show up.
The situation intensified. A post produced by the Smith Group on the sly gradually went viral. It mainly asked why Stella would go straight to Clare Smithâs villa after she left the Smith family.
There was no obvious relationship between Stella and Clare Smith. Why would she go directly to him, a mortal enemy that had been after her sonâs company for so long, right after she left the Smith family?
She trusted Clare so much. Did they maintain a secret relationship?