Chapter 53: chapter 53

At the base, Lucy was watching Janet lie in utter shock."What mistress? Are you in your freaking mind? Now you are scared of them so you are shifting all the blame to me? I have never seen such a disgusting man like you!"Janet yelled. "Shut up! Now you are denying everything! I kept you as my mistress, but you were only after my wealth. And then you stole all of it the moment you got your chance.""Boss. She has all the money. You should target her!"Vicky raised his brow."A mistress huh?"Lucy speechlessly said, "Don't tell me you believe him?"Janet quickly interrupted. "What is not there to believe? Just look at your clothes!"She lowered her head. "What is wrong with my clothes?""They just scream how poor you are! So cheap. I pitied you and kept by my side, but you are a poor woman after all. Wealth makes people like you greedy. Your sight was always on my money.""..."She gritted her teeth. "Excuse me. This is the most expensive jeans I got in my wardrobe! How dare you call it cheap?""How expensive?""A whopping thirty five dollar!"Janet - "..."Vicky - "..."All the subordinates - "...""Do you think thirty five dollar is cheap?" She glared at him.Janet looked at Vicky. "See? Why wouldn't she steal my money? Trust me. She has all the money. And a young woman like her always looks for an easy source of cash. I thought she liked me but I fell for her trap.""Eewww! Don't make me puke," Lucy made a disgusted face. "Firstly, I will never agree to be anybody's mistress. Secondly, even if by some cruel fate I am forced to, I won't choose a man in his forties who could be as old as my father!"Janet's face contorted in an ugly expression."That man should at least be a Godly handsome prince like you read in fantasy. I won't accept anyone less than him."She dreamily thought of Eric and drooled."*Ahem* And not only that, you are a heartless and cruel man who was about to kill an innocent child. You dare throw a cheque on my face. I would die rather than being your mistress!"Suddenly, it struck her. She looked at Vicky and smiled. "Sir. Don't you find it strange that this man who claims he doesn't have your money would be in any position to give me a hefty cheque for compensation?"Janet froze."What nonsense are you spouting! Don't listen to her Mr. Lawrence.""I have evidence. I am still holding onto the cheque he gave me. He had even signed it. You can check my right hand."Vicky signaled.The leader of the masked goons immediately opened her fist and found a crumpled piece of paper.He handed it to Vicky. "Boss!"Janet paled.Damn!The cheque that he so hautily handed it to Lucy was now his source of doom.Vicky glanced over it and squinted his gaze."Hoo...I didn't know that Janet Jackson has one million in his account."He got up and dangerously walked over to him. He clutched his hair tightly."Ah!""I wonder how many more million of dollar are you actually hiding with you huh?""No-no I-I…"Lucy brightened. "Now can you let me go?"Vicky snorted. "Of course not.""Why not!? I proved to you that I got nothing to do with him!""You proved to me that he is lying about being broke, not that you don't have a relationship with him. What if you are really his mistress and indeed have some money on you? You might be a cautious woman who is cleverly not spending it to avoid trouble for sometime. Maybe you already knew that we are after him, so you might be very well dumping him into the fire to save yourself from getting burnt too.So, no. You are staying here. I don't care if you are his mistress or not. I only care about my money. And if I feel the slightest suspicion, I won't let you go."