Chapter 317

Chapter 317 Precaution

After leaving court, Jean took a cab back to Eyer Residence. She ignored the paint that was splattered all over her door. She locked the door and stayed in her room alone.

Edgar questioning her was not what she had anticipated. She thought that everything she did was airtight, but she had never thought about how these plans were just little tricks to him.

Jean was nervous. What if Edgar investigated and found out about Mr. Jevin and the actual reason for that matter? What should she do? Just as she was thinking about all this, Ben arrived.

“Jeannie, why did you lock the door?” Ben asked with wrinkled brows as he heard the sounds of the door being unlocked. “It’s safer this way,” Jean said as the corners of her lips twitched.

Ben sighed in silence. “What’s up?” Jean casually asked as they walked into the house. “I got you something to eat. Here’s some food from Le Mirage.” A faint aroma wafted out from a big bag in Ben’s hands.

Jean’s eyes flashed, and there was a knowing smile on her face. “You know me so well! I just happened to be hungry!” Ben played along and responded. He couldn’t say that he wasn’t the one who really understood her. It was that man who was the mastermind behind the scenes.

Jean dug into the food, and Ben kept her company as he sat across from her. When he saw that she was almost done eating, he said slowly, “I’ve asked a few lawyer friends, and they said that your case can’t be delayed any longer. It must come to an end as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome.”

Jean put her utensils down. She was also worried about it. “But Royden Group is working too slowly. Until now, Andy hasn’t been officially sued. I’m afraid that he will make a move against Gigi and the

child once he frees himself.”

People like Andy thought highly of himself, and he resented Edgar. If he broke free from the lawsuit, he would view everyone as his enemy. Ben’s brows tightened.

“Jeannie, you keep saying that you want to work hard and survive so that Eyer Group can make a comeback. But look at you now. You’re going all out for her, but has she ever cared about your well- being?”

The pitch of his voice suddenly rose.

Jean froze and lowered her head.

“I know that since you suddenly found your biological sister, you want to treat her well and make it up to her, but you… should also think about the people who care about you, don’t you think so?” Ben couldn’t bear to watch as she fell into the abyss and tormented herself.

He picked up his coat before getting up to leave.

After walking out from Eyer Residence, he slammed his fist against the steering wheel. He had lost control.

He had said such things in anger because Jean hadn’t planned her next move.

He was extremely upset and pulled on his hair. He stepped on the gas and sped off to Royden Group.

That night, Royden Group announced that they were officially bringing a lawsuit against Andy. Even Gigi and Sam were involved in the lawsuit.

Gigi had been sleeping at home when she was taken away by force.

“You can’t treat me like this. Edgar will never let this go!” She cried out, upset. “I am the mistress of Royden Group!”

“This is an order from Mr. Royden. Please cooperate.”

Gigi was led into a car, bewildered. Her mind was blank.

“Edgar won’t treat me like this. He’s registered our marriage. Even if he doesn’t care about me, he has to care about our child!” Gigi’s voice trembled, and she kept hitting the car door. “I want to see Edgar!”

“Mr. Royden is away on a business trip,” The person said as the car door closed.

The car drove into the night while Gigi felt like she was in a frozen lake.

When she was brought into an interrogation room, she saw her dad sitting there. Gigi immediately walked up to him. “Dad, what on earth is going on?”

She never imagined that Sam would give her a vicious slap when he saw her. Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org

“It’s all because of you!”

“You just had to marry Edgar, but you couldn’t hold him down. We are now the laughingstock of the whole city. It’s clear that the fellow wants to get rid of the Reece family.”

Edgar showed no mercy and followed the judicial procedures.

“It’s impossible!”

Gigi felt fiery pain on her face as she looked at Sam blankly. She couldn’t help but shake her head. “Edgar won’t treat me like that.”

Sam berated her ferociously before he was brought into another room.

Gigi walked forward in a daze. Her legs suddenly became weak, and she fell into a sitting position on the floor. She looked up with tearful and hazy eyes. “I want to see Edgar. I won’t say a thing before I see him.”

“But Mr. Royden won’t see you.”

Gigi’s tears fell again.

A cold and stern voice rang behind her. “She’s the daughter-in-law of the Royden family, after all. How do you do things around here?”

Gigi turned at once and saw Edbert standing there.

She ran to him immediately. “Uncle Edbert. Help me, Uncle Edbert. Our child is so young. I can’t get into any trouble.”

Seeing her like that, Edbert sighed heavily.

“You are a good and kind girl who was unknowingly duped as you went down the wrong path. Am I right?”

Gigi nodded at once.

“That’s right. I was swindled by Andy. I really didn’t mean to.” Gigi kept tugging at Edbert’s clothes. “Save me, Uncle Edbert.”

Edbert smiled deeply. “Get up. This isn’t as complicated as you think it is.”

At the same time, Jean stood at the door of Royden Residence.

She had just received news about Gigi being taken away to be investigated.

She was still one step behind!

The servants told her that Edgar hadn’t returned and was working overtime in the office. She heard the sound of a car behind her and turned around at once.

Only to see that the person who got out of the car was Andy, who was released from custody.

At that moment, Jean was stupefied, and she backed away subconsciously.

Andy played with the car keys in his hand as his smile slowly became more wicked. “Isn’t this the ex- wife of Mr. Royden? It’s so late. Why are you hanging out here? Oh, that’s not right. Instead, I should say that you’re here for a rendezvous at such a late hour.”

Jean had her guard up as she looked at the man before her vigilantly.

Seeing that she wasn’t saying anything, Andy clicked his tongue. “Don’t tell me you don’t know that I’m returning to the office tomorrow?”

“What?”

“I can’t do anything about it. The Reeces are too stupid. They thought they could send me to jail by pushing all responsibility onto me. What a shame.” Andy narrowed his eyes and looked at Jean. “I just don’t understand why you seem to be particularly concerned about what happens to the Reece family?”

Jean ignored him and left.

Andy watched as she left and chuckled in disdain. “These women must be crazy. That’s the only reason why they revolve around Edgar every day.”

He took out his cell phone and sent a text message to a certain number before he sat in his car to wait for Edgar.

There was bound to be a disturbance that night.

Edgar left the office once he was done with his affairs and saw Jean standing at the entrance of the parking lot.

The night was foggy, and she had a thin coat on.

The man stepped on the gas and stopped in front of her.

“Are you looking for me?”