Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Kevin hung his head, his face riddled with guilt. “Mr. Sinclair, we’re still investigating. But we couldn’t find Ms. Lewis from the surveillance after she left the villa. It’s hard to track her. We haven’t pinpointed her exact location yer”

“Keep searchingTM”

After Kevin left, Kenneth became increasingly agitated and couldn’t even focus on the documents in his hand.

It was past midnight when Angela returned to the villa at Northpoint.

She could barely hold herself upright when she opened the door. As soon as she stepped inside, she could no longer stand straight and slumped to the floor.

Suddenly, someone held her waist from behind. Angela tried to open her eyes to see who it was, but her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

Before she completely lost consciousness, she heard a barely audible sigh.

Waking up again, Angela found her wounds had already been bandaged. She struggled to sit up, draped a robe over herself and forced herself to

walk out.

She broke into a sweat before she could even reach downstairs

Hearing noises from the kitchen, Angela was about to

over when Patrick car

came out carrying a bowl of beef stew

He was surprised upon seeing Angela and hastily put down the stew, hurrying over to support her. “The doctor said you need to rest

Before he could continue, a dagger pressed against his throat.

“Why are you here?” Angela’s voice was cold, devoid of its usual warmth.

She had already suspicious.

told

Patrick not to come here again, and he appeared right after she was injured last night. It was just too coincidental,

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Patrick paused for a moment, then looked at her, saying, “I left a script here and came to take it That’s when I saw you fall. After helping you up, I realized you were injured, so I called a doctor to bandage your wounds,”

Seeing Angela unconvinced, Patrick spoke with a hint of resignation. “If I really wanted to harm you, do you think you’d still be alive right now!”

After a moment of silence, Angela finally lowered the dagger and looked at Patrick. “Sorry, I misunderstood you.”

Patrick smiled, “Never mind, and don’t worry. I won’t ask any questions. The doctor I found for you will also keep his mouth shut.”

“Okay”

Seeing Angela finally at case, Patrick handed her the bowl of beef stew and said, “Eat something first. You’ve lost a lot of blood. You need to eat.

“Thank you,” Angela said softly before eating when suddenly the doorbell rang.

Patrick walked to the door. His eyes narrowed as he saw Kenneth outside, and he opened the door.

Mr. Sinclair, Angela is

Before he could finish, Kenneth pushed him aside, striding into the room.

Seeing Angela sitting at the dining table in her pajamas, eating beef stew, Kenneth asked coldly, “Angela, have you been fooling around with this pretty boy the entire time you’ve been missing?”

Before Angela could respond, Patrick spoke up. “Please don’t misunderstand, Mr. Sinclair. Angela was…

His words were sharply cut off by Kenneth. “I wasn’t talking to you! Angela isn’t mare. She can speak for herself!”

Patrick looked displeased as he frowned, “You are Angela’s husband, yet you don’t know what she has been through these days…”

“Patrick!” Angela stopped him.

She took a deep breath and looked at him calmly. “Thank you for taking care of me. You should go back now, and I’ll treat you to dinner another

Patrick lowered his gaze with a sense of loss and nodded. “Alright, take good care of yourself,”

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After grabbing his script, Patrick left.

Now that only Angela and Kenneth remained, an oppressive silence spread in the living room

Watching Angela eat the beef stew nonchalantly, Kenneth sneered. “Don’t you think you owe me an explanation!”

Angela didn’t respond. She stood up, walked over to the drawer near the TV, took out a card, and put it on the table. “There’s 10 million dollars in this card. Let’s go finalize our divorce tomorrow,” she said indifferently.

“Angelal” Kenneth glared at her, grabbed her wrist, and said collly, “What is going on between you and Patrick?”

Angela nearly stumbled from his grip. She looked up at him impatiently. “It’s exactly as you saw. I’ve prepared the 10 million dollars for you. Can we get a divorce now!”

pay you this 10 million dollars for spending these days with him! Patrick’s really generous, huh? You think

Kenneth neered, his eyes cold, “Did he pa you’re worth that much?”

Seeing his undisguised scorn and disdain, Angela frowned. “Where the money comes

es from is none of your concern. Don’t forget, you said give you this money, we would divorce!

Kenneth slammed the bank card on the table, staring into Angela’s eyes. “You whored to get this money. Maybe you don’t think it’s diny,

Angela looked at him angrily.

my, but I doft

“I set the rules, and I won’t take this money. Nor will I agree to a divorce!”

Watching the anger on his face, Angela couldn’t help but sneer, “Kenneth, I’m surprised at how generous you are. You believe I had an affair with Patrick and still refuse to divorce. I must say, I’m impressed!”

Kenneth looked at her with a stern Exce. “You betrayed me. Why should I make it easy for you?”

“Suit yourself. I’ve already offered the money, and you are the one refusing it. If you disagree, I’ll just file for divorce

“Go ahead! Try it and see who dares to take your case!”

With that, Kenneth turned and left abruptly

After holding on for so long. Angela had reached her limit and collapsed onto the chair. Her abdomen started to bleed again.

In the following days, Angela stayed in the villa, healing her wounds, only returning to work when she felt better.

On her first day back at work, Frank started mocking Angela during a meeting.

“Ms. Lewis, you disappeared for a few days after offending Mr. Wilson. I really wonder if you have any sense of responsibility as a CEO?

Angela sneered and slammed the documents onto the table, staring at Frank sternly, “I’d also like to ask you something. Mr. Black. You knew very well that Mr. Wilson is nothing but a pervert. Why did you still make me deal with him? What exactly were you thinking?”

Frank was caught off guard by Angela’s straightforwardness. He gritted his teeth and retorted. “Mr. Wilson is a major client of our company. A linde sacrifice is nothing if we can close the deal with him. Ms. Lewis, you can’t even grasp the concept of sacrifice. How can we trust you to run the company?”

Angela didn’t want to let Frank get his way and replied coldly. “Since you’re so keen on making sacrifices, why don’t you go and sleep with your Peter! If you manage to make the deal, I’ll greatly reward your

Frank was seething with anger, his face livid. He slamned the table furiously and stormed out.

Angela seemed indifferent. “Let’s continue the meeting.”

After the meeting, Angela asked Garret to stay behind for a pr

a private word.

Garret felt a bit uneasy but managed to maintain a composed face. “Ms. Lewis, is there something you need from me?”

Angela looked at Garret and smiled, “Nothing serious, Mr. Taylor, just a friendly reminder to you not to pick the wrong side. Or you might end up with nothing.”

was Brenda’s uncle. Il Brenda’s father. Felix, hadn’t borrowed money from Garret for gambling and lost it all three years ago, Bernda wouldn’t have had to give Garret a 10% stake in Empyria Group to cover the debt making Garret a ahureholder of the company

If he could simply be a good shareholder, that would be fine. But if he tried to stir up trouble behind the scenes, Angela wouldn’t hesitate to kick

Hearing this, Garret temained smiling, ‘Don’t worry, M

Mc Lewis. I won’t be picking sides. I only stand for myself:

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“Great!”

As Angela returned to the villa that evening, she saw Kenneth standing at the entrance,

She frowned, intending to ignore Kenneth and walk past him, but he suddenly grabbed her wrist.

“Angela, come back with mel”