Chapter 238 Pleading
John was always in the spotlight.
He barely ever tweeted, and this was only his second tweet, with the last one being years ago.
Before John faked being crippled and disfigured, he was already super famous. When he first joined Twitter, he racked up millions of followers overnight.
After he started pretending to be crippled, he lost a bunch of followers. But recently, John showed his true self, and his popularity shot through the roof, with his followers almost hitting a hundred million.
Usually, these followers were pretty quiet, but one tweet from John, and they all went nuts.
This was John's fifth marriage, but it was the first time he posted about it.
The dream guy in every girl's fantasy was now someone else's husband.
John's post got retweeted millions of timesin minutes, and the comments were flooded with congratulations.
Soon, the news of the head of the Lewis Group marrying Aurora was trending.
On the way back, Aurora was scrolling through Twitter in the car. "John, aren't we being too high-profile? You're breaking a lot of hearts out there."
Through the screen, Aurora could almost hear the sound of hearts shattering.
John smiled at her, his eyes full of love. "I just want the whole world to know you're my wife."
With the marriage certificate, John felt a lot more secure. Even if the secret got out, or Helen woke up one day and disagreed, it wouldn't matter.
He and Aurora were already legally married.
Aurora felt a warm glow inside, and her phone kept buzzing. Ashley and her husband, Sophia, and Dean, had all seen the news on Twitter and sent messages.
Sophia: [Oh my God, you really got married?]
Dean: [Such a big event, how could you not tell me?]
Ashley: [Congrats, Aurora. I saw the marriage certificate. I'm so happy for you.]
Leo also sent a message: [Aurora, such a big happy event, you owe me a meal.]
Even Lori, seeing the trending news online, sent a message: [When's the wedding?]
With so many messages, Aurora only replied to Dean: [Dad, I'm really happy right now.]
She felt she could never repay Dean for raising her.
She also knew that Dean wasn't really mad, just being a bit dramatic.
On the other end of the screen, Dean looked at Aurora's message and smiled warmly. He turned to his old pals and said, "My daughter got married today. I'm too happy, so everyone, have fun. It's on me."
Among the messages, there were congratulations and also some heartbreak.
Chris felt a chill while Lucas paused for a long time after seeing the trending news on Twitter.
And Sandra, far away, was furious when she saw the news. "That bitch married John. She doesn't deserve to be his wife."
Sandra was so angry she smashed everything in sight.
Oren walked in and started cleaning up the mess without any expression. "Ms. Sandra Johnson, the matter is settled. What you should do now is take over the entire Shadow of Darkness organization and control it. Mr. Alexander Johnson is stuck in the police station, and Ms. Jennifer Johnson isn't coming back. So this is a good opportunity for you."
"I don't have the mood to deal with that now. You handle it. You're the person I trust the most." Sandra was too preoccupied with figuring out how to make the two divorce to focus on taking over the Shadow of Darkness.
A glint of sinister light flashed in Oren's eyes as he put on a troubled expression. "Ms. Sandra Johnson, I'm not a member of the Johnson family, so it might be hard to convince everyone." he said.
Sandra threw the ring, the symbol of the Johnson family, to Oren. "Take this, and who would dare not listen to you? I'm going to Silvercrest City now. Don't bother me if necessary."
Sandra was upset and just wanted to get there as soon as possible.
Oren held the ring, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes. "Ms. Sandra Johnson, don't worry. I'll manage the Shadow of Darkness for you. You can go to Silvercrest City and handle your business without any concerns."
Sandra's face was still healing, so she had to wear a mask whenever she went out. She quickly packed her things and headed to the City.
Meanwhile, about an hour after John and Aurora registered their marriage, John's phone rang. It was from an unknown number.
Aurora happened to be holding the phone. "John, you have a call."
"You answer it," John said, as he was being "extorted" by Summer and Loren. In just a few minutes, he had already handed over a large sum of money.
Loren said, "Marrying one and getting two, this amount of money isn't enough. Daddy is too stingy."
Summer added, "Mommy has two sisters in her belly. Daddy, my brother and I will temporarily keep their share."
With just that one word "Daddy," how could John be stingy?
However, John opened his wallet, a sly smile curling on his lips. "All the money is with your mommy. I've given you all my pocket money."
Loren peeked into the wallet and pouted, "Stingy."
Summer also turned his head. "Stingy."
Seeing them playing around, Aurora answered the call.
"Hello, are you Mr. Lewis? Ms. Jennifer Johnson has committed suicide in her room..."
Aurora instantly felt a chill over her body. "What did you say? What happened to Jennifer?"
The voice on the other end repeated, "Ms. Jennifer Johnson took a large amount of sleeping pills and committed suicide."
John noticed something was wrong and looked over. "Aurora, what's wrong?"
Aurora murmured, "Jennifer, she committed suicide."
John paused for a moment.
He had given Jennifer the choice, thinking she would possibly turn herself in. Yet he hadn't expected Jennifer to leave this world so resolutely.
When the hotel staff found Jennifer's body, it was already cold. The coroner determined that she had died the previous night.
After all, they had known each other for a long time, and with her death, all grievances between them were extinguished.
Jennifer had no friends in Silvercrest City, so John had to handle her funeral arrangements.
John had someone inform Alexander about her death.
Sandra arrived just in time to help with the funeral arrangements.
They had been talking on the phone last night, yet today, she arrived to find a corpse. Sandra was shocked and stood staring, unable to approach for a long time.
No matter how unpleasant things had been between them, they were still sisters. With death, those unpleasant memories faded, leaving only sisterly affection.
In the Meadowbrook Villa.
Aurora was upset, and John had already gone to handle Jennifer's funeral.
Loren walked in. "Mommy, someone is here to see you downstairs."
"Okay." Aurora went downstairs and saw it was Percy.
Aurora was quite surprised. With Nicole and Emily already in prison, and the matter with Chris resolved, what was Percy here for?
"Mr. Harris." Aurora greeted politely, then instructed the servant to pour some water.
"Ms. White, oh, I should call you Mrs. Lewis now." Percy said amiably with a smile, though it was clear he had an agenda.
"Are you here to see John, Mr. Harris?"
"No, I'm here to see you, Mrs." Percy let out a deep sigh. "Emily is about to give birth. The conditions in prison are really poor. I don't mind if Mrs. Lewis laughs at me, but today I've put aside my pride to ask for a favor. Can you help us petition for her early release?"
It had been so long since Emily was sent into the prison, and now Percy suddenly came to plead. Aurora was indeed surprised.
Aurora shook her head. "I can't make that decision. Emily hurt my husband's mother. You should ask John or Helen for mercy. Why come to me?"
"Everyone knows now that John only listens to you. Mrs. Helen Lewis is still in a coma, so I had no choice but to come to you." Percy said, "Previously, Chris almost lost his life saving you. Please show mercy to Emily, even if just to consider it a way of repaying that favor..."
Before he could finish his words, Aurora, with a stern expression, said, "Mr. Percy Harris, these are not the same thing. How can you mix them up? I am clear about my debts. I owe Mr. Chris Harris a favor, but I don't owe you. If Mr. Chris Harris were the one asking today, I might consider it."
Percy's face darkened a bit after being rebuffed.
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