Chapter 331
David watched her retreating figure until a fierce coldness lit up in his eyes.
He clenched his fists tightly.
The anger that had been building was unleashed when he returned to the office, where he uncontrollably smashed everything in sight.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
It was an unknown caller. He snatched the phone irritably to his ear, only to be greeted by a man's low, mocking laughter. "Must hurt to have your fiancée sleep with another man."
"Who is this?" David's eyes narrowed, a chill running down his spine at the sound of that unfamiliar voice.
"I also know that you didn't lose your kidney. You used that pity ploy to deceive Cassie. You've known about her background all along. You thought you'd skyrocket to success by climbing aboard the Leo family."
"Shut up!" David couldn't hold back his roar for the first time, feeling fully exposed and terrified by such knowledge.
"I’m a person who can help you regain your honor." The voice on the other end was cold. "I can also make Wit Group the top enterprise in Madison and get you the woman you love—as long as you follow my lead in the future."
"What do you want?" David was puzzled.
"That, you don't need to know."
After a few seconds of thought, David nodded firmly, "Fine, I agree."
He was determined to rise above others and make Joseph taste the humiliation he was experiencing today.
On the phone screen, the once refined face warped into something more sinister and twisted.
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At five in the afternoon
A senior executive sat in his office, droning on about some overseas business to Joseph.
Walter knocked and entered with a slightly enigmatic expression. "Joseph, the vice chairwoman has returned and requests your presence upstairs."
The vice chairwoman, Mabel?
The executive gasped, his face a picture of shock. Mabel, who usually resided abroad with her husband, was so infrequently seen that many had almost forgotten her role as the vice chairperson of Hernandez Corporation. But why had she returned so suddenly? Could it be related to Liam?
As the executive covertly scrutinized Joseph's reaction, he encountered nothing but indifferent dismissal. "Tell her I'm busy and don't have the time."
Not daring to waste any more of his time, the executive excused himself.
Joseph stood up, ready to leave the office, when a striking woman burst in from the outside.
"If you're too busy to see me, let's see how you deal with my visit, Mr. CEO."
Mabel's eyes, resembling a phoenix's, blazed with fury. "You've grown too big for your britches. You’re not even considering my words anymore. I am still your mother."
"Mother?" Joseph's lips curled into a smirk at the word. "Oh dear Mother, why are you not with your maestro husband? What brings you to my doorstep?"
"You know exactly why I’m here," Mabel said impatiently. "Bring Liam back now. Country F is unstable. Do you want to get him killed?"
"Billions are living there, all well and alive. Is he so precious?" Joseph leaned back into the leather chair, arms crossed. "When I went to Africa for business amidst the epidemics and civil wars, I didn't see you this worried."
Mabel's gaze fell on the face that bore a resemblance to Cameron's, her demeanor icy. "Can you even be compared to him? You're indestructible, just like your father."
"Is that so?" Joseph tilted his head, his grin growing. "Well, you want him to compete with me for the Hernandez empire, don't you? Let him tough it out there then."
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