Chapter 94 Why Do You Think He Did It?
"Philip has been having quite a row with his father lately," Charles said.
The reason was definitely because William heard that Philip had offended Douglas, and he thought Philip had messed up his plans.
These things seemed complicated, but they were actually quite simple when you gave it some thought—it was all because of a woman.
Regina was the root of it all.
Previously, Douglas acted like he adored his wife, but now he hardly went home at night. Charles suspected that Philip might have stirred up trouble between the couple.
Douglas didn't respond.
To Charles, his silence meant he agreed.
"The marriage alliance between the Sterling family and the Brook family was already a done deal. It even made the serious financial news. Now, the cancellation of the alliance is causing a huge uproar. It's said that Philip made the decision unilaterally and blew things up, catching both the Sterling family and the Brook family off guard. Later, some rumors started circulating, saying that Philip unilaterally canceled the marriage alliance because he couldn't forget the woman who had been with him for six years. This is still a hot topic online," Charles continued to say.
After all, these high-society secrets rarely got out, but once they did, it was like dropping a depth charge into calm waters.
This had been a hot topic online for a day now. Charles thought that Douglas, who didn't like to read online news, probably hadn't noticed.
Sure enough, it was only then that Douglas took out his phone and glanced at it.
A lot of stories about Philip and his 'ex-girlfriend' had surfaced.
Most of them were about their intimate and loving moments. They seemed to be trying to prove how passionately they had loved each other.
"At this critical moment, who else but Philip would dare to release this kind of information?" Charles speculated to himself. "He's willing to risk offending his father and putting the Sterling family and the Brook family in a difficult position just to expose his story with his ex-girlfriend. Why do you think he's doing this?"
Douglas's fingers, gripping the black phone, turned white from the pressure. But his face showed no emotion, so Charles had no idea what he was thinking.
But Charles had guessed Philip's intentions. "People always have some motive in what they do, especially someone as profit-driven as Philip. It's clear he doesn't care about the 'interests' of the family anymore. He might be doing this for Regina. Do you think he's trying to get Regina's attention and win her back?"
Douglas threw his phone onto the table and lit a cigarette, taking a heavy drag.
Charles looked serious, thinking this situation was quite severe.
Douglas was not only angry, but he had also smoked half a pack of cigarettes in the short one or two hours since he entered the private room.
But last time, he had proudly said he was preparing for a baby. Were they now so at odds that they were not even planning to have a child?
Seeing Douglas's dejected look, Charles tried to console him, "Douglas, don't worry about this. No matter how much he tries to win her back, Regina is still his ex-girlfriend. You are Regina's legal husband. In front of you, he's just a shadow. Six years of dating and his current desperate attempts to win her back are not the issue. As long as Regina loves you, wants to live with you, and stands firmly by your side, Philip's tactics won't work."
Douglas shot him a cold look, feeling as if his heart had been stabbed repeatedly. "Can you stop talking?"
None of Charles's attempts at comfort were what he wanted to hear.
Charles was taken aback, then slowly realized that Douglas and Regina must be having issues, which was why Douglas was in a bad mood and not going home.
So Regina must not love him enough, didn't have him in her heart, and didn't want to live with him or stand firmly by his side.
This problem was really hard to solve.
"How about spending some money to take down those news articles? Maybe Regina hasn't seen them yet."
After all, Philip's purpose in doing all this was to make sure Regina saw them.
He might want to regain a place in Regina's life.
Or maybe he just wanted to widen the rift between Regina and Douglas at this critical moment.
Douglas rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Leave it," Douglas finally said.
"Why?" Charles asked, not understanding.
"I trust her," Douglas said firmly.
Although Charles didn't understand what Douglas inexplicably trusted Regina about, seeing that Douglas didn't want to talk anymore, he kept his mouth shut.
As Charles and Douglas had thought, when they wanted to take down those news articles, Regina had already seen them.
She stared at her phone screen with no expression, glanced briefly, and then looked away.
But on second thought, she felt something was off and thought that things shouldn't be developing this way.
So, she took out her phone again, opened the browser's search engine, and typed in: [How much does it cost to take down news articles?]
[How to take down news articles?]
Seeing the estimated cost, Regina couldn't help but frown.
The cost was too high.
Because there were so many news articles, and each one occupied a prime spot, it would take several million dollars to remove them completely.
Regina hesitated for a long time, but in the end, she made up her mind.
In the early hours, as Douglas was about to leave Peace Club, his phone buzzed. He checked it and saw a bank notification.
It showed an expenditure of 5 million dollars.
Douglas's tense expression finally relaxed a bit.
Charles, seeing Douglas staring at his phone screen, glanced over casually. With just one look, he saw it clearly.
"Five million dollars? We didn't spend that much tonight, did we?"
Charles thought it was their expenditure at Peace Club tonight.
Seeing the smile on Douglas's lips, he found it strange.
He thought, 'Douglas must be really stressed. He is so happy after spending so much money.'
However, Charles didn't know that this money wasn't spent at the club the night before.
It was from a bank card Douglas had given Regina, which she had never used. Today, she suddenly spent the money, which naturally made Douglas happy.
She finally used his card.
