Once Mrs. Cooper walked into the kitchen and put the stew on the stove, she quickly sent Elyette a text message.
(Robert is fine for now. Averie said she doesn’t hate you that much. Give her some time.] Once the message was sent, Mrs. Cooper put her phone away and began to cook After Elyette saw Mrs. Cooper’s text, his emotions gradually calmed down.
After Chelsea was done with her father and brother’s funeral arrangements, she organized a press conference as the new head of Trust Capital.
Her hair was styled over her shoulders and she was wearing a simple black suit. The black mask she was wearing covered part of her face and revealed a pair of cold eyes. Under the protection of her bodyguard, she walked onstage and took a seat.
“A series of events occurred in the Tierney family over the course of the past few days. I feel that there is a need for me to give the public an explanation.” Chelsea faced the cameras and said nonchalantly, “After my father was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer five years ago, he has spent this entire time fighting the disease. His body had long since failed on him, and he had been depending on medication to continue his life. Unfortunately, on the day of my wedding, he passed away.”
“Miss Tierney, we’re more interested in what happened at your wedding with Elyette Foster.” One of the reporters brought up this sharp question.
Very quickly, another reporter also asked, “Why didn’t Elyette Foster show up on your wedding day, Miss Tierney? Will you be holding a makeup wedding after this?”
Chelsea had already expected that these questions would pop up during the press conference. “I will not. Elyette Foster and I will not be getting married,” Chelsea said. “I’m thankful for his cooperation during our little act. This was all forced onto me by my brother, Charlie Tierney. He wanted the family fortune for himself to the point that he wanted to murder me. If Mr. Foster had not given me a helping hand, I would already be dead by my brother’s hands by now.”
A wave of sighs from the reporters offstage followed her explanation.
“After my father was diagnosed with cancer, my brother forced him out of his seat. He had always made it seem like my father favored sons over daughters, but my father favored me the most. It was a shame that my father’s condition continued to deteriorate as the days went by and could not protect me,” Chelsea continued.
“Miss Tierney, your relationship with your brother seemed very good before your disfigurement. Were you staying at his apartment on the night of the fire?” asked one of the reporters.
“I told you that was before my disfigurement. All the men I knew were nice to be before I was disfigured.” At this point, Chelsea tried her best to suppress her heartache. “That’s all in the past. I will be leading Trust Capital from now on onto an even more glorious future.” After the press conference came to an end, Chelsea got into the car and took off her mask.
She reached up and stroked the scars on her face.
It felt like she had achieved everything, but at the same time, nothing at all.
Even now that she had Trust Capital and all the money in the world, this was not the life she wanted to live!
Elyette did not show up at the Sterling Group offices that day. Chad called Mrs. Scarlet to ask about him, and was told that Elyette had gotten up early that morning and was now resting at home,
Chad could not help but laugh.
He had been advising Elyette to take a break for a while now, but Elyette was not someone who took the advice of others.
It was a good thing that he was resting at home today.
After Chad sent some documents over to the vice president’s office, he went to the financial department to look for Ben.
Ben had just made a cup of coffee, so his entire office was filled with the fragrance of it. “Let’s help Mr. Foster out, Ben!” Chad said.
Ben raised his brows. “How would we do that? Abduct Averie and send her into his bed?”
Chad was speechless.
“My mother visited me yesterday and is staying at my place. I thought she was an old lady with a modern mindset, but she ended up turning on some romantic movie in the living room and forced me to watch it with her. She wanted me to learn how to conquer women from the leading man.”
Chad was very interested in the subject and was all ears.
“I watched the movie with her for a little bit to keep her happy.” Ben took a sip of his coffee, then continued, “The leading man’s mother abducted a beautiful woman for him. She had wrapped her up in a duvet. The woman is the leading lady. Once the leady lady was abducted, she was sent straight into the leading man’s bed. Then, the old lady shoved the leading man into the room and locked the door behind him. She made them stay in that room together for a whole week.”
“Holy crap!” Chad exclaimed. “What happened, then?”
Ben coughed, then said, “Then, they went from complete strangers to lovers in bed. Pretty awesome, right?”
“Yes! That’s crazy awesome!” Chad praised. “I know you want to help Elyette, but I really don’t have any ideas. I’m still traumatized by that TV show,” Ben said. “Alright, then. I’ll have to come up with something myself,” said Chad.
Evening came in the blink of an eye. Over at the Starry River Villa, Hayden and Layla arrived home one after the other.
Chad Rayner put dinner on the table while giving Mike a wink.
Mike got the message and nodded.
“My dears, let’s have some outdoor fun this weekend!” Mike announced after the twins were at the dining table.
Layla was always an ardent supporter. “Sounds great! Uncle Mike, where would you be taking us?”
Hayden said, “Uh, it’s only Tuesday today.”
Mike replied, “Well, we can first make plans, can’t we? Big H, you won’t be free over the weekend right?”
Hayden said, “Nope.” His learning assignment for the semester was quite heavy. There was no time to spare for any kind of amusement.
“You’re only in elementary school! That’s so miserable! Once you have entered junior high, would you even have time for home?” With a long face, Mike said, “I wasn’t as exhausted as you when I was a boy. Look at me now. I’ve still turned out great, haven’t I?”
“I will overcome you in greatness,” Hayden responded with conviction.
Mike felt like he got shot in the knee by an arrow.
If Hayden had said that in the past, he would have shown him his place. Now that Hayden had said it, he wasn’t able to muster up any courage to put Hayden down.
Layla burst into laughter and gave Hayden a thumbs up.
“I’ll get your mother to transfer you out of the elite class,” Mike said, exasperated.
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