Chapter 212 Cause Trouble from the Inside
Both of Jean’s cheeks were flushed from being slapped. She bore the pain and didn’t make a single noise. She found the scene of Edgar holding Gigi back extremely funny. Didn’t this man want to torture her like Gigi did?
Jean glared fiercely at the man and woman in front of her. Her gaze was stubborn and obstinate. “Edgar!” Gigi stomped her feet in anger. “She almost killed me and the child…”
When Gigi said that, she suddenly thought of how Jean threatened her to not use the child as a bargaining chip. Her face stiffened and she was stumped for words. Edgar let go and said coldly, “Don’t affect the baby because of her.”
Joy once again appeared on Gigi’s face. Like a little bird relying on people, she leaned on the man’s arm and said delicately, “You still care about me. I understand. I won’t hit her anymore. My hand hurts when I hit her anyway.”
Edgar silently pulled his arm away from her hands and looked at Sam once more. He had restored enough of the Reece family’s reputation.
If Sam didn’t appreciate his kindness, that would mean that Sam wanted to go up against Royden Group and was asking for his own death.
“Mr. Royden, let’s discuss this in the study room!” Sam’s face instantly broke into a smile. He ordered the servants to get drinks and told Winnie in a low voice, “Don’t let Gigi touch her. Keep her. She might be of some use.”
From the bottom of her heart, Winnie didn’t dare do anything to Jean. She was afraid that Jean would include her in her revenge. She nodded immediately. “Don’t worry. I’ll look after Gigi.”
Sam patted her shoulder in a satisfied manner before going into the study room with Edgar. The conversation between them ended quickly.
Edgar walked out in less than ten minutes as Sam sent him off with a smile. From the looks of it, they managed to agree on conditions that both parties were satisfied with.
Jean chuckled with disdain. These were the faces of dishonest businessmen.
They could ignore everything and even bury the hatchet with their own enemies.
In that moment, she understood that the child in Gigi’s stomach wasn’t all that important to those two men. It was a shame that Gigi herself still didn’t understand it.
Seeing Edgar come out, Gigi went up to him happily. She hugged his arm coyly. “Edgar, what do you want to eat tonight? Stay for…”
“No, I have things to do at the office.” Edgar’s expression was apathetic as usual. The next moment, his gaze fell on Jean. He turned around and said to Sam, “Mr. Reece, I’ll take her away.”
“What?”
Gigi quickly said, “No!”
Sam immediately signaled Winnie, who grabbed Gigi in a hurry. “Okay, Gigi, remember the baby.”
Jean never thought that she could leave their house so easily.
She thought that she would have to endure more slaps.
Edgar walked ahead and Jean followed. She didn’t want to re-enter the tiger’s cave, but there were a few bodyguards behind who were staring at her. She had no other options.
“Let’s go.”
Edgar instructed the driver. His eyes were ice-cold.
As the car drove out of Reece Residence, he took out his cell phone and dialed a number. “Inform everyone that from now on, we will fully support Reece Group’s hydrotherapy. All their technology needs to be the world’s best.”
Jean scratched her brow. This was what he offered Sam?
But then again, with the support from Royden Group, Sam would save a lot of capital and expenses. The world would also hear the news of the Royden and Reece families making amends.
That wasn’t a small price to pay.
Jean’s expression was cold. She thought with disdain about how Edgar had invested his hard-earned capital just to coax his future wife.
The car didn’t head back to Edgar’s villa but stopped at a pharmacy instead.
The man pushed the door open and got out of the car to buy some medicine.
When he got in the car, he pulled Jean over.
Jean resisted and struggled subconsciously, only to hear him say coldly, “Don’t move.”
He held Jean’s chin, and his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water. Soon, there was an ice-cold feeling on her face. With his finger, he smeared ointment on her cheek that was slapped.
The unexpected feeling made Jean wrinkle her brows deeply.
Edgar frowned.
“Close your eyes.”
Jean wasn’t so obedient. She stared straight at the man in front of her until he fidgeted and took out the thing that was stuffed in her mouth.
Jean’s cheek started to feel numb. When Edgar let go, she took the opportunity to pull back. The distance between the two of them suddenly increased.
Her obvious hatred and avoidance were acknowledged by the man.
His eyes darkened and he conveniently threw the ointment aside.
“Don’t leave the house for the next few days. If Susan can’t look after you, she’ll be the one to take responsibility.”
“On what grounds!” Jean blurted out subconsciously. When she opened her mouth, there was a fiery pain at the corner of her mouth, but she held it in as she argued with him. “Isn’t it enough to infuriate Gigi by capturing me? It’s too despicable of you to drag Susan into this.”
The man raised his head up slightly to the side and suddenly sneered, “I’ve always been a despicable person to you, haven’t I?”
Jean didn’t say anything.
She had nothing to say to him.
As soon as the car stopped in the yard, she opened the car door with force and walked into the villa.
As Edgar watched her walk into the villa, his tightly knit brows slowly started to unfold.
His phone rang and he answered the call.
“Edgar, I’ve checked. Mr. Hart from your company used to be Gary’s partner. They were friends, but they parted ways because they had different business principles. When Gary passed away, Bryce Hart stayed away from what happened with the Eyer family. Sam must have known about his relationship with the Eyer family and made him cause trouble from the inside.”
Edgar’s eyes were dark as he heard what Nathan said.
“Also, the contract termination agreements have been dealt with. They won’t make trouble for Jean anymore.” As Nathan spoke, he suddenly thought of something. “If you really want to help her, why do you have to do it in secret?”
If he did it openly, those people wouldn’t dare to cause trouble again.
Jean would also understand his intentions to make amends. Even if she didn’t forgive him, she wouldn’t hate him so much.
Holding his phone, Edgar said in a tired voice, “It’s fine.”
He wasn’t doing all that to get an apology from Jean.
She endured two slaps at Reece Residence today. The hatred she felt for him must have increased.
Edgar pinched the bridge of his nose. “Help me take care of the items we’re working on with Eyer Group. I’ll be implicated if I do it.”
“Alright, I understand.”
When they hung up, Nathan did as Edgar said, and started to advance the project in the west side of town.
When Edgar got back to the office, Bryce Hart and the other board members were standing at the entrance.
“Mr. Royden, we’re sorry. We meant well. Nothing good will come out of working with Eyer Group.”
“That’s right, Mr. Royden. Don’t always stick to your ways. You have to listen to our opinions sometimes, right?”
“Your opinions?”
Edgar slammed the door with a bang. “Your idiotic ways almost ruined the reputation of Royden Group!”
