Being disfigured was already a devastating blow to a lady. If she was sentenced to jail in addition to this, she would be finished for life. While Sebastian was not hard-hearted enough to let this happen due to his advanced age, he didn’t expect the woman to become even more insatiable after he gave in!
Myra comforted him and said, “Please don’t be mad, Old Master Hart. Tony said there’s evidence recorded on the dashcam, so the court will give a fair ruling later on.”
“I know that.” Sebastian patted her on the shoulder. “Are you scared? I’ll have Lisa bring you a bowl of bird’s nest essence upstairs later; you should go up and get some rest.”
“Okay.” Myra nodded before heading upstairs.
…
This time, it was a rather easy matter to resolve. Not only did Gemma fail to drag Tony into the mire, what Tony said later made everyone see the light all of a sudden. “I’ve installed a dashcam in my car, so there’s evidence that you ran over and collided with my vehicle on your own initiative. I understand that you’re eager to save your family, Miss Walton, but I won’t wrongly accuse someone of knocking me over and intimidate them into bailing out your family like what you’re doing now. Now that everyone knows the Walton Family is suspected of being involved in money laundering and many other crimes, aren’t you going too far by doing so, Miss Walton? Have you thought of the families that were brought to ruins and destroyed by the Walton Family?”
This speech, imbued with a sense of justice, threw Gemma into an abyss right away. Even though it was Tony who knocked Gemma over while driving, everyone already learned that Gemma deliberately threw herself in front of his car to intimidate Director Hart—the head of the Hart Group—into using his ability and means to bail her three evil and merciless relatives out of the police station. Such behavior was intolerable in the eyes of everyone and the law. Tony’s words were later confirmed when the video recorded on his dashcam was made public. Not only was Gemma’s faint hope of punishing him shattered at once, her previous deliberate attempt to run him down with her car was uncovered as well. Some even doubted if she actually had a mental illness, and it resulted in strong demands that an open psychiatric evaluation was carried out on her.
Since the police department could not bear the pressure, they sent experts to the hospital to evaluate Gemma’s mental condition. Now that the Walton Family had neither power nor financial resources, they couldn’t do anything at all. Therefore, it was discovered that Gemma didn’t have schizophrenia at all. She was soon prosecuted for multiple offenses this time.
Now that four out of five Waltons were under police investigation, Shelly—the only Walton left—came into the spotlight. It was a no-brainer that no one in this family could be innocent, but when the police went to the Walton Residence to serve an arrest warrant on her, she was already nowhere to be found; it was said that she had gone abroad. Her going abroad made the Waltons seem guilty, so the police department investigated them with much greater intensity.
…
When Kris saw all of this, she was afraid, gloating, and worried at the same time. She had almost lost everything now; even though she had obtained her mother’s forgiveness, they had no one to depend on for support as Cameron was also summoned under investigation. Almost all the past relationships that Rachel had nurtured between her and some shareholders came to nothing, for those people turned to Myra; they supported the notion of promoting her to the chairman of the Stark Group’s board of directors.
Kris and Rachel knew that the Stark Group was now in dire straits. Unless Myra took action, the Stark Group would be declared insolvent right away; in other words, they would get nothing in the end. Therefore, they didn’t step out and argue with Myra at this moment.
Rachel’s idea was to go back and take a share of the profits after the Stark Group’s recovery. After all, Kris was also Cameron’s daughter; it was impossible that she wouldn’t get any shares in the Stark Group at all!
Kris agreed with Rachel’s idea, for she couldn’t think of another idea apart from this. Nonetheless, she could hardly reconcile herself to her current situation whenever she thought of how Tony spoiled Myra.
With Gideon as her fiancé, she could have fought with Myra to prove who was better, but who would have predicted what happened afterward? However, she felt lucky that the incident back then caused her to break with the Walton Family. Otherwise, she would be unable to deny any involvement in the Walton Family’s money laundering this time.
The thought of Gideon made her think of Hayden. Even though Hayden was also nice to her, it was only human nature to never be content with one’s lot. After all, Hayden was far from being Tony’s match.
At the thought of this, Kris quickly dismissed Hayden as someone considerably inferior. She bit her lip and hesitated for a moment. Nevertheless, she picked up her cell phone and sent Tony a text message that read, ‘Are you asleep, Tony?’
She was still unwilling to give up; she would rather be Tony’s mistress than Hayden’s wife, for this would make her see some hope for the future at the very least! Didn’t her mother take the place of Myra’s mother—Cameron’s first wife—and become Cameron’s legal wife herself? She believed that she had plenty of ways to drive Myra away from Tony as long as she was given enough time!
Soon, she received a text message which simply read, ‘What?’
However, this word alone was all it took for Kris to sit up in bed instantly with joy and surprise gleaming in her eyes! She never expected that Tony would text her in response after she sent him a text message to sound him out. It was only one word, yet it made her see hope. After all, he didn’t even want to say a word to her in the past!
Her hands almost trembled as she texted, ‘I am still awake. I’m… thinking about you now…’ After taking a deep breath, she quickly sent the text message; it was as if she was afraid that she’d regret it.
The wait was endless; even three mere minutes felt like three days to Kris. She feared that her text message would be met with aversion; she was also scared that everything just now was merely her illusion, for Tony still had no feelings for her at all!
She got out of bed and took a sip of water while she was waiting. When she lay down again, she finally got a reply. It read, ‘Where are you?’
The corners of Kris’s eyes crinkled when she saw this sentence, and she was almost certain that Tony had taken the bait this time. I just know that no man is able to resist my temptation! I’m prettier than Myra, and my body is still slim even though I’m pregnant right now, she thought to herself. She got out of bed and unbuttoned her pajamas in front of the full-length mirror beside the bed. What a perfect figure and a perfectly gorgeous face…
She chuckled. “You think that you have found the perfect love, but you’re actually no different from that stupid mother of yours, Myra. Just you wait; I’ll snatch away everything you have one day!”
She picked up her cell phone, thought for a while, and sent a text message containing the address of a hotel. Soon, she got a reply. It read, ‘Wait for me there. I’ll be there in an hour.’
Kris’s eyes were filled with joy. After finding a sexy nightgown in her wardrobe, she put it into her handbag. She got dressed, opened the door of her bedroom, and walked outside.
At the same time, Rachel happened to open the door outside. When she saw Kris coming out dressed to the nines, she asked with a frown, “Where are you going, Kris?”
“I’m going out first. Hayden said he has something to talk to me about,” Kris replied while feigning nonchalance.
Rachel’s expression softened a bit when she heard that it was Hayden who wanted to see her daughter. Fearing that Kris would drive Hayden away with her thoughtlessness, she advised her with patience and sincerity by saying, “Now that Hayden is your only bargaining chip, you must hold on to him first. Don’t make him angry again, Kris; everything will be better once we get through this period of time.”
