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William’s face crumpled as he spoke in a choked voice.
“Miss… Miss Chen, I know I was wrong. It was all my fault for being blind and underestimating your power earlier.”
“How about this – let’s go ahead with the marriage. We can go to the registry office tomorrow!”
I curled my lips, giving him a meaningful look.
“Mr. Smith, it’s too late for you to say anything now.”
“You already rejected me once before. Or have you forgotten?”
My words hit William like a bolt from the blue. He lowered his head in silence.
Seeing the Smith Group’s current predicament, Walter Smith, as the founder, could only sigh quietly on the sidelines.
The scene was deathly quiet. Everyone was curious how I would deal with the Smith family next.
After a long while, I turned to look at the dejected Walter Smith and let out a soft sigh.
“Uncle Walter, for my father’s sake, I can consider letting you off the hook,”
“But I have one condition.”
Hearing my words, Walter Smith’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Miss Chen, please tell me. What’s the condition?”
“I’ll do anything to save the Smith family, no matter what you ask!”
I pointed at the tearful William and smiled mysteriously,
“I don’t know if Uncle Walter has heard a saying the one who tied the bell must untie it”
“I’ll do anything to save the Smith family, no matter what you ask!”
I pointed at the tearful William and smiled mysteriously.
“I don’t know if Uncle Walter has heard a saying – the one who tied the bell must untie it.”
As soon as I finished speaking, William’s expression immediately changed.
“Jessica Chen, what do you mean by that?”
“Don’t tell me you want my dad to disown me for the greater good?”
I spread my hands, looking at him with an enigmatic smile.
“Mr. Smith, weren’t you begging me to spare your family earlier?”
“Now that I’ve given you a solution, you’re not happy with it. It’s really hard to please everyone.”
Halfway through speaking, I pointed at Yasmin in the distance.
“My seat was stolen. Someone has to take responsibility, right?”
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“Given Ms. Zhang’s current position, she’s not important enough to take the fall. But you… are just right.”
I deliberately said the last sentence for Walter Smith to
hear.
While making my stance clear, I was also leaving the Smith family a way out.
**
After all,the entire incident was the fault of William and his secretary, and had nothing to do with anyone else.
Walter Smith hesitated for a moment before nodding firmly at me.
“Miss Chen, we’ll do as you say. Tomorrow I’ll hold a press conference as the head of the Smith family.”
“And… publicly announce that I’m severing ties with William!”
William still wanted to make a final struggle, but no matter what he said now, it was too late to change anything.
The trouble started because of him, and it had to end with him.
As for Yasmin, the catalyst for this whole incident, she was secretly sent to the capital overnight.
Based solely on her insulting my superior over the phone earlier, she likely wouldn’t be able to return to Bay City for the rest of her life.
One day a year later, when I came to Bay City on another business trip.
The entire Smith Group had ceased to exist.
