Chapter 21
Hearing the urgent tone on the phone, Owen’s brow furrowed sharply: “What’s going on?”
“What you did at the banquet in Chicago has been exposed, causing a sharp drop in domestic stocks. Not only that, the new product released by the company also ran into trouble, as someone posted a video exposing quality issues with the product, and the video’s views have been steadily increasing! Many of the attendees at the banquet were our former partners, and after these incidents were exposed, they have been requesting to terminate their contracts one after another. This matter has even alarmed the CEO, who is currently looking for you everywhere!”
As soon as he heard about the situation at my company, Owen’s father, Mathew Keith, called.
As soon as the call connected, Mathew’s scolding came crashing down: “You little brat, what have you been up to?! Right now, immediately, come home!”
When he finally made it home after a long delay, Mathew-was already sitting in the main seat, waiting for him for a long time. The intense anger in his eyes was so strong that one dared not look directly at him.
Mathew slammed the table hard, causing the tea to splash out.
“Do you know how big of a mistake you made? Don’t kneel down yet!”
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With a thud, Owen knelt down, his face dark and solemn, but he dared not say another word.
Matthew stood up and slapped him directly across the face.
“Several years ago, I warned you not to behave like this because Jessica was constantly changing women around her. I thought you had finally settled down when Maya came into your life and you were together for three years. But you continued to torment her and caused such a big mess!”
“You little rascal, you’re going to make me so angry!”
He angrily slammed the table several times before forcibly suppressing the anger in his chest.
“Last time, I was going to take good care of this beast today!”
The thick iron rod was brought up by the bodyguard, just placing it there was enough to be terrifying.
Mathew raised the iron rod and, with anger, smashed it down on Owen’s back, causing him to gasp in pain from the huge impact.
After only a few hits, the accumulated fatigue and intense pain overwhelmed Owen, causing his body to give out. Everything went black before his eyes, and he fainted straight away.
When he woke up again, it had been several days already. Before he had a chance to recover, he was taken to the company to deal with the unresolved thorny issues.
During that time, he would dream of Maya almost every night.
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He dreamed of Maya coming back to him, and they were as
affectionate as ever. He dreamed of her smiling and waiting for him to come home, coquettishly saying how nice it was to have him around.
I also dreamed of the scene of their wedding.
They had a child together and stayed together for the rest of their lives, until they were old and gray.
At the end of the dream, all those beautiful things came to a sudden halt.
Back to reality again, the beauty and sorrow hit him strongly, almost making him feel suffocated.
He spent several months like this, during which Mathew made sure to keep any information about Maya tightly sealed to prevent him from getting distracted.
After gathering information from various sources, he heard news about Maya again. His assistant hurriedly told him that Maya was going to marry Liam.
With a loud bang, Owen was struck as if by lightning.
Maya and Liam?!
What has happened in these past few months?!
Despite Mathew’s repeated dissuasion, he ignored everything and rushed to Chicago overnight.
He had someone find out the specific location of the wedding, and he
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arrived at the scene during the wedding.
Not far away, he saw Maya in a wedding dress, a scene that had appeared countless times in his dreams.
The man beside her was not him, but Liam.
The emcee looked at Maya and asked, “Ms. Heald, do you agree to marry Mr. Sullivan as his wife?”
Maya’s thin lips parted slightly: “I…”
Owen gasped, “Maya, you couldn’t have agreed to him!”
