Chapter 148


    "Dad!"


    She had always been good at pretending, but she had to drop her act in this matter.


    "Valerie, haven''t I been yielding to your wishes all this while? If this thing hadn''t happened, I would


    have helped you even if I had to go against Skyton Corporation. But now, it''s better for you to give up."


    Originally, Hector Rae was going topel Skr into obliging to his wants. Now that the incident had


    happened, no one dared to associate with him anymore.


    After all, the first thing that came to Hector''s mind when he got the news was that Skr might try to


    curse him.


    "You, you can''t cancel the engagement. We could just dy it."


    Valerie eventually made a concession.


    "No, don''t even think about the engagement until the verdict is out," As the patriarch of the Rae family,


    Hector had always been a man of his words, "Alright, enough. I don''t want to hear any words about this


    again!"


    "Dad, do you want to see me lonely for the rest of my life?" Valerie''s tears finally rolled down her


    cheeks, "You know that I have loved Skr for so many years. I betrayed him in the past, yet he didn''t


    dislike me. Now that this thing has happened to him, how could I leave him?"


    She was talking about the affair she had in her senior year. She even got pregnant.


    "Silly girl, how would you know that he doesn''t dislike you? If he still likes you, do we need to spend so


    much effort on the engagement?


    Amelia Harington felt sorry for Valerie.


    In fact, the Hond family and Rae family were in a simr league. Their engagement could be easily


    decided between the heads of the families.


    However, Amelia and Valerie had put in a lot of effort into it. They bought gifts for Lillian Ford and tried


    to suck up to her, and Hector even threatened Skr.


    Skr obviously did not share the same feelings as Valerie did.


    "So what? It''s not easy for us to finally get engaged. Why do you...


    "Valerie, do you really think that you could proceed with the engagement ceremony without Skr


    tomorrow?"


    Hector was infuriated that his daughter was stubbornly obsessed with Skr.


    "It''s not impossible!"


    After hearing Hector''s words, Valerie thought that the idea was feasible.


    "Enough! No one should mention this anymore. The Zac family in B City is going to hold an anniversary


    celebration soon. All of us will go. The eldest son of the Zac family is still single. They have also


    mentioned about linking our families with marriage before."


    Valerie was aware of her father''s underlying meaning.


    If she couldn''t marry Skr, she would marry someone else. Any man was fine; as long as he was the


    son of a bigpany, as long as he could help with the business of the Rae family.


    "I''m still going to marry Skr!"


    After saying that, Valerie wiped her tears and dashed into her room.


    "Bang!" The door mmed shut.


    Hector sat on the sofa and let out a long breath.


    "Hector, do you think that Skr hade up with this idea because he refused to marry Valerie?"


    Amelia suspected it when she first heard of the news, but Valerie was there with her. She didn''t want to


    hurt her daughter''s self-esteem. Therefore, she kept her doubts to herself first.


    "I hope so," Hector recounted the conversation that he had with Skr and said, "In fact, Skr came


    to me before and proimed that he would not marry Valerie. At that time, I wanted to press him


    further, but he told me not to push him to his edge. I''m afraid this is what he meant."


    "This means..."


    "If he seeds in cursing the Rae family, then he won''t have to marry Valerie."


    Hector thought the matter was moreplicated than it was on the surface.


    After all, he hadmitted various misdeeds in his business. He presumed that Skr was tarred with


    the same brush, that his righteous appearance was just a pretense to conceal his wrongdoings.


    "This is too bad," Amelia''s frowned, "Valerie is a kind girl. If Skr is such a scheming person, Valerie


    will definitely suffer if she marries him."


    In Amelia''s eyes, Valerie was a na?ve girl.


    She even thought that the ident was an unexpected incident.


    "We should let go of the idea to marry Valerie into the Hond family."


    Hector hadpletely vanquished the idea of allowing Valerie to marry Skr.


    ......


    The Hond family knew about the incident in no time.


    Lillian was flooded with phone calls. She didn''t know what was going on and she did not even know


    how to exin it.


    In the end, she had no choice but to switch off her phone and stayed at home.


    However, the police came to the door, saying that it was a routine search to investigate if there was any


    rted evidence in the house.


    Lillian didn''t expect that the police would show up at her doorsteps, but she didn''t dare to resist.


    There was a policeman in the living room, keeping an eye on Lillian. Others went searching. Lillian sat


    there and tried to speak for Skr, "Sir, my son is a good citizen who lives in ordance with thew.


    He must have been framed."


    "It''s hard to say. At present, all the evidence is concrete. He had obtained the bodies from overseas."


    The police answered.


    It was found during custom inspection. The recipient was Skr and the address was his house in


    Golden Town.


    Moreover, ording to the police''s investigation, Skr had never shipped things to his home.


    However, he had received several packages recently, and this was enough to induce suspicion.


    "But, but my son''s business is huge, and he has always been an upright man. It''s impossible for him to


    do such a thing."


    She was nervous. Although the police did not reveal much to her, the expression on his face showed


    that he was convinced of Skr''s participation in the smuggling case.


    "Madam Ford, as a policeman, I''ve seen more criminals than you did. A lot of them look more average


    than a normal person."


    The police said seriously.


    In fact, the police were right.


    Lillian was discouraged, "Then, if this is true, how long does my son need to stay in prison? It won''t be


    a life sentence, right? After all, I only have this son!"


    "If he''s found to be guilty, he will serve at least ten years in jail."


    "Ten years..."


    Lillian almost fainted when she heard the number.


    Her precious son may be locked up for ten years, or even more. How was she going to live now?!


    At this moment, the police who had gone to search the room came out, he shook his head, "Chief, we


    didn''t find anything unusual."


    "Let''s go."


    When the police left, Lillian panicked. She quickly picked up the phone and called Skr''s father.


    The phone was finally connected after a long time, but it was a young woman who answered the


    phone.


    "Mrs. Hond, I''m Linda, President Hond''s secretary. President Hond is in a meeting now. I could


    pass on your message to him, or I''ll notify him toe back to you as soon as the meeting ends."


    The woman said.


    When Lillian heard a woman''s voice, she was alerted. She hadn''t contacted Anthony Hond for a long


    time. It had always been a male secretary who would answer the phone in the past. Since when did he


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    find himself a female secretary?