Chapter 157


    Hearing how he had just addressed her, Coralie Chariott was dumbfounded. It never crossed her mind


    that Skr would still call her that.


    "Skr, you..."


    Tears sprang to her eyes.


    She was aware of Skr''s kindness to her. She was not stupid. Of course, she knew everything.


    However, none of that mattered now. Anthony Hond had made himself clear just now.


    "We haven''t divorced yet. I could still call you that."


    He then kissed her. Perhaps it was because of his injury, his kiss was very light and tender.


    Coralie was struggling in her heart. She loved this man deeply. However, they were two people from


    two different worlds.


    When the man pulled himself back from the kiss, Coralie immediately pulled him back into her arms.


    She buried her face in his chest and muttered, "Skr, apart from my family background, what must I


    do so that I could continue to be your wife..."


    Apart from her immutable family background, what must she do so that she could continue being his


    wife?


    Coralie had made up her mind when she was talking with Anthony just now. She had nned to


    apologize to Skr and leave right after. However, Skr was thest thread that was still pulling her


    in.


    Love was never a one-sided effort.


    "You don''t have to do anything. I''ll do it."


    In fact, Skr knew that Coralie being here at this moment had already meant that she was willing to


    withstand the pressure from the Hond family and the Rae family.


    Furthermore, he was the one who had involved Coralie in this matter.


    "But... what about the Rae family..."


    The Rae family was also esteemed in A City. Even though Skr''s Skyton Corporation was developing


    well, it still couldn''tpete with the Rae family.


    "Hector will definitely reconsider the engagement because of the smuggling case,"


    Skr thought for a while and decided to tell Coralie about it.


    Indeed, when Coralie knew that it was Skr who had framed himself on purpose, she was taken


    aback.


    "It''s you..."


    "Shh."


    Skr pressed his finger against the woman''s lips.


    In fact, his purpose was to break off his engagement with Valerie Rae. If Hector Rae were to find out


    Skr was the one behind it, who knew what he would do.


    At this moment, Lillian Ford rushed into the room suddenly. When she saw Coralie sitting next to Skr


    and acting lovingly, she shouted, "You both are trying to kill Valerie. I was wondering why Valerie was


    hurting herself again. It''s you again, Coralie!"


    "Mom! I was the one who asked her toe and for Valerie to go out."


    When Skr saw Lillian rushing over, he instinctively wanted to protect Coralie but he was


    unfortunately encumbered by his injury. It was hard for him to get out of bed.


    "Skr, don''t move."


    Lillian wanted to drag Coralie away, but when she saw her son struggling to get out of bed, her distress


    peaked immediately.


    "Did Valerie hurt herself again?"


    Skr looked at Lillian and asked.


    "That''s right. I don''t know where she got the knife from. She cut her arms and blood was all over the


    corridor!"


    Lillian looked at Coralie with anger. She snapped at Skr, "Skr, no matter how much you love


    Coralie, you mustn''t y with Valerie''s life. You know that she is sick. Why wouldn''t you wait for her to


    recover first? Then, you both could continue your rtionship as you like, and I promise that I won''t


    interfere anymore."


    Coralie really didn''t expect Valerie to hurt herself again. She looked and acted normal, including when


    she was in thepany.


    "Honey, you should head back first. I''ll take care of this."


    Skr deliberately called Coralie ''honey'' in front of Lillian.


    Lillian''s face fell when she heard him addressing Coralie in such an affectionate way.


    Coralie replied, "Okay. Take care of yourself, I''ll go first."


    ......


    Before Coralie left, she saw the blood sttered all over the corridor ground and it frightened her. It


    seemed that Valerie had shed her vein. There wouldn''t be so much blood otherwise.


    However, she didn''t know what she should do. Thus, she went to the police station first.


    When she arrived at the police station, Coralie learned about the situation.


    Howard Schultz took her card that day and went to the nearest ATM to withdraw the money. After that,


    he even robbed a passer-by before he disappeared.


    Then, the policeman took out a transparent bag. There was a delicate iron thing in it.


    Coralie recognized it at a nce. It was the thing that fell to the ground after Howard unlocked the door


    that day, "This is..."


    "This is the tool that the criminal had used to tamper with the lock on that day."


    The police exined.


    Speaking of this, Coralie seemed to have remembered something, "I locked the door that day, but he


    opened it so easily."


    "There was a thief who used the same tool recently. ording to our investigation, Howard was locked


    up with that man during his prison days. After interrogation, the thief admitted that he had taught


    Howard that trick to unlock doors."


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    The policeman''s words exined why Howard had managed to open the door in such a swift way that


    day.


    "Is he... caught now? Will hee for me again?"


    Coralie was not worried about herself, but rather for the safety of her brother and mother.


    "Not yet, but he is already a wanted criminal in the whole city. We have sent people to keep an eye on


    the prisoner''s mother. If he happens to return home, we will know," The police added, "You should


    change your lock into a better one that is harder to tamper with. It has stronger security. Although it is a


    little expensive, it will take him several hours to open it, and he might even end up failing."


    That was the advice the police could offer.


    When Coralie came out of the police station, her phone rang.


    She nced at it and found that it was Joanna Thomas .


    However, no matter what, she had to pick up the phone.


    "Hello."


    "Coralie, the management had asked me to ry to you that in the future, you don''t have toe for


    work at Skyton Corporation any more."


    She sounded exultant across the line.


    "What do you mean? Am I fired?"


    "No. It''s just that the leader had heard about your house is in the southern rural area. In order to make


    it convenient for you, he had arranged for you to work as an ountant in a factory. Of course, the


    sry is also ording to the standard there."


    "Factory? Which?"


    Although Skyton Corporation had several factories, there were only two in the southern rural area.


    They were basically abandoned factories.


    "Southern Court Warehouse."


    When Joanna said that, the suppressedughter in her tone was obvious.


    The Southern Court Warehouse was a liquidated factory. Almost all of their workers wereid off.


    Coralie had heard before that there were only a few people who were left guarding the factory...


    The only reason they had transferred her to that ce was so that she could resign willingly.


    "I see."


    Coralie hung up the phone,plicated feelings afflicting her.


    If she were to work in the Southern Court Warehouse, she might not even get 2000 dors a month.


    She couldn''t afford her family''s living expenses at all. However, if she didn''t do it, then she and Skr...