Chapter 152
Chapter 152 Threatened
“What’s that smirk about?!” Gigi bit her lips in anger when she saw Jean’s smile. “Nothing. I just
thought you were guilty of cheating on Edgar; that’s why you haven’t been able to keep him all this
while.”
“Nonsense!” Gigi retorted immediately, but her voice was obviously much weaker than before. Besides,
she subconsciously nced backward with a guilt-stricken look.
Jean narrowed her eyes as she was more assured of her assumptions–Gigi was cheating on Edgar.
Tsk. I’ve never imagined that Edgar would one day be two-timed.
“I’m going to sleep in this room anyway. Get lost now!” Gigi forcefully pulled Jean out of the room. She
knew the guest room downstairs only had a single bed, and she could only be at ease if Jean had
stayed there.
However, Jean did not respond to Gigi. Frustrated, Gigi fumed, “Quickly get out already!”
Jean shook her head. “What about youe in, and we can sleep in the same room?”
I’m not going to let Gigi get what she wants! Suddenly, Gigi had a brainwave and directly took the
nket from the guest room. “Fine. I’ll sleep here tonight!”
Since I can’t chase Jean away, I should at least stay in the same room as her, so I can keep an eye on
her and prevent her from seducing Edgar at night.
Jean smirked and reminded Gigi, “Don’t forget that Edgar and I are enemies.”
The next second, Gigi ced her hand on her abdomen as she recalled how Jean taught her a lesson
in thedies restroom. She gripped the nket and warned, “Edgar is not going to let you off if you
dare toy a finger on me!”
“Oh, is it? I thought there were some problems going on between you two,” Jean said while lying down
on the other side of the bed.
Herment hit the bullseye.
Later, Jean took out her phone and typed a message for Ben. ‘Did the operation go well? I’m handling
some matters and will visit you after this.’
However, the message couldn’t be sent out for some reason.
Jean frowned and walked toward the outside while holding her phone.
Gigi grabbed her at once. “Where are you going?”
Jean rolled her eyes at Gigi and blurted, “I’m going to make a call.”
She shoved Gigi’s hand away and headed to the corridor. However, the signal was equally weak in the
corridor. Just then, she recalled a simr urrence at Zoe’s ce, which were caused by the signal
jammers.
Did Edgar use that trick too, to make me stay here?
Jean looked around and decided to go to the study room as she thought there should have the
strongest signal of all ces.
She knocked on the door of the study room, but there was no response. She nced at the phone
screen and noticed the signal bars were activated, so she walked straight into the room.
A few secondster, footsteps approached the study room. Jean was standing beside the window and
was blocked by a pot of nts.
Not long after Edgar entered the study room, he answered an iing call.
“Andy made a mistake with the inventoriesst time, and this time he’s insisting on partnering with the
Ludwig family? It’s normal that Mr. Langley and the others supported him. They have been backing
each other up in the previous board meetings.”
Is this regarding Royden Group? Jean arched her brows. She didn’t mean to eavesdrop on the
conversation, but she happened to overhear it. Oh well, it’s not like I purposely wanted to listen to the
conversation.
She reckoned that if she showed up at that moment, Edgar would surely use her of eavesdropping,
and she couldn’t possibly defend herself. So, she decided to continue hiding.
“I’ve said that I will not coborate with Ludwig Group.”
“I won’t change my mind no matter how many inventories they can offer.”
Jean furrowed her brows. No wonder Myer has been pulling a long face the past few days. It turns out
that he lost Royden Group, a strong business partner.
Nheless, despite his cold-bloodedness, Jean knew Edgar wouldn’t be reckless when it came to
business decisions. Otherwise, Royden Group wouldn’t have prospered in a short time.
Jean could see Edgar’s bony side profile reflected in the mirror. The man took a cup of coffee from the
table and had a sip.
As he nced toward the other side of the curtain, his lips curled up slightly, but the smirk was quickly
dismissed.
“Also, I want Ben and his team to be banned from all racing tournaments in the next three years.”
Miles was startled at the other end of the line. “Mr. Royden?”
He was not aware of the matter before this. Besides, they were talking about thepany’s matter a
second ago.
Edgar hummed in response. “I don’t care what the final result from the racing association is. I want
them to follow my instructions. Otherwise, ourpany will not sponsor any of their tournaments from
now on.”
With that, Edgar hung up the call.
Thereafter, he retracted his gaze from the curtain, put down the coffee cup, and pretended to be
working.
“Edgar Royden, you’re too much! Not only did you refuse to partner with Ludwig Group, but you want to
sabotage Ben’s racing career. What has he done to offend you that you have to do this to him?!”
Jean couldn’t hold it in anymore and came out from behind the nt.
She mmed her hand on the table and yelled, “Come after me if you’re unhappy with me. Leave Ben
alone!”
Ben was one of her very few friends, so she didn’t want to implicate any of them.
However, Edgar interpreted her words differently. Initially, he was plotting to make Jean stay for a few
days more, but he changed his mind when he saw Jean get all worked up because of Ben. It made his
blood boil.
Since she cares about Ben so much…
“Indeed, I dislike him and want to pick on him and Ludwig Group. Do I need your permission to do
that?” Edgar wore a half-smile; his eyes were as deep as the ocean.
Jean felt attacked by Edgar’s scorn, but she couldn’t retort.
Edgar lifted his brows as the oue was not as expected. Jean’s response always caught him off
guard. He subconsciously moved his gaze toward her red lips as the kiss just now resurfaced in his
mind.
“If you agree to my conditions, perhaps I’ll consider letting him off.” Edgar set the trap in a deep voice.
He was confident that Jean would fall into the trap. She almost lost her life when she transfused blood
for Ben in operation, so Edgar wagered there was nothing she wouldn’t do for Ben.
“What are your conditions?” Jean asked slowly with all her guards up.
Edgar took out his phone and put it in front of Jean. “Call Ben with my phone.”
Jean frowned. “Tell him you’ll not meet him anymore from now onwards because you’re going to join
Royden Group.”
Jean was dumbfounded while Edgar stood up, his tall figure blocking the light in front of Jean. His
shadow enveloped Jean as he approached her.
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He croaked in a hoarse voice, “Do you dare do that? Or, it doesn’t matter, even if Ben is barred from
participating in any tournaments in the next three years. Oh dear, I wonder how many years can a top
racer afford to waste in his career.”
Edgar’s eyes were filled with coldness as he said that.
I can’t believe I’m doing this to keep her by my side. I must have lost my mind!