Chapter 88


    She put her reddened, freezing–cold hands into her pockets. “I just got here.”


    Her face was flushed red from the cold wind. He wasn‘t blind, so he obviously wouldn‘t believe her. “Get


    in the car. Let‘s head to the hotel first.”


    When they got to the hotel, the first thing Christopher did was take a shower. While he was doing so,


    Margaret kept thinking about what to say to him. Before she could make up her mind, the bathroom door


    swung open. He had a bathrobe wrapped around him. He lit a cigarette but only puffed it twice before


    putting it out again. “What‘s going on?”


    In a panic, she couldn‘t bring herself to say anything. Her face was flushed.


    Content held by N?velDrama.Org.


    He picked up the watch he had taken off earlier before showering and fiddled with it. “Does this have


    something to do with Jodie?”


    She nodded. “Yes. D–Do you think you could help out?”


    He raised his head to look at her and said tly, “It‘s not a question of whether I can or not. Every


    business has its ups and downs. Because of this matter, I had to forfeit more than a hundred million in


    those lost materials. I also have to ount for the


    loss in profit of what those materials were supposed to provide for me. I am the biggest victim here. Why


    should I pity the party who had caused me to suffer a loss? It was the rk family‘s mistake for losing


    the materials. As a businessman, I can only do my best to fix what happened and keep my losses to a


    minimum. Even if the rk family are doomed, it‘s not my fault. Do you understand me?”


    Margaret understood the logic behind his words, and she couldn‘t retort him. However, he was the only


    one she could go to for help. “Well, can‘t you think about it from their point of view? Tell me how much


    you‘ve lost in total. I‘ll find a way to pay it off with Jo. Her dad is still in the hospital, and her mom is


    always sick. There‘s no way she can do it on her own.”


    Christopher found her words hrious. “Are you serious? Where are you going to get a hundred million to


    pay me? Stop being so na?ve and stop putting everything on yourself. You can‘t do it, so I won‘t ept


    your proposal. This is a business matter. I don‘t want to involve my own personal feelings.”


    Since he had said so, she didn‘t know how to convince him any further. It was true that he hadn‘t done


    anything wrong. With a deep breath, she replied, “All right. I understand where you stand now. Just


    pretend I never asked then.”


    Christopher lowered his head and looked at the expensive watch in his palm. With a vague tone, he said,


    “That‘s not the way you should be helping people. It‘s so suspicious that the person who supposedly


    stole all the materials just so happened to die in a fire. From what I know, that person didn‘t even have


    the time to resell the parts yet. Anyway, I don‘t care about all that. That is for the rk family to deal with.


    – They have to face the consequences.”


    Margaret could tell there was more to the matter. But if even the police couldn‘t solve it, she doubted she


    had the power to do so either. It wasn‘t that easy to retrace the lost materials. The future was


    unpredictable, but one thing for sure was the rk family was doomed.


    “Okay, I get it..” She lowered her head and headed toward the door. Christopher looked at the watch in


    his hand. With a frown, he said, “It‘ste. Just wait for me to finish up my work and we‘ll head back


    together.”


    However, Margaret wasn‘t in the mood to hang around. “It‘s fine. Jo must feel horrible now. I think I


    should go spend some time with her. Is that okay?”


    He lost his patience. “If you want to see her, then you‘d better be a good girl and stay here tonight.”


    Left with no choice, she could only stay.


    She looked toward the huge bed in the room. “I... I think I‘ll go book another room. You‘re going to be


    busy, so I wouldn‘t want to disturb you.”


    Christopher walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down. “Don‘t worry, I know what I‘m doing. Come


    over and get into bed.”


    He knows what he‘s doing? She wondered if he was referring to something suggestive, but he looked so


    serious that it seemed unlikely. She started to doubt if there was something wrong with her train of


    thought.


    Perhaps because he was too tired, Christopher fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.


    After Margaret came out of the shower, she gentlyy down in bed. She was unable to fall asleep, but


    she couldn‘t move around too much for fear of waking him up. It made her very restless.


    Suddenly, Christopher‘s phone buzzed. It just so happened that he had ced it on the bedside table


    next to Margaret. She got up and took a look at it. On the screen, it showed a message notification. She


    could see a part of the message that read: Hey,


    Christopher. Are you awake? I‘m sorry. I know I was wrong now. I really miss you. Can youe over