Chapter 1628 Pretending To Agree To The n
Holley was panting as she arrived at the cafe. So the moment she saw Le, she expressed her
irritation, "Oh, Le! Do you know that it almost killed me to get here in such a short time?"
"How long do you think I can afford to stay away? Now that Charles is in aa, I will only earn
Melissa''s wrath if I stay away for a long time. And that will just get in my way of getting inside Shining
Company. Maybe I will then lose myst chance to get into thatpany. Do you want that to
happen?" Le reasoned with Holley, expressing her displeasure as well. ''I didn''t question her once for
asking me out on such short notice. But she is ming me for asking her to hurry to the cafe?'' Le
angrily thought to herself.
Holley realized that her words had offended Le; hence, she checked herself at once. She hid her
dissatisfaction as she reasoned in her mind that it was important for her to remain cordial with Le at
the moment.
''I need Le''s help right now. I can''t afford to make her angry. Although I''ve paid her well for doing
numerous things for me in the past, it seems like she doesn''t care about that money at all. Last time,
she evenughed at me when I threatened not to pay her again. There must be something bothering
her that I am not aware of. So I''d better y it nice and be respectful towards her for now.''
"No, no. Sorry, Le. I didn''t mean to me you for that. I was only nervous about something. I didn''t
mean to say that. By the way, haven''t you got into the Shining Company, yet?" Holley replied in an
amicable tone. She was not in the mood to argue with Le now, so she changed the topic.
Le shook her head in frustration and replied, "No, I haven''t. But that''s not the reason why you called
me here today. Just stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want. You said there''s
something urgent. What''s up?"
"Look at this," Holley said as she furtively ced the file she got from Ferry in front of Le. On the way
to the cafe, Holley had thought about how to convince Le toplete the task. She knew very well
that if she alone asked Le to blow that project off on her own, Le would never agree to do that.
After all, Le thought of herself as the future Mistress of Shining Company, and she would not do
anything that could hurt the interests of Shining Company.
"What is it?" Le asked with a frown as she picked up the file and flipped it open.
As she carefully read through the file, she was stunned. Her eyes went wide open. "Holley! How did
you get this file?" Le stared back at Holley ck-jawed.
"That''s not important, Le. The important thing is that we already have it. Although it''s just a piece of
paper, you must know how important it is to the Shining Company. Do you know what this project is?"
Holley asked inquisitively.
Le nodded as she scanned the pages with her roving eyes.
''It''s a project that is worth billions of dors. It must, therefore, be a project crucial to the Shining
Company. I''m not a fool. I know how important it is!'' Le thought to herself.
Holley saw Le''s excited reaction and persuaded in a low, yet excited voice, "Great. Then, you know,
you can secretly blow this project off..."
Holley''s suggestions felt like whish to Le. She retaliated immediately, "What are you talking
about?! Do you honestly think that I will do that? You must be insane!" Before Holley could finish
speaking, Le interrupted her and sprang up from her seat angrily. She flung the file on the table and
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immediately started to leave the cafe.
Holley grabbed her arm suddenly and pleaded, "Wait! Wait, Le. Let me finish exining! Please, be
seated. Please."
Holley could not allow Le to leave so easily. After all, she was herst hope, herst ally who could
help her destroy Charles and Sheryl. Le twisted her arm to free herself from Holley''s grip but failed to
do so. Hence, she sulkily sat down again. Although she didn''t leave immediately, she now looked irked.
As soon as Le sat down, Holley started persuading her in earnest again. "Listen carefully, Le. After
you sabotage this project, you can fix it up again. Think about it! If you go to Charles and tell him that
you have solved the most difficult problem facing the Shining Company, what will Charles think of you
then?"
"You mean..." Le hesitated. A frown appeared on her face. It seemed that she was in deep thought.
After a while, her anger disappeared. She said to Holley seriously, "You mean I can win Charles'' faith in
me with the help of this project? After this, he will understand my worth. I can make him realize how
important I am to him! How loyal I am towards him! And he will finally believe in me?" Le thought the
n through carefully.
"Yes, that is exactly what I meant," Holley said, heaving a sigh. A smile appeared on her face as she
could see Le slowly falling into her trap. After all, she had put a lot of hope on Le.
"Okay. Deal!" As Le replied, a wide smile appeared on her face. All the clouds seemed to have
disappeared from her mind. She then looked at Holley with gratitude.
"So, what do you n to do?" Holley asked. She couldn''t wait to know how Le was going to
sabotage this project.
As long as this project failed, Ferry would spare her, this time. Hence, it was important for Holley to
make sure that this project did indeed fail.
"It is not an easy task. You have to give me some time toe up with a good n for it," Le said as
she looked at Holley in disdain. ''Who does she think she is? Why would I reveal the n to her? Does
she think me a fool or something?'' Le mentallyined.
Le red at Holley and kept her lips tightly zipped shut.
"Yes, yes. Take your time. When youe up with a n, remember to tell me about it, so that I can
help you," Holley said innocently. Holley lifted the coffee mug and took a sip to cover her nervousness.
"Okay. I will. Don''t worry about that. Well, it''s time for me to go. Bye," Le said curtly as she excused
herself and walked out of the cafe.
Both of them had their own vested interests and their respective secrets, yet Le seemed to have had
an upper hand in her meeting with Holley this time. She had seen through Holley and knew what she
wanted.
''Interesting! I didn''t know Holley to be such a nice person as she is presenting herself to be. Why would
she suddenly be so kind as to help me win Charles'' love?
All she wants is to use me to destroy Shining Company, '' Le pondered. She knew quite well that
Holley just wanted to take advantage of her. Yet, she didn''t show her cleverness in front of Holley and
pretended to agree with her n. ''So, let''s see what she has nned for us. It hardly matters what she
does, since I''m in control of everything right now. The Shining Company and Charles will all be mine
very soon!''
Later when Le reached the hospital, she found a nurse changing the medicine for Charles. She
walked over and asked her, "Nurse, how is he?"
"He''s in good condition right now, and he is recovering well. If you want to know more details, you
might want to ask a doctor about it," the nurse replied politely. After she was done with her task, the
nurse left the room.
Le looked at Charles, who was lying still on the hospital bed and mused, ''I don''t know what will
happen this time. Will I be able to win him over this time?''
Then, she leaned closer and mumbled to Charles in a low voice, "Charles, trust me. I don''t want to hurt
you at all, but I''m just so eager to be with you. I have to cooperate with Holley. But don''t worry, Charles.
I won''t let this project fail. I know that you see this project as a very important one for the Shining
Company. So, please, wake up soon, and we can together make this project sessful. How about
that?" As she started speaking to Charles, all her wishes felt like they wereing alive in front of her
eyes. She could visualize a beautiful future with Charles and as the Mistress of Dream Garden. The
anticipated joy reflected on her face.
But after a while, she stared back at Charles, who was lying motionlessly. His apparent inattentiveness
left her feeling frustrated, and she stopped speaking with him further.
She knew that Melissa wouldn''t being back any time soon, and Charles was even doing well in his
room with the nurses around to help. So, she decided to go upstairs and get some rest in the VIP room.
Soon after Le left, Sheryl came over.
It was the first day that Charles was transferred from the Intensive Care Unit since he had been
admitted to the hospital. Sheryl could not wait to see him.
Sheryl stood by the side of his bed and looked at his face affectionately. She could finally touch his face
now. Looking at him silently, she marked how his face still looked a little pale. He looked weak. Tears
pooled in her eyes as she looked down at his face.
On the one hand, she was overwhelmed that she could touch Charles'' face once again, while, on the
other hand, her heart bled to see him suffering.
"Charles, wake up..." Sheryl whispered in a trembling voice. Slowly she broke into an uncontroble
sob.
After a while, Sheryl decided to leave. The moment she saw Charles, her mind would get flooded with
thoughts about the things that had happened between them. She could not take it anymore. So she just
turned around and ran from the room.
''I thought that I could juste by and visit Charles, but I couldn''t. I am not as strong as I thought I
could be, '' she thought to herself as she ran away.
She ran with only one breath until she came out of the hospital and stopped there. Finally, she stopped
and gasped for a fresh breath of air.
After a while, when she felt that she had calmed down, she thought of going back to the hospital. But
just as she was about to turn around to go back inside, she spotted Melissa at the gate of the hospital.
Sheryl realized that Melissa must being to the hospital to visit Charles. She didn''t want to meet
Melissa at that moment, so she gave up on her n to go back inside.
In a big house outside the city, Rachel was waiting for Bernard toe back home.
Bernard had been out all day.
Ever since Bernard met Tom the other day, he left home very early in the morning and returned home
veryte at night. Sometimes, Rachel felt that she hadn''t seen Bernard for a long time, even though
they lived under the same roof.
Rachel knew that Bernard was trying his best toplete his task. If they did not help Tom to kill Ferry,
Tom would not spare their lives.
Whenever Rachel thought of that, she became extremely nervous.
She felt that she should do something. She couldn''t just let Bernard do everything on his own. Bernard
would never be able to handle a gang all by himself. Hence, Rachel had to get in on the action if they
wanted to swim through the situation sessfully.