Chapter 700
When they returned to the banquet hall, there were only a few minutes left before the ceremony
started. Justin parted with them.
Winnie took a deep breath and said to Ste, “Thanks a million.”
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Ste took her hand. “Don’t mention it. I’m d you are fine.”
Fortunately, when following Chassell, Ste saw a waiter passing by, so she asked him for the key to
the dressing room.
She felt so lucky that she didn''t arrivedte.
Winnie took a secret nce at her back and whispered, “Who is the guy walking with Mr. Conrad?
They look alike.”
Ste said, “It’s aplicated matter. I’ll exin it to youter.”
Winnie nodded. “All right.”
Suddenly, ine showed up from nowhere and squeezed between them. She whispered, “What are
you talking about?”
Ste smiled. “Nothing. We’re praising you.”
“Really?”
“If you hadn’t informed rence fast enough, the scumbag would escape tonight.”
ine felt shy when hearing thepliment. She blushed and said, “For... real?”
Winnie answered, “Yeah. If you need any help in the future, feel free to let me know.”
Right then, the ceremony started officially. As the host began speaking, Winnie needed to get ready for
her part.
After she left, Ste turned t o rence. “What did you ask Nathan to do just now?” she asked.
rence raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “Do you know why Chassell Barret keeps going to
Winnie even Channing has hit him so many times?”
Ste was confused. “Why?”
“He nned the copse on the resort’s construction site four years ago. Now, someone has got hold
of the evidence. Although he’s trying to suppress it, the truth will be revealed sooner orter. When he
divorced, his ex-wife took a remarkable amount of money from him. What do you think he needs the
most right now?”
Ste was taken aback. “The money?”
“Yep. Hence, he keeps reaching out to Conrad Group recently and wants to gain a new project from
Conrad Group. Winnie is also a popr icon right now. He wants to use her in terms of business value,
reputation, and influence.”
Ste frowned. “He’s so disgusting.”
“He tried to approach Winnie several times but failed. But he didn’t cause any harm to her. Thus, even
if Winnie called the police, he could escape without being charged.”
Although it was a cruel truth, rence had made a point there.
Chassell was quite scheming. He couldn’t be punished by the standard methods.
ine listened to their conversation but was confused. She butted in, “What should we do then? Just
sit and watch that scumbag bully Winnie?”
rence nced at her. “Aren''t you staying with your Uncle Caesar?”
“Ah... I looked for him around the hall but couldn’t find him. Don’t change the subject. Tell me what to
do next.”
rence raised his hand and pushed her head away. “Mind your own business, kiddo.”
ine was speechless.
She pouted and turned to look at the man next to rence for support. However, Darnell only cast her
a nce indifferently.
ine realized that she had found the wrong supporter.
Soon, Justin appeared on the stage, giving a speech.
They heard discussions in low voices behind. “I truly feel sorry for Mr. Justin. He’sparable to
rence Conrad in terms of appearance andpetence. But he just started being in charge of the
Conrad family.”
“I agree. I thought rence was the only son from the Conrad family. So I was puzzled why Chairman
Dempsey gave him Conrad Group but suppressed him meanwhile. It turned out that he was making a
second way for himself.”
“If it weren’t for the car ident back then, Justin Conrad wouldn’t be paralyzed. Otherwise, why would
the Conrad family take rence Conrad back?”
“Oh, speaking of the car ident, I heard some rumors recently. It’s said the car ident was done by
someone from the family of rence Conrad’s mother. They did it to make the Conrad family recognize
rence Conrad.”
Upon hearing the rumor, others were shocked. “Impossible! Where did you hear this rumor from?”
“I’m not sure about the source, but it seemed to make sense.”
“If it were true, Justin Conrad should hate rence Conrad to the core. But when they showed up here
just now, they looked quite harmonious.”
“I don’t believe that rumor. There’s nothing about rence Conrad’s mother in the past decades. I
guess she has run away with the money already.”
“Exactly. How powerful she would be to do something on Justin’s car. If rence’s birth mother had
such an ability, why would she be the mistress of his father?”
“The rumor is fake. How could such a ridiculous rumor be spread? I guess someone deliberately made
this up to cause troubles after Justin had be the CEO of Conrad Group.”
Others agreed with this opinion. The rumor was unreliable, so they stopped discussing it and changed
the subject.
Ste looked up at rence, who met her eyes. He still looked calm and asked, “What’s wrong?”
She held his hand. “Nothing.”
rence checked the time. “Let’s go.”
The charity banquet was starting soon.
Meanwhile, the ceremony went on.
Ste took a few steps and looked back, only to find that ine was following Darnell carefully. ine
wanted toe to Ste, but she didn’t have the guts.
Ste withdrew her gaze and whispered, “Don’t you guys want to tell her the truth? She still trusts
Caesar James so much now. I’m afraid...”
rence said, “Compared with us, Caesar James is her family. She might not believe what we say.
Besides, she’s a simple girl, and others can always see through her from her expression. It’s no good
to tell her the truth.”
Ste understood. “That’s why Darnell wants to keep her by his side, right?”
“Well, that has nothing to do with Caesar James. Darnell is here, and he shouldn’t have any guts to
make any moves.”
“Then...”
rence exined, “He’s afraid she would make any trouble.”
Ste curled up her lips into a smile. Although rence said so, she could tell that they both were
worried something would happen to ine.
The charity banquet was in another hall. When they arrived, Justin was waiting for them at the
entrance.
Justin said, “rence, Ste, the ring will be the seventh auction item tonight. I’ve informed the staff to
call the price once. You can buy it directly.”
rence nodded.
Right then, Caesar showed up from nowhere. “Since we’re all here, let’s go into the hall, shall we?”
There were a lot of attendees to the celebration, but the guests to the charity banquet were rtively
fewer.
Hence, the auction hall was quiet.
Guests who had arrived were reading the auction lists in their hands.
Justin said, “Please have a seat. I’ll go check backstage.”