Chapter 143 Thought Of A Way To Deal With It
Thomas was insecure these days. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that he had done a very
wrong thing. He should not havepromised with Marie just for a moment of peace.
He knew very well what kind of person Marie was. She would never stop meeting him like what she told
him. Instead of waiting for her toe to him again to threaten him, he rather thought of a way to deal
with her first. After pondering about it, he went to meet Jordan.
Thomas'' visit surprised Jordan. Jordan invited him to take a seat and poured a cup of tea for him.
Thomas took the tea and had a sip, saying, "The purpose of my visit this time is to ask you for a favor."
"I will try my best as long as I can do it." Jordan was very outright.
"This is very easy for you. I would like to ask you for your help to settle Irene and me abroad."
"Is Irene going to do as you say?" Jordan asked.
"Just help me deal with the migration procedures first. Irene will join by then. After all, her purpose of
"Okay, I''ll ask someone to do it right away," Jordan promised.
Thomas was very pleased with Jordan''s swiftness. He opened the bag he was carrying and took out a
few drawings from it. He ced them in front of Jordan and said, "I won''t let you help me for nothing.
These are the rewards."
"What''s these?" Jordan picked up the drawings and looked at Thomas in surprise. "Isn''t this the design
of the stadium? Thomas, how could you have this?" Jordan asked.
"I''m Dave. This is the design of the stadium for this sports tournament," Thomas replied.
"You''re Dave?" Jordan reacted after a moment of surprise. No wonder he thought Thomas was
strange. It turned out that it was the reason.
"The design I gave you is the design of the sub-stadium. I''ve given the main stadium''s design to Marie.
She probably will give it to Edric very soon," told Thomas, or more urately now, Dave.
"Do you want the Myers Group and the Golden Age Group to cooperate in the construction of the
stadium for the sports meeting?" Jordan asked.
"No! Although, it will be better if twopanies construct the stadium construction of this sports
tournament. To be honest, I never thought of letting Edric''spany win the bid. The only purpose I
designed these was for Irene. Originally, I nned to give all these designs to you, but I didn''t expect
that there would be such an ident," Thomas replied.
Thomas told him about Marie threatening him. Then, he exined his rtionship with Marie and Myra
again.
"I am not the real Thomas. The real Thomas died of an ident not long after I returned to San Fetillo.
At that time, my parents had passed away, and I was downhearted due to the bankruptcy and the huge
bought for Thomas temporarily. Only Steven, Myra, and Marie knew the truth, while the others thought I
was Thomas. At that time, I just wanted to run away from all the troubles I was caught in, but I didn''t
expect it to be a drawback," he exined.
"Marie is your sister? I really didn''t expect that. Although you are not the real Thomas, you are Irene''s
uncle after all in terms of seniority. You haven''t done anything wrong. Why are you afraid of Marie?"
Jordan asked.
"Back then, I lived in seclusion in San Fetillo not only because I was discouraged from my misfortune
but also for the loss of my love." Dave sighed.
"I love Myra as deeply as your father, but my kind of love is prohibited. Marie knows my thoughts, and
she threatened me with it. If I don''t help her, she will expose my feelings for Myra to others. I don''t want
Myra to be criticized even after her death, and I don''t want Irene to know that I''m not her real uncle,"
Dave continued to say.
"You are not blood-rted to Myra. Besides, you never confessed your feelings. I think Irene can
understand you," Jordan thought for a moment andforted him.
"No, she won''t. I''ve spent most of my life like this, and I don''t want something unnecessary to happen
at this moment. I''ve carefully thought about Marie''s character, and she''s not credible. Instead of letting
her continue to bother me and bring these pasts out, it''s better for me to hide away from everyone first.
It''s good for everyone in this way."
"Well, since you have made up your mind, leave everything to me. I''ll let you know again soon," Jordan
promised.
At the same time, when Thomas asked Jordan to n for their migration, Steven was not at peace
either. The chairman of the Tobias Group, Tobias, who absconded with the money, and it had brought
Steven a lot of trouble.
When Tobias made outstanding achievements in San Fetillo, Steven was quite close to him. Steven
had once bought a share of the Tobias Group and became the silent shareholder. Only he and Tobias
knew about it.
As the business of the Tobias Group had always been running very well, Steven''s ambition and greed
for money grew evenrger. Therefore, when Tobias went to him and asked for funds to open a branch
Tobias had promised Steven to return it a monthter, but Steven didn''t expect that Tobias''pany
was already in trouble long ago. The so-called opening of a newpany was just for scamming him
out of money. Tobias absconded abroad with the money right after Steven gave him the money.
The total of the funds that the superior allocated was one billion dors. How could Steven have so
much money to make up this loophole? Therefore, he was in a state of nerves during this time.
Coincidentally, the superior heard the news and demanded to meet him to talk about this matter. The
superior had a good rtionship with Steven over the past few years. Hence, he asked Steven to find a
way to fill up the loophole as soon as possible. Then, he would let this matter go.
Since Steven cooperated with Tobias to open thepany, Steven only got some dividends, which
was just a few million dors in total. Therefore, how could he make up for such a significant sum of
money?
The only person he could ask for help was Edric, but it was not a small amount of money. Edric might
help him with millions of dors, but he was unsure if Edric would help him with one billion dors.
Edric had no interest in Lily. Therefore, he was sure that Edric would not help him because of Lily.
Then, he thought of Irene. Edric had always been obsessed with Irene. Perhaps, he would help him for
Irene''s sake.
When Steven came back to the city, he happened to discover that Lily had just attacked Irene. He took
the opportunity to pretend that he fell sick and was admitted to the hospital to figure out a solution.
Steven saw a glimmer of hope when he saw Edric rify the matter''s ins and outs on TV. It could be
imagined how infatuated he was with Irene when he would rather let his mother, Margaret, take the
me to whitewash Irene. That glimmer of hope eventually grew into a bright ray in Steven''s heart.
Therefore, he did not oppose Edric''s proposal to terminate Lily''s engagement and got back together
with Irene. When he asked Edric and Irene to go home for dinner that day, he wanted to tell Edric about
this matter, but he couldn''t bring it up. Now that this matter was getting more urgent and Steven
couldn''t dy it anymore, he requested Edric to meet up.Content bel0ngs to N?vel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
"I''ve encountered some troubles recently, so I would like to ask you to do me a favor." Steven did not
beat around the bush.
Edric had already known about Tobias'' matter, and he guessed that Steven should have something to
do with this matter. "What''s the matter? Tell me," Edric replied.
Steven told him about Tobias'' abscond with the money. He was embarrassed to admit that he was
associated with Tobias and that their acquaintance was to earn money illegally. Hence, he only said
that he had a close rtionship with Tobias and didn''t expect Tobias to be such a person who escaped
with the money and left all the trouble to him.
Edric pondered for a moment. One billion dors was no small amount, but it was not a big deal for
him. But should he tell Irene about it?
When Steven saw that Edric did not speak, he thought Edric would not agree to this matter. He began
to panic inwardly. "I won''t let you pay for nothing. You can give me an IOU. I have a few heirloom
paintings with me. I''ll mortgage them to you first."
Then, Steven opened the box he carried with him and showed it to Edric. "These are the ancient
paintings my ancestors have passed on through generations. It was estimated to be worth more than
100 million dors more than a decade ago."
Edric was stunned. Steven''s family didn''t seem to be an aristocratic family. How could there be a
collection of ancient paintings worth more than 100 million dors? He picked up one casually and
opened it.
"They''re not counterfeit. Don''t worry. They''re genuine ancient paintings." Steven thought Edric didn''t
believe it and exined immediately, "I''ve kept these paintings for more than twenty years. If it hadn''t
something bad happened, I wouldn''t have taken it out."
It was rare to see Steven in such a panic. It seemed that he was really anxious this time. Edric smiled
lightly and said, "Okay. I''ll go back and collect the money for you."
Steven was not sure if Edric''s words were valid. However, he was in an imminent crisis now. He would
do anything as long as the loophole was filled. Although these paintings were Steven''s lifeblood, they
were nothingpared to his future. Besides, these paintings would be passed to Irene after his
passing anyway. It was the same to pass them to Edric now. "You''d better take these paintings back. I''ll
give you an IOU again," Steven said.
"No need," Edric refused. He helped Steven just because of Irene. If Steven weren''t Irene''s father, he
would not have cared about it. Since he had helped Steven, he certainly did not want any mortgage or
IOU.
"Don''t tell Irene about it. I will lose face if she knows about it." Steven insisted on giving him an IOU
and reminded Edric, "Irene has been an obstinate person since she was a child. I don''t want her to
misunderstand me."
Steven was a typical person who did something terrible yet still wanted to maintain a good reputation.
Edric knew better how brazen Steven was. "Forget it. Mr. Cook, I''ll take it as your wedding gift for Irene.
As for the IOU, you don''t have to give me that. I''ll ask the finance department to transfer the money to
you."
Hearing Edric''s words, Steven heaved a sigh of relief. After that, he gave his ount number to Edric.
After Edric received the ount number, he mentioned the marriage between Edric and Irene very
enthusiastically, "When are you and Irene going to register your marriage?"
"I can go at any time as long as Irene agrees," Edric answered.
"You''d better go get it done as soon as possible. It''s not a good thing to keep dragging it." Steven,
whose problem was solved, regained his usual calm and asked, "Why don''t you take Irene home for
dinner tonight, and I''ll do the talking with her?"
Steven took the initiative to show his appreciation to Edric, but Edric was not grateful. Even a fool could
see that Irene hated Steven. If he asked Steven to help him at this time, it would be counterproductive.
"It''s okay, I''ll tell her myself," Edric refused.
After chatting for a while, they parted. Edric returned to thepany and ordered the finance
department to transfer the money to Steven''s ount. After hearing him finish the call, John couldn''t
help reminding him, "Mr. Myers, don''t you want to inform Miss Nelson about this?"
"Irene hates this kind of thing the most. If I tell her, she will change her attitude towards Steven. Let''s
leave this matter aside and talk about itter," Edric responded.
While they were talking, someone knocked on the door. Rowane came in and said, "Mr. Myers, I have
something to tell you."
Hearing that, John then left the room sensibly. However, Edric signaled him not to go and uttered,
"John is no outsider. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Here''s the thing. I received an admission notice from a foreign university and have the thought of
pursuing my studies abroad, so..." Rowane was a little nervous. She did not receive any eptance
notice from any foreign university, but Marie hired an agent to send her abroad. She was afraid that
Edric would ask her in detail again.
"Do you want to resign and further study abroad?" Edric understood what she meant. "This is a good
thing. I support your decision. You can alwayse to me if you need anything. I will try my best to
satisfy your requests."
Rowane smiled and shook her head. "Thank you, Mr. Myers. I don''t need anything else."