Chapter 283 A Secret


    “If you quit, nothing will happen to the Hunter family,” Vincent’s voice sounded again.


    Le was startled at the spot and didn’t know how to react.


    “I won’t quit.”


    “What if I will tell Le that you’re using her? You used her to protect your career and exchange the


    evidence. Between the Hunter family and me, whom do you think she would choose?”


    “Guy, you are too young too naive. Le is the daughter of Mable and mine. She is always kind-


    hearted. Even if she had known that I’m using her, you wouldn’t achieve your goals. There’s my blood


    on her body, and we have a kinship that cannot be erased, which cannot be shaken by you, an


    outsider, either. Besides, she cares about her mother the most. She’s afraid that her mother wouldn’t


    be happy. For her mother, she would endure it.”


    Vincent sounded extremely calm. “If you insist on doing it, I’ll have to send you to jail.”


    “I haven’t do anything wrong and there’s no evidence. How can you send me in?”


    “Oh, really?” Vincent chuckled. “If you hadn’t done anything wrong, why did you agree to let Le marry


    me? What’s that evidence that you exchanged with me?”


    “That’s the only evidence, which has gone.” Brian smiled faintly. “And you know that the evidence was


    not enough to ruin me. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have used it to exchange for Le, right?”


    “You are so self-confident, aren’t you, Mr. Hunter?” Vincent also didn’t change his expression.


    Brian knocked on the desk with his fingers. “Let’s wait and see.”


    “Compared your career and the family affection, which one is more important to you?”


    “Of course my career.”


    “Le called me an animal. I wondered how sad she would be if she knew that her father is like an


    animal more than me. I feel quite sorry for her as she has a father like you.”


    “She wouldn’t know it.” Brian chuckled. “Even if you told her, she wouldn’t believe you.”


    The door was pushed open all of a sudden. Le appeared at the door suddenly.


    “Le?” Brian gaped, feeling a bit surprised. Then he returned to calm. “Why didn’t you knock on the


    door?”


    “Oh, I forgot to tell you, Mr. Hunter. I deliberately left the door unlocked just now.”


    Le stared at her father with aplicated look. She kept gazing at him. Suddenly, she felt that he


    was so strange. His words dering that his career was more important than the family affection kept


    echoing in her mind, as loud as the rumbling thunder.


    She had never expected that her father was using her. He exchanged her for a piece of evidence. She


    wondered if that was evidence of corruption through misuse of thew.


    “Le, you--” Brian was a bit taken aback again. Then he returned to calm instantly. “Did your mother


    ask you to inform us to have dinner?”


    He deliberately emphasized the words “your mother”. Le had noticed it. It sounded that he was


    warning her that her mother’s happiness was all in his hands. Le felt flustered and uneasy. With a


    complicated feeling, she suppressed the bitterness in her heart. “Dinner is ready. Mom asked me to


    inform you both. Let’s go downstairs for dinner.”


    Instantly, she curled up into a bright smile. Then she turned around calmly and walked out.


    Vincent and Brian exchanged a nce with each other. Vincent sneered. “Well, sometimes, the older


    might not be the wiser.”


    After finishing his words, he strode out.


    Brian followed him out, looking quite annoyed.


    Le walked out from the study and downstairs, looking quite pale. Mabel was cing the tableware at


    the dining table. Seeing Leing down followed by two men, she said with a smile, “Wash your


    hands and let’s eat.”


    Le’s body shook a bit. Immediately, she forced a smile. “I got it!”


    Her answer sounded quite calm. Vincent squinted his eyes behind her.


    Le turned around with a smile on her face, and nobody could guess what was on her mind. She said


    to Brian and Vincent, “Dad, Vincent, go wash your hands please.”


    Brian also squinted. As if nothing had happened, he said, “Come on, Vincent.”


    “Okay. After you!” Both men looked so calm as if nothing had happened. So did Le, who was walking


    to the dining table quietly.


    “Mom, are you happy?”


    “Of course. I feel quite happy now!” In the past twenty years, she had burned a lot of stress. She gave


    birth to a daughter without getting married and owed her older sister a lot of favors. In recent years, she


    finally could live with her beloved man. What else would she expect for her life?


    “Mom, as long as you are happy.” Le lowered her head, pressing her lips. Since her mother felt


    happy, she should continue to let her be happy. She could do anything for her mother’s happiness. But


    for some reason, she wanted to burst into tears.


    “I finally couldn’t eat your dishes, Mom! They smell so good. I can smell them from afar,” said Vincent


    while walking out from the bathroom. His gaze fell on the head that was bending down.


    “Vincent, you are still such a sweet talker. If you want to eat my dishes, you cane to our house


    every day. I’ll cook for you every day.” Mabel certainly wanted to see her daughter and son-inw every


    day, but she was afraid that she would disturb their work.


    “That would be nice. I’m just afraid that I would trouble you too much, Mom!” said Vincent in a good


    manner politely.


    “We are family. There’s nothing troublesome. I’m so happy if you cane to visit us.” Mabel felt so


    happy indeed.


    “Let’s eat.” Brian sat down on the chief seat. Mabel was next to him, and Vincent was sitting next to


    Le.


    During the dinner, Vincent picked up dishes for Le. Le kept eating while feeling worried and


    downhearted. From time to time, she raised her head and smiled. Her smile was quite wry but she tried


    her best to smile more brightly.


    Brian nced at Le from time to time. Gradually, there was a trace of worry in his eyes. Perhaps he


    wanted to resolve something, he picked up some food for Le. Le said politely and distantly, “Thank


    you, Dad. I can do it myself.”


    “Brian, you should pick up food for Vincent. He’s so hardworking and needs to eat more.” As she


    spoke, Mabel stood up and picked up a piece of rib for Vincent.


    The meal was quite dramatic. Everyone had their own thoughts, and only Mabel was the really happy


    one. She didn’t notice anything at all.


    After dinner.


    When the couple was about to leave, Macey pushed the door open and walked in.


    Seeing the whole family together and Vincent, she was suddenly stunned. With a snort, she said


    ironically, “What brought down the busiest CEO of White Group here?”


    “Hi, Macey.” Vincent faintly smiled, looking indifferent and aloof.


    Le lowered her head and greeted Macey. “Hi, Macey. You came back.”


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    It was the first time that Le had seen her since giving her the skirt as a gift. Macey had put on heavier


    makeup than before, almost the same as the smokey-eye.


    “Mom, we’re leaving now.” Vincent only bid Mabel farewell.


    “Oh! Okay. Please go ahead. If you have time, juste over. I’ll cook for you.”


    “Aunt, if you love your daughter and your son-inw so much, why don’t you move in with them?” said


    Macey sarcastically.


    “Well--” Mabel was stunned, her face pale. She shut up.


    “Mom, if you have time, you cane to stay with us for a while,” said Le. Then she turned to


    Vincent, “Vincent, is it all right?”


    “Of course. Whatever you said.” Vincent behaved like a good husband. “My house is your house. You


    can make whatever decision you like.”


    “Mom, we’re gone now.” Le smiled at her mother. Then she nced at Brian and Macey. “Dad,


    Macey, see you.”


    She was so obedient that Vincent felt sorry for her.


    At that moment, Vincent glinted at her eyebrows and eyes deeply. He knew that she had heard his


    conversation with Brian in the study.


    On the way back home, Le kept silent without speaking.


    Vincent didn’t speak either.


    In the evening.


    There was a thunderstorm.


    When Vincent opened the door of the guestroom, he didn’t see Le. She went to take a shower as


    soon as she walked into the house. Then she locked herself in the room. Vincent also went to take a


    shower. Now he couldn’t find her.


    He called her phone but the ring tone sounded in the house. She was missing.


    Vincent felt a bit panicked. He went downstairs and looked for her around the house, but failed to find


    her.


    It was getting quitete. He wondered where she had gone.


    It was raining heavily outside together with the earth-shaking rumbling. Le was missing.


    Immediately, Vincent took an umbre and ran out. The door guard said Mrs. White had gone out


    twenty minutes ago.


    “Damn it!” Vincent asked anxiously, “How did she go out? On foot or by a taxi?”


    “No taxi. Mrs. White said she wanted to have a walk. And it was not raining just now.”


    Before the guard could finish his words, Vincent ran out quickly.


    Le felt so upset.


    Since she had heard her father’s conversation with Vincent in her parents’ house, she had been


    enduring. For her mother and afraid that her mother would worry, she endured everything. Now she


    was huddling up beside the path next to a roadbed outside the vimunity. In the rain, she looked


    down at the cliff. On such a dark night, the raindrops kept falling.


    Her hair and clothes had been wet already, and she felt quite cold.


    Tears fell from her eyes. Biting her lower lip, she didn’t want to burst into tears, but still, she couldn’t


    help whimpering.


    For a moment, she suddenly felt that she was extremely lonely. She wondered if she still had a chance


    to hold on, and she only felt quite exhausted.


    Vincent ran out all the way out of the vimunity. Although he was holding an umbre, his clothes


    were wet in the rain because he was running fast. He looked around. In the dark, without a shlight,


    he couldn’t see anything. asionally, he could hear a woman’s whimper among the sound of the


    raindrops. He was certain that she must be nearby.


    Unable to see her, Vincent stood there motionlessly, searching the direction in which the sound was


    coming from.


    On the twisting mountain road, a car was driven over. Under the bright light, he finally found a petite


    figure huddling up on the roadbed. In front of her was the cliff. At the moment, the figure huddled up


    into a small ball. She pressed her face in her arms, her shoulders shaking.


    His throat tightened. Despite the car was driven towards him, he rushed over to her.


    “Creak--” with the sharp brake sound, the car almost hit him. However, he didn’t care about anything,


    running towards Le. Then he squatted down.


    Feeling shocked suddenly, Le looked up subconsciously. In the downpour, she saw an anxious face


    and his eyes were full of concerns.


    The driver in the car snapped, “Shit! If you have a death wish in the rainy, get away from here! Don’t


    make me go to jail!”


    “Fuck off!” Vincent roared to the car coldly.


    “Damn you! How arrogant! You jaywalked! Do you have a death wish?” the driver pressed to close the


    car window with a curse. Then the car roared away.


    Vincent squatted down in front of Le. Reaching out, he held her in his arms tightly. Le was in a


    warm embrace. Smelling the familiar faint smell of the cigarette, she held him back tightly as if she had


    found the lifesaving duckweed. “Vincent--”


    This was her first time hugging him. She was whimpering aggrievedly.


    “Cry aloud if you want!” He stroked her back gently, and the big umbre prevented her from the rain.


    She immediately burst into tears and called him, “Vincent...”


    After she had been crying for a few minutes, he lifted her up, carried her in his arms, and went back to


    the vi.