Chapter 43


    Chapter 43 Walter And Gary Try To Help


    Even though Jonathan let Micha take some time to pack her luggage, she did not bring many things.


    Once they stepped out of the mansion, Jonathan tossed his luggage to Gary. At the same time, he shot


    Walter a re for raining on his parade a while ago.


    Perplexed, Walter twitched his lips indignantly. When Micha fastened her gaze on Gary, he realized


    he should not let the chance to butter her up slip away. Thus, he moved toward her and greeted her


    earnestly, “Ms. Micha, nice to meet you! I’m Walter, and he’s Gary. We look forward to serving you in


    the future.”


    Walter and Gary? Micha recalled what she had previouslye across about the definition of names.


    Ah! If I’m not wrong, the name Walter means the mander of the army”. Meanwhile, the name Gary


    means “powerful with the spear”. What a heroicbination!


    She greeted them affably, “Nice to meet you too!”


    No doubt, she was well aware that Jonathan disliked boisterousness. Hence, it never came across her


    mind that there would be someone bbering blissfully like Walter alongside him. After a while, she


    shifted her gaze away from him and cast a look in Gary’s direction again.


    Micha was sure as h*ll that she had seen Gary before. She could recall vividly how she first bumped


    into the man lining up coincidentally while shopping with Lorelei that night. Since he was well-built and


    devoid of expression, Micha could not resist scrutinizing him for quite a while at that moment. It never


    urred to her that he was Jonathan’s subordinate.


    Could it be… Micha tended to stop in her tracks as something came to her. Sensing that she had


    slowed down her pace, Jonathan, already quite a distance ahead, turned abruptly and broke her reverie.


    “Mich, what’s the matter?”


    “Oh! Nothing!” She regained herposure and quickened her pace to catch up to him.


    Earlier on, Micha was overwhelmed by thevish Shappiray Mansion. Even so, she had to admit that


    the breathtaking view of thetter’s private car porch was beyond description.


    Her jaw dropped when all the luxury cars came into view. A few were even worldwide limited editions she


    hade across from a television program earlier. Unbelievably, she had the opportunity to set her eyes


    on them in real life then. Ah! Someone actually presumed Mr. Jonathan’s worth to be approximately


    forty billion two years ago. Evidently, these are just the tip of the iceberg!


    Even when Micha was seated in the Lincoln, she was still gasping inwardly. Good gracious! Now I


    understand why Dad is thinking of cozying up to the Xander family!


    After a while, Walter drove off from the back door. However, he was stunned when he caught sight of a


    slender figure while driving past the front yard. “Mr. Xander, it’s Lucille Lingard!”


    Since it waste autumn, there was even a hint of coolness in the air during the day.


    Jonathan and Micha looked up instinctively in Lucille’s direction. Dressed in a long dress with a knee-


    length overcoat, her dainty face was reddish. Apparently, she had been there for quite a while.


    On the other hand, Zack did not return after he left the night before. Nheless, Lucille only sensed


    something awry when she tried to call Zack but could not get through.


    Recalling Jonathan’s attitude toward her earlier, Lucille was worried stiff that he might grab the


    opportunity to matchmaking Zack and Micha.


    The surge of uneasiness from within her intensified as time psed. Hence, she headed straight to


    Shappiray Mansion to try her luck.


    Nevertheless, it was not a ce anyone could enter. After being barred from entering the mansion and


    caught off guard, her eyes lit up at the sight of a Lincoln advancing from far away.


    Even though she could not make out the passengers in the luxury car, she had a hunch Jonathan was


    seated in it.


    As the Lincoln drew nearer, Lucille darted toward it without a second thought, stretching out her hands to


    stand in its way.


    “Mr. Xander…” Walter piped up hesitantly.


    Even so, Jonathan cut him off by instructing indifferently, “Head straight!”


    Regardless of what type of person Jonathan was in others’ eyes, he had been exuding the vibe of


    gentleness amid dignity in the face of Micha. Even though he might be acting weirdly at times, he was


    undoubtedly a dignified gentleman.


    It was the first time Micha came across such a different Jonathan, with petrifying murderous intent in


    his eyes.


    Meanwhile, Walter even stepped on the elerator after being instructed by his boss to go ahead.


    Snorting inwardly, he had been repulsed by the double-faced woman long ago. Pfft! What a two-faced


    woman! She’s hiding her maliciousness behind a false front of pitifulness!


    Initially, Lucille tried to put up a brave front by remaining on the spot. She was convinced that Jonathan


    would not take the risk of annihting anyone despite his omnipotence. However, the car speeding


    toward her scared the wits out of her. Eventually, she had no choice but to back off.


    Right after she dodged, the Lincoln sped past, barely an inch from her side. Panic-stricken, she broke


    out in a cold sweat, although she was rtively unscathed.


    Walter let out a disdainfulugh when he caught a glimpse of her face turned ashen from the rear-view


    mirror. “Ha! She has seemingly received Mr. Xander’s gift. But she shouldn’t havee to look for Mr.


    Zack impulsively!” he sneered with a flicker of abhorrence in his eyes.


    “Gift? What’s that?” Micha asked in bafflement.


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    Sensing his slip of the tongue, Walter zipped his mouth at once. At that moment, a stern voice sounded


    from behind him. “What a busybody!”


    After Walter was reprimanded, Micha dared not infuriate Jonathan further by asking another question.


    Secondster, she threw a nce at the man alongside her, only to find that he had leaned himself


    against the backseat with his eyes closed.


    Only then did she realize there were utterly visible dark circles under the man’s eyes. He seemed to be


    exhausted.


    Thus, Micha held her tongue and sat quietly in the car. After a while, she whipped out her phone to


    pass the time.


    After the phone conversation with Lorelei the previous night, her phone had run out of battery. As she


    was in a rush in the morning, she forgot to turn it on till then.


    Unexpectedly, the push notifications popped up one by one right after she pressed the power button.


    Startled, Micha switched it to silent mode instantaneously and turned to look at Jonathan. After


    ensuring he was not awakened, she heaved a sigh of relief and continued to browse the social media


    page.


    She foresaw theizens would bombard her with oppressive rebuke, but things suddenly turned the


    other way around.


    Even the title that topped the trending list was reced by a mind-boggling one… The Despicable


    Adopted Daughter of the Lingard Family Put On A Show to Gain Sympathy and ndered Her Sister


    With Underhand Tactics!


    Apart from the pictures showing Lucille meeting the reporter discreetly, there was a detailed article on the


    affairs between her and Zack.


    The writermbasted the other author for telling cock-and-bull stories in the news report the previous day


    relentlessly. Lucille’s deviousness was well described by the former’s impressive eloquence based on


    concrete evidence, crystal-clear reasoning, and soundness of logic.


    Surprisingly, Micha even noticed quite a fewizens left apologetic messages in thement


    section below the article chiding her the previous day. They were seemingly guilty of bombarding her with


    oppressive mockery impudently.


    There were evenizens tracking down the identity of the author defaming her. In a blink of an eye, all


    the particr author’s private information and heinous deeds in the past were exposed.


    Micha was not the slightest bit astounded as she had foreseen that earlier. After a while, she suddenly


    felt something heavy on her shoulder when she was absorbed in reading theizens’ments.


    As she nced obliquely in Jonathan’s direction, she noticed he had drifted into a deep sleep with his


    head leaning against her shoulder.


    Feeling the man’s light breath against her skin and breathing in his refreshing smell, Micha blushed


    uncontrobly.


    Sensing Micha’s awkwardness, Walter cleared his throat before rifying in embarrassment on behalf


    of Jonathan, “Ms. Micha, allow me to make an apology on behalf of Mr. Xander. He has been worn


    outtely. In fact, he has been attending numerous conferences since he went overseas on Tuesday and


    barely slept for three hours these few days. Not to mention, he only went to bed after midnightst night.


    I hope you don’t mind that, okay?”


    “Huh? He went overseas on Tuesday?” Micha queried quizzically.


    She could remember vividly that she had a phone conversation with Jonathan on Wednesday.


    Nevertheless, thetter did not mention to her that he was overseas. If I’d known about that earlier, I


    would not ask him for a meal. Did he actually rush back for the dinner scheduled on Friday?


    Stifling his doubt, Walter spoke up for Jonathan by emphasizing, “Yeah! There were actually tons of


    matters pending Mr. Xander’s decision at our headquarters. But after receiving your call, he instructed


    me to book the flight ticket to fly back at once!”