Chapter 108
Seeing Arya, the man did not take the initiative to greet her. He looked at her quietly as if he was
waiting for her to ask.
The secretary whispered in Arya''s ear, "That''s him."
Arya seized him up. He was thin, pale, and looked like a patient. She didn''t know this person at all. She
asked tentatively, "Do we know each other?"
The man didn''t answer. When Arya looked at him, he also seized up Arya. He seemed to be satisfied
with her appearance and figure. Then he said, "Do you remember the Imperial Hotel?"
Arya''s heart skipped a beat. Her legs seemed to be numb that she couldn''t move at all, and her palms
were covered in a cold sweat. ''How can I forget the Imperial Hotel where Este set me up? But how
does he know it?''
Arya had a guess but didn''t dare to admit it.
"I don''t know what you''re talking about." After that, Arya turned around and was about to leave.
The man''s voice sounded behind her. "That night, I identally entered a room and had sex with a
stranger…"
"Stop it!" Arya snapped at the man with her body trembling.
She felt like she was about to lose her breath. She didn''t want to know who the man he encountered
that night was. It was a nightmare for her.
"I know it''s hard for you to ept this. I came here just to see you because I knew we had a child…"
As he spoke, he walked over to Arya and asked for a piece of paper from his secretary. He wrote down
his phone number and handed it to Arya. "This is my phone number. My name is Louis. Contact me if
you need me."
Arya did not take it.
Louis was not angry. He looked very gentle and put the paper into Arya''s pocket. "I heard that our child
is sick."
"Sorry to disturb you today." After that, Louis turned around and left, ncing at Arya.
Arya battered out of her senses. She didn''t know how she got back to the conference room. She
couldn''t hear what the crowd said.
Her mind was filled with the man''s words…
She had wanted to know who Ryan''s father was. But on the other hand, she was very repulsive and
scared to know the truth.
Ryan was a present to her. But the man she met that night left an unspeakable wound to her.
All these years, she had tried to forget that night.
She found it hard to ept his involvement in her life.
Seeing that Arya was absent-minded, Ondo ended the meeting.
She looked awful. Ondo asked worriedly, "What''s wrong with you?"
Arya looked at Ondo in a daze and realized that everyone in the conference room had gone.
"Who did you see just now? Why were you distracted aftering back?" Ondo asked casually.
"I saw the wrong person."
Arya got off work early because she couldn''t focus on her work. She parked her car in the parking lot.
When she got out of the car, she saw Nanny Joy ying with Ryan in the park. Ryan''sughter could
be heard from afar.
Arya put on a coat. She put her hair behind her head and walked towards them.
Seeing Aryaing over, Ryan called out happily, "You are back, Arya."
Hearing this, Nanny Joy sighed and felt sorry for Arya. Her child was right beside her, but she couldn''t
hear him call her mom. She must feel very sad.
Arya took the swing rope from Nanny Joy''s hand and shook it gently. "Ryan, do you have a great
time?"
"Yes, Nanny Joy said I could see youing home here. Nanny Joy didn''t lie to me." Ryan''s voice was
soft and sweet. Arya rubbed his hair. "Did you listen to Nanny Joy at home?"
Ryan nodded vigorously. "Yes, I''m an obedient child."
Tired of sitting on the swing, Ryan went to y something else.
Arya sat on a bench very close to him, and Nanny Joy also sat by her side. Looking at Ryan not far
away, she said to Arya, "You should tell it to him. No one will refuse his mother."
Arya clenched her hands tightly. The thought of what Ryan had said that day made her heartbroken.
She was afraid that Ryan wouldn''t ept her.
Nanny Joy sighed. "Ryan is very cute. He should have aplete family."
Arya''s face turned pale. It was undeniable that Nanny Joy was right.
No matter how deeply she loved Ryan, she would not be able to give him paternal love.
She also wanted to give him aplete family. But she couldn''t ovee the knots in her heart. She
didn''t want to live with a stranger just because of Ryan.
Maybe she was selfish.
***
Nanny Joy took good care of Ryan so that Arya could focus on her work. Arya forgot what had
happened that day as she was busy.
Selena did some research. There were many bigpanies joining the bidding.
A good project was naturally highly demanding. Whether one could get a share depended on his ability.
Arya couldn''t take responsibility for this project alone. She came up with a roundabout way—cooperate
with anotherpany.
She was going to choose a powerfulpany from bidders and cooperate with it.
"But will thatpany cooperate with us?" Ondo questioned.
Of course, Arya also thought of this.
"Thispany." Arya pointed to the XWX Group in the document and exined, "Although this
"I see." Ondo continued. "You mean, although the XWX Group is strong, it''s still no match for the
Jones Group. We can work with them to defeat this major opponent. Ourpany will get a share of it
if we seed."
Arya''s eyes flickered. That was what she meant.
Selena and Ondo both felt that this n was feasible. It was imperative for them to convince the
XWX Group to cooperate with them.
Ondo said first, "Leave this to me. I heard that Rufus Gates of the XWX Group had a special hobby."
Rufus liked beer and skittles. Everyone in the circle knew that. "Let''s start with his assistant. We should
make an appointment with him. I''ll prepare what he likes then."
Selena sneered. Although Ondo didn''t specify it, she knew that it was a crooked method, not a good
one.
Ondo straightened up and looked at Selena seriously. "As long as we can win the case, even a
crooked method is good. The most important thing is to win the case."
Although Selena didn''t like this method, it was undeniable that Ondo was right.
"I''ll wait for your good news."
Selena packed up her things and was about to get off work.
Arya couldn''t do this job, so she handed it to Ondo. She got off work and was going to prepare
dinner for Ryan.
Although Ondo''s investigation was secretive, someone still noticed it.
Jacob''s face crumpled up when he knew K&T Inc had joined the bidding. ''I didn''t find Arya was so
ambitious before. How dare her smallpany join thepetition?!''
But when he found Arya''spany was secretly investigating Rufus, he knew her n.
Looking for a partner was indeed a good way. But she would get into trouble if she cooperated with the
XWX Group.
Rufus had been involved in some underhand business.
''Is she courting death?''
Although Arya had nothing to do with Xavier now, he felt it was necessary to inform him.
While reporting his work, Jacob said casually, "I heard that K&T Inc wants to join the bidding too."
Xavier, who was signing the document, looked up at him. He didn''t get angry, nor did he interrupt
Jacob.
Jacob was confused. ''Is he willing to hear about Arya?''
Jacob was relieved and told him that Arya wanted to cooperate with the XWX Group. "Rufus did
everything illegal. If Miss Harrison gets involved, she will face some trouble…"
Suddenly, Xavier put down the document in his hand on the desk, leaned back in his chair, and stared
at Jacob. He said indifferently, "Does it have anything to do with me?"
Jacob looked wronged. ''Didn''t he allow me to continue just now? Why does he change his mind now?''
"You''re free, aren''t you?" Xavier''s face darkened.
"No." Jacob ran out of the office and forgot to close the door when he left, afraid that Xavier would vent
All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.
his anger on him.
"Wait!"
Jacob was so scared that his body was covered in cold sweats. He stammered, "Anything else?"