bChapter /bb296 /b

    All he bcould /bdo was re, his lips trembling. Then his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

    David cried out in distress and urged the doctor to save Zachary.

    Hudson smiled at David and said, “Mr. Stone, you’re smart. I’m sure you know what to say, right?”

    David knew full well this was a clear threat. He nced at the two bulky bodyguards behind Hudson and lowered his head. With his stiff bodyb, /bbthere /bbwas /bno way he could fight back.

    Anger simmered under his fear, but in the end, he gave in. Through clenched teeth, he said, “Yes, Mr. Cooper.

    Don’t worry.”

    “Good. I’ll take my leave now,” Hudson said. With that, he and those bodyguards walked out.

    Skr finished up her work and was about ito /i

    head home. As she stepped out of her office, she noticed someone watching her with a weird intensity bin /b

    their eyes.

    She walked over. The employee quickly looked down.

    “Why are you staring at me?” she asked.

    “N–no, Ms. Lambert, I wasn’t.”

    “It’s okay. I’m not mad. I just wanna know what’s going on.”

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    Biting her lip nervously, the employee said, “Ms. Lambert, people are trashing you online. Maybe you should check social media yourself.”

    Skr turned on her phone, only to be greeted by a flood of missed calls–so many that it just shut down.

    After finally getting her phone to reboot, she checked her call log and saw missed calls from her parents and brothers.

    many

    She returned to her office and video–called her parents. “Mom, Dad, what’s going on? Why did you call me so times?b” /b

    Carlos smiled and said, “We were a little freaked out earlier, but everything’s fine now.”

    Yana hurried over, looked her up and down. Once she saw Skr wasn’t hurt or crying, she finally rxed.

    “Skr, why didn’t you answer your phone? You scared us half to death.”

    “My phone died earlier,” Skr exined, choosing not to mention Zachary. She didn’t want them to worry.

    ‘I can handle Zachary myself,‘ Skr thought to herself.

    “Oh, I see, “Yana replied with a nod.

    “Still, keep your phone charged next time, okay? We don’t want another scare like this, okay?” Carlos said.

    “Okay, I will. I need to take care of something. Talk to youter!”

    “Alright.”

    After hanging up the phone, Skr opened X and checked the trending topics. Sure enough, she saw her name. She quickly scrolled through all the rted posts, piecing together what had happened.

    Skr wondered, ‘Why would David suddenly be so kind as to record a video clearing my name?‘

    Trying to make sense of it, she called her two brothers back.

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    bNow /bthat the matter has been bresolved/b, ke didn’t press furtherb. /bIte bsimply /basked skr if she knew who was behilld bit /bat and the be

    “bNo /bbidea/bb, /bshe said.

    b“/bAlright. I’ll look into it,” ke saidb. /b“And I’ll let you know what I find

    “bOkay/bb” /bSkr had just hung up with ke when Victor

    called.

    “Why didn’t you answer your phone? You nearly gave me a heart attack!” Victor said, his face flushed with anger.

    “Don’t be mad. My phone died. I wasn’t ignoring you,” she exined.

    He gave ba /blow grunt.

    Skr softened her voice, suppressing a shudder. “Come on, Victor, don’t be mad. When you get back, I’ll cook your favorite dishes, alrightb? /b

    “Fine. Only this time. But don’t let your phone die

    on me again. You hear?”

    “Okay,” Skr replied softly.

    Victor asked the same questions ke had. Skr gave the same answer–she didn’t know.

    He didn’t push. “Alright. Just take care of yourselfb, /bokay? I’lle see you bonce /bI finish

    up

    here.”

    After a brief chat with Victor, Skr called her chauffeur to take her home.

    bAD /b

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