Love Contract

Chapter 240 Apologies ( Part One)

Swish!

All of a sudden, the door on the other side of the private room opened. However, Frank remained unconcerned and unmoved.

Corbett walked through the door. Noticing that Frank's eyes were closed and his expression seemed as if he was in a daze, he asked, "What's wrong? Are you planning on how you'd expose the contents of this flash drive?"

Corbett asked and Frank responded with a snort. Was he going to show William? Of course not. He was actually planning on showing this to Mary Lu.

Frank opened his eyes but he did not answer Corbett. Instead, he asked him a question. "What have you been doing here recently?"

"I missed you."

"Fuck off!"

Corbett shrugged his shoulders and said seriously, "The loss is too big recently. I suspect that the police are watching my moves. I had no choice but to come here and deal with them myself." "Does this mean that you are going to be in trouble soon?" Holding the flash drive, Frank stood up abruptly and added, "I think I'd be happy to see you in prison."

"Ha ha! I didn't expect you to be so affectionate to me." Corbett smiled slyly. "Even if I was caught, you would still come and see me regardless of the risk of being suspected. Are you in love with me?"

Anger flashed through Frank's eyes. He stared at Corbett for a while and left coldly.

Corbett did not keep him. He just frowned and gave a gentle wave.

"Young lord," a bodyguard came up and said respectfully.

"Send more people to watch over him. Don't let him be in danger."

"Yes, young lord."

In Silverland Mall. After a busy day, people could finally release their true nature at night. Eating, shopping, and singing, they were doing their best to enjoy themselves after a long tiring day.

The mall was filled with bustling crowd and noise, and everyone seemed happy.

Meanwhile, William walked in the crowd, accompanied by Virgil.

"How's it going?" asked William. "Everything is done and everyone has been notified. What happened today wouldn't happen again," answered Virgil. He did not do anything in the company the whole afternoon except deal with the CEO's private affairs.

He personally called every woman who had something to do with the CEO, including female clients who had previously worked with him, female stars, even female employees who wanted to be promoted. All of them were notified that their relationship with the CEO was completely over. Anyone who would dare disturb the CEO's life again would end up more miserable than Beth.

With this lesson, most women cooperated. However, not everyone did. There were also some who continued to pester him regardless of Virgil's attempts to eradicate their relationships. After spending a lot of time on them, Virgil finally got rid of them both the easy and hard ways.

"That's good. Thank you." William nodded. After pondering for a second, he spoke again. "In order to reward you — "

"A holiday?" Virgil asked immediately.

"Of course not." William glanced at him and continued, "You can go with me to buy toys. The toys I bought with you last time were all good. My children like them very much. I'll rely on you again this time."

"But... Really?" The corners of Virgil's mouth twitched. "It's my pleasure to choose toys for your babies. I'll make sure to make good choices."

William shook his head with a smile. For many years that Virgil had worked for him, he had already got used to his flattery tongue.

The two came to the children's playground and looked around. There they saw children playing everywhere, accompanied by their parents. At the sight, William's lips curled up. He must accompany the kids to play this weekend.

"Mr. Lan, why are you here to buy toys again?" Virgil asked curiously. "What do you want this time?"

"Something different than those I've bought last time." William scanned the place as he spoke. "You saw what happened this afternoon. I want to buy some toys to coax them."

When Virgil recalled what had happened earlier, he broke into a cold sweat. "Boss... Mr. Lan, if you had acted on impulse this afternoon, Beth would have been dead for sure!"

"I'll tell you things in detail later." Touching a toy duck, William turned around and reminded him of their purpose. "Now, your task is to buy toys with me. How about this duck?"

"Well," Virgil nodded and said, "Nice! It's a good duck!"

"What about this one?" "That's good too!" "And this?"

"Not bad! Mr. Lan, you have such a good taste!"

The two men bought a lot of toys. When they were done shopping, a saleswoman led Virgil to sign and pay.

Meanwhile, William continued to wander around on the floor alone.

As he looked outside, he saw a familiar figure flash in front of the glass window.

"Mary? Is that her?" William's eyes lit up. Although he had only seen her side face for a second, he chased after her without thinking.

'Why is Mary here? Is she also buying toys for the children?'

Confused, William chased after the figure. However, the figure was lost in the crowd so he carefully scanned the people's faces one by one.

Sure enough, he found the familiar figure at the entrance of an ice cream shop.

"Ha ha! I found you!"

With a smile at the corners of his mouth, William walked over and patted the woman on the shoulder.

The woman turned around with a pink ice cream in her hand. She raised her eyebrows and a smile appeared on her face upon seeing William.

Looking at Mary's smiling face, William felt a trace of doubt in his heart. Wasn't Mary angry with him?

"What are you doing here?" asked William.

"For this!" The woman raised the ice cream in her hand and licked it with enjoyment.

"So you like this!" William smiled and said, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Ring! Ring!

All of a sudden, the phone in Mary's hand rang. She quickly picked it up to answer the call. "Hello? What? I see. I'll be right there!"

After saying that, she turned around and left immediately. She left hurriedly that William just saw a flash of her as she left.

"Mary, where are you going?" William took a few steps towards her.

"Boss, boss!" Just as he was about to chase after her, Virgil came in a hurry. "The orders have all been signed and paid for. Who did you see just now?"

Hearing Virgil's voice, William turned around. As soon as Virgil finished speaking, William turned to Mary's direction again. There was unwillingness and grievance in his eyes. Why did Mary ignore him and leave without saying anything? Who was on the phone with her just now?

"Boss?" Virgil craned his neck and followed William's gaze.

"Nothing." Shaking his head, William thought, 'Mary must still be angry with me.' "Have you finished?" he asked.

"Yes, everything is done. The toys will be delivered to your home soon."

"That's good." William nodded and said, "That's all right. You can... get off work now." William realized that he had to go home and apologize as soon as possible.

"Oh, it's time to get off work!" Virgil exclaimed.

Outside the Silverland Mall.

The woman with an ice cream quickly passed through the crowd and walked towards a silver-white sports car. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

"Here!" A woman was waiting for her inside. It was Jazlyn, who was suffering from a shoulder injury. Seeing that the woman was approaching the car, Jazlyn asked her while staring, "Boss, what's in your hand?"

"Well!" The woman got into the car and handed the ice cream to Jazlyn. "Of course, an ice cream! I just craved for it suddenly. You know, I seldom had it when I was a kid. By the way," said the woman excitedly, "I just met a very handsome man and he greeted me. I haven't seen such a handsome man in so many years!"

"Boss," said Jazlyn, who was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She started the car and continued, "No wonder! You just saw a handsome man and suddenly you couldn't walk anymore? You are the embodiment of justice yet you are like this. How can you be attracted by a man's appearance?"

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