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He wasn’t worried that Griffin would cause trouble after signing the contract, because they were all businessmen, and once the contract was signed, money would be involved. The Berry family wouldn’t be foolish enough to breach the contract and lose money.
Mr. Newton hadn’t considered further cooperation with the Berry family after this incident. If it weren’t for Griffin insisting on Sylvia, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths, tearing his face apart and ending up in this situation.
“As long as you agree to cooperate,” Mr. Newton’s tone softened, now sounding more like a negotiation. “We promise this matter
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won’t get out. We will also help youuressolve the remaining issues.”
Griffin clenched his fists in anger. Hee couldn’t afford to go to jail. Fortunately, he didn’t have to get engaged to anyone. He didn’t want anything to do with thee disgusting Newton family!
“I agree to cooperate.”
“If word of this gets out today, I won’t sparee the Newton family!”
Griffin grabbed his clothes, glared at everyone, and left.
The fact that he had slept with an older woman could not get out! That was worse than going to prison!
Hope yawned. She hadn’t slept all night just
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to watch this drama unfold.
“Ugh, what a mess. I’m outta here for breakfast too!”
“Hope!” Mrs. Newton shouted at her. “Did you have something to do with this?”
Hope raised an eyebrow. “What? You guys plotted against Griffin, and now you’re trying to pin it on me?”
“It must have been your doing last night, clearly…
“Darling!” Mr. Newton hastily interrupted Mrs. Newton, gesturing for her to look towards Louis, who was standing nearby.
Louis clenched his fists, his face swollen from the punch Griffin had delivered.
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“Clearly what?” Hope sneered, “So you were originally plotting against me and Griffin, but Quinn ended up being the one who got caught?”
“Sorry about that, huh? My bad for not being the victim, for not getting beaten to a pulp by Griffin, and becoming your leverage against him!”
Hope’s sarcastic tone left Mrs. Newton speechless, her face dark with anger as she glared at Hope.
Mr. Newton, however, tried to smooth things over with a flattering tone, “Hope, you’ve got it all wrong. Your mother didn’t mean it like that. You’re our own flesh and blood; how could we ever plot against you?”
“Your mother and I were just too anxious, worried about you getting hurt, and
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concerned that you might misunderstand
us.”
Hope scoffed. It was too fake, too disgusting.
She said nothing more and went downstairs.
Louis hurriedly followed her, grabbing her hand. “Sis, I didn’t know any of this.”
If he had known, he would have stopped it!
“You know now. If I had been the one lying in the study, would you have called the police? Would you have killed your parents to protect me, or would you have beaten them up?”
Louis froze. What could he do?
Those were his parents. And since things
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The couple had briefly discussed it upstairs. They didn’t understand why their eldest son suddenly cared so much about Hope. They were afraid of hurting him.
They decided to hide the truth about what happened the previous day.
“Actually, your mother and I only plotted against Griffin. We planned to frame him for stealing confidential information to force him to cooperate. We never expected it would lead to this,” Mr. Newton admitted.
Mrs. Newton, holding Louis’s hand, tried to persuade him, “Louis, you have to believe us. When we saw that scene this morning, we were just as shocked as you were. You thought it was Hope too, and that’s why you punched Griffin, right?”
“We never planned to frame Hope. She’s our
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child. We would never harm her!”
Louis stared at his once–admired and
trusted parents, now feeling a deep sense of alienation.
He wanted to believe them, but doubts kept creeping in.
Mrs. Newton was disappointed. “Louis, do you think I’m such an evil person? Think about how your father and I treated you and your siblings growing up!”
“Enough! I’m so confused right now!”
Louis shook off Mrs. Newton’s hand,
clutching his head in anguish. He fled the Newton family estate, heading straight to the bar.
After leaving the Newton family, Hope, wary
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of them sending someone after her, didn’t return directly to the Farrell family.
Instead, she put on a mask and went to a nearby shopping mall, planning to buy some ingredients to cook a nice meal for Easton.
But today, luck wasn’t on her side. Even shopping could turn into a chaotic ordeal!
While picking out ingredients, Hope heard a commotion nearby–screams and people running in all directions.
She turned to see a tall, thin man backing away slowly with his left arm around another man’s neck, holding a sharp knife in his right hand.
“Don’t move! If you do, I’ll slit your throat!”
The man wasn’t joking; he was serious about
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killing.
Beside him, an elderly man lay on the ground, covered in blood, with a wound in his stomach that was gushing fresh blood.
“May, come out! If you don’t come out, I’ll kill everyone here!”
A young woman stepped out from the crowd, pale and trembling as she pleaded.
“Zion, stop doing this. We’ve broken up. Let me go.”
“I didn’t agree to break up! You can’t leave me. Come here!”
May shook her head in fear.
“Hurry up! Aren’t you kind–hearted? If you don’t come, I’ll kill everyone here!”
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“I’ll kill them all!”
The man’s frenzied voice made the crowd recoil, and even the arriving security guards. didn’t dare approach.
May, trembling, finally walked toward him, her face resolute as if she were walking toward her death.
“I’m coming… I’m coming. Let everyone go, don’t hurt innocent people.”
Hope frowned. What kind of twisted scenario was this?
When May approached, Zion’s excitement grew. He moved the knife from the hostage’s neck, reaching out to grab May.
Taking advantage of this moment, Hope
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quickly grabbed a bottle of body wash and hurled it at the man, while a silver needle shot out, striking the back of Zion’s neck.
Zion felt his neck go numb, his body freezing up. Hope quickly approached and slammed the body wash bottle over his head.
Zion collapsed, the knife clattering to the ground.
May, halfway to him, suddenly collapsed on the floor.
The hostage quickly freed himself, exchanging a stunned look with Hope.
They both paused for a moment, even though they were wearing masks, they recognized each other instantly.
Hope frowned. If she had known it was him,
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she wouldn’t have saved him!
Sylvia, who had been hiding in the crowd, finally ran out, crying as she rushed to Noah.
“Brother, you scared me! Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
Noah tugged at his mask to avoid being recognized by the crowd.
“Brother, let’s go. You still have to go to B City for the commercial shoot, right?”
Noah glanced deeply at Hope, his mind full of confusion. Why had Hope saved him?
Just as Zion, who had been knocked down, suddenly got back up and grabbed the knife, aiming for Hope, Noah’s heart tightened. He let go of Sylvia’s hand and rushed to save
