Conquest Game: The Aloof Husband is Dangerous!-Chapter 163 - 152: Outsmarted by One’s Own Cleverness
"No way! That’s too little!"
Stella Jennings smirked, "Since Miss Turner thinks it’s not worth it, I can choose not to buy this information. I suppose besides me, there isn’t anyone else in the entire Aethelburg interested in this news, right?"
Phoebe Turner’s face changed dramatically. Stella Jennings was right, if she didn’t buy it, Phoebe really wouldn’t find another suitable buyer...
Fine!
One million it is! It’s better than nothing!
Selling information about Laura Quincy for a million is still a win.
With this thought, she bit her lip and agreed, "Alright, one million it is, but Miss Jennings, you have to pay me all at once. I don’t want a transfer."
Stella Jennings elegantly twirled the spoon in her coffee cup, "As long as Miss Turner sends me a photo of the agreement document and signs a confidentiality agreement, I’ll naturally pay you the full million at once."
Phoebe Turner thought about it, realizing she wouldn’t be losing out on this deal.
However, she didn’t actually have the agreement document...
"Miss Jennings, back then, a mysterious person indeed signed an agreement with my mother, but after signing, they took it away. We don’t have a copy. But I can assure you this is true because they initially gave my mother five million."
Stella Jennings almost laughed aloud, "Without a contract, you still dare to ask me for a million? Phoebe Turner, have you gone mad from poverty? How dare you open your mouth like this?"
Phoebe Turner was anxious, "I never said from the start I would show you the agreement! Besides, the matter itself is real. Even without the agreement, you can hire people to ruin Laura Quincy. Conversely, if you post the agreement online, it might attract those mysterious people from back then. If they side with Laura Quincy, wouldn’t you have done all this for nothing?"
She spoke with confidence.
Stella Jennings found it amusing, "Are you threatening me?"
Phoebe Turner shook her head innocently, "I wouldn’t dare, I’m just stating a fact. Think carefully, Miss Jennings, am I wrong?"
Stella Jennings knew Phoebe wouldn’t dare deceive her. Although there was a risk of being played, luckily, she was quite interested in this information.
Otherwise...
"Deal."
"I knew Miss Jennings was a straightforward person!" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Phoebe Turner rejoiced, as if she could already see the million swaying in front of her.
Meanwhile, in another place.
In the Turner Family home, Ruth Leighton, waiting for news, suddenly received a call from an unknown number, "Mrs. Ruth Leighton, when we signed the agreement years ago, it was clearly stated that you must get your daughter’s consent. It seems you didn’t do that and even hid the fact that Laura Quincy is your stepdaughter from us."
Ruth Leighton’s heart started pounding, no way! Have the mysterious people from back then found her?
"You... who exactly are you people?"
For a moment, she couldn’t even speak properly, stammering slightly.
Mason Cross spoke with a cold tone, "Who we are isn’t your concern, but you deceived us, and the consequences are severe! Now we’re demanding that you return the five million from back then to your stepdaughter Laura Quincy, otherwise, you might spend the rest of your life in prison."
Every word he uttered was filled with intense threat.
Ruth Leighton was so frightened that she almost dropped her phone, taking a deep breath, "You... this is intimidation! I can report you to the police! Also, back then, you approached me, and if the agreement is exposed, it won’t benefit you at all! Illegal detention... is a crime!"
Mason Cross chuckled coldly, "Mrs. Ruth Leighton, you must be joking! You deceived us and yet accuse us of threatening and intimidating you? Was that five million yours? How can you take someone else’s money and live so guilt-free?"
"Moreover, I’m not afraid of you going to the police, no matter how you look at it, you’re the one at fault, the one who should go to prison is you!"
His every word pierced the heart.
Perhaps his aura was too strong, Ruth Leighton was so scared she nearly dropped the phone...
Could it be that she had encountered the mafia?
The two-day business trip quickly came to an end, Laura Quincy couldn’t wait to leave Aethelburg. She didn’t even want to come back for the New Year; after all, she had no real family, wherever she spent it, it would pass.
As for the five million her stepmother owed her, she wouldn’t give up on getting it back. What was hers, they shouldn’t expect to keep!
This time, because Mr. Byron accompanied her back, the three of them booked plane tickets. At the airport, Little Kim accompanied Mr. Byron to handle the luggage, while Laura Quincy went to print the tickets. But she had only taken a couple of steps when she was suddenly surrounded by a swarm of reporters.
She was completely at a loss about what was happening...
As for the reporters’ questions, she was even more shocked.
"Miss Laura Quincy, we heard you were sold to Fiorina six years ago. Please tell us, during that year, were you aware of what was happening to you?"
"Miss Laura Quincy, during that year of being sold, did you engage in various professions and experience different lives?"
"Miss Laura Quincy, how did you feel about being sold back then? How could a good university student sign such an agreement?"
The reporters’ questions were pointed and sharp, and even though they hadn’t explicitly stated it, anyone could infer they were hinting that Laura Quincy had been sold to Fiorina to engage in certain client reception activities...
Laura Quincy’s mind was a blur. What was going on?
Why was her unknown past exposed so blatantly overnight?
And in such a malicious way?
She bowed her head and tried to leave, but how could the reporters let her go so easily?
One after another threw themselves into it fearlessly, all for the sake of an exclusive report. The security at the airport quickly rushed over to stop the chaos.
As a result, the scene was chaotic... very chaotic...
Laura felt like her head was about to explode. Who did she offend? Why was she suffering from such personal attacks and slander without reason? Who was so unethical as to impersonate her?
She didn’t want to answer any of it, just wanted to leave here as soon as possible. But she was surrounded by a thick wall of people, and the crowd of onlookers was growing, while flashlights kept flickering on her face. She was overwhelmed!
Suddenly, she didn’t know whose camera crashed into her, followed by countless arms reaching out, and a massive, oppressive body pressed over...
Screams erupted instantly, and everyone was thrown into chaos. Laura unfortunately became the target, from head to toe, nowhere was spared.
She couldn’t describe how terrible she felt at this moment. Her hands and feet were completely out of control, getting kicked and stepped on repeatedly, her whole body subjected to unprecedented humiliation.
At times like this, when one person fell, another and then another would follow...
Before long, screams echoed one after another, and Laura didn’t know who hit her leg, and then her hand was brutally struck, seemingly by some sort of machine...
Her mind was in a haze, and she couldn’t even cry. She didn’t even remember how many times she’d been stepped on or kicked...
"Laura!"
When Little Kim walked over and saw this scene, she anxiously shouted, immediately calling the police.
Half an hour later, Laura was taken to the hospital. From head to toe, not a single part of her was untouched. Her hair was a mess, her clothes almost torn by those people, covered in dirt, with a slight fracture in her right hand, bruises on her left, and her legs not only bruised but also slightly fractured...
Her right leg had previously suffered a minor fracture, and this time it was compounded with new injuries...
When Jason Hawthorne heard about this during a meeting, he immediately left the conference room, leaving the executives to chatter behind him.
Mason Cross quickly followed, whispering as he walked, "Boss, it’s been discovered that someone has been secretly following Miss Quincy these days, so her every move was known to them."
Jason Hawthorne glanced at him, "Stella Jennings?"
Mason Cross remained silent. In fact, it was clear since last night when Stella Jennings followed them to The Starry Clearing that she had people tracking Laura, otherwise, she couldn’t have gotten such precise information...
"How did Stella Jennings know about what happened six years ago?"
"I’ll... look into it immediately."
"I want results immediately!"
"Understood."
"Which hospital was Laura sent to?"
"City General Hospital."
As soon as they arrived at the hospital entrance, they found journalists surrounding the place, and Jason Hawthorne immediately instructed Mason Cross, "Clear the online comments as quickly as possible. Silence what needs silencing, and if they won’t, then buy them off. Even if it’s by threatening, clear everything!"
Mason Cross understood, "Rest assured, Boss, I know what to do."
Jason Hawthorne said nothing more. He trusted Mason Cross, who had been his most competent partner for many years, someone who could effectively interpret intentions and carry out tasks reliably.
With the front entrance blocked by reporters, Jason Hawthorne called the hospital director to use the VIP passage and went directly to Laura’s hospital room door.
At that moment, Nina Pierce was inside, and seeing her friend bandaged up like a mummy, almost cried, "Laura..."
Laura instead comforted her, "I’m fine! See, I’m all in one piece. The doctor said I’ll recover with some rest."
Nina Pierce pouted, "But your old injury on your right leg was completely healed, and now it’s aggravated again. It might even leave lasting effects."
Laura self-deprecatingly curled her lips, "Well, maybe it’s my fate to go through this ordeal. There’s no avoiding it."
Nina Pierce bit her lip, "What ordeal? Don’t believe in those unfounded things! I blame Jason Hawthorne for all this! If it weren’t for him back then, how could this have been brought up?"
Laura smiled, "Indeed, he’s a dangerous person to me, which is why I have to stay far away from him. But I can pretty much guess who leaked the details to the reporters today."
Nina Pierce glanced at her expression and guessed, "Your stepmother?"
Laura nodded, "I can’t think of anyone else besides them."
Hearing this, Jason Hawthorne frowned. It seemed he had been too good to that mother and daughter, allowing something like this to happen right under his nose?
He immediately sent Mason Cross a text: Thoroughly investigate Laura’s stepmother.
