Playtime's Over, CEO: She's Really Done With You-Chapter 336: Julian Lawson’s True Burden

The basement was terrifying, but more so was Julian Lawson’s twisted face.

At this moment, Julian Lawson resembled a monstrous beast.

Fraud, betrayal, everything bombarded him relentlessly.

"Julian Lawson, you can’t illegally detain me!" Vera Hansen screeched, "I’m going to sue you!"

Julian Lawson’s face showed only a mocking smile.

Vera Hansen, who carried multiple murders on her back along with Preston Langley, talking to him about crimes?

"I want you to fully taste the consequences of deceiving me!" Julian Lawson said.

After she’s suffered enough, he would send her to prison!

Vera Hansen panicked even more. What did Julian Lawson intend to do with her?

She couldn’t even bear to imagine, would he kill her?

Send her to prison?

She couldn’t go to prison.

Her deeds were not clean.

Including the previous scheme against Preston Langley.

At least Julian Lawson was someone with social standing and wouldn’t want to perish together with her, but Preston Langley had real blood on his hands.

Preston Langley wouldn’t let her go!

"Julian Lawson, don’t forget this." In the basement, Vera Hansen stared fiercely at Julian Lawson, "I still have Serena Sterling’s secret photos in my hands!"

Julian Lawson’s grip tightened.

Vera Hansen suddenly laughed.

Their pretense was utterly shredded, and she had nothing more to hide.

"Julian Lawson, those photos are with Preston Langley and me."

"You’ve controlled Preston Langley and his people tightly, searched every storage place thoroughly at all costs to prevent the photos from spreading."

"Didn’t you act with me for half a year, hoping that once I died, everything would vanish?"

Vera Hansen laughed heartily.

"But Julian Lawson, Preston Langley has escaped. You can hire top hackers to scour the internet 24/7 non-stop to intercept, but can you prevent him from printing these and sprinkling them all over Aeston?"

"Can you bear that?"

"Can Serena withstand it?"

His grip suddenly tightened, and Julian Lawson strangled Vera Hansen’s neck, almost wanting to choke her to death.

"You’re threatening me!"

Vera Hansen looked at Julian Lawson mockingly.

"This was always a threat." Vera’s eyes gleamed with pride, "Let me tell you, Julian, even if I’m really on the verge of dying from illness, I will spread the photos everywhere before I die."

"If my life isn’t good, Serena shouldn’t expect hers to be better!"

"Preston Langley is still out there, and you haven’t found him."

"You can only release me and give me everything I want. Otherwise, if he can’t contact me for an extended period, or sees my corpse, or sees me in court or prison, Serena’s photos will flood all over Aeston."

Vera Hansen sneered: "By then, Julian, no matter how many hackers you hire, you won’t stop it."

Julian Lawson’s grip on Vera Hansen’s neck continued to tighten.

Vera Hansen could barely breathe, her face turning purple from suffocation.

Julian Lawson looked at that face.

He hated it so much!

The scene from back then flashed before his eyes again.

That day, he was urgently called to Vera Hansen’s home because Vera had coughed up blood.

That was the first time Vera had coughed up blood, and he had seen it with his own eyes; it was real.

Big gulps of blood spilled from her mouth.

The ground beside was littered with empty bottles.

Seeing her condition, he immediately wanted to take her to the hospital.

But she refused.

He wanted to forcibly take her, but she pushed him away and accidentally hit the nearby tablet.

The tablet lit up, and he saw the photos at once.

Just one look, and he felt like his insides were freezing.

They were Serena’s photos taken by William Wyatt back then.

He had clearly controlled Preston Langley and others, used some means to search their residences, account traces, etc., to destroy all those secret photos.

He even forced Preston Langley to reveal the photo source and performed a sweep at the roots.

He had confirmed that those photos would no longer exist in this world.

Why were they on Vera Hansen’s tablet?

He wanted to question Vera, but she looked pale from excessive bleeding and was about to faint at any moment.

He had no choice but to send her to the hospital and ask later.

While Vera was being rescued, he had people conduct another sweeping cleanup and cleared the photos from Vera’s tablet.

After all this was done, he wanted to ask Vera about the situation.

But upon reaching the hospital, he discovered Vera was gone.

The doctor said that after Vera woke up, they suggested further examination, but upon returning, she was gone.

Julian Lawson called Vera Hansen, who tearfully said she was scared it was stomach cancer, so she ran to Cygnus, where a renowned institution specializing in cancer was located.

Later, Julian Lawson obtained Vera Hansen’s medical records in Cygnus.

He felt sympathy for Vera’s condition, but then, he was more eager to know what was going on with the photos.

So he asked her.

Until now, Julian Lawson still remembered Vera leaning against the hospital bed, saying, "How could I not keep them?"

"Because of these photos, everything happened to me."

"That day, the folder I brought contained just these photos, didn’t it?"

"Brother Julian, do you know what I felt when they opened the folder and poured them out for me to see?"

"Do you know how I felt when they treated me like that!"

Back then, Vera Hansen had cried and yelled hysterically.

"So when you dealt with Preston Langley and his people, I secretly took pictures of the photos hidden in the corner."

Julian Lawson frowned deeply, looking at her coldly: "So, what do you want to do?"

"Where else are the photos stored?"

"What do you want?"

"Name your price."

He admitted he was very inconsiderate at that time.

But all he wanted then was to dispose of the photos.

"Price?" Vera’s act was very convincing, "I only have six months left to live, what could I want?"

But Julian Lawson just looked at her calmly, his eyes dark as ink.

"I want you." In the end, Vera said, "You know I’ve always liked you."

"So, I want you to say you love me, and I want you to accompany me through this last six months."

"These photos only trouble Serena; they’re useless to me. You’ve seen my medical record; I won’t live long. Once I die, these photos will naturally disappear."

The lighting in the hospital room was cold, and the air was filled with the smell of disinfectant.

On that day, he looked at Vera, asking her, "Is that the only way?"

Vera replied, "Yes, this is my only request."

"Six months."

"Brother Julian, just accompany me for six months. As long as you act well, I don’t care if it’s sincere or insincere."

In the end, Julian Lawson lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Okay."

He said, "Vera, remember our agreement."

There wasn’t a word of threat in the entire conversation.

But every sentence was a threat.

At that time, he didn’t know Vera was pretending to be sick; it was all part of her plan. He thought Vera was dying no matter what.

Vera required him not to tell Serena about the agreement.

Back then, he also believed that it was only six months, Serena would wait for him.

After everything ended, he would explain everything clearly to Serena, and she would understand him.

But...