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Chapter 137
However, the more they denied it, the wilder the rumors that spread.Lex noticed the countless eyes watching them and felt embarrassed because even he thought Thea was sleeping with Alex.Despite Thea being the reason the Celestial Group agreed to cooperate with the Callahans, Lex cared more about his name.“You—you have no shame!” Lex’s face darkened.“Grandpa, i-it’s not like that!” “Then, explain where you got the money to buy the outfit if it wasn’t because you slept with Alex?” Tommy stood up and shouted.“I-I…” Thea felt so wronged and was on the verge of tears.She never slept with Alex.However, she did not know how to explain the situation.The money came from James, but she did not know where he got it from, and if she told them, there might be grave consequences. It was possible that James would have to go to jail. James, concentrating on his game in the corner, heard the commotion. He stood up and realized it was the Callahans. He hurriedly walked over, saw te
Chapter 138
Everyone at the birthday party turned their heads to the entrance.Three people walked inside the hall.One was Alex, the chairman of Celestial Group.Another was Bryan, the owner of the Gourmand.The last older man was Jay, the president of the Doctors’ Association who had the title of genius doctor in Cansington.These three ranked at the top of the social pyramid in Cansington.Alex was the backbone of the Yates in the Capital. He could easily make the Great Four bankrupt with one word.Bryan was a very low-profile person but had great influence. On the other hand, Jay was one of the most prominent figures.Cansington was the capital of medicine, and he was a genius doctor.In this world, the richer one was, the more afraid of death they were.The collective influence of the people present may not necessarily even reach Jay’s level.The three approached and became the center of attention.“Who was spouting such nonsense?”“Who bad-mouthed Thea?”“Which one of you dar
Chapter 139
“Thea is my best friend! Are you all disrespecting me by insulting her at my birthday party? There are surveillance cameras here, and I can easily check the footage to see who insulted her! This is your last chance to ask for forgiveness!” Yuna approached Thea and glared at everyone while threatening them.Those who spoke out before were terrified.Thump!Suddenly, one person from the crowd could not bear the pressure of several bigwigs and immediately knelt with his head on the floor.The person was a corporation chairman with hundreds of millions of net worth.He was a big shot outside.However, at this moment, he was kneeling on the ground like a lowly servant.Thea was taken aback by the scene.James and Yuna both held onto one of her hands.She glanced left and right.First looking at Yuna, then at James.Her beautiful face was filled with confusion.‘Is it that ghost-masked man again?’After the first person knelt, another person followed shortly.Alex, Bryan, and Y
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Thea would never have the courage to ask Lex to kneel. After all, he was her grandfather.“Get up, Tommy.“Y-you too, Megan.” She immediately helped Tommy and Megan up from the floor. The two finally stood up.However, the others did not dare to get up.“Ms. Thea, how would you like to punish them?” Alex asked as he glanced at Thea.“Me?” Thea panicked again.She had never been in such a situation before.These people kneeling to her were all prominent figures with many more assets than the Callahans.“How about we get them to slap themselves a few times? After all, it’s Ms. Lawson’s birthday today, and it won’t be appropriate to see blood,” asked Alex.Alex glanced at Thea and secretly peeped at James.James wore a harmless expression.“Honey, what do I do?” Thea was clueless and looked at James for his opinion.James shrugged and suggested, “How would I know? However, these people were disrespectful and rude. I’ve despised them for a while. How about we let them slap
Chapter 141
Thea glanced at them, puzzled, and asked, “I-I don’t know you all. Why would you help me? Please explain it to them, or else the people will spread rumors about me again.”She was really worried.Rumors about her would spread like wildfire if word of today’s incident spread.They might even say that she had slept with all three of them.“...”The three of them were stunned by her words.‘Explain? How are we supposed to explain?‘How are we supposed to explain that you have a very capable husband?’The three of them did not dare to say a word.James had been in Cansington for a while but refused to reveal his identity. They would be digging their own grave if they were to expose him.The hall fell silent for a moment.All the guests present had their eyes on them. Everyone was curious about why these three prominent figures were respectful toward Thea.James stood aside and glanced at them with a smile.The expression looked like he was threatening them, saying, ‘You guys c
Chapter 142
‘It really is him.’Thea had already predicted such an outcome.However, she was slightly disappointed because the person she had saved from the Cadens’ villa and the ghost-masked man who saved her was executed by the Blithe King.Unfortunately, she would never find out the identity of this person, nor would she have the chance ever to see the person who had been secretly helping her.The news disheartened her.At that moment, another big shot arrived.The person was Charles, the executive chairman of Abundant Group.He immediately spotted the crowd after entering the hall.Seeing James, he felt his soul leave his body. His leg went rubbery and almost gave out.He rushed over and greeted them, saying, “Mr. Caden, Ms. Thea.”“Dad!“Dad, these people made me kneel!” Luke’s confidence immediately returned when he saw Charles and he complained.Under the previous pressure, he had no choice but to kneel, but now his father had arrived.Although his family was not one of the Gre
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‘She earned the respect of so many big shots just by saving one person.‘Just who was this person?’‘Since he’s already been shot, why are these people still showing so much respect to Thea?’After several prominent figures were helping Thea, everyone did not dare to bother her anymore.This left everyone puzzled, and they began to make guesses.‘Could it be that these big shots really owed the ghost-masked man a favor?‘Now that they’ve repaid the favor, will they stop intervening in Thea’s problems?‘Yeah, that’s definitely the case.’Many people began to speculate secretly.After they came to a conclusion, they no longer went to curry favor with Thea. Instead, they surrounded influential figures to try and win their favor.Corner sofa.Thea was in a daze. James sat beside her and deliberately asked with a gloomy expression, “Thea, be honest with me. What’s going on?”“Huh?”Thea came to her senses and turned to James, who wore an angry expression. She immediately apolog
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In fact, Scarlett did not spend that much to buy the trade center.The trade center took five years to be completed, and a total investment of 500 billion dollars was spent on the construction. The price of the center would surely be higher than the invested amount.Thus, even Yuna thought it could not possibly be bought without at least a trillion dollars.Thea was completely shocked by the numbers.She was just an ordinary citizen and had never been exposed to upper-class society. Never in her life had she seen that much money. A trillion dollars was an astronomical figure to her.What were a trillion dollars in cash?It was not a non-liquid asset.Take the Callahans as an example. Although they had assets worth more than one billion dollars, it was the value of the company. It was the total of all the family businesses added up together. In terms of cash, it was considered adequate if a family like the Callahans had one hundred million dollars.As for the Celestial Group, th