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Chapter 556
As Gordon listened to his subordinate's report, he scowled, "Where are they?"
"We have brought them here. They are in the back room," answered the subordinate.
Gordon paused in silence for a moment before walking to the back room with his cane.
Meanwhile, Celia was soaked to the bone in the back room and shivered as she huddled in the corner.
A mixture of rainwater and blood from her wound was visible on the floor in front of her.
Raymond was sitting in a chair nearby, and while he was wet, he looked much better off than she did.
As soon as he heard footsteps coming from beyond the door, he jumped to his feet.
Soon, Gordon appeared at the door. He entered the room and cast a glance at Celia. His hand was
tightly gripping his cane in displeasure as he asked, "What happened?"
"Sir, due to our carelessness, she had a chance to escape," one of his subordinates immediately
answered.
"You were so careless that you didn't even realize she had run out of the building?" Gordon loudly
exclaimed as he slammed his cane down on the ground. "Is this the way that you handle things?"
There was a stunned silence as everyone in the room lowered their heads.
Gordon let out a cold snort and walked over to Celia. "Look at me."
She slowly raised her head to look at him while trembling but quickly ducked her head. Then, her arms
were wrapped tightly around her legs as she bit down firmly on her lower lip.
"You risked your life to escape so you could secretly report to Aidan, didn't you?" he asked. "Do you
wish for him to kill me?"
"I... That's not it," she replied. "I only wanted President Pearson to save Ms. Fletcher and—"
"Save?" Then, as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world, he continued, "What kind of family do
you think the Pearsons are? That child is a Pearson. This is his home! Why did Aidan let someone as
stupid as you take care of the boy? You have no sense of priority."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCelia trembled even more, too terrified to say anything after hearing that.
Gordon spun around and glanced at his men. "You're all useless. How can you botch up something so
trivial?"
Afterward, he walked towards the door. Then, in an annoyed tone as if he did not want to be bothered
again over such a trifling matter, he barked, "In any case, keeping her around is pointless. Since she
wants to run away, you will deal with her."
"Yes, sir."
Suddenly, Gordon paused and turned around to look at Raymond before walking out. He pointed at
Raymond and said, "You, come here."
"What is your order, Mr. Pearson?" Raymond asked, walking over to Gordon.
As Gordon listened to his subordinate's report, he scowled, "Where are they?"
"You handled this matter well," Gordon said in a deep voice. "I have nothing to reward you with, so why
don't you handle this? Keep it clean."
Raymond was shocked to hear that. "Me?"
"What? Scared?"
"Mr. Pearson, I—"
"Enough," Gordon interrupted. "Since you're working for me, you are mine. However, I might not be
your only employer. You could also be paid off by other people. I don't trust you. Either you kill her
yourself, or neither of you will leave this room alive."
Raymond had not expected Gordon to be so cold and callous.
Nevertheless, it was clear that Gordon was not negotiating with him. Following that, Gordon ordered his
subordinates to keep an eye on them before he left the room.
Soon, Raymond furrowed his brow as he turned to look at Celia, and a malicious gleam began to form
in his eyes as he slowly approached her.
…
Meanwhile, Leanna was spacing out and deep in thought as she stared out the window at the rain.
"Where's the airship?" Freddie asked, waving his hand in front of her face.
She was speechless as she turned her head to stare at him. After a brief moment, she averted her
gaze. "What is it?"
"Did you forget what day it is?" Freddie inquired as he leaned back on the couch.
"What?" Leanna asked, confused.
"It's Aidan's birthday."
She was stunned and replied, "Oh, right." The previous few days had been extremely eventful, and
Aidan had been equally occupied, so she had completely forgotten it.
"Should we throw him a party?" he asked.
After consideration, Leanna concluded that Freddie's suggestion was quite good. Aidan appears to be
under excessive pressure recently, as he is perpetually grumpy. Perhaps, a party might help him feel
better. Then, she checked the time and asked, "It's already 5.00PM. Can we make it in time?"
"Anything is possible with money," he replied, smirking. "Leave it to me. You'll have to send out the
invitations."
She responded, "Aren't you and Oscar Aidan's only friends? I'm not familiar with his other friends."
"The others are not important. I was referring to your friends. Invite more people over, specifically the
singles."
Leanna stared at Freddie, confused. Is he planning a birthday party for Aidan or a matchmaking event?
Suddenly, he cleared his throat, sensing that he had been too forthright in his intentions. "The more, the
merrier. This is to ensure that we have a wonderful party."
She pursed her lips when she heard that. Still, Aidan had never had anyone throw a party for his
birthday before, and since they were doing so, it should not be a snooze fest.
Then, she extended invitations to Daphne, Louis, and Zoe. While preparing the invitation, she had a
hunch that Daniel would be coming with Zoe. As a result, she did not feel the need to extend an
invitation to him. Once the invitations were sent out, Leanna stood up. "Have you booked a place yet? I
will help with the decoration."
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"Don't," Freddie said. "Your mission is to lead Aidan over. I'll take care of the rest."
"Okay. I'll be heading to Pearson Group now."
As she descended the stairs, she came across Raymond, who was drenched to the skin.
"Aren't you driving?" When she saw how wet his clothes were, Leanna inquired.
"The car broke down," he explained. "I had to dash back in the pouring rain. Miss McKinney, are you
going out? It's pouring outside."
"Yes. I have something to do."
Then, Leanna noticed a red stain on the cuff of his right sleeve. "Are you okay?"
Raymond followed her gaze to his hand, then quickly hid it behind his back. "This is nothing. I slipped
and fell earlier. It's only a scrape."
"Remember to clean and dress the wound." Following that, she turned and walked out.
Afterward, he swiftly shoved his hand into his pocket before dashing up the stairs.
Before entering the office, he dashed to the restroom and frantically washed the blood from the back of
his hand. Then, he reached for the tissue near him, covered his wound with a thick sheet of paper, and
pressed firmly on it to staunch the bleeding. A few minutes later, he returned to the office and took out
the first-aid kit. Next, he cleaned the wound, bandaged it, and went to the locked drawer to look for
something.
In light of what had transpired, Raymond could no longer remain there and had to depart immediately.
However, he knew that after he left, Jimmy would no longer have any leverage to blackmail him.
Therefore, he had to take Jimmy out first.
When he found what he was looking for, he flipped through the document to verify it. Then, with a sigh
of relief, he entered Richard's office with the file in hand.
Moreover, he knew Leanna had asked Richard to find evidence that could incriminate Jimmy. Still, no
matter how diligently Richard searched, he could never find anything significant.
Raymond also knew that Richard had left the office early in the morning. There were no surveillance
cameras around here, so as long as he could sneak the document into Richard's office, no one would
know he did it. Soon, Jimmy would be through.
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