Chapter 306: Getting Hold Of Evidence!
“That bastard Russell!”
Clinton cursed loudly.
He and Russell’s friendship was merely built on interests, and they weren’t actually that close to each other.
“Fine, you won’t compensate me with a single penny, huh? Well, I never intended to give you any of the 30% of the J Corporation’s shares once I got my hands on it!”
Russell ignored Clinton, who never had the intention of keeping his promise to give him half of the 30% of the J Corporation’s shares, anyway.
He had planned to keep all 30% of the J Corporation’s shares without giving any to Russell in the first place.
Clearly, there was barely any trust and friendship between the two, so it was no wonder that Russell said such harsh words.
“Hmph, it’s just 80 million. Since I’ve already spent it, I’ll just forget it. Once I seal the lips of these people who have evidence against me, there will be nothing Jordan Steele can do.”
“When the time comes, he’ll still have to obediently bring dozens of billions of dollars to me.”
Thinking of this, Clinton picked up the calls again, one by one…
At the same time, in the presidential suite of the Intercontinental Hotel in Houston.
Jordan was also receiving the people who were submitting all the evidence against Clinton, one after another.
Those people were dressed in clothes that covered themselves well because they didn’t want to be recognized by others. Some had even hired people to submit the evidence on their behalf, for fear that Clinton would take revenge on them once he found out.
However, the evidence that these people had against him was groundless or unprovable. There were also some that weren’t condemning enough to force Clinton into conceding.
Suddenly, Tim reported at the door, “Mr. Jordan, there’s a long-legged woman who’s coming over!”
Jordan glanced at the door and saw a woman, who was at least 1.72 meters tall, strutting in stilettos that made her look even taller.
Pablo asked, “You’re also here to submit evidence against Clinton Whitley? How are you related to him?”
The tall woman said, “I’m his former mistress. Clinton Whitley isn’t a man of his word at all. He promised he would give me a villa in Aegean Sea Hills even if we broke up.”
“But now, he dumped me because he found another woman and all he gave me was a bag instead of a villa!”
Jordan and the rest laughed. They absolutely despised such young and pretty women who would become the mistress of older men for the sake of money.
‘She wants a multi-million-dollar villa for the two years that she has slept with him?’
‘If there’s such an easy thing in this world, all women don’t have to work hard anymore. They can just sleep with wealthy men!’
Jordan asked, “What evidence against him do you offer?”
The tall woman answered, “He has a mistress whom he hides from his wife. Isn’t that considered condemning evidence against him?”
It was indeed some controversial news about Clinton, but it wasn’t very useful.
If Clinton was now a very famous owner of a listed company or a popular celebrity, distasteful news about his private life and family would indeed affect his career.
However, Clinton wasn’t that famous. He was just a nameless property developer and real estate magnate.
Even if his extramarital affair and mistress were exposed, it would barely do any harm to him.
Pablo said, “We want evidence against Clinton Whitley’s crimes, which will deter him. What you have against him is probably not going to work. Take her away.”
Hearing Pablo’s command, Tim raised his hand and tried to pull the tall woman away.
Feeling indignant, the tall and beautiful woman said while being dragged, “Isn’t an extramarital sexual affair considered evidence against him?”
Jordan, Pablo and the others all laughed out loud because the evidence she was exposing would at most make Clinton a laughingstock.
“Give her $2000 as a reward for amusing us.”
Jordan instructed Tim.
Although she didn’t provide any material that would be lethal to Clinton, the amusing evidence that she had was still worth a little money.
However, after a few minutes, Jordan kept looking at the time to see that it was already close to 11 pm.
If he still didn’t have any damning evidence, Jordan probably wouldn’t be able to see Victoria tonight.
While Jordan was getting anxious, Tim walked in again and said, “Mr. Steele, there’s a middle-aged woman at the door.”
“Oh.”
Jordan was slightly surprised to see that there was really a woman in her forties standing at the door, dressed in ordinary clothes. She looked… rather plain.
Jordan could tell that she came from a mediocre background.
“Please come in,” Tim said to the middle-aged woman.
“Okay.” The woman nodded and walked in somewhat uncomfortably with her head hung low, feeling rather nervous.
‘Could it be because she had never seen such a luxurious presidential suite?’
Jordan was puzzled. ‘Clinton is considered a wealthy man in this city. How did he get involved with an ordinary woman?’
Pablo stepped forward and asked, “Do you have any evidence against Clinton?”
The middle-aged woman shook her head.
Pablo said impatiently, “Surely you didn’t come to the wrong place, did you? Tim, bring her away. Why did you bring her here without even getting a clear idea of the situation?”
To his surprise, the woman said anxiously, “I don’t have any evidence against Clinton Whitley, but I have evidence against his son!”
“Oh.”
Now Jordan and Pablo and the others were interested.
Sometimes, to destroy a person, you don’t necessarily have to deal with him personally. Dealing with their closest relatives would work too.
The middle-aged woman took out her phone and handed it to Pablo before saying, “Here’s a video of his son bullying his classmates in school.”
Pablo took the phone and handed it to Jordan, who then kicked the play button.
Jordan rested his chin on his hand and began pondering. Violence in school was a serious crime that would warrant a jail term of over six years.
However, sometimes, it’s possible to bribe the victim’s parents to get away with it. Besides, many parents feel kids should be given a lighter sentence and a second chance.
“Which one is Clinton Whitley’s son?” Pablo asked.
“The stumpy one,” the middle-aged woman answered.
Pablo frowned and said, “Mr. Jordan, even if this video gets out, I’m afraid Clinton won’t be afraid, will he?”
Jordan nodded.
Pablo looked at the middle-aged woman and said, “Your evidence isn’t worth 15 million dollars, but I’ll have someone transfer $15,000 to you.”
However, the middle-aged woman got anxious and said, “It definitely is worth millions! Try to blackmail Clinton Whitley with this and he’d definitely give you over 15 million dollars!”
Jordan suddenly felt that something was amiss. “Since this video is worth so much money, why don’t you ask him for money instead?”
The middle-aged woman lowered her head and said, “I don’t dare to… I’m his domestic helper and if he finds out, my family would be dead.”
‘So she’s his domestic helper. No wonder she looks like one.”
However, Pablo was still puzzled. “Isn’t it just a video of his son beating someone up? How can it be worth that much money? Why would Clinton stop this video from getting out regardless of the cost?”
At this moment, a smile appeared on Jordan’s face because he already knew the answer.
The game between Jordan and Clinton was now drawing to a close.
The victor is Jordan!
Chapter 307: Begging To Enter The Villa On His Knees!
Jordan smiled and instructed Pablo, “Give this lady the reward of 15 million dollars and then send this video to Clinton Whitley. The game is over.”
Pablo still did not understand what was going on. “What’s happening? Why is this video worth so much money?”
Jordan looked at the middle-aged woman and said, “The point is not Clinton Whitley’s son but the tall kid next to him, right?”
The middle-aged woman gave Jordan a thumbs-up and said, “Yes, yes, that kid is the son of a government official whom Clinton Whitley is very close to. That official is the one who helped Clinton Whitley clinch lots of his development projects. If something happens to him, Clinton won’t be able to bear the consequences.”
Pablo smiled as he finally understood what was going on. He quickly sent the video to Clinton.
After Clinton saw the content of the video, he was so scared on the spot that he returned the call immediately.
“Hello.”
“Hello, is this Mr. Steele?”
“What are you looking for Mr. Steele?”
“Buddy, please hand the phone to Mr. Steele. I have something urgent to say to him, please!”
Clinton lowered himself and even seemed extremely nervous.
Pablo handed the phone to Jordan, who grabbed it and then said blatantly, “What do you think will happen once I publicize that video I just sent you?”
Clinton said, “Please don’t do that. You mustn’t publicize the video. Once the video gets out, my son won’t be able to stay in that school anymore and he’ll probably be sent to jail.”
“On the account that my son is still young and insensible, will you please give him a chance? I’ll give you a million dollars, okay?”
Jordan cursed on the spot. “I bought the video for 15 million dollars and you’re going to give me a million?”
“Tell me who sold the video to you and I’ll give you 15 million dollars!” Clinton said with a murderous aura.
Jordan humphed coldly and said, “Do you think I will tell you? Also, you don’t really think I don’t know what the value of this video is, do you? Do you need me to tell you the name of the kid who beat up another classmate together with your son, and who his parents are!?!”
“Mr. Steele! Mr. Steele!” Clinton immediately sounded like he was sobbing. “Mr. Steele, I was wrong. You must not publicize the video or it’ll be over for me!”
‘The helper was right. The father of the other kid in the video should be Clinton’s backer.’
If his backer’s son were to have such behavior, it would be detrimental to his career and image.
Knowing that Jordan wanted to go inside his villa to look for someone, Clinton immediately said, “Mr. Steele, it was all just a misunderstanding just now. You want to enter the Aegean Sea Hills, right? Come on, I’ll receive you at the door and bring you in!”
“Hmph!”
Clinton’s face repulsed Jordan.
Jordan said, “I had to stay outside just because you didn’t want to let me in and now that you say I can go in, must I do so obediently, too? Who do you think you are? How dare you order me like that!?!”
Jordan hung up right away.
“Mr. Steele! Mr. Steele!”
Inside the villa, Clinton kept calling Jordan, only to realize that he had already hung up. Feeling incredibly anxious, he tried to call again, but Jordan refused to even answer!
“No, I have to find him and make sure he doesn’t spread the video.”
Clinton remembered that a few hours ago, Jordan said that he would make him get on his knees to beg him to let him in while crying.
He initially thought that Jordan was just making a childish remark, but now, it seems to come true!
Jordan was clearly intending for Clinton to beg him!
“Clinton, where are you going? Has that man agreed to give you 30% of the shares of the J Corporation? When you become the president of the J Corporation, let me be the deputy president.”
The long-legged beauty came over and hugged Clinton.
In a moment of anger, Clinton slapped the woman on the face and hollered, “Get lost! Deputy president my foot!”
Clinton sped all the way to the Intercontinental Hotel in his car and arrived in the presidential suite where Jordan was.
“Mr. Steele…”
Clinton swallowed his pride and looked at Jordan smilingly in a wretched manner.
“What are you doing here?” Jordan asked, despite already knowing the answer.
Clinton said, “Mr. Steele, I’ve come to pick you up to go to the Aegean Sea Hills villa! I know your woman, Victoria Clarke, is in there!”
Smack!
Before Jordan even did anything, Pablo slapped Clinton and barked, “Bastard. You knew that Mr. Steele’s girl was in there and you refused to let him in just now? You even tried to blackmail him!”
Clinton covered his face and tried his best to bear with the pain. “Mr. Steele, I didn’t have a choice. It was that scoundrel Russell who insisted that Miss Clarke stay in my villa. He even told me he wanted to ask you for 30% of the shares of J Corporation and once I do, he’d take 20% and give me 10%.”
“I admire Mr. Steele and Miss Clarke so much. You two are the power couple of the business world, so I turned him down immediately!”
“But Russell Miller forced me to cooperate, and I had no choice but to give in because he has a hold on me!”
Jordan smiled, not knowing whether he was telling the truth. “You do have a lot of evidence against you. We’ve now collected dozens of pieces of evidence against you.”
Clinton was helpless. ‘Is there so much?’
Clinton was now transparent to Jordan, who was well aware of what his trump cards were.
Clinton swallowed his pride and fell to the ground with a loud thud. “Mr. Steele, please make a trip to Aegean Sea Hills, I’m begging you!”
Jordan had said before that if Clinton didn’t let him in at that moment, he would soon beg him to go in.
At this moment, it really came true.
Jordan didn’t want to waste his time with a piece of garbage like Clinton, either. He had long wanted to see Victoria.
Jordan got up and once again rode in Pablo’s car to Aegean Sea Hills villa.
This time, the two guards at the door were saluting to him.
“Dogs, if you dare to stop us again in the future, I’ll break your legs!”
Pablo cursed at the guards. If Jordan wasn’t in a hurry to see Victoria and thus didn’t have the time to waste on them, Pablo would have long thrown them into the sea.
Soon, under Clinton’s lead, the few of them stopped at a villa.
Clinton walked over and opened the car door for Jordan. Pointing to the villa in front of him, he said, “Mr. Steele, this is the villa where Miss Victoria Clarke lives. The lights are still on, so she hasn’t slept yet. Please go inside.”
“Also, before you enter, can you please destroy the video…”
Jordan remembered Clinton had just tried to blackmail him for tens of billions of dollars, which still irked him.
He would be letting Clinton off too easily by releasing him now.
Jordan looked around the villa area, only to discover that the environment and decor were rather good. It could be considered a first-class residential area in Houston.
Jordan said, “The villas here are built rather well and I really like it. I want to buy a set for our men. One for Victoria and me, one for my sister-in-law, Emily, one for Pablo, one for Salvatore. In total…”
Hearing Jordan saying that he wanted to buy some villas, Tim immediately ran up from behind and said, “Mr. Steele, don’t forget me!”
Jordan glanced at Tim and said, “One for Tim. I need five, Mr. Whitley, sell five villas to me.”
Clinton smiled and said, “Yes, yes, our average price here is…”
Jordan said, “Give him a hundred grand. Each villa costs $20,000. Accept it, I can’t take them for free.”
Clinton’s face turned pale.
Chapter 308: Barging Into Victoria’s Room!
‘Seriously, buddy, cut it out. Each villa here costs at least a few million dollars. Yet, you’re only going to pay me $20,000!’
‘This is daylight robbery!’
Upon hearing that they could own a villa for $20,000, Pablo and Salvatore were overjoyed.
They chorused in unison, “Thank you, Mr. Steele!”
Pablo and his gang had traveled from Orlando to Texas, then to DC, and now to Houston.
It can be said that they were given plenty of dangerous tasks, but they never once complained.
Besides, they weren’t like Jordan’s employees, so he couldn’t give them a salary. Even if he were to give them money, they might not want it.
Hence, Jordan also wanted to give Pablo some benefits.
Giving each of them a multi-million-dollar villa would be considered a reward for their hard work and to make them devote themselves to working hard for him in the future.
Clinton was on the verge of tears. With a miserable look on his face, he said to Jordan, “Mr. Steele, don’t joke with me. I can’t sell you five villas for a hundred grand.”
“To be honest with you, I’ve spent tens of millions in one night to bribe others from giving you the evidence against me. I’ve spent all my liquid funds.”
“I’m now a penniless man now.If you want me to give you five villas, I’ll probably become a beggar tomorrow!”
Clinton pretended to be pitiful, trying to gain Jordan’s sympathy.
However, after Jordan found out that there was so much condemning evidence against Clinton and learned that he was a sly, cunning, vicious and heartless scoundrel, he was eager to see Clinton becoming a beggar.
Pablo put his arm around Clinton’s shoulder and said, “Mr. Whitely stop lying. You’ve offended Mr. Steele. Do you think it’s possible for Mr. Steele to forgive you without taking some villas from you?”
“Besides, it’s not like we’re not going to pay for it. We’re going to give you a hundred grand for them.”
‘A hundred grand?’
‘You’re making it sound like it’s a huge sum!’
‘These five villas are worth millions of dollars in total!’
Clinton really wanted to cry, and he hated himself for being so greedy for money, only to end up provoking such a formidable person like Jordan!
Jordan was no longer in the mood to talk to Clinton about these. Victoria was very close by and he couldn’t wait to see her.
“It feels as if it has been a century since I saw Victoria…”
Jordan sighed with emotion. He had been really busy with Hailey, Brad, and Chloe lately and thus neglected Victoria.
Jordan quickly walked towards the gate of the villa.
However, just as he walked in, two figures suddenly leaped out of the courtyard.
“What are you trying to do?”
The two of them stopped Jordan from going further.
Jordan frowned and turned around to glance at Clinton.
Clinton hurriedly explained innocently, “This has nothing to do with me. They’re Russell’s underlings, not mine.”
It seemed that Russell was long aware that Jordan would come to look for Victoria, so he specially sent people to obstruct him.
The man yelled overbearingly, “This is the private residence of Mr. Miller, the wealthiest man in Houston! Irrelevant nobodies, stay as far away as possible!”
The richest man in Houston. What a formidable-sounding title!
Seeing that Jordan had been rebuffed again, Clinton hurriedly said, “Mr. Steele, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but Russell paid for this place, so he has the right to stop others from entering. There’s nothing I can do about it either.”
Jordan said coldly, “I don’t need you.”
He then said to Pablo and Salvatore, “Get rid of these two people immediately!”
Jordan had arrived at the entrance, where he was extremely close to Victoria. He couldn’t care less about whose home it was. Anyone who stops him from seeing the person he loved would have to die!
“Yes!”
Pablo and Salvatore had just received villas that were worth millions each. Hence, they quickly dragged those two people away.
“Hey, what are you doing? I’m recording a video!”
The man in the courtyard threatened.
However, Pablo snatched his cell phone away and ruthlessly smashed it on the ground before stomping hard on it.
The other man, on the other hand, hurriedly picked up the phone to make a call, and when Salvatore saw it, he quickly chased after him. “Scoundrel, how dare you call your boss? I’m going to kill you!”
However, Jordan said to Salvatore, “Let him call all he wants! I must enter Russell Miller’s house today and ask him just who gave him the guts to snatch my wife!”
After saying that, Jordan walked straight to the door of the room in the villa.
Knock-knock.
Jordan knocked on the door and called out, “Victoria.”
“Victoria, it’s me, Jordan.”
Jordan called twice in a row, but there was no response in the villa and no one came to open the door for Jordan either.
All of a sudden, the lights in the villa, which were originally on, went out.
“Why did they turn off the lights as soon as Mr. Jordan knocked on the door?”
Salvatore and the others were bewildered.
They obviously didn’t want to see Jordan!
Jordan was incredibly lost. He had flown all the way to Houston to see her, and yet she refused to let him in or even see him.
However, Victoria had just broken up with him for no reason, so there was no way Jordan would be able to accept it without meeting her!
Next to him, Clinton said, “Mr. Steele, Miss Clarke, is probably tired. Why don’t you come back tomorrow? I promise you’ll be able to enter as and when you please.”
How could Jordan wait until tomorrow!?
He couldn’t even wait a minute longer!
Jordan walked towards Clinton and asked, “Do you know which room Victoria lives in and on which floor?”
Clinton took Jordan a few steps to the left, pointed to the room on the third floor, and said, “She stays in the room on the third floor, which has a wind chime on its window.”
“When Miss Victoria moved in, I was the one who accompanied her and Russell, so I know very well which one it is.”
Jordan nodded.
Clinton asked, “You’re not going to climb the window, are you? It won’t be easy to climb so high and the average person can’t handle it. It’s dark at night, don’t fall. You really don’t have to do this.”
Clinton only knew that Jordan was the wealthy president of an established company, but he didn’t know that Jordan’s greatest advantage wasn’t his riches.
At this moment, Pablo had already found two handrails from the trunk of the car that could be latched onto the wall easily. With their help, he leaped up and quickly got to the third floor.
The window on the third floor was open, so Jordan didn’t have to exert much strength at all. He simply pushed it open and jumped right into it.
“Hey, Mr. Steele, you’re quite skilled! Not bad! Not bad!”
Clinton was surprised.
Pablo and others looked like they had already gotten used to seeing this. ‘This is a usual practice for Mr. Steele.’
After Jordan jumped into the bedroom on the third floor, he could smell a fresh scent in the room.
“What a familiar scent… this is Victoria’s room indeed!”
Previously, Jordan had spent plenty of time living with Victoria, so he couldn’t be mistaken about her scent.
There was no one on the bed in the bedroom, but there was a svelte figure standing by the door.
Because of the lack of light, the hose was rather dim and the person couldn’t be seen if the windows were closed.
‘This tall woman has a voluptuous figure. Hah, she must be Victoria!’
If Jordan couldn’t even recognize her, he didn’t deserve to be her boyfriend!
“Victoria!”
Jordan scurried over and hugged her slender waist tightly from behind. He was just about to kiss her.
Who knew…
“Jordan, what are you doing!?”
Chapter 309: Victoria: It’s Over Between Us!
A familiar woman’s voice sounded.
However, that voice came not from Victoria, but her sister Emily!
Jordan was enjoying the feeling of reuniting with his loved one after a long time.
However, after hearing Emily’s voice, he quickly retracted his hands and took a step back, like he had been electrocuted.
Fortunately, the lights in the house were not on at this moment, so no one saw how awkward Jordan was.
“Em… Emily?”
Jordan stammered. ‘What a close shave. If Emily had called out a second later, I would have kissed her.’
If Victoria were to see that scene, he wouldn’t be able to explain himself at all.
Jordan frantically switched on the lights in the room and when he saw it was indeed Emily, he said, “Emily, what are you doing here? Isn’t this Victoria’s room?”
Jordan suspected Clinton was lying to him.
Emily was also blushing, and a little too scared to look at Jordan.
She said awkwardly, “This is Victoria’s room. I came upstairs to get something but as soon as I entered, Victoria suddenly asked me to switch off the lights.”
“It’s dark in here and I have night blindness. I don’t dare to wander about too. I’ll just stand here.”
Jordan said, “Oh, I see.”
After Emily saw Jordan, she suddenly giggled playfully and teased, “Jordan, you’re really something. You actually really climbed in through the window to see my sister. I really like this plot!”
Jordan shook his head and asked, “Where is your sister?”
Emily pointed outside and said, “She’s in the living room on the first floor. Quickly, go beg for her forgiveness. I’ll wait for your good news.”
“Hey, do you need me to bring you another pillow? If Victoria forgives you later, she’ll definitely come upstairs to sleep. Well, you guys haven’t met each other for such a long time. Haha.”
Emily secretly giggled, thinking to herself that Victoria was very fond of joking with Jordan.
Jordan looked at Victoria’s bed and said, “It’s okay, Victoria and I will move out once we make up.”
“This is Russell’s home. I don’t want you guys to live here.”
“By the way, Emily, I also bought a few villas here. One for Victoria and one for you.”
Hearing this, Emily froze on the spot. “What did you say? You want to buy me one villa here?”
Jordan nodded with a smile.
“Ah!”
Emily got excited and hugged Jordan on the spot. She even kissed Jordan on the cheek and exclaimed, “Thank you, Jordan! You’re the best!”
Feeling extremely awkward, Jordan frantically wiped the spot on his cheek that Emily had just kissed. “If your sister saw that, she’ll ignore me even if I spend the entire night trying to convince her.”
However, Emily was very bold and liberal. She said, “Haha, it’s alright, I’ve already removed my makeup and I’m not wearing any lipstick. Just go, press on!”
Jordan checked the mirror carefully and walked out, only after confirming that there was no way Victoria could tell anything.
It was still dark outside the room. Jordan turned on the flashlight of his cell phone and slowly came down the stairs. He then whispered in the empty villa, “Victoria, I’m here.”
When Jordan came to the living room on the first floor, Victoria, who was sitting on the sofa, also finally took out the remote control and turned on the lights in the living room.
The lights turned on and Jordan saw Victoria again. She seemed to be much skinnier this time compared to when they met, but she was still as elegant as ever.
Victoria raised her head to look at Jordan, but after taking a look, she looked away with a shifty gaze before saying, “This is Russell’s house. It’s illegal for you to barge in like this.”
Jordan didn’t expect Victoria to chide him for his behavior as soon as they met.
Jordan knew Victoria must be upset with him, so he quickly scurried over to hold her hands.
He said, “Victoria, I’m sorry for not being able to spend time with you lately. It’s my fault. Please don’t be upset with me anymore, okay?”
Victoria shook his hand off and said coldly, “Mr. Steele, please respect yourself! I… I’m Russell’s fiancée now.”
Jordan looked down and suddenly noticed the ring Victoria was wearing on her ring finger at the moment.
The moment he saw the ring, Jordan’s heart collapsed~
“This ring… isn’t the one I gave you. Is it from Russell? Have you really agreed to Russell’s proposal?”
Victoria had actually agreed to Russell’s proposal!
Her marriage to Russell was not a joke. She was being serious about marrying Russell!
Victoria didn’t dare to look directly at Jordan. Instead, she looked elsewhere and said, “Yes, I’m going to marry him soon.”
Jordan’s heart was extremely cold. He never thought that he would one day see the woman he loved the most, wearing a wedding ring given by another man,on her ring finger!
Jordan once again apologized to Victoria, “Victoria, are you acting like this because of my children?”
“I can assure you that neither Hailey’s child nor Lauren’s child can inherit my family’s property.”
“Only our children will have the right to inherit my assets. Will that do?”
Victoria said coldly, “I won’t have children with you.”
Jordan began to wonder if it was because Victoria had found out that she was infertile.
After all, Victoria was already 30 years old and had been Russell’s mistress for three years.
In the past three years, Russell might have destroyed her to the point that she could no longer have children, but Jordan would never know.
Victoria calmed down for a while before raising her head to look at Jordan. “I was intending to ask to meet you and explain it clearly to you. Since we’re here, I’ll tell you clearly face to face.”
“Jordan, it’s over between us. We’ve already broken up and there won’t be a good ending for us.”
“You and I belong to different worlds. You’re from a wealthy family, while I’m just a fatherless orphan. Besides, you’re so young and I’m older than you. I’ve been someone’s mistress too. I’ve long lost my purity and chastity.”
“Moreover, you now have children with two other women who are young and beautiful, and are born to wealthy families too.”
“You’d better stay together with your child’s mother and give her a complete family.”
When Jordan heard Victoria’s words, he couldn’t help but fly into a rage. “Victoria, what nonsense are you babbling?!”
“You want me to break up with you and get back together with Hailey Camden? It’s not like you don’t know how many times she has hurt me!”
“As for Lauren… she is indeed a wonderful woman, but I don’t have any feelings for her at all.”
“No woman in this world can compare to you!”
“Victoria, I’ve never been bothered by your past, so will you stop dwelling on the past!?”
Chapter 310: I’ve Never Loved You!
However, Jordan’s words still failed to make Victoria waver.
Victoria’s attitude remained resolute, and he said, “If you don’t want to marry Hailey or Lauren, you can find someone else. You’re the scion of the Steele family so you can get any woman you want.”
“If you prefer mature women like me, you can look for one too.”
“Anyway, it’s over between us.”
Jordan really did not expect that Victoria would be so decisive towards him, not giving him a chance to beg for mercy at all.
If Victoria was just angry with Jordan, her anger should have subsided a little, since he had apologized.
However, Victoria’s attitude had been very firm since the beginning and she was just bent on breaking up with Jordan!
Jordan looked at Victoria and asked, “Victoria, do you have a secret that you can’t tell me about? Did that old fogy Russell say something to you?”
Victoria looked away and walked to the side before saying, “It has nothing to do with Russell at all. You’ve just been deceived by me all this while. I’ve never liked you before!”
“What did you say? You have never liked me?” Jordan did not expect Victoria to say such a thing.
Victoria said, “Yes, I’ve never genuinely adored you in the past and I’ve only been toying with you and keeping you around as a boy toy, just like how you wealthy men make young and beautiful girls your mistress.”
“I only got together with you because you’re handsome and physically fit enough to satisfy me.”
“I have never, never, never genuinely liked you!”
Victoria’s words once again stabbed Jordan’s heart like a knife!
‘Victoria was only toying with me?’
‘No, I don’t believe such an absurd excuse!’
“I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it! You are not that kind of woman at all!” Jordan said hysterically.
Rachel would definitely do something like that because she had always enjoyed making young men her boy toys.
Victoria humphed coldly and said, “Jordan, you’re too pure. It’s no wonder that you got deceived by Hailey so many times. Even her child doesn’t belong to you.”
“Even a young woman like Hailey can have you wrapped around her finger. It’s a piece of cake for a mature woman like me who’s much more experienced than her, to deceive you!”
“Jordan, I’ve gotten sick of you and I’ve toyed with you enough. Don’t pester me again in the future!”
Victoria deliberately used Hailey to spite Jordan because she knew Hailey had hurt Jordan the most.
Jordan was indeed hurt by Victoria, but he still didn’t believe that she would be like Hailey!
“I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it at all!”
Jordan was absolutely certain that Victoria’s feelings for him were true!
Jordan didn’t know why Victoria would say those words. He thought perhaps she was furious with him or perhaps she really wasn’t confident in their relationship and future.
However, no matter what, Jordan believed that Victoria still had feelings for him now.
He stopped listening to her speak and instead, leaped over to force a kiss onto her!
Prolonging an argument between lovers would only strain the relationship even further.
Sometimes, words may not be as effective as a kiss.
Previously, Jordan and Victoria would occasionally have tiffs, but everything would be fine once Jordan kissed her.
However, this time, Victoria pushed Jordan away with all her might and then raised her hand to slap him as soon as he kissed her!
Smack!
Victoria’s hand landed on Jordan’s face.
Although the slap wasn’t hard, Jordan was dumbstruck.
Even when Jordan pretended to have been kicked out by the family and had to live off of Victoria, Victoria had always respected him and never despised or disrespected him like Hailey did.
It is even more unlikely that she would slap Jordan.
However, this time, Victoria slapped Jordan.
After Victoria slapped Jordan, she looked rather heartbroken for Jordan for a moment.
However, she immediately became ruthless and said heartlessly, “Jordan Steele, I told you, I’m now Russell’s fiancee, please respect me!”
“I’ve already said what I should. Please take your leave. This is mine and Russell’s home!”
Jordan was still staring at Victoria in disbelief that the woman he loved so much would be so heartless to him!
“Okay, I’ll leave.”
Jordan said coldly.
Jordan could no longer continue to beg her.
Jordan walked towards the door and left quickly.
Looking at Jordan’s back as he left, Victoria seemed reluctant to part with him while tears welled up in her eyes.
Hearing footsteps coming from the stairs behind her, Victoria tried her best to curb her emotions.
Emily had been hiding on the second floor to eavesdrop because she had heard the entire conversation between Jordan and Victoria.
Emily walked over and asked Victoria, “Vicky, why did you say such harsh words to Jordan and slap him? What’s wrong with you?”
Victoria didn’t answer her. Instead, she made her way upstairs to her own room, switched off the lights, and lied down to cover herself with the blanket.
The sound of Victoria whimpering and sobbing came from under the covers!
At this moment, Jordan came out from the front door and Pablo and Salvatore immediately went forward to ask, “Mr. Jordan, where is Miss Clarke? Didn’t she come out with you?”
Jordan didn’t say a word, but his expression was extremely solemn and he didn’t greet Clinton either. Instead, he got into the backseat of the car.
Seeing that Jordan was in a foul mood, Pablo reckoned that the talk with Victoria didn’t go well. Without further ado, he quickly drove away.
After the car drove out of the villa, Pablo asked boldly, “Mr. Steele, did Miss Clarke… not forgive you?”
Pablo had been working for Jordan for some time, and thus knew everything about Jordan’s past relationships rather well. He was one of the very few people who could talk to Jordan.
Jordan did not hide it from him, either. “She said that she has never liked me before and has been toying with me all this while.”
When Salvatore, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, heard this, he flew into a rage. “What? Victoria Clarke actually had the guts to toy with your feelings? What a bitch! Mr. Jordan, forget about marrying her. Just marry her sister instead! Emily is pure and pretty. She’s not inferior to Victoria at all!”
Smack!
Pablo reached out and hit Salvatore on his head. “Shut up! You’re in no place to make comments about Mr. Jordan’s woman!”
Pablo could tell that Jordan had deep feelings for Victoria, and he knew Victoria was not such a malicious woman.
Pablo said, “Although Miss Victoria has had some complicated relationships, I think she’s still a good woman by nature. She’s much more loyal and pure than those women in their early twenties.”
“I’m guessing that she said those things to spite you, Mr. Jordan. You mustn’t believe what she said.”
Jordan sighed and said, “Of course I don’t believe them. I’ve been in a relationship with her for such a long time. How can I not know what kind of woman she is?”
“It’s just that she’s really ruthless with her words, so she never gave me a chance at all. Even if I get on my knees and beg her for a night, she won’t change her mind.”
After hearing his words, Salvatore said anxiously, “What should we do then? Miss Victoria is marrying Russell.”
Jordan said with a look of ruthlessness, “The day before Victoria came to Houston, she texted me happily and even told me she would get me a gift in Houston.”
“But she started ignoring me since she met up with Russell.”
“That old fogy Russell Miller must have said something to Victoria!”
Chapter 311: Russell’s Daughter!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Jordan had also checked with Ashley prior to this and confirmed that Victoria had been staying in Perry Express before she came to Houston, and had no intention of resigning.
Victoria’s initial plan was to stay in Houston for only two days, after which she would return to Houston.
However, after Victoria came to Houston, she did not return to New York and instead submitted her resignation to the board of directors.
Everything changed because of Victoria’s conversation with Russell!
“What exactly did Russell say to Victoria!?”
Jordan turned around and left the villa just now, not because he intended to give up Victoria. Victoria was the woman he loved the most in his life, so there was no way he would give her up.
He left because he realized that no matter what he said, he could not change Victoria’s attitude.
Victoria was still unwilling to tell him the hidden reason behind the matter.
Hence, he intended to find out the truth of this matter first.
Jordan said to Pablo, “Look for Russell’s whereabouts immediately. I want to meet him and ask him face to face what he has done to bewitch my woman!”
“Yes!”
The next morning, Jordan had a simple breakfast at the hotel, and at this moment, Pablo and the others still hadn’t found Russell.
“Mr. Jordan, we still can’t find Russell,” Pablo reported.
Jordan asked, “Did you go to his office building to look for him?”
Pablo nodded and said, “I sent some people to barge in and searched everywhere, from the office to the washrooms, but he’s nowhere to be found.”
Russell owned multiple residential properties in Houston, so Jordan didn’t know which one he was in now.
Soon, Salvatore suddenly came over and reported, “Mr. Jordan, we found some clues! I bribed an accountant of Russell’s company, and he said that Russell is out of town.”
“Where did he go?” Jordan asked.
Salvatore replied, “No idea.”
Jordan looked vexed. If Russell was still in Houston, things would be much easier. After all, the city is only that big so they could easily find Russell.
However, if he was away from Houston, it would be impossible to know where to find him.
“Keep looking and bribing people who know him. Find out where he went.”
Jordan instructed.
“Yes!”
However, after a day, there was still no news.
No one knew where Russell had gone.
There were only three days left before Russell and Victoria would get married.
Jordan, who originally thought that five days was plenty of time, was now starting to panic.
“Russell Miller might be deliberately avoiding me. I guess he won’t come back before the wedding.”
Jordan began to speculate about Russell’s motives.
As long as Russell avoided Jordan, Jordan would not be able to find out any clues from Russell, and thus would not be able to stop Victoria from marrying him.
Salvatore said anxiously, “What then? If he only shows up on the wedding day, we will have to cause a scene at the wedding!”
Jordan did not want to see Victoria wearing a wedding dress for Russell because he wanted to be the only person she puts on a wedding gown for!
He now recalled how uncomfortable he felt when he saw Hailey wearing a wedding gown on the day of her wedding to Cayden, back in the Jade Villa!
Jordan suddenly thought, ‘Since Russell is getting married, his relatives will definitely attend the wedding.
“The last time I had dinner with Russell, I remember him saying that he has a daughter who is a Stanford graduate.”
Previously, Jordan invited Russell to dinner on Bill Gates’ luxury yacht, and Russell asked about Jordan’s education level.
When Jordan said that he attended college at Stanford, Russell bragged his daughter was also a Stanford graduate.
Jordan hurriedly instructed Pablo, “Find out if Russell’s daughter is in Houston. She should be about the same age as Victoria, around 30 years old.”
“Yes!”
In half a day, Pablo managed to find the whereabouts of Russell’s daughter, living up to Jordan’s expectations.
Pablo smiled and said, “Mr. Jordan, we found out that Russell’s daughter is named Shay, who’s now queuing up at a popular restaurant on Prince Road with her boyfriend.”
“Do you want me to send someone to bring her over to see you?”
Jordan shook his head. Since it was now broad daylight, they would invite trouble if they were to take Shay away by force.
“Prepare the car. Let’s go over to take a look,” said Jordan.
“Yes!”
Soon, Jordan and Pablo came to the popular restaurant to see that there were indeed many people in line, especially since it was close to lunchtime.
“Which one is Shay?” Jordan asked.
Pointing to a woman whose hair was dyed blond and was holding hands with a man in front, Pablo said, “That one.”
Jordan took a glance from afar. He remembered that Russell’s daughter should be the same age as Victoria.
However, Shay seemed to be above the age of 35 because her skin condition was far from ideal, thus making her look much older.
She looked much worse than Victoria, who, although was 30 years old, looked no different from a 25-year-old woman from the back or the side.
Of course, one should not judge a book by its cover.
Shay seemed to be in a loving relationship with the man whose hand she was holding.
At this moment, Shay suddenly turned around and scolded the couple behind her in line. “Can you not stand so close to me? Don’t you know what social-distancing is?”
The young couple behind her seemed to be only 18 years old. The boy said, “But we’re not standing that close to you…”
Jordan also saw that there was indeed some distance between the two.
However, the line was too long, and it was impossible to stand too far apart from each other. Otherwise, the line would go all the way to the road.
Shay did not argue with the people behind. Instead, she said to her boyfriend, “I hate it here. There are uncultured boors everywhere.”
The man said, “Yes, the quality of people here is really worrying.”
Jordan humphed coldly. Having been to multiple countries in the world, Jordan knew that not everyone was cultured and queue-cutting existed everywhere in the world.
Moreover, there was nothing wrong with the distance that the couple behind them,
Shay was just deliberately kicking up a fuss to show her superiority.
Jordan winked at Pablo, who then went over and gave the couple 50 dollars. “Sorry, we are in a hurry. Can you give us your spot?”
The young couple happily agreed.
Hence, Jordan and Pablo took their place and stood behind Shay and her boyfriend.
Shay looked back and said to her boyfriend, “See, people here are money-minded. Money makes the world go round here and they have no ambitions at all.. Ugh, I really hate breathing the air here. I need to get out of here after attending Dad’s wedding!”
Chapter 312: How Dare You Touch Victoria?!
Is the air in other cities sweeter than here?
Shay had returned to Houston with an additional sense of superiority.
Jordan never felt that other countries were much better.
It was normal for cultures and beliefs to vary between different cities and countries.
As for the issue of cultured citizens, the situation had actually gotten better. Shay probably just had a preconceived notion.
However, Jordan did not rebut Shay and was instead pretending to be a customer, lining up behind her together with Pablo and trying not to let their identity be known to her.
He could, of course, also reveal his identity and then drag her to his car to question her about where her father was.
However, Jordan guessed that given her arrogant personality, Shay would not give in easily. She belonged to the type of people who knew how to use the law to protect themselves.
Jordan decided to just follow her first to see if he could find out Russell’s whereabouts by eavesdropping on her conversation with her boyfriend.
Soon, it was Russell’s and Jordan’s turn.
The four of them walked into the famous restaurant together. Shay and her boyfriend first found a seat while Jordan and Pablo sat behind them to eavesdrop.
It happened that there was a couple comprising a man and a Ukrainian long-legged beauty seated to their right.
The Chinese man and the Ukrainian beauty were holding hands and eating a popular dessert while taking pictures and posting them on Instagram.
After Jordan saw the two of them, he was very heartened because he reckoned that the Ukrainian girl was most likely a courier of the Perry Express.
The reason that Jordan did that was to hope that more men in the US could find marriageable partners.
To his surprise, Shay made a snide remark when she saw them. “This is really disgusting. There’s a beautiful woman dating an ugly man. American men don’t deserve such a gorgeous beauty.”
“It’s all the fault of that retarded president of Perry Express who actually came up with the idea of recruiting women from abroad to solve the situation of American men being left on the shelves. Those losers deserve to stay single!”
Jordan was furious to hear her words!
‘Shay Miller, if you can have a foreign boyfriend, why can’t an American man marry a foreign woman?’
‘You are worthy, but others are not?’
Pablo wasn’t paying attention, so he didn’t know what Shay was talking about, but he could tell that Jordan’s facial expression had changed, so he asked, “What’s wrong?”
Jordan waved his hand and said, “Nothing.”
Although Jordan wanted to educate Shay and change her terrible views, this was not the purpose of his visit.
Soon, Jordan heard Shay’s foreign boyfriend asking, “We haven’t met your dad since we returned. Where did he go? When can I meet him?”
When Jordan heard that question, he immediately straightened his body. It turned out that he had been secretly lurking near the two of them. He could easily get Russell’s whereabouts by doing so.
Besides, the answer he gets would be more real!
If he were to force Shay to answer, she might lie about it.
Shay slowly replied, “My father has gone out of town, but I don’t know exactly where he went. I’m afraid we’ll only get to see him on his wedding day on the 15th of March.”
Hearing this answer, a trace of disappointment appeared on Jordan’s face.
Russell had indeed gone out of his way to hide from Jordan, and even his daughter did not know his whereabouts.
Jordan said to Pablo, “Let’s go.”
Pablo was puzzled, unable to figure out why Jordan wanted to leave as soon as they sat down. He wondered if Jordan already knew the answer.
The two were just about to get up when Shay’s boyfriend suddenly said at this juncture, “Then we can meet your father’s new wife first!”
He was referring to Victoria.
As soon as they mentioned Victoria, Jordan stopped moving.
Shay barked furiously, “Hmph, what is there to see about that bitch!?”
‘Bitch?!’
Jordan was shocked to hear Shay calling Victoria a bitch because she was her father’s fiancée. How could she insult Victoria?
Shay’s boyfriend laughed and said, “Wow, it seems that you’re very prejudiced against her.”
Shay sneered and said, “You don’t know this but this woman my dad is going to marry is actually my classmate.”
Her boyfriend remarked in shock, “Oh my God, your father married such a young woman. She must be beautiful, huh?”
Shay didn’t deny that. “She’s indeed very pretty. That’s why she’s a brazen hussy. Since her parents passed, there wasn’t anyone to give her a luxurious life anymore, so that bitch hooked up with my father.”
“My father is now the richest man in Houston with a net worth of billions. I can’t let him marry this woman, or else all his money will be snatched away by her!”
Jordan sneered. ‘Seems like Russell’s daughter doesn’t approve of this marriage either.’
Shay knew Victoria was an ambitious woman who was very career-minded, so she didn’t want her to marry her father.
Based on that point alone, Jordan and Shay could be considered being on the same side!
At this moment, Shay suddenly said, “Honey, your friend Bale is pretty handsome. Can you lend him to me for a while?”
Her boyfriend asked curiously, “How are you going to use him?”
Shay suddenly said with an evil smile, “I want Bale to hook up with the woman my dad will marry, Victoria Clarke. Once they hook up, my father won’t have to marry her, haha.”
‘What a malicious woman. She’s actually going to get a man to make her father a cuckold!’
Although Jordan also hoped that Russell and Victoria’s marriage wouldn’t work out, he couldn’t watch Victoria getting together with another man.
With Jordan’s understanding of Victoria, it was unlikely that anything would happen between her and Bale, regardless of how good-looking he may be.
Reason being Jordan believed at this moment that Victoria was still in love with him!
To his surprise, her boyfriend asked, “What if Bale fails?”
Shay said sinisterly, “Hmph, then Bale can force himself onto her!”
Smack!
Hearing this, Jordan could no longer hold back his anger and slapped the table with all his might.
‘How dare she get someone to bully Victoria? Shay Miller has a death wish!’
As soon as he saw Jordan slap the table furiously, Pablo immediately stood up and rolled up his sleeves to reveal the fierce tattoo he had on his arm.
He didn’t hear what Shay and her boyfriend said, so he asked Jordan.
“Mr. Jordan, give me any orders you wish!”
The patrons of the restaurant were all startled by the slamming of his hand against the table and Pablo’s menacing aura of a big boss.
“Ah, it seems like a fight is going to break out. Who provoked them?”
“God knows. It’s so scary, someone is in trouble!”
Shay and her boyfriend were too frightened to speak!
Everyone in the restaurant was staring at Jordan, waiting for him to declare which one to kill!
Jordan pondered for a moment before saying, “Go ask the waiter why my pudding hasn’t been served yet!”
Pablo was speechless.
So was everyone else in the store.
Chapter 313: Your Father Is The Shameless One!
Given Jordan and Pablo’s intimidating aura, coupled with Pablo’s fierce tattoos that were exposed, everyone thought that there would be some bloodbath next.
However, they didn’t expect that Jordan would slap the table to rush the staff to serve his order…
As a big boss, Pablo felt rather awkward, too.
However, he still said in a voice that was full of gusto, “Yes!”
He then walked towards the waiter and asked, “Why hasn’t our cherry blossom jelly been served yet?”
The waiter got a great shock and hurriedly served the cherry blossom jelly to Pablo. “There you go.”
Pablo brought the plate to Jordan and said, “Mr. Jordan, here’s your cherry blossom jelly!”
“Okay.”
At this moment, Shay let out a long sigh and said, “These two people must be nutcases, huh? They look like they’re out to kill when they’re just rushing the staff to serve their food.”
“They’re grown men and yet they ordered such a girly dessert. Such oddballs.”
Most of the people who come to this popular dessert store were couples, and combinations like Jordan and Pablo were rather special.
Shay felt that Pablo and Jordan were crude people who surely wouldn’t understand what she said so she was very unrestrained.
In fact, when Jordan heard Shay wanted to send someone to rape Victoria just now, the first thing he wanted to do was to teach Shay a lesson on the spot!
However, on second thought, he realized that doing so wouldn’t stop Victoria from marrying Russell.
She thought it would be better to let Shay harm Victoria, so that when the time comes, Jordan could save the damsel in distress.
He wanted to let Victoria realize the dangers of marrying Russell, hoping she would give up.
By then, Victoria might return to his embrace.
Victoria was now giving Jordan the cold shoulder, so Jordan really needed an opportunity to help her, and make her feel so touched that she reconciled with him!
Shay was the exact opportunity!
“Let’s go somewhere now. What a bunch of lunatics.”
Shay took her boyfriend’s hand and got up to leave.
After Shay left, Jordan said to Pablo, “Send someone to follow them, I want to know their movements every moment.”
“Yes!” Pablo had already sent people to follow them so he said, “Mr. Jordan, why did you suddenly get so angry just now?”
Jordan, too, got up and said, “Let’s talk in the car.:, “Go back to the car and talk.”
Back in the car, Pablo flew into a rage once he heard what Jordan said. He asked, “What? That bitch, Shay Miller, actually wants to find a man and make him rape Miss Victoria Clarke?”
“Should we stop her?”
Jordan said, “Of course we should stop her, but only at the right time. It won’t be too late for me to appear only after she reveals her crimes.”
Pablo smiled and nodded. “Yes, when the time comes, you shall go save her, the damsel in distress. By then, she won’t marry Russell and will instead return to your embrace, Mr. Jordan!”
“It just so happens that you and Miss Clarke are facing problems right now. Shay Miller is quite good at picking the right time.”
Jordan believed Shay will help him reunite with Victoria!
At 8:30 pm in Aegean Sea Hills.
At this moment, Jordan, Pablo, Salvatore and the others were in a mountain villa. However, it was not the one Victoria lived in but the one they paid 20,000 dollars for.
They were staring at the computer screen in front of them, on which the situation of each room in the villa where Victoria was living was displayed on the screen!
In the day, Jordan had someone cut the circuit of Victoria’s villa, and then sent another person to pretend to be a maintenance worker and go to her villa to repair the wiring.
In fact, he took the opportunity to install pinhole cameras in the villa so that he could monitor her.
Reason being Jordan knew Shay would soon send someone to harm Victoria!
At this moment, Tim, who was keeping a lookout outside, hurriedly walked in and reported, “Mr. Jordan, Shay has taken two white men with her to look for Victoria!”
At this moment, at the door of Victoria’s villa.
Victoria opened the door and smiled when she saw Shay and others. “Shay, you’re here. Why didn’t you call me in advance?”
Victoria and Shay were of the same age and were even schoolmates. Although they did not belong to the same class and did not get along well, they knew each other.
So, Victoria was thrilled to see her former classmate.
However, Shay had a completely different attitude. “What? Do I need to make an appointment in advance to go back to my father’s house?”
Victoria said, “That’s not what I mean. I mean, I didn’t know you were returning, so if you informed me in advance, I can pick you up at the airport.”
Shay humphed coldly and walked into the villa. She said, “I wouldn’t dare bother you to pick me up. You’re almost going to be my stepmother! I can’t afford to do that!”
Victoria followed her in and said, “Shay, don’t say that, we are former schoolmates after all.”
Shay turned her head and barked, “You still know that you and I are schoolmates, eh? I treat you as a schoolmate, but you want to be my mother? Victoria, you’re being too shameless by doing this for money!”
At this moment, Emily came down from the second floor and was furious when she saw Shay lashing out at Victoria.
Emily walked over and said, “Shay Miller, who are you scolding!? Why don’t you berate your father for being shameless!? His wife has just died and now he’s marrying someone so much younger than him.”
“How dare you say that my sister married your father only for money? Do you know how many men are after my sister? All of them are richer, younger and more handsome than Russell Miller!?”
“Emily, don’t spout nonsense!” Victoria chided Emily.
Shay was indignant, too. “Brat, you’re living in my father’s house, and you still have the guts to scold me? You sound so confident. If you have what it takes, buy your own villa and move out of my father’s home!”
Emily’s nose was sore. She hated it when people said she was occupying other people’s things.
In a fit of anger, Emily said furiously, “Who cares to live in your lousy house!?”
With that, Emily changed out of her shoes and walked out.
“Emily.”
No matter how Victoria called out to her, Emily refused to come back.
Shay smiled smugly. She just wanted to piss Emily off because if Emily didn’t leave, she wouldn’t be able to carry out her evil plan.
At this moment, Shay’s tone became mellower, and she said, “Victoria, don’t blame me for sounding so harsh. If you were me and your father marries another of your former schoolmates right after your mom just passed away, would you be comfortable with that?”
Victoria understood how Shay felt so she said gently, “Shay, I can understand how you feel.”
“Yeah.” Shay nodded, then pointed to the two white men behind her. She said, “Let me introduce, this is my boyfriend Jack, and the other is Bale.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Both of them shook hands with Victoria separately.
However, Bale’s handshake was ambiguous, as he couldn’t bear to let go of her hand for a long time.
Chapter 314: Victoria Is On The Edge Of Danger!
Jordan saw this scene clearly through the surveillance camera footage on the screen.
Bale not only held Victoria’s hand in his right hand for a long time before releasing it, he had a suspicious gaze in his eyes too.
Since Victoria was at home, she was wearing shorts that exposed her long, fair legs, so Bale couldn’t help but glance at Victoria’s superb figure with an evil gaze hidden in his eyes that all men could read!
“He must have a death wish! How dare he harbor designs on my girl!?”
Jordan clenched his fists. He had disliked Bale the moment he saw him.
However, Shay hasn’t revealed their agenda yet, so Jordan can’t show up right now.
In Victoria’s villa, Shay smiled and walked towards the dining hall. “You haven’t had dinner yet, right? It just so happens that we haven’t eaten either. Bale brought a bottle of 1996 Lafite from Chateau Lafite in France. Victoria, have a drink with us.”
Victoria hesitated slightly.
“What? We flew all the way back here, and you’re not even willing to have a glass of wine with us?”
Shay seemed displeased.
Victoria couldn’t turn her down so she gave in. “Okay, I’ll drink with you.”
Shay took the initiative to open the bottle of red wine, poured some into Victoria’s glass, and smiled at Victoria.
She introduced, “Victoria, our friend here, Bale, is from France. He belongs to one of the five richest families in France, where he commands great power. Bale owns plenty of wineries, luxury goods, oil, and everything else you can think of. He’s worth more than dozens of billions!”
Jordan frowned and pondered carefully when he heard that.
Jordan also had quite a bit of an understanding of France. He knew that none of the members of the five richest families in France was named Bale.
Shay had probably exaggerated Bale’s family background in order to make Victoria like Bale.
After all, many women worship rich scions, so the chances of success would be higher if a man pretends to be wealthy and tries to court women.
However, Jordan believed Victoria was not a materialistic woman.
Besides, Victoria had already dated someone as rich as Jordan. Everyone else would seem like ordinary citizens!
“Oh, really? Nice to meet you. I’ve been learning French lately too.”
Victoria smiled politely at Bale and also chatted with him in French for a while.
“Strange. Why did Victoria learn French?”
When she was dating Jordan before, Victoria did not know French, and now that she had just broken up with him, she should theoretically still be feeling upset. Hence, how could she be in the mood to learn French?
Shay secretly thought, ‘Victoria Clarke, you really are a money-loving slut. As soon as I said that Bale is French, you immediately said that you are learning French. You obviously just want to get close to Bale!’
‘Hah, but this is good. I wanted you to sleep with Bale in the first place, anyway!’
Shay despised Victoria. She then said, “Bale, since Victoria is learning French, why don’t you just be her private tutor and teach her well?”
He said, “It’s my honor to be this beauty’s teacher. Santé (cheers)!”
Victoria also lifted her glass and clinked it with Bale’s. “Santé (cheers)!”
Jordan was puzzled that Victoria was having a pleasant conversation with Bale, and she seemed to be learning French seriously. She kept trying to chat with Bale in French and even asked him about the situation in France.
Pablo, Salvatore and others were all squatting in front of the monitor.
Although they could hear their voices, they couldn’t understand the conversation in French.
Salvatore asked, “Why is Victoria enjoying herself so much while talking to that Frenchman? Surely she hasn’t really fallen in love with him, has she?”
Smack!
Pablo slapped Salvatore’s head again and snapped, “What nonsense are you babbling!? How can the woman Mr. Jordan love, possibly be that kind of cheap woman who just falls in love with anyone?”
At this moment, Shay suddenly asked, “By the way, Victoria, it seems that your father was involved in an accident in France, right?”
Victoria’s expression became grim before nodding.
Only then did it dawn on Jordan just why Victoria would be willing to speak to Bale. It wasn’t because she liked him at all.
It was just because Victoria’s father had met with a mishap in France back then, so she wanted to know more about France through Bale.
Shay sipped her wine and said, “”It’s such a pity that your father died at such a young age. If your father hadn’t died, you wouldn’t be my stepmother today.”
After saying that, she seemed to have realized that what she said was inappropriate. She immediately changed the subject. “I’m just kidding, don’t mind me. Let’s drink.”
At the mention of the things that made her upset, Victoria started chugging the wine, glass after glass.
After an hour, Shay sat on her boyfriend’s lap, looking rather tipsy. She said, “Victoria, my boyfriend and I are going to go make out with each other. You guys take your time to chat.’
Victoria’s face turned red when she saw the two of them behaving intimately with each other.
After the two of them had left, Bale suddenly sat next to Victoria from the opposite side, and reached out to hold her hand.
He ruffled her hair gently and complimented, “Honey, you are really a stunning beauty. I’ve never met a woman as charming as you.”
Victoria hurriedly pushed Bale away and said, “Mr. Bale, please show some respect!”
Bale laughed and said, “Drop the pretense, beautiful. Aren’t you interested in me too? We had such a pleasant chat, I know you like me too. Don’t worry, no one else will know about the two of us.”
Victoria explained solemnly, “Mr. Bale, please don’t be mistaken. I was chatting with you purely because I want to learn French. It has nothing to do with you personally!”
“I’m engaged and my fiancé is your friend’s father!”
Jordan was glad to see Victoria rejecting Bale.
However, when he heard Victoria say that her fiancé was Russell and not himself, he felt heartbroken!
“I’m clearly your fiancé!”
Jordan clenched his fist and continued to stare at the screen with great indignation.
At this moment, Bale was still insistent. He said with a malicious smile, “Beauty, there are still three days before you get married. What’s wrong with doing something crazy before you get married? Come on, baby!”
Victoria kept retreating and threatened, “If you come over again, I won’t go easy on you!”
Jordan knew Victoria had practiced Taekwondo, and ordinary men might not be Victoria’s opponent.
However, Bale seemed to be quite strong, so Victoria might not be able to defeat him.
Bale laughed and said, “Fine, I’ll see how hostile you are to me.”
Victoria flew into a rage, raised her hand and tried to slap Bale, only to realize that her hand had turned weak as it floated gently before landing on Bale’s face.
Bale took the opportunity to grab Victoria by the wrist with a malicious smile on his face.
“How is that possible!?! You… Did you spike my drink?” Victoria’s expression changed suddenly.
“Damn!”
Seeing this scene, Jordan immediately got up from his seat and yelled, “Everyone, charge into Russell’s villa!”
Chapter 315: Hitting Russell’s Daughter In Anger
Jordan wasn’t worried about Victoria’s safety at first.
Reason being, Victoria was not a vulnerable woman who was too weak to even unscrew a bottle cap on her own, so she wouldn’t let men take advantage of her easily.
However, things were different now because Victoria had been drugged, so she was feeble!
Victoria may be taken advantage of by Bale at any time!
Jordan was so anxious that he rushed out of the villa, and then dashed to the villa where Victoria was, like he was doing a 100-meter sprint!
At this moment, Bale picked up the powerless Victoria with one hand and looked at her, admiring her beauty. He smiled maliciously and said, “Hey beautiful, I’ll carry you to your room now and make you happy. Haha.”
Victoria wanted to break away from this man, but there was nothing she could do about it. She began to call Shay’s name continuously, expecting Shay to save her.
“Shay, Shay…”
Hearing Victoria call out to him, Bale carried her all the way to the room on the first floor.
While smiling, he said, “What a silly beauty. Are you calling out to Shay? Even if she hears you, she won’t come to your rescue because she’s the one who told me to serve you properly.”
“What did you say!?!”
Victoria was astonished to hear that this didn’t happen because Bale was getting lustful but because Shay was behind it!
Soon, Bale carried Victoria to the room, threw her onto the bed, and then took off his shoes.
At this moment, Victoria, who was lying on the bed, began to tear up in despair.
She knew that the man was going to violate her the next moment.
“Jordan…”
At this juncture, Victoria was thinking about Jordan and not Russell, whom she was going to marry in a few days!
If something really happened with this man, she would feel sorry for Jordan and not Russell!
If she wanted someone to save her at this moment, it would not be Russell, but Jordan!
Jordan was clearly the only one who had her heart!
“Haha, beautiful, here I come!”
Just as Bale was about to pounce on Victoria, there was a loud bang!
The windows of the room were smashed, one after another!
This wasn’t the only room. The glass windows of the second and third floors were all smashed too!
Then, a figure was seen jumping in from the window!
It was Jordan!
“Who’s that!?!” Bale exclaimed.
“Someone who wants to take your life!”
Seeing that Bale had pinned Victoria down beneath him, Jordan flew into a rage and dashed over to kick Bale away!
Bang!
Bale was sent flying away from the bed and straight out the door by the kick!
“Victoria! Victoria, are you okay!?”
Jordan frantically checked on Victoria to see if she was wounded or… if her clothes were messy or not.
Fortunately, Jordan arrived in time and Bale hadn’t done anything to Victoria yet.
“Jordan…”
Victoria burst into tears even more intensely when she saw Jordan.
Jordan hurriedly held Victoria in his arms and comforted her, “Honey, don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you.”
Jordan continued to hold her in his arms. The last time they met, Jordan tried to behave intimately with Victoria but she resisted vehemently and even slapped him in the face.
However, Victoria didn’t do so now.
Of course, Victoria was now weak, and did not have the strength to resist Jordan.
At this moment, Jordan’s subordinates, Pablo, and the rest, had all barged into the villa.
When Salvatore saw Bale, he started punching and kicking him.
“How dare you touch my boss’s woman!? You must have a death wish! Go to hell!”
Salvatore punched Bale with every word he said and soon Bale’s face was bruised and swollen.
On the other hand, Pablo entered Shay’s room and grabbed her and her boyfriend by force.
“Who are you people!?! What are you doing!?! Who let you in!?! This is my father’s house. You’re trespassing!”
Shay kept talking to Pablo, but he simply ignored her.
Soon, Pablo brought the two of them to the room where Jordan and Victoria were and said, “Mr. Jordan, Shay has brought them here.”
Shay entered the room, only to see that Bale had been beaten up and passed out. On the other hand, Victoria was lying on the bed in a stranger’s arms!
Shay hurriedly questioned Jordan, “Who are you? Why are you hugging Victoria? Are you Victoria’s lover!?”
Shay looked at Jordan and Pablo, suddenly finding them to be rather familiar-looking. “Oh, I remember now, you two are the silly lunatics from the dessert store the other day!”
Jordan was so angry that he laid Victoria down and then walked towards Shay to give her a hard slap on her face!
Smack!
The sight of Shay made Jordan furious. “How dare you drug my woman?! Quickly take out the antidote!”
After getting slapped, Shay’s eyes widened, and she asked, “How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am? Do you know who my father is?”
Smack!
Jordan slapped her again!
“I’m slapping you because you are Russell’s daughter!”
Shay was about to lose her mind. She had always been an arrogant person.
She had always looked down on her fellow citizens, so she was particularly indignant to have been slapped!
Shay pointed at Jordan and hollered lividly, “You cheap adulterous man. I’m going to make you spend the rest of your life in jail to pay for these two slaps you’ve given me! I also want you to go bankrupt! You must compensate me with 2 million dollars for each slap you’ve given me!”
Smack!
Smack!
Smack!
Jordan gave her three consecutive slaps without hesitating at all!
He then asked Salvatore, “How much money do I have to pay so far?”
Salvatore smiled and said, “Mr. Jordan, you’ve slapped this bitch five times. That makes it 10 million dollars. I’m afraid you’ll have to slap her hundreds of thousands of times for you to go bankrupt. This woman probably can’t take so many slaps.”
Pablo had long disliked Shay. “Even if she can withstand so many slaps, she’s not fit enough to be slapped by you so many times.”
Jordan looked at Shay, who had almost been knocked unconscious, and said, “Come on, let’s continue. I’ll give you 20 million for every slap I give you. Don’t you like money? Here comes the opportunity to make money.”
At this moment, Shay was finally scared!
Shay kept retreating, and she asked, “Who… exactly are you?”
Jordan recalled what happened in the popular dessert parlor and answered, “I’m the man who has let American men date beautiful foreign women. Why? You’re very irked, aren’t you?”
“You’re the president of Perry Express!”
Shay swallowed her saliva, finally realizing that her conversation with her boyfriend at the dessert parlor had been overheard by Jordan!
“Hurry up and give me the antidote!” Jordan barked.
Not daring to be uncooperative, Shay took out a pill from her pocket and handed it to Jordan.
Jordan hurriedly let Victoria take it, and soon, Victoria seemed to have gotten better as she gradually regained some energy too.
Chapter 316: Victoria Lets Jordan Down!?!
After ten minutes, Jordan asked with concern, “How do you feel? Much better?”
Victoria nodded.
Seeing that Victoria had regained her physical strength, Jordan helped her down the bed and then said, “Victoria, let’s leave and stop staying here.”
Salvatore said from the side, “Yes, Miss Victoria, hurry up and leave this place with Mr. Jordan. Fortunately, Mr. Jordan came on time. Otherwise, who knows what the Millers might do to you.”
However, to his surprise, Victoria gently pushed Jordan’s arm away after she got down from the bed.
“Jordan, I’m grateful that you saved me, but I’m sorry, I won’t leave with you.”
“What!?!”
Jordan couldn’t understand why Victoria still refused to leave with him!?
“Are you still going to marry Russell after what they’ve done to you?” Jordan questioned loudly.
Victoria said, “Shay and Russell are separate individuals. The person I’m marrying is Russell.”
Victoria surprisingly separated Shay from Russell and didn’t get upset at Russell just because of what his daughter did to her.
Even Shay chimed in from the side, “Victoria, since there’s a man who loves you so much, why are you still pestering my father?”
Jordan was now exasperated, but he couldn’t vent it on Victoria.
Hence, he had no choice but to holler at Shay, “Shut up! Victoria has never actively pestered your father. Your father is the beast who has been pestering Victoria!”
Seeing that Victoria’s attitude was still firm, Jordan knew that there was no way he’d be able to solve this matter unless he questioned Russell in person!
It happened that he had evidence against Russell’s daughter now!
“Bring these three people out to me!”
“Yes!”
Jordan brought Shay and the other two men into the living room. He then put away Victoria’s wine glass as evidence.
“Shay, the three of you drugged Victoria’s drink and even attempted to rape her. Now that I have sufficient proof and all the surveillance camera footage, are you going to take the initiative to turn yourself in, or do I call the police to arrest you?”
Jordan looked at the three of them and asked.
As soon as he heard Jordan saying that he wanted to call the police, the two men were so frightened that they immediately got on their knees to beg for mercy.
They had to go to jail for their crimes.
Shay bit her lip and asked, “What must we do for you to spare us?”
Jordan said, “Call your father and tell him to stay here in your place. He has three hours to show up in front of me. If he doesn’t, I’ll send the three of you to prison!”
Shay knew Jordan was not joking, so she had no choice but to call her father.
At 12 midnight.
In the Intercontinental Hotel of Houston.
Jordan, his underlings, Shay, and the other two men were all in the presidential suite.
Knock-knock.
Tim knocked on the door of the room and then brought someone in. It was none other than Russell!
“Dad.”
The moment Russell appeared, Shay dashed over and leaped into Russell’s arms. Crying incessantly, she lamented, “Dad, Jordan Steele has really gone overboard. He slapped my face and now it’s swollen. You must seek justice for me.”
Russell looked at Shay’s already unattractive face, which was now made even worse. He took pity on her and began to question Jordan. “Jordan Steele, how dare you do that to my daughter? You’re really lawless!”
Without waiting for Jordan to speak, Pablo said, “Russell, why don’t you ask what your daughter has done? She drugged Miss Victoria and tried to get a man she brought here to rape Miss Victoria. If Mr. Jordan had arrived a step later, your daughter’s plan would have succeeded!”
“What?”
Shay didn’t mention to Russell what happened in the villa over the phone just now. Hence, he only learned about it now.
Russell was livid. “Shay, did you do that to Victoria!?! She’s my fiancée!”
Shay humphed coldly and barked, “I just don’t want you to marry her! My mother has only passed away for a few years and you’re going to marry another woman so soon? To make things worse, she’s my former schoolmate!”
Russell sighed, not wanting to say anything else. “You may leave. My underlings are waiting outside. They will escort you home.”
Russell was just about to leave when Tim reached out to stop him.
This room was Jordan’s territory, and without Jordan’s permission, no one can leave.
Russell looked at Jordan and said, “Jordan, the feud between us has nothing to do with my daughter. Let my daughter go.”
Jordan waved his hand and allowed Tim to leave.
Russell was the person Jordan really wanted to see.
When Jordan saw Russell, he, too, got up from his seat. At this moment, he could no longer suppress his frustration and anger.
“Russell Miller, how dare you snatch my fiancee!?”
Russell took out his cigarette case, smoked a cigarette, and laughed. “Punk, Victoria isn’t married yet. Whether you can marry her or not depends on your abilities.”
“If you’re not capable of getting her to marry you, blame it on your incompetence, not me!”
“You have a death wish!”
Salvatore, Pablo and others were furious. They were just about to hit Russell…
However, Tim exclaimed at the door, “The police are coming!”
Jordan reached his hand out, beckoning Salvatore and others not to make a move.
Russell came prepared. Not only did he report the matter to the police, he even brought many more henchmen than Jordan did.
After all, they were in Houston, his territory.
Russell asked fearlessly, “Jordan Steele, you should know about my six-month pact with Victoria, right?”
“I bet that she’d break up with you in six months because I know that you’re too young, so Victoria dated you only because she was after a sense of novelty.”
“She had never dated any young men in the past. That’s why she dated you. Well, six months is enough time to tire of toying with you.”
“When the time comes, she’ll know that mature men like me are the ones she should marry.”
“Besides, you have such a messy private life with an ex-wife and children. Victoria doesn’t want to be the stepmother of your kids.”
“Jordan Steele, you ought to be more magnanimous as a man. If Victoria chooses you today, I’d give you my heartfelt blessings. Why are you kicking up a fuss now?”
Jordan was furious. “Russell Miller, don’t give me that! If Victoria genuinely loves you and has started to detest me, I’d be more generous!”
“However, before she came, she also told me she’s coming to Houston to make you give up because she has chosen me!”
“However, her attitude has completely changed after meeting you!”
“Russell Miller, what exactly did you say to her!?”
Russell took a drag from his cigarette and laughed. “Since you’re so eager to find out, I’ll tell you, but I’m worried that you won’t be able to stand it after hearing it. Hah.”
“She and I reminisced about those three years we spent together ten years ago.”
“The more we reminisced, the more emotional we both became, and that night, we happened to have had some wine. As we recalled the past, we couldn’t help ourselves and ended up sleeping with each other.”
“Afterwards, she felt she had let you down, so she decided to just break up with you. It’s as simple as that!”
Chapter 317: Eavesdropping On Russell And Victoria!
“Russell Miller, how dare you sleep with Mr. Jordan’s woman and even say it out loud!? You must have a death wish!”
Pablo and Salvatore had already gotten up in anger.
After hearing that, Jordan couldn’t help but rush over to punch Russell!
Bang!
Jordan knocked Russell’s glasses off with one punch!
Jordan then grabbed Russell’s shirt.
He questioned furiously, “Russell Miller, why don’t you look in the mirror at your beast-like face? Who are you to make me a cuckold? You and Victoria couldn’t help yourselves? Psht!”
Jordan did not believe Russell’s words at all. He had already slept with Victoria.
From the perspective of attractiveness, Russell was no match for Jordan at all.
Just like how most men like younger girls, most women wouldn’t like men who were much older.
Perhaps, when they were younger, they would prefer men who were more mature, but as they got older, they would yearn for younger men.
Russell clearly bragged about making Jordan a cuckold. He was clearly overestimating himself!
Not that Jordan despised him, but Russell didn’t have the ability to do it at all!
There must be another reason, which Russell refused to say!
Just when Jordan wanted to continue to question Russell, there were two knocks on the door. Afterwards, two uniformed police officers rushed to the scene.
“What are you doing? Are you fighting? Stop it now!”
When the police officer saw Jordan grabbing Russell’s clothes, he immediately called out to the two.
Salvatore hurried up and said with a smile, “No, no, they’re playing, they’re not fighting.”
Jordan knew Russell was based in Houston. Be it in terms of connections or relationships, Jordan was no match for him.
If you insist on making Russell stay behind today, it probably will not be easy.
Hence, Jordan let go of Russell, and then picked up Russell’s glasses that had fallen onto the ground.
“Hmph.” Russell humphed coldly and obediently watched as Jordan picked up his glasses that had fallen onto the ground. Jordan had already given in!
However, no one noticed that while Jordan was picking up his glasses, he took out a listening device that’s about the size of a green bean. He then hid it between his fingers.
Jordan put the glasses on for Russell and even pretended to tidy his suit. He hid the world’s smallest listening device in the world, in the pocket of his suit.
Afterwards, Jordan laughed and said, “Sir, I’m just playing with Mr. Miller.”
At this moment, Jordan also had evidence against Shay, so he didn’t dare to say that Jordan had hit someone.
Russell said, “Jordan, Victoria has already made her choice. You’re at least the president of a listed company and a dignified figure in the world of business. I hope you’ll behave yourself and not do those childish things again!”
After saying that, Russell walked towards the two policemen and said, “Sirs, thank you, we are fine. We’ll accompany you down.”
After Russell and the police left, Salvatore sneaked up to Jordan and said, “Mr. Jordan, what now? Russell Miller is very smart. There are many people protecting him and it won’t be that easy to nab him again next time.”
Jordan said indifferently, “There’s no point in nabbing him. He won’t tell me the truth.”
“I’ve already installed a listening device in the pocket of his suit. He’ll tell me the answer himself soon!”
Jordan believed that an old fox like Russell. Even if you force him, he won’t tell you the truth.
He would rather plant a listening bug so that he could get the truth!
Afterwards, Jordan told Pablo and the others to go back to their rooms to get some rest before opening his laptop. He then put on his headphones and eavesdropped on Russell!
The faint background music rang in his earphones, accompanied by the sounds of the wind whistling.
Jordan guessed that Russell should have already gotten inside his car at this moment.
At the same time, the listening device also had a positioning function. Based on Russell’s current location, which was displayed on the computer screen, he had indeed been moving about.
His current direction was leading towards the Aegean Sea Hills villa.
If Jordan guessed correctly, Russell was now going to look for Victoria.
Indeed, they soon heard a voice coming from the earphones. “Victoria.”
“You’re back,” Victoria said coldly, completely lacking the affection that a woman should have for her newly engaged fiancé.
“Yes,” Russell said. “I’ve heard about Shay. Victoria, I’m sorry, she’s just very nonsensical. She’s just worried that you’re marrying me because you’re after my money, but she doesn’t know that we’ve already signed a prenuptial agreement that states that you won’t get a single cent of assets even if we get divorced.”
“Before you came, I’ve already made it clear to Shay about this. Don’t worry, she won’t target you in the future.”
Hearing this, Jordan was puzzled.
‘Victoria and Russell have even signed a prenuptial agreement? Victoria can’t get a single cent of Russell’s assets?’
‘Why did Victoria marry Russell then!?!’
Most women would marry men who were much older than them, only for the sake of money. What other qualities did Russell have except money!?
“Yes,” Victoria answered softly.
After a moment of silence, Russell said, “I saw Jordan just now.”
Victoria asked, “Did he… ask about me?”
Russell said, “Yes, she kept asking me just what exactly I said to you to make you break up with him.”
Victoria asked, “How did you answer?”
Russell said, “I said that you and I reminisced about the three years we spent together and ended up sleeping together, so you decided to break up with him.”
Victoria was slightly furious. “We obviously did nothing with each other. Why do you have to say that?”
Russell said, “If I didn’t say so, why would he be willing to give you up?”
Victoria asked, “Did he believe you then?”
Russell shook his head and said, “No, he even punched me and said that there’s no way I’d make him a cuckold. God knows where that brat got his confidence from!”
Victoria couldn’t help but chuckle and explain, “His ex-wife Hailey cheated on him, so when I was dating Jordan, I promised him I would never cheat on him. If I really betrayed him, I’d take the initiative to come clean about it with him too.”
“He knows my character well. If this is really the reason, I would have told him about it a long time ago.”
Russell came to a sudden realization. “So that’s the reason.”
Seeing that Russell was a little pale, Victoria said, “I’ll give you some ice.”
Russell assented.
Victoria performed an ice-compress for Russell on the couch while Russell stared at her quietly. “Victoria, I heard Shay has drugged your drink. You’re fine now, right?”
Victoria said, “Yes, I’m fine.”
Russell let out a long sigh and said, “Hey, this girl is really too reckless. What if Jordan didn’t show up today, and you had really gotten raped by that man?”
“But Victoria, even if something like that really happens, I’d marry you all the same.”
Jordan, who had been eavesdropping, humphed coldly and secretly thought, ‘Russell Miller, you old dog. You do know how to coax women well! Does this make you seem like you love Victoria deeply? Can your love transcend all the superficial things on the surface? Since the matter didn’t happen, you can say whatever you want!”
Jordan didn’t know if Victoria would feel touched by Russell’s words!
However, he heard Russell’s voice coming from the headphones again.
Russell asked, “Victoria, can I kiss you?”
Chapter 318: The Truth About Victoria’s Marriage!
“Damn it Russell! How dare you kiss Victoria? I’m going to smash all your teeth!”
Jordan, who was on the top floor of the Intercontinental Hotel, had gotten so furious that he sprung up immediately.
Fortunately, he had installed a listening device. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have known that something like that had happened at a certain time!
However, on second thought, Jordan realized that even though Russell and Victoria had already agreed to get married and even settled on a date, Russell still had to ask for permission to kiss Victoria.
That just goes to show that Russell had never kissed Victoria before.
Jordan felt much better when he thought about it.
Jordan’s heart was racing and while he looked forward to hearing Victoria’s answer, he was afraid of hearing it too!
Jordan knew how to read micro-expressions, through which he could tell what others were thinking.
However, Jordan could now only hear their voices, and he couldn’t see Victoria’s expression at all. Hence, he was really anxious!
Victoria said slowly, “I’m sorry, Russell, I… I can’t do it.”
Jordan’s tensed up nerves suddenly relaxed.
Indeed, Victoria was still the same Victoria that he knew, who wouldn’t behave intimately with other men easily.
Russell was gentlemanly enough not to force Victoria, so he heaved a long sigh of relief.
“I know you don’t love me anymore and you’re marrying me only because you want to force Jordan to leave you.”
Hearing this, Jordan was completely stunned.
“Victoria is getting married to Russell to force me to leave her? But… why? Why did he do that?”
The listening device was indeed very useful, for it allowed him to find out the true thoughts of Victoria and Russell so soon!
Victoria did not like Russell at all and didn’t actually want to marry him.
She married Russell only for the sake of breaking up with Jordan!
Breaking up with Jordan was her true agenda!
“What exactly did I do that was so heinous that she insisted on breaking up with me?”
Jordan couldn’t figure it out at all.
Russell’s voice came out of the earphones again and said, “But Victoria, since you chose to marry me, it’d be a great insult and torment to me if you refuse to be mine. This is very unfair to me.”
Russell pretended to be aggrieved.
Jordan had experienced the same thing before.
He had been married to Hailey for three years, and Hailey had never let him get intimate with her. Life had been frustrating and quite the torment for him.
However, Jordan couldn’t sympathize with Russell at the moment.
To his surprise, Victoria said slowly, “Russell, I’m very grateful to you for having helped me so much. After our wedding and I really become your wife, I… won’t turn you down again.”
Russell was overjoyed and surprised. “Really? Great, I’ll wait another three days. Once our wedding is over, I’ll be able to have you again!”
Victoria bit her lips and stayed silent.
“Victoria, I won’t disturb your rest, then. I’ll take my leave now.”
Russell got up and left.
At this moment, Jordan was filled with agony after hearing Victoria’s answer.
Although Victoria had rejected Russell, she would stop rejecting him once they got married.
“No, I can’t let you marry him. I definitely won’t let you get married!”
Jordan clenched his fist and secretly made a vow.
However, the first task now is to find out why Victoria broke up with him.
Jordan thought about it all night, but he still couldn’t figure anything out.
He sat on the couch in the presidential suite and fell asleep at some point.
He woke up at 8 o’clock the next morning, got up and walked barefoot to the window, only to see it had started drizzling.
Pitter-patter.
Jordan looked at the raindrops outside the window and spaced out as he was still thinking about Victoria.
“I wonder if Russell will wear that blazer today.”
The listening device was placed in the pocket of Russell’s blazer so if he were to wear something else today, he probably wouldn’t be able to continue listening to their conversation.
While thinking about it, Jordan returned to his computer to check on Russell’s location.
Jordan discovered that the red dot was still moving, which meant that Russell was still moving, which also meant that he was wearing the same blazer that he did yesterday!
“Very well. He should have gone to see Victoria again. Russell Miller, say more to Victoria so that I can learn the truth of the matter sooner!”
At about half-past eight, Russell arrived at the Aegean Sea Hills villa.
As soon as he entered, Russell cursed, “It turns out that bastard Jordan Steele smashed all the windows of my villa yesterday!”
“Victoria, you didn’t catch a cold when you were sleeping last night, did you? Had I known earlier, I should have brought you to Houston Bay.”
Victoria shook her head and said, “No, there is a room on the first floor whose windows are still intact. I slept there.”
“By the way, did you come early in the morning for something?”
Russell said, “Oh, I bought you some pudding from the old store near your home. It’s your favorite food when you were a child. Try it and tell me if it tastes the same as before.”
Victoria used to love having that signature pudding for breakfast when she was a child and she hadn’t eaten it for a long time.
“Thank you.”
Victoria tasted it and said, “It still tastes the same.”
Russell smiled and said, “Apart from bringing you breakfast, there is another reason I’m here. I mentioned to you that the Howards have helped me a lot in the past few years and they’re also a powerful family in the country.”
“I’ve sent an invitation to the Howards, and I just received a call from them. Lauren and Brad Howard are here in Houston today and they want to invite us to a meal.”
Lauren Howard!
Jordan and Victoria both froze in shock when they heard Lauren’s name.
Jordan had told Victoria that the mother of his three-year-old daughter, whom he had just reunited with, was Lauren Howard!
“What’s wrong? Victoria, do you know them?” Russell could tell that Victoria was surprised.
Victoria shook her head and said, “I don’t know them, but I heard Jordan mention before that Lauren Howard is the mother of his three-year-old daughter. Some time ago, Jordan has also been accompanying Lauren and his daughter.”
Russell came to a sudden realization and said, “I was wondering why these two young ones have come to Houston two days in advance. He even specifically said that he wants to invite me and you two to a meal.”
“The Howards are really powerful, so I thought that they’d just send a third-generation descendant of theirs to patronize me, but I never thought they would arrive in advance.”
“Victoria, it seems that their intention is to treat you to a meal and not me. It’s you they’ve come for. So, are you willing to meet Lauren?”
Victoria suddenly recalled that when Jordan apologized to her previously, he did say, “Lauren may be very outstanding but…”
Victoria immediately agreed, “Yes, I’ll go meet her!”
Victoria was filled with jealousy and she wanted to see with her own eyes just how outstanding Lauren was!
Chapter 319: A Queen Meets Another Queen!
Women are jealous by nature, especially when a man compliments another woman right in front of her!
Although Victoria had broken up with Jordan, she still wanted to see what Lauren, the woman who mothered Jordan’s daughter, looked like exactly!
Soon, Jordan also learned from their conversation that the restaurant they were going to in the afternoon was named Skylight.
It was a rooftop restaurant that was on the 95th floor in an upscale district in Houston.
Jordan immediately instructed Salvatore to go to Skylight in advance and install cameras in the hall and private rooms.
He wanted to know the situation of their meal.
“Victoria and Lauren… actually met under such circumstances.”
Jordan didn’t even expect that such a dramatic thing would happen.
Victoria was once Jordan’s lover, and he had slept with Lauren before. The two of them should have been introduced to each other by Jordan, even if they had to meet. However, they actually met on an occasion which Jordan wasn’t a part of.
Although the meeting between the two had nothing to do with Jordan, Jordan felt that the two women would definitely mention him during their conversation when they met.
“I wonder what they will say about me.”
Jordan was anticipating hearing it.
Soon, it was twelve noon and there were no signs of the rain subsiding, as it was still pouring incessantly.
Russell and Victoria were seated in the backseat of Russell’s Mercedes Benz as his chauffeur sent them to the building where Skylight was in.
The two of them were dressed formally, and it was obvious that Russell was rather respectful to both Brad and Lauren, even though they were his juniors.
They arrived at the private room to see that Brad and Lauren were already waiting inside.
After Russell entered, he quickly shook hands with Brad smilingly.
“Mr. Howard, you’ve come all the way here to attend my wedding, so I should be the one to treat you to a meal. Yet, you’re the one who made a reservation at the restaurant. I feel really bad. You gotta let me get the tab today.”
Brad shook hands with Russell and said with a smile, “Mr. Miller, you don’t have to stand on ceremony with us. I’ve already settled the bill. A wedding is a joyous event, and we’d like to express our well wishes and share the joy by treating the newlyweds to a meal.”
Russell smiled. He had heard of such pleasantries before.
After all, the Millers and the Howards were megrich families and the cost of the meal was just peanuts to them.
Afterwards, Russell looked at the woman beside Brad, only to be stunned by her beauty.
Lauren’s face was flawless!
Besides, she had obviously dolled herself up today because of her makeup and clothing…
She was wearing a white long-sleeved top, which appeared to be a T-shirt, but actually had a large bow on the outside. From a distance, she looked like a supermodel who was there to attend an annual fashion show.
She paired it with a white leather skirt that was extremely short. Since her top was long and of the same color as her skirt, her ensemble looked like a one-piece outfit.
Her fair and slender legs were exposed below her skirt, and she was wearing a pair of short black Dr. Martens boots on her feet.
‘How valiant!’
‘How gorgeous!’
Jordan, who was watching through the surveillance screen, couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
“I’ve never seen Lauren dressed in such a pretty outfit in that week I spent in DC!”
Indeed, women will forever be motivated to put on their best look and outfit, only by another woman.
Victoria wasn’t any inferior!
Victoria was wearing a black suit with a short skirt, exuding her unique, domineering aura of a CEO. Her long legs were exposed too.
Standing together, the two of them were really on par with each other!
“Geez, I’ve never seen Victoria dressed like this either! What’s up with these two women?”
These two women actually showed their sexiest and most charming side while Jordan was absent!
Jordan wished he could get rid of Russell and Brad, and dash into the private room himself!
Russell looked at Lauren and asked, “This is…”
Brad introduced, “Oh, this is my sister.”
Lauren also took the initiative to shake Russell’s hand and said, “Hello, Mr. Miller. I’m Lauren.”
Russell said in awe and amazement, “So you’re Miss Howard! I’ve long heard that you’re the most beautiful woman in DC. It seems that it’s true!”
Lauren smiled and said, “You flatter me, Mr. Miller.”
At this moment, Russell also took the initiative to introduce Victoria to them. “Let me introduce to you, my fiancée, Victoria Clarke.”
Brad smiled and shook hands with Victoria. He complimented, “Miss Clarke, you really are a ravishing beauty.”
“Hello.” Victoria shook Brad’s hand too.
She then looked at Lauren.
Electric waves seemed to dart everywhere when Lauren and Victoria made eye contact for the first time!
One was dressed in white and the other, black. They were both mesmerizing and beautiful.
“Hello, Miss Clarke.” Lauren smiled and shook hands with Victoria.
Victoria laughed and said, “Nice to meet you, Miss Howard. You may just address me as Victoria.”
After the four people were introduced to each other, the little one was the only one who hadn’t been introduced.
Lauren brought Chloe with her.
“Who’s this kid?”
Victoria couldn’t help but look at the cute and lively little girl in front of her. In fact, when she asked that question, she actually already knew the answer.
Lauren stroked Chloe’s hair and said, “This is my daughter, Chloe.”
Jordan subconsciously smiled when he saw his daughter.
At this moment, Victoria’s heart was surging, and he exclaimed in her head, ‘She’s Jordan’s daughter!’
Looking at the little girl, Victoria couldn’t help but recall the past she shared with Jordan. They used to imagine what life would be like when they have children of their own.
Jordan had a preference for daughters, so Victoria said that she’d definitely give him a daughter. Given how good-looking the both of them were, they felt their daughter would definitely be gorgeous.
When Victoria saw Jordan’s daughter today, she felt as if Chloe looked exactly as she had imagined!
Victoria was devastated because she used to have the chance to bear a daughter for Jordan!
However, she could no longer realize her wishes now!
Victoria looked at the little girl and asked, “Chloe, what’s your full name?”
Chloe replied obediently, “My full name is Chloe Steele Howard.”
Hearing Jordan’s last name, Victoria became even more jealous.
Victoria asked, “How do you spell Steele?”
“S-T-E…”
Just as Lauren was about to speak, Brad beat her to it by interjecting, “Steele as in Jordan Steele!”
The moment the word ‘Jordan’ was mentioned, the atmosphere in the private room was filled with tension!
“Darned Brad Howard. How dare he try to spite Victoria with my name!”
Jordan punched the table in exasperation.
Chapter 320: The Heartbroken And Devastated Victoria!
When he left DC previously, Jordan made Salvatore send Brad to the police station in the UFO-shaped aircraft, using the auto-navigation.
He didn’t expect that Brad could leave unscathed.
That was proof of the Howards’ extraordinary power.
In the private room of the restaurant, Brad explained with a smile, “Oh, Chloe’s father is Jordan Steele, the president of J Corporation.”
“That bastard cheated my sister out of her feelings and even knocked her up. Miss Clarke, I heard you used to be in a relationship with him, right?”
Victoria felt extremely embarrassed because she didn’t expect Brad to ask her such a question in front of Russell!
Even Cayden wouldn’t dare to be so rude!
It seemed that the Howards were far more powerful than the Huxleys, so much that they didn’t take Russell seriously at all.
At this moment, Lauren chastised, “Brad, don’t spout nonsense!”
She then took the initiative to apologize to Victoria. “Sorry, Miss Clarke, he’s just too blunt and straightforward. He doesn’t mean any harm.”
Victoria smiled. The few of them sat down and began ordering some food.
After ordering, Russell smiled and said, “Mr. Howard, Miss Howard, you’re doing me a great favor by coming all the way to Houston two days in advance to attend my wedding. Where would you like to visit the next two days? I’ll make the arrangements!”
Brad glanced out the window. The special feature of the rooftop restaurant was the beautiful view of the city’s skyline that it offered.
The view of the river and scenery seemed even more romantic under the falling raindrops.
Brad said, “I’m afraid the rain won’t stop for a day or two. I think we’d better stay in the hotel.”
Russell then asked, “How is Mr. Howard Sr.’s health lately?”
Brad nodded and said, “My grandfather is in the pink of health. He also asked me to inform you he will attend the wedding on time on the 15th of March if nothing goes wrong.”
“Really?”
Russell was overjoyed. The Howards had not only sent two third-generation descendants to Houston in advance, even their grandfather was surprisingly also going to attend his wedding, making Russell feel extremely flattered.
Reason being, the Howards had a high status and there was no need for them to suck up to Russell at all.
“Let me toast to you, Mr. Howard and Miss Howard! Thank you for coming to Houston!”
Russell lifted his glass and so did Victoria. The four of them then began drinking.
Although it was noon, the few of them drank to their hearts’ content. Since the Howards were noble and highly mighty, Russell and Victoria had to host them well.
Brad seemed to be planning to go back to the hotel to get a good sleep after drinking. Hence, he chugged his drinks quickly.
Among the four people, Lauren was the only one who drank only a sip. After all, she had brought Chloe over.
Soon, after three rounds of wine, Brad took Chloe to the hall outside the private room to enjoy the view while Russell went to the restroom.
Victoria and Lauren were left alone in the private room.
The two gorgeous women, who were love rivals, were facing each other silently for a long time.
Afterwards, Lauren suddenly asked, “Miss Clarke, why did you break up with Jordan?”
“A few days ago, Jordan had been spending time with me and he’d mentioned your name every single day. He said that you’re beautiful, that you two are very much in love with each other, and that you’re about to get married soon.”
Jordan listened carefully, surprised to hear Lauren helping him with that.
Victoria said, “We aren’t suitable for each other. He… he’s really nice, but he’s too young for me. I prefer mature men.”
After saying that, Victoria asked Lauren, “Can you tell me the story of you and Jordan? How did you… get pregnant with his child?”
Although Victoria was no longer Jordan’s girlfriend, she was still deeply in love with Jordan and very much wanted to know about Jordan’s past.
Lauren said, “He forced himself onto me four years ago.”
“That’s impossible! Jordan is not that kind of person!”
Victoria immediately stood up for Jordan, which made him feel very much at ease.
Lauren explained, “It was his brother who planned it.”
Victoria suddenly humphed coldly and said with a ruthless look on her face, “Hmph, the Steeles are really lawless!”
Victoria then asked, “Don’t you blame Jordan for it?”
Lauren shook her head and said, “Actually, I was the one who held Jordan’s hand first back in that little black room four years ago. If we hadn’t done the deed, we wouldn’t have been able to get out.”
“All these years, I have been observing him. Although he was clearly the scion of the Steele family, he became the live-in husband of Hailey Camden and worked hard without complaint. He was very caring and meticulous towards Hailey too.”
“Later on, he got together with you and he also took good care of you. He even helped you fulfill your dream of becoming the president of a listed company.”
“Frankly, I fancy Jordan, and I hope I can have a boyfriend like him too.”
Hearing Lauren’s words, Jordan froze for a moment because he was surprised to hear that Lauren had been secretly observing him all these years.
Moreover, she actually said that she fancied Jordan…
“Lauren fancies me… How can she be in love with someone who has hurt her?”
Jordan was also a little surprised.
Victoria continued to ask, “What about your family?”
Lauren said, “My grandfather has always wanted to befriend the Steeles, and he likes Jordan very much too.”
Victoria nodded. Lauren had expressed her attitude very clearly with those words.
Since Victoria and Jordan had broken up, Lauren would take possession of Jordan!
Victoria lifted her glass of white wine and said to Lauren, “Miss Howard, you and Jordan are a perfect match in terms of age, appearance, and family background. Besides, you two share a child and you truly belong together.”
“Let me toast to you. I wish you and Jordan… conjugal bliss!”
After saying that, Victoria chugged the full glass of wine!
“Victoria!”
Jordan could tell that Victoria was sad!
“Victoria, what are you talking about? I’m not going to marry Lauren. You’re the one I love!”
Jordan shouted, but unfortunately, Victoria couldn’t hear him at all.
Victoria drank the most during this meal and even though she had a good liquor level, she actually threw up after leaving the hotel!
“Victoria, how are you? Why did you drink so much wine?”
Russell quickly patted Victoria on her back before handing her a bottle of water and then helping her into the car.
The black Mercedes-Benz sedan drove out of the parking lot and shuttled through the heavy rain on the expressway.
In the car, a romantic love song was playing.
Victoria, who was in the back seat, was crying like a child.
Jordan felt really upset when he heard Victoria crying.
Jordan should be the one feeling devastated when he attends Victoria’s wedding.
He didn’t expect Victoria to be sad because of his newfound “happiness”.
Today, Lauren’s appearance had dealt Victoria a huge blow!
Lauren and Jordan were so compatible with each other that Victoria felt a sense of inferiority for the first time in her life.
While sobbing, Victoria even slapped Russell.
“I love Jordan! I’m the woman he should be spending the rest of my life with! I don’t want to see another woman being with him!”
“Why did you tell me those things? Why did you tell me about the murderer of my father? Why!?! Why!?! Why!?!”
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