Chapter 257 - Borrowing Money

"Where are you? Why aren't you home?" Jaquan sent Arabella home and then took a bath. After seven o'clock in the evening, he went upstairs to Collin, but found no one there.

At eight o'clock, he couldn't help but call Collin.

Collin sounded very relaxed. "It's raining. I am gonna stay here for one night and go back tomorrow." As he was speaking, he seemed to have said something to someone beside him. "Just put it here."

"Someone is beside you?" Jaquan keenly sensed and was even certain that the person was Emma.

"Yes."

Collin admitted it, but didn't say anything else.

Jaquan felt a bit unhappy. He then asked, bracing himself for the unpleasant consequence, "Who is it?"

"Guess." Collin chuckled.

"..."

Jaquan gave up his pretense. "You can't be sleeping in Emma's room?"

Collin let out a meaningful laughter. "What are you thinking? There's a room next door. She was bringing me hot water then."

Jaquan noticed the teasing voice and deliberately ignored it. He only asked, "So she's gone?"

"No."

Jaquan frowned. "She stays in your room at night. People will talk about that behind your back."

"Are you serious? She has lived in your house for so long. Why didn't you care about that?"

Jaquan was made speechless.

Collin laughed even more happily. "Those people are right. The dishes she cooked are really delicious. By the way, did you watch the videos in my WeChat moment?"

"No." Jaquan now knew that Emma had left. Otherwise, Collin would not have spoken like this. He couldn't help saying angrily, "Collin, you can't have that idea in your mind, can you?"

"What idea?"

"..."

'Damn you, Collin! You shameless bastard.'

Jaquan wanted to smash his phone, but Collin was still saying leisurely, "I heard that you went out with Miss Arabella today."

"How do you know?" Jaquan was surprised.

"I was tricking you. So you did go out with her." Collin sounded to be stunned for a moment.

"..."

"So you are officially in a relationship now?" Collin asked again.

"Holy shit, how do you know?" Jaquan was shocked.

"Now I know." Collin clicked his tongue and said, "You two are so efficient."

"..."

Jaquan hung up the phone, exhausted. The TV in front of the sofa was still on mute. He took the remote control and pressed on the volume button. It was still the cartoon "Tom and Jerry".

This afternoon, Arabella had become his girlfriend.

However, he didn't feel excited at all, which made him feel strange. He had always thought that to be with Arabella was his dream all these years. So, even if he didn't feel excited, he still hugged Arabella.

He had been taking a fancy to this girl since childhood. She was willful sometimes and would occasionally become arrogant and lose temper. But she was kind. Although she was no longer as pure as she used to be, she was still the one he had liked since childhood.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but put on a relaxed smile.

Before he fell asleep, he watched the video Collin had posted in his WeChat moment. It was a seven-second video. In it, a four-or five-year-old wearing a rainbow raincoat was holding an umbrella for a young woman. She was collecting the rain to wash the dishes. He was short, but was holding an extremely large umbrella. The umbrella seemed to be very heavy, so he held it up with both hands. The young woman was wearing only a sweater and an apron. She stood with her back to the camera. In the video, only her slender waist and tied-up long hair could be seen. Rain drop fell on the umbrella, tiny droplets of water splashed, generating a pleasant sound. The mother and son made a quiet and peaceful picture.

But what Jaquan noticed was that the woman's hair was tied with a red cherry hairband.

It was a gift from him.

**

It began to rain not long after Emily got home. It rained late into the night. She knew that Vincent was struggling with the pain again. Her mind was in a turmoil. She sat at the table and drew a few bookmarks. Then, her phone rang.

It was Harold.

"Miss Emily, the person you asked me to investigate..." He hesitated for a moment before saying, "is from the same place as Beverly. They even went to the same school."

That person was Daniel, the director of the Marketing Department of Prosperity Group.

Emily had intended to ask Harold to get someone to fabricate some evidence for Beverly so as to defeat Beverly and her daughter once and for all. But Harold now found out that the two of them had known each other before. That was such a surprise.

"Keep investigating." Emily painted with much strength and paused as if she thought of something. "Is that Daniel's wife in City Y? Find out where she is. Invite her to the annual meeting. There will be a good show."

Harold understood that Miss Emily was going to get rid of Beverly and her daughter at the annual meeting.

"Yes, Miss Emily."

Emily had been trying to think of a perfect plan these days. She didn't want Eliot to know that she was the one that had done all these things. Eliot and Beverly and her daughter were related. She didn't want to put him in a very difficult position, nor did she want to give up the chance to get rid of her enemies just because of him. So she could only complete her plan step by step secretly.

At the same time, in Elsie's room next door.

"Mom! I've earned another 200,000 in less than half a month!" Elsie excitedly handed her phone to Beverly. Elsie could only see the figure of 200,000 on the screenshot Christy had sent her.

"Stop fussing." Beverly calmly ate the bird's nest soup, but her eyes were filled with joy. In this way, she would be able to clear 600,000 by the end of the year. She had gotten kickbacks when she purchased for the company. With the five million she had, she could start her own company.

That was her plan. She decided to frame the accountant for stealing the money. Without the money, Maury would lose the large order. What was worse, he would have to pay three times the compensation according to the contract. Maury would not be able to provide half of the money. At that time, he could do nothing but to wait for the Britt Group to go bankrupt.

Beverly had never thought of betraying Maury even when he had nearly strangled her. Now that she had met Daniel again, she was motivated and encouraged to betray Maury.

She had left her contact information for all the outsourcing companies in the Marketing Department and Channel Development Department when she had been working in the Britt Group. Therefore, she was sure her company would function well. Moreover, Daniel would join the company. As the director of the Marketing Department, she knew his stuff. Beverly trusted him.

Maury would definitely cry and beg her, right?

Beverly sneered. As long as she thought of the scene that Maury seized her by the throat hard, her entire body trembled. If Maury knew what she was going to do next, he would definitely regret not having strangled her.

Unfortunately, he never had a chance again.