Ch. 201..210
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 201
When they arrived at the hospital for a check up, the female doctor recognized the young man.
She said in a stern and concerned tone, “Luke, your tumor can’t wait any longer. It’s growing in a precarious spot. There’s still a chance that you could be cured. However, if you stall any more time, the tumor would grow. Then that would be a bigger problem, you know that, right?”
The young man was Luke Hiddleston. “Dr. Patricia, quick! I’d like to have a check up! Can you check if my tumor is still there?”
The doctor froze. “If it’s still there? Why would it disappear for no reason?”
One of the guys pointed at Alex, smiling. “Doctor, you just don’t know. This man is a legendary doctor, he can cure any sickness. Even the California miracle doctor refers to him as his master. This legendary doctor poked his head and the tumor went poof! Gone!”
His tone and expression was sarcastic, as if he was telling the world’s biggest joke.
He wanted to see Alex humiliated. As expected, Dr. Patricia was annoyed. “Luke, you must’ve been scammed! I guess there are lots of bad people in this world. Oh Luke, you’re a university graduate, how are you still so childish? How could you believe such a blatant lie? If you can poke a tumor away, then I could blast the moon down with one fart!”
After saying this, she realized she had been slightly vulgar with her words.
Michelle said, “Just give him a check up. What’s the use of talking so much?”
Dr. Patricia huffed. “Alright then! Once I expose your lie, I’ll call the cops.”
Half an hour later, the results came in.
Dr. Patricia stared at the results for quite a while, she furrowed her eyebrows. “That’s weird. Why can’t I see it anymore? It should be here, was there a mistake?”
Luke was overwhelmed. “Dr. Patricia, how is it? Is it still there?”
Dr. Patricia shook her head and said, “Well, I can’t see it on the scan anymore, but there’s just no way!”
With a loud thud, Luke kneeled before Alex and sobbed uncontrollably. “You’re a miracle, you really are a miracle! Thank you, thank you so much! You’re my saviour, you saved my whole family!”
He didn’t know how else to express how grateful he was towards Alex.
This scene made Alex reminisce about the past. He remembered how helpless he was when his mother was still in a coma.
“Get up, you don’t have to thank me this much. Please live a great life from now on.”
Alex didn’t stay any longer, he just left the hospital with Michelle and Jack.
Luke had wanted to thank him with money, but Alex refused to accept it. He could tell that Luke was filial, despite his family’s condition.
After Alex and the others had left, the group started discussing about them. Dr. Patricia was sure that Luke had a brain tumor, she even gave him two body checkups. It was impossible for it to just disappear into thin air.
She decided to give Luke a full body checkup again. The results were the same, there was no tumor.
Luke was so excited that he immediately went on his social media to post about Alex, telling his story. It was unfortunate that he didn’t take a photo of him. However, with just his simple post, everyone on his social media was overjoyed.
“Alex, would you like to go home with me?” Michelle invited Alex in front of Jack.
Jack was now more respectful towards Alex. As someone who could just go in and out of the Yowell Manor as they please, he knew that Alex was not someone he could afford to offend. Moreover, he was able to witness Alex’s unworldly skills. He admired him wholeheartedly.
He, too, decided to get a full body checkup at a hospital, especially for his kidneys. Besides, he felt as if he would be the biggest third wheel in history if he stayed, so he excused himself.
Alex turned to Michelle. “Have you collected everything I asked of you?”
Michelle nodded. “Almost, there’s still one herb on its way from North Tokyo. I think it’ll arrive tomorrow.”
“Alright, call me when it arrives.”
Then, he drove off in the Aston Martin to Assex Villa.
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The door opened and Alex walked into the villa on his own.
Unexpectedly, the living room was completely empty. He felt the sudden urge to pee and rushed to his usual room. There was a bathroom attached. He flung the bathroom door open and froze.
There was someone inside of the bathroom, Beatrice Assex, whom he had met at California State University just a while ago. More importantly, she was bent slightly forward, attaching her sanitary pad on her underwear.
Their eyes met. Beatrice was surprised too.
After freezing in place for five seconds, she let out a high pitch scream. “Rockefeller, you jerk! I’ll kill you!”
Alex was smart, he knew he needed to run. “Hey, I didn‘t mean to! I didn’t see anything.”
Just as he tried to get out of the house, Alex noticed that Claire had come home.
Hearing Beatrice’s screams, she grabbed Alex, who was ready to make a run for it. She said angrily, “Hey Rockefeller, you ungrateful loser! Have you been bullying Beatrice again? Don’t you dare run, I need an explanation here.”
Beatrice came running, crying. “Mom, this bastard saw my private parts!”
“What did you say?” Claire lifted an arm to slap Alex, screaming. “You really are a bastard! Beatrice is your sister-in-law! How dare you molest her? I’ll beat you to death!”
As a man, he knew he was unable to reason with them in this situation.
So, he just let Claire’s slap happen. But when Claire wanted to slap him again, he dodged and said, “Mom, don’t be mad, this is all just a misunderstanding. I wanted to use the toilet, but Beatrice was in there. How could I know that she was in the restroom downstairs? She didn’t even lock the door!”
Beatrice was fuming. “This is my house, I can be wherever I want! And it’s my choice whether to lock the doors or not. You don’t even live here.”
She was still mad about what happened in school earlier. Now, she wanted to kill Alex if she could.
Alex replied, “Fine then, I’ll apologize, okay? I didn’t mean it, and I just saw a black bush, I didn’t see anything else!”
‘Black bush?’
Beatrice was going to explode from anger.
Alex knew that he would never be able to reason with them. He found a chance and ran out the door.
‘F*ck, what luckI have!’
‘These two will probably complain to Dorothy later!’
As expected, he received a call from Dorothy before he got back to Maple Villa.
Dorothy wasn’t a madwoman like Claire. “Did you get into an argument with my sister again? This time’s worse, she said you molested her. What happened?”
Alex immediately explained everything to Dorothy. After listening to him, Dorothy was still slightly uncomfortable with what happened. However, Alex was not to blame for it, so she changed the topic. She talked about the selling rights of Thousand Leaves.
Alex said, “Don’t worry, I have the selling permit in hand. You don’t have to feel threatened by the old lady again.”
A day passed quickly.
The next morning, Joanne, Anderson and Emma arrived at the Assex Construction City South Subsidiary Company.
At that same moment, a client came by to get their purchases.
Anderson yelled. “Stop right there!”
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Anderson rushed up to the client and pushed a worker who was moving boxes aside with full force.
The worker lost balance and fell to the ground, along with the materials in the box. The box almost crushed his feet too.
“What the f…” The worker was enraged and was about to yell at them. However, looked up and realized that it was the CEO of Assex Constructions, Anderson Assex, who pushed him. Behind Anderson was Joanne and six guards in uniforms.
He immediately kept his mouth shut and swallowed his anger. After multiple slaps from Alex, Anderson’s face was swollen. Even now, his teeth were still hurting from the impact. His anger had welled up in his chest and he couldn’t wait to release all of it at the subsidiary company.
He grabbed the worker by his collar and said angrily, “What? Are you trying to curse at me? Look at yourself. Do you want to get fired?”
The young worker didn’t dare to fight back. “No, no! I didn’t curse!”
Dorothy had given him a higher wage, so he really didn’t want to get fired.
Anderson huffed and let him go with a smug look. “You wouldn’t dare.”
He then yelled out loud. “Everyone, stop! Stop what you’re doing right now! Stop moving the new materials from Thousand Leaves!”
‘What?’
The client was shocked, he rushed up and asked, “What’s happening? Why can’t they move these? Our company needs these materials for later, we can’t afford to waste any time.”
Anderson said coldly, “I don’t care what your company is. Don’t you dare take any of these materials today.”
The man was enraged by the insult. “What’s wrong with you? We signed a contract. Are you trying to breach the contract? I don’t care, I will be taking these materials now! Boys, get to work!”
Suddenly, Anderson slapped the man hard across his face.
The client fumed and lunged towards Anderson, ready to fight. However, Anderson had the help of multiple security guards. The client lost and was pinned to the ground. Anderson kicked the client arrogantly and chuckled. “Hey kiddo, how’s that for a change, huh? You don’t even have what it takes to fight me. Throw him out!”
“Stop!” Dorothy rushed over as soon as she heard the news. Following behind her was Alex.
Alex predicted that the Assexes would come by the company to cause a disturbance. So, he contacted Dorothy earlier and arrived at the company together.
Dorothy was infuriated when she saw her client getting beaten up and thrown out. “Uncle Anderson, you’ve crossed the line! How could you beat him up and throw him out? Why are you doing this?”
Anderson noticed that Alex was standing behind Dorothy, and backed away instinctively.
Emma spoke up. “Why are we doing this? You’re really asking why my dad is doing this? We’re here to drive out the thieves! My dad made it clear that no one can take any of the materials here, yet he insisted on doing so! How is he not a thief, then? Is he a thug? Why should we be nice to a thug, then?”
Dorothy was about to snap. “Let me make it clear for you. This is my company now. Uncle Anderson, what makes you think you can do as you please here?”
Suddenly, the old lady scolded her. “Dorothy Assex, how dare you! How dare you speak to your uncle like that? Have you no respect for your elder?”
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Dorothy didn’t know what to say, “Grandma, I…”
The old lady continued. “And who said Anderson doesn’t have the right to give orders? What are these materials anyway? Aren’t they the new materials from Thousand Leaves? We had forfeited your company’s right to sell them, yet you’re still trying to. This is illegal, do you want to end up in jail?”
Emma smiled smugly. “That’s right, Dorothy. I must say, you have quite the balls. You dare sell the new materials from Thousand Leaves without a permit. This is literally smuggling. I’ve contacted Mr. Roberts from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. He’ll be here at any moment to inspect your company.”
“What?” Dorothy was scared and angry.
They were family, yet Emma went overboard. She wanted to ruin her life!
“Grandma, did you approve of this too?” Dorothy turned to the old lady.
Joanne’s expression was cold. “Dorothy, Grandma had already given you a chance yesterday, but you didn’t listen to my advice. I’m truly disappointed. However, before Mr. Roberts arrives, I’m willing to give you another chance. Go help Assex Constructions sign the contract with South Cali Structures. You know what to do. Or else, prepare to go to jail!”
The color drained from Dorothy’s face and her whole body started trembling.
It wasn’t due to the threat of jail, but Joanne’s actions. ‘We’re still blood relatives, how could you be so cruel?’
“Grandma, I really can’t do what you ask of me. It’s not that I’m not willing to, I really don’t have the ability for that.” Dorothy said sadly, her eyes turning red.
“I don’t care.” The old lady said with a cold smile and turned around, completely ignoring Dorothy’s sobs.
Emma smiled coldly, overjoyed to see Dorothy like this. She could already see Dorothy getting locked in a jail cell.
Alex walked over to Dorothy and wiped her tears gently. His voice was gentle and soft. “Don’t be sad, don’t cry. We can get through anything, it’s just that we can no longer go back in time. Since they decided to cross the line, then we should turn the tables around.”
Dorothy understood what Alex meant. She looked at the old lady’s back. Joanne was merciless. Dorothy nodded to Alex.
Emma smiled despicably. “Still trying to act tough? Dorothy, do you know what I hate about you? You’re always acting like a damsel in distress. You’re the b*tchiest person ever, yet you’re acting as if you’re a pure and innocent young girl. You married this loser for more than half a year, yet you wouldn’t even let him sleep with you! You must be making yourself open to second choices. You’ve already decided to remarry, you just don’t have any options right now.”
“And you, Alex Rockefeller, I pity you.”
“Back then, your dad was the CEO of a company that was worth 300 billion. Now look at you! You’re a disappointment! If your dad knew how you slave away for those three women. Oh, if he just knew how you became a complete loser, having to endure the beating and scolding every single day; if he knew you had to kneel before them and act as if everything’s fine, he wouldn’t be able to rest in peace.”
Dorothy’s face became pale, she didn’t know how to fight back.
Alex held Dorothy’s hand and shook his head. “You’re wrong, Emma. You don’t know anything about true love, you have no idea how great it is. Back then, I couldn’t bear the weight, I was depressed, I gave her misery. Yet she waited for me, and she’s still waiting for me, even now. I’ll be protecting her from now on. I would crush anyone who dares to hurt her. I would not show mercy for those who hurt my wife.”
Emma cackled. “This must be the funniest joke I’ve heard this year! What makes you think a loser like you can make such bluffs? Try getting through today, genius! You might need to protect her from going to jail now.”
Just then, two cars arrived at the entrance.
A few men in suits got out.
Anderson rushed up to them. “Mr. Roberts, you’re finally here! Come this way and take a look. They’re illegally trading-they’ve been caught red-handed doing so! Please arrest Dorothy Assex and close this company down.”
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Dorothy initially wanted to believe them.
They were family and her father was Grandma’s biological son after all.
However, as she watched the business cars drive in, her beliefs and hopes were crushed in an instant.
‘Police cars might show up next!’
‘Heh, what irony.’
Mr. Roberts’ full name was Marshall Roberts. He greeted Joanne with a smile as soon as he got out of the car. The Assexes weren’t the most powerful family in California, but they were still fairly well known.
Marshall signalled his underlings with a wave. His underlings checked the materials in the storage and reported back to him. “All the materials are indeed from Thousand Leaves.”
Marshall nodded and turned to Dorothy. “Ms. Assex, I’ve received a report that your company is selling materials from the famous Thousand Leaves of California. However, this requires a permit from Thousand Leaves, or the regional distributing company, for it to be sold in the market. Please show us the permit for your company.
Anderson and Emma watched Dorothy excitedly.
Even the old lady looked on smugly.
Sending Dorothy to jail was nothing to Joanne. She despised how Dorothy teamed up with an outsider to steal the subsidiary company in City South. To her, this was an absolute disrespect to her and the family. She didn’t need such an ungrateful granddaughter.
Suddenly, Alex took out a document and handed it to Marshall. The Assexes’ smiles faded and their expressions froze.
“What is that?”
“It can’t be a permit, right?”
Marshall looked at the document thoroughly and realized that it really was a permit from Thousand Leaves.
Although he had the heart to help Joanne, he was a public official. He couldn’t afford to be biased at times like these unless he wanted to get fired.
“Let me have a look! ” The old lady snatched the document out of Marshall’s hands.
Joanne’s face turned pale.
If this was a permit from Assex Constructions, she would be able to dismiss it with a random excuse. However, this permit was from the main branch of Thousand Leaves.
Anderson and Emma rushed over to check the document out as well.
With just one look, they were shocked too.
After a short pause, Emma screamed. “No way, there’s just no way! This must be fake. Thousand Leaves would only give permits to one main distributor for every state. And Assex Constructions is the main distributor of California! This document must be a fake!”
Anderson’s eyes lit up.
“You’re right, it must be a fake! Dorothy, you really do have some guts. To think you’d make a fake permit! You’re done for! Be ready for jail!” He said as he tore the document into pieces.
Dorothy screamed. “Uncle Anderson, how could you destroy our permit?”
Anderson smiled coldly. “Permit? This is literally a fake document. You must’ve forged the stamp on the permit too. Dorothy Assex, Alex Rockefeller, you’ve really got some guts. Are you happy now? You’ve dug your own grave. Mr. Roberts, this is enough evidence to arrest them, right?”
Marshall nodded. “Yes, Thousand Leaves do indeed provide just one permit for each state. This permit must be fake. Ms. Assex, please follow us to give your statement.”
Dorothy looked towards Alex in panic “I didn’t forge it. It’s real.”
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“That’s right. This document is real. Jack Trent from Thousand Leaves personally signed it and passed it to me,” Alex Rockefeller said.
Joanne spat in Alex’s face.
“Who do you think you are? You’re just a useless shut-in. Why would Jack Trent from Thousand Leaves personally sign and send a document to you? That’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard,” Joanne said.
“Alright. We’ll eventually find out if he’s telling the truth or not. The police will be involved when the time comes. For now, we must temporarily shut Assex City South Subsidiary Company down. My apologies, Ms. Assex,” Marshall Roberts said.
However, Dorothy Assex’s new secretary came running in. “Ms. Assex, Mr. Trent from Thousand Leaves is here,” she said.
Dorothy was stunned. Emma Assex, on the other hand, started laughing loudly.
“Mr. Trent must have found out that you forged the authorization letter and came to demand an apology. Dorothy, are you still in denial?”
Dorothy was actually feeling very nervous, but Alex held her soft hands to calm her down.
Soon, Jack Trent arrived.
When Anderson Assex saw Jack, he immediately greeted the man with a warm smile on his face. Anderson knew that Jack was backed by the Yowell family who was a hundred times more powerful than the Assex family.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Trent. It’s my pleasure to meet you here. You must be here because of Dorothy’s nasty forgery of the permit. She really did go too far. Fortunately, I have already tom the document,” Anderson said with a smile.
Jack looked shocked.
The document had been torn? What was going on?
However, Jack wasn’t in the mood to think about it. He circled past Anderson and quickly walked up to Alex and Dorothy with a smile on his face.
“Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Rockefeller, I apologize for showing up without an invitation, ” Jack said humbly.
Suddenly, Anderson’s body tensed up. He was in disbelief.
Joanne couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Her eyes were wide with surprise.
“Impossible. How is this possible?” Emma mumbled to herself.
“Mr. Trent, you’re here at the right time. These people suspect that I forged the document from yesterday, they even tore it apart. Mr. Marshall here even wanted to shut down my wife’s company just now. But there are so many employees that rely on the company for an income. They have mouths to feed. What would they do if the company shut down? That’s why you must help explain things to Mr. Marshall over here,” Alex said with a smile.
When Marshall saw how Jack greeted Alex, he was already dumbfounded. Marshall’s heart was beating wildly.
Even he wouldn’t dare get in trouble with someone from the Yowell family.
Marshall started cursing Anderson for setting him up.
“It’s been a while, Mr. Marshall. You look as good as ever! But I really did personally sign the permit. It’s a binding agreement. We, Thousand Leaves, have a working relationship with Ms. Assex’s company,” Jack said calmly.
Marshall’s expression froze momentarily.
“To be honest, I believed the document was real when I saw it. Unfortunately, Anderson over here tore it apart. I was only asking Ms. Assex to explain things clearly,” Marshall said.
“I see,” Jack murmured.
“That’s exactly what happened. But now that you’ve personally shown up and explained things, Mr. Trent, it’s all clear now. It’s merely a misunderstanding… In that case, I shall leave to deal with other business. Farewell,” Marshall said quickly.
“Farewell, Mr. Marshall.” Jack nodded.
Jack immediately glared at Anderson coldly. “Why did you tear the permit I signed for Ms. Assex on behalf of Thousand Leaves? You have to give me a reasonable explanation,” he said.
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‘What’s going on here?’
‘Did Jack Trent actually sign a contract with this b*tch, Lady Dorothy Assex? Why? How could this happen?’
‘What did Lady Dorothy do to Jack? Could she have slept with him last night?’
All these thoughts running through Anderson Assex’s mind made him feel as if he would soon have an emotional breakdown. When he looked at Lady Dorothy Assex, his eyes were filled with hatred. He felt that the only way Lady Dorothy could have convinced Jack to do what he did was because she slept with him. Otherwise, how could she have accomplished that?
It couldn’t be anything else apart from her good looks and her willingness to take off her clothes.
Madame Joanne and Lady Emma Assex both sensed something major was about to happen, and their facial expressions changed drastically.
“Mr. Trent, here’s what happened. From what I know, Thousand Leaves only has one store in every main region. Our Assex Construction is the only primary distributor in California. The rest of the secondary distributors would need to go through us. But Lady Dorothy’s company didn’t get our approval. That’s why I thought she forged the permit and tore it apart.”
Anderson quickly smiled apologetically.
“I really had no idea that Mr. Trent signed the authorization letter for Lady Dorothy. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have dared to destroy it.” Anderson added.
At this point, Anderson was still very self-aware. He didn’t start shouting right away.
If he did, he would’ve made Jack Trent upset and Assex Construction’s business would be affected.
“That’s right, Mr. Trent. That’s exactly what we intended. We were trying to protect Thousand Leaves’ reputation as the primary distributor in this region,” Madame Joanne quickly said.
“Lady Dorothy Assex is my granddaughter. As her grandmother, I’m very aware that she doesn’t have what it takes to run a business. She was selling Thousand Leaves’ products without our permission. We were worried it might affect Thousand Leaves’ reputation. That’s why we rushed over here. It turned out to be a misunderstanding,” she added.
When Alex Rockefeller saw how Madame Joanne’s tone changed to one of extreme politeness in front of Jack, he found it ridiculously funny.
Since Madame Joanne said those things, Jack had no reason to be too mad. “Since it’s a misunderstanding, let’s end it here! Coincidentally, I’ve signed a new permit for you, Ms. Assex. On top of what the primary distributor is earning in the main region, Thousand Leaves is willing to offer your company an extra 10% share of profits. In fact, this will be an international
permit, ” Jack said.
“What?” Anderson exclaimed. He nearly tripped and fell.
Was Jack crazy?
A 10% profit share was a lot of money. With a snowball effect, it could amount to a sum they could only dream of.
Madame Joanne began to panic. If Lady Dorothy received this permit , Assex Construction would definitely be affected. What if Lady Dorothy received a better price and developed further as a lower-level distributor? Would the Assex family be forced out of business?
Madame Joanne immediately spoke up. “Mr. Trent, the City South Subsidiary is one of our branches. I think you should transfer this permit to Assex Construction!”
“Madame Joanne, I don’t know what you think of Ms. Assex, but I personally find her a very capable person. To be honest, just based on sales, Thousand Leaves hasn’t seen too much development from Assex Construction. On the other hand, Ms. Assex’s company has been performing well. In the pas t six months, 70% of your sales came from Ms. Assex,” Jack said.
“That’s because we assigned Lady Dorothy this specific task previously,” Madame Joanne said.
“I’ve already made up my mind. If you don’t agree with my decision, I can withdraw the permit from Assex Construction and issue all of it to Ms. Assex.”
“On top of that, Ms. Assex, I suggest you change your company’s name. ‘Subsidiary of Assex Construction’ is not suitable for a global distributor. People might misunderstand. If it’s hard to change your company’s name, you can start another one. Thousand Leaves is willing to sponsor you without any cost. In fact, we are willing to lend you 100 million without interest if need be,” Jack said generously.
When the members of the Assex family heard this, they were thoroughly dumbfounded.
What was Jack’s relationship with Lady Dorothy? Even if Lady Dorothy slept with Jack, there wasn’t any reason for him to help her this much, right?
The only reasonable explanation was that Jack fell in love with Lady Dorothy, and he wanted to marry her…
This would make more sense.
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Jack Trent was in his early thirties. He wasn’t considered old at all.
When Emma Assex thought of this, she immediately felt jealous. She wished she could kick Dorothy out of the way and throw herself into Jack’s arms.
But little did they know, Jack was only doing all of this to please Alex Rockefeller.
Yesterday, Jack went to the hospital for a check- up and found out there indeed was something wrong with his kidney. Apart from traces of kidney stones being removed, the doctor discovered a slight infection in the area. That proved Jack’s kidney stone problem was quite serious. It had gotten to the point where hematuria was a concern. However, since his kidney stones had been thoroughly removed, the aftermaths were much easier to deal with.
Jack no longer had reason to doubt Alex’s medical skills.
“Mr. Rockefeller, can I have a moment with you?” Jack smiled as he asked Alex.
Alex nodded.
Alex and Jack walked slightly further away as members of the Assex family watched them with an odd expression on their faces,
“Mr. Rockefeller, here’s the thing. I have a small request,” Jack said.
“Do tell,” Alex said.
“Erm… I was wondering if you’ve done much research on infertility, Mr. Rockefeller?” Jack asked.
Alex smiled a little as he looked Jack up and down. “Mr. Trent, you won’t have to worry. You’re perfectly normal in that regard.”
“No, it’s not me. It’s my wife. She was found to be infertile two years ago. It’s been bothering us for a while now. We’ve also gone to Dr. Cheryl before, but it couldn’t be fixed. That’s why…” Jack said while he shook his head.
“Okay. I’ll have a look whenever your wife is available.” Alex smiled and nodded.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Rockefeller. To be honest, my wife even wanted to get a divorce because of this. She wanted me to remarry, but I really love her. If Mr. Rockefeller can help my wife get pregnant, I’ll be willing to pay you with all that I have,” Jack said joyously.
Alex agreed to drop by Jack’s place in the evening. Jack left after they ended their conversation.
When Alex returned, he discovered that the three members of the Assex family had disappeared as well.
Dorothy Assex was still dealing with the client who came to pick up the products. However, after seeing Jack speaking up for Dorothy personally, the client didn’t have the guts to complain anymore. On top of that, Dorothy had also given the client additional compensation. The issue had been perfectly resolved. Alex and Dorothy returned to the general manager’s office.
Dorothy glanced at Alex briefly. “Mr. Trent from Thousand Leaves was actually willing to offer us such a huge contract. Looks like you are worth quite a lot to him! I’m sure your secret lover must have put in a lot of effort to help you, didn’t she?”
“My secret lover? Who are you talking about?” Alex was stunned.
“Hmph. You know the answer. Who else could it be if not that woman with the surname Coney? Or do you plan to tell me that the Yowell family is offering me this permit because of you?” Dorothy snorted.
“But that is the truth of what really happened.” Alex rubbed his nose.
“Do you think I would believe something like that? Well, she ended up helping me this time. Give her a call. Tell her I want to treat her to a meal as my way of thanking her in person,” Dorothy said while she pinched Alex’s ear.
“What?!” Alex was shocked by what he heard.
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“Why would you want to treat Cheryl Coney to a meal? That won’t be necessary!” Alex Rockefeller quickly rejected Dorothy Assex.
This was the biggest joke he had ever heard. If these women were to meet, they might start fighting with each other. And Alex wouldn’t be right no matter who he sided with.
Dorothy looked at Alex seriously. “It is very much necessary. She has helped our company tremendously. If I don’t express my gratitude, she might talk behind my back again. Call her. Do it right now, ” Dorothy said.
“Dorothy, she really didn’t help. We don’t have to do this,” Alex said and shook his head. In fact, he even wanted to use his ultimate skill of holding Dorothy and kissing her.
However, Dorothy didn’t let him have his way. “Are you going to call her or not? If you don’t even have the courage to call her, then there’s definitely something going on between the two of you. Is that it?” She asked.
“No, absolutely not,” Alex said.
“In that case, call her and put the call on loudspeaker,” Dorothy said.
‘D*mn. She’s doing this again.’ Alex thought.
Since he didn’t have a choice, he finally caved in and called Cheryl Coney.
At the same time, Cheryl was sleeping in her room. Due to a few oddly difficult cases the hospital encountered yesterday, many doctors had been attending meetings. Due to such special circumstances, Cheryl stayed up nearly the entire night and was only able to fall asleep in the morning.
When Alex called her on the phone, she picked it up and mumbled, “Alex Rockefeller, what do you want? I was kept up all night yesterday. Can’t you just let me sleep in peace?” She sounded sleepy.
Suddenly, Alex felt a pain in his back.
When he turned around, he could see Dorothy’s eyes turn red with rage.
Clearly, she had misunderstood something.
However, anyone who heard Cheryl’s voice would easily misunderstand her!
“Cheryl, what are you saying? How were you up all night?” Alex quickly said.
“How? It happened five times consecutively. Sigh, I’m not talking to you anymore. I want to sleep. I can’t even stand up straight. Please have mercy on me and stop keeping me up. You can come to me once I’ve recovered,” Cheryl said.
Beep, beep, beep. She hung up.
Cheryl meant to say that the emergency meetings were held five times consecutively last night.
However, since she was very sleepy, she didn’t explain things clearly. Now, Alex was in deep trouble…
Dorothy’s body was shaking violently, and tears were rolling down her cheeks.
She felt as if her world was turning dark.
“Alex Rockefeller, why? Why did you do this to me?”
“I thought I could see hope. I thought we had already gone through the worst. But I never thought I’d encounter such hopelessness in the end.:
“I’m such a fool! When you told me that you found a solution yesterday, I should have known that you would find her. Only she is capable of doing such a thing. I didn’t know this was the price I had to pay. Five times! How insulting. My husband actually had to sacrifice his body for my company… So what if I got what I wanted for the company?”
When Alex saw Dorothy like this, his heart was in pain. But this… This couldn’t have been further from the truth!
“Dorothy, you have to believe me. I really didn’t do that with Dr. Cheryl… I was home all night yesterday. I don’t know why she said that, perhaps… Perhaps, she just wants to make you upset. Please don’t fall for it.” Alex quickly hugged Dorothy.
“Get away from me. Don’ t touch me, you dirty man,” Dorothy said.
Alex immediately froze.
He immediately called Cheryl on the phone again, and he kept the call on loudspeaker as he did before.
“Alex Rockefeller, are you intentionally keeping me awake? Just you wait. I’m going to make sure you can’t sleep tonight either,” Cheryl said right after picking up the call.
Dorothy’s facial expression turned even darker.
Alex immediately became enraged. It was getting even more complicated. “Dr. Cheryl, please joke within reason. My wife is listening to this conversation. Don’ t say things that are untrue. I didn’t even see you last night. More importantly, I never slept with you. Why did you say I did that to you five times? Do you think I’m superman?” Alex said.
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Cheryl Coney exclaimed and seemed to be slightly more awake. “What do you mean sleep with me? Of course… Oh, I was talking about holding meetings in the hospital. There was an exceptional number of patients last night. I had to stay up all night. Who slept with you? Your wife has problems and won’t sleep with you, but she still gets defensive about other women being near you? I’m hanging up,” Cheryl said.
Alex Rockefeller let out a long sigh.
“Dorothy, did you hear that? She wasn’t referring to sex. She was talking about meetings in the hospital. You’ve wrongly incriminated me,” he said.
However, Dorothy Assex pushed him away. “Do you think I would believe that? If you didn’t see her last night, why did Jack Trent come over? Did he receive a message in his sleep? Of course, she would help you cover things up since I’m around. Get lost. I don’t want to see you,” she said determinedly with a cold expression on her face.
Seeing her like this, Alex knew she was just upset. There was nothing he could say to calm her down. Since he did nothing wrong, he would eventually be forgiven. Alex decided to try speaking to her again once she calmed down a little more.
“I don’t care if you believe me or not. I really didn’t see Dr. Cheryl last night. About the Thousand Leaves’ permit letter, I actually spoke to Michelle Yowell. You can ask Beatrice Assex about this. She was there yesterday,” Alex said before he walked out of the office and sighed gently.
Although he was depressed, he didn’t blame Dorothy. If he were in her shoes, he wouldn’t have been able to take all this in either.
Five minutes after Alex left, Dorothy finally came to her senses. ‘Did I really blame him by mistake? How would Beatrice know about this?’ She thought to herself.
Since Dorothy wasn’t able to work in such a state, she decided to return home to meet her sister.
Meanwhile, Alex got into his Aston Martin. He was going to the market to buy some groceries before heading home.
Little did he know, he would encounter a car accident. His Aston Martin stopped at a traffic light. Just as it turned green and Alex started driving the car forward, a black sedan knocked into his car from behind. His car lights in the back were completely destroyed, and his car spun 360 before coming to a halt.
More importantly, the car that caused the accident actually sped past him without stopping.
“Screw me! ” Alex immediately became angry.
He had barely driven this car worth three million dollars, and it was already knocked by another car. The person who caused the accident even tried to escape.
‘Just you wait.’ Alex thought.
He immediately turned on the car engine and unleashed the sports car’s full potential. After a loud roar of the engine, the car sped forward.
Alex was getting a little dejected now.
In the past, he had never gotten into any car accidents despite having driven for years. But within such a short recent timespan, he had destroyed several cars that cost a significant amount of money.
“Am I a destroyer of luxury cars?” Alex asked himself dejectedly. He stepped firmly on the accelerator.
Alex’s senses were quite sharp and agile, so driving fast wasn’t an issue.
Meanwhile, the other person was only driving a BMW. Compared to Alex’s Aston Martin, it was no match in speed. Very soon, Alex caught up with the car.
“Stop the car. F*cking stop the car!” Alex shouted angrily.
But the other person ignored him and continued to speed up.
Enraged, Alex grabbed a bottle of mineral water next to him and tossed it forcefully out of his car.
Clang!
Filled with Chi force, the bottle instantly broke the car’s window. Soon, the car window was lowered.
Alex discovered that it was actually a female driver. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses, and her facial expression was cold.
But the strange thing was that she was wearing nothing but a bikini.
“Stop messing around. I’m from a special agency. I’m carrying out a mission. I’ll pay you for your car. Get out of my way,” the woman said to Alex.
Alex was already upset and she just made things worse.
“What special agency? It sure is special if you have to dress up like this. Are you from a nightclub in the red-light district? Do you think I’m an idiot? After you leave, who would I claim the compensation from? Stop the car right now. Otherwise, I won’t go easy on you,” he warned.