My Destined Lover

Marcus slammed the empty wine glass down on the table. “I underestimated the ambition of those bastards. But how can they be so vicious…”

“Don’t be so angry. It won’t be worth it.” Laura patted him on the back. “Don’t worry, the poison won’t be a problem. At least for me, solving it is not a problem at all. I will pay attention to the medicinal materials of detoxification these days, and so on…”

Marcus looked at Laura, and his anger gradually subsided. “Laura,” he said in a deep voice, “it was my fault that Grandpa got poisoned. But I promise that as long as I live, I will protect you.”

Laura was frozen. Her heart missed a beat, followed by a complicated feeling…This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

Having finished their meal, they walked out of the restaurant together.

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Eric had just been in a meeting all day. He was exhausted now.

Just as he sat down on the sofa to have a rest, his assistant rushed into the office.

“Boss, something bad!”

Eric frowned. “What’s going on? Speak slowly.”

The assistant gasped. “The company’s stock has plummeted!”

“What? “Eric turned pale and sat up straight. “Where’s the financial adviser? Get the financial adviser here!”

Soon the financial adviser trotted in, wiping his sweat. He stumbled to explain, “Someone sold our company’s stock at a low price, and that’s why the stock plummeted…”

Eric frowned even more. “Sell our stock at a low price? Who?”

“This…” The financial adviser was sweating. “I don’t know.”

Has the James family been guilty of anything lately? — Eric was just trying to figure out who the most likely person was when Kimberly called.

“Honey, have you been looking at trends lately?” Kimberly’s voice was sweet and peevish, hoping Eric would find out who leaked the audio for her and take it out on the one.

“No.” Eric made a perfunctory lie.

It’s not that he didn’t know what was going on with Kimberly recently, but it’s just that he wasn’t in the mood to smooth her.