Unexpectedly Sweet Flash Marriage

Chapter 34 Curtis Wanted to Be a Good Citizen

Chapter 34 Curtis Wanted to Be A Good Citizen

In the hospital room...

When Mr. Baker saw Curtis, he instinctively moved back towards the window and pointed at him, saying, "You-you stay right there, don't come any closer."

Curtis sat in the wheelchair, his well-defined joints resting on the bridge of his nose with his gold- rimmed glasses. He smirked darkly and said, "Weren't you the one who wanted to see me?"

"You don't need to get too close," Mr. Baker swallowed nervously, trembling. "You... you... don't think I'm afraid of you! Jacob told me about how Mr. Doyle kicked you. He said you're nothing special, just a bodyguard who knows how to fight and has a reputation to bluff people."

"No need to waste words. Tell me, what do you want?"

"I want to make a deal with you!" Mr. Baker shrunk his neck in fear and continued, "I don't mean any harm. I just want to protect myself."

"Protect yourself? By tarnishing my wife's reputation? I thought you wanted to die more quickly."

Curtis's voice was chilling, making Mr. Baker feel as if a sharp knife was gently grazing his neck. It frightened him, and he shivered uncontrollably.

"I... I know you're investigating my accounts! Anyway, I can go out and issue a statement, saying that it's all a misunderstanding. Adeline is innocent. But the condition is... you have to let me go. You can't report me!"

"Oh? Is that what you call a deal?" Curtis sneered with a hint of contempt in his eyes.

"Yes!" Mr. Baker responded hastily. His bulky body moved slightly as he instinctively picked up the table lamp beside the bed for self-defense, "Let me tell you, no matter how you try to clear her name, it won't work!"

"Once this woman is stained by bad words, no amount of clarification will change that!" Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

"Don't underestimate these rumors. In ancient times, there were so many women who couldn't bear it and just jumped into the river."

Curtis's expression turned extremely cold upon hearing this, and his voice squeezed out hardly through his clenched teeth.

"That's others! My wife is not that kind of person! You people just manipulate women's emotions to set up this trap, don't you?"

"Mr. Baker didn't directly admit it, "Believe it or not, it's up to you! The person involved needs to come out and explain for it to make any difference."

"As long as I'm willing to step forward, and that maid admits she deliberately said those things for attention, this whole thing will blow over."

"Right now, that maid was at my disposal, and you won't be able to find her! Only if you make a deal with me can you find her."

"Well, go ahead and give it a try. There's no one under the sun that I, Curtis, can't find."

With that, Curtis raised his hand, signaling Steffen to push him away.

His patience had run out, and he didn't want to continue the conversation with an idiot.

Mr. Baker panicked when he saw Curtis about to leave.

"Hey, don't go! We can still negotiate! Here's the deal, I'll help clear Adeline's name and give you one million dollar. Just spare me."

Curtis didn't respond, his expression indifferent as if the one million in Mr. Baker's mouth was as insignificant as ten bucks.

"Two million! That's the highest I can go! As long as you don't make me go to prison, I'll give you all my wealth!"

Mr. Baker became anxious and jumped off the bed, blocking Curtis's path.

Curtis stared at Mr. Baker as if he were looking at a dead man, "I don't need the money. I'm easy to talk to as long as you don't cross my bottom line. But my wife is my bottom line. Even if you gave me a billion, it would be useless."

Mr. Baker was terrified, and dropped to his knees.

Even though Jacob said that Curtis didn't have the power to dominate, this person's natural aura was enough to make him shiver.

Mr. Baker swallowed nervously and quickly begged for mercy, "Mr. Riley, I was ignorant and foolish. It was my messed-up mind that made me believe that woman's words."

"A woman?"

Mr. Baker hurriedly explained the whole phone call incident.

After hearing the whole story and considering the timing of the phone call, Curtis couldn't help but understand everything.

It was indeed a tactic that Victoria would come up with!

Curtis ignored Mr. Baker kneeling on the ground and had Steffen push him away directly.

Along the way, with a deep gaze, Curtis spoke up, "Steffen, it seems like my sister-in-law has around two million deposited outside, lending money at high interest."

"Yeah."

"Shut down that private lending company." Curtis's lips curled into a harmless smile.

"Got it." Steffen responded and went to handle it.

Within half hour, Steffen reported that the lending company had been shut down after calling the police.

Curtis nodded in satisfaction and made a phone call to Victoria.

When Victoria received the call, she was taken aback. "Well, well, Curtis, what wind blew you here to call your sister-in-law? Are you begging for mercy, hoping I'll spare Adeline?"

Victoria paused and let out a cold laugh, "Only you cherish Adeline so much. Neither the Burton family nor I want her. Now you're picking up my unwanted daughter-in-law and using her..."

Before she could finish her words, Curtis interrupted her.

"Victoria, you know about Bold Axe, right?"

The smile on Victoria's face froze instantly.

That company was owned by her distant relative and had exorbitant interest rates.

She wouldn't dare to invest in a regular company, but because it belonged to a relative, she secretly put her money there.

Now, why would Curtis suddenly bring up this company?

"Curtis, what do you want to do?"

"I want to be a good citizen."

"A good citizen?" Victoria was utterly confused.

Curtis smiled, "I heard that this Bold Axe is engaging in high-interest loans. As a good citizen, I reported it. The people in the company have been arrested, and their assets are frozen. I guess your investment has gone down the drain."

"Curtis, you-" Victoria was too furious to find the right words!

The thought of that two million dollar made her heart bleed!

"This two million dollar is just me giving my sister-in-law a little lesson. Don't think you can bully my people. If it happens again, it won't be as simple as two million dollar."

With that, Curtis ended the call decisively.

At the right moment, Adeline just woke up and saw Curtis's faint smile, not understanding what was going on.

"What's going on? Do you have good news?"

Curtis nodded with a warm smile, "Yeah, they've already tracked down the whereabouts of the maid who framed you. The police should find her soon."

"Really?" Adeline rarely showed a relieved smile.

It wouldn't matter much if Aunt Sarah was found by them!

People on the internet might claim that they coerced a confession. But if the police found her and announced the results after the investigation, the effect would be different!

At that moment, Melissa also sent a message to Adeline, "Adeline, someone posted about your incident at the café on the internet. The attitude of netizens towards you is starting to change!

Adeline quickly clicked on the link sent by Melissa and found that the comments below were mostly fair.

"This teacher doesn't look guilty at all. It doesn't feel like what was rumored before!"

"Yeah! Regardless of anything, we really shouldn't let these kind of people off lightly! They easily resort to online harassment, and it even escalated to offline attacks! No matter how minor the situation, we should make these people face the consequences!"

"Let more people see this. Adults should be accountable for their actions!"

"I think this teacher probably didn't seduce that Mr. Baker, otherwise, would she dare to report it to the police?"

"From what I know, she even filed a police report requesting an investigation into the people defaming her online."

"Currently, the Teacher Competition Committee has also stated that the incident is still under investigation, and they won't cancel the teacher's qualification for now. Let's all watch the situation calmly!"

"Ha, did you all receive benefits from that woman? Coming here to help whitewash her! She's driven the son of that director to run away from home and even contemplate suicide!"

"Suicide? No way? This has blown up so much!"

When Adeline saw these two comments, her pupils suddenly contracted.

Was it Billy?

Did Billy run away from home?

The next second, Leah called.

As soon as the call connected, she started yelling.

"Adeline Burton-if something happens to Billy, it won't be over between us! I want you to pay with your life!"