Chapter 361 I’ll Go With You
“Let me go!” Stephanie struggled to break free from Crispin’s embrace, but the man only
tightened his hold on her and pleaded, “Stephanie! I won’t allow you to hurt yourself like
this! You don’t need to hold onto those memories. That man will never appear before
again. Just try to forget it, and everything will be alright!”
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However, Stephanie stared at Crispin with bloodshot eyes and snapped, “How can I
forget?! It was a real and painful experience. Tell me, how can I ever forget that? Leave me
alone!”
“You can, Stephanie. Please try to forget this incident and live our lives happily together
from now on, okay.” Crispin attempted to calm her down by speaking gently, but
Stephanie continued to bawl as she shook her head. “I can’t. I can’t do it. I really can’t…”
“Let’s get married, Stephanie. I’ll spend the rest of my life healing your trauma, okay?” He
gazed at her with sincerity.
Stephanie looked at Crispin, moved by his genuine expression, and asked, “You won’t
despise
me?”
She felt tainted by that vile man and even started to hate herself. Yet, Crispin never left
her side.
“No,” said Crispin as he gently tidied her disheveled hair with a smile. “I will never despise
my Stephanie. In my heart, you’re pure and perfect.”
“Crisp…”
In moments like this, no woman could resist the tenderness of a man. He would be like a
ray of light in the darkness.
Crispin’s face drew closer to hers, and this time Stephanie didn’t evade his touch. Instead,
she closed her eyes and accepted his kiss.
As their lips met, a smile appeared on Crispin’s face. He knew he was another step closer
to
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The following day, Elias arrived at Winters Enterprise as usual for work. There were many
things to handle recently, but with Jack’s help, he should be able to reclaim the shares
that belonged to his grandfather soon.
After a busy morning, he was about to grab some lunch when his secretary asked, “What
would you like for lunch, Mr. Winters? Shall I order something for you or-”
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Before the secretary could finish asking, Elias instructed, “Just order me something from
the cafeteria. I don’t have an appetite.”
“Alright.”
Moments later, the secretary entered the office with a lunch tray and placed it on the
coffee. table in the guest area before leaving.
He remained seated behind his desk, staring at the computer screen, but it was unclear
what he was looking at.
Suddenly, a knock on the door broke the silence.
Elias looked up, and his initially indifferent handsome face showed a hint of warmth. He
curled his lips into a slight smile. “What brings you here?”
Amanda walked into the office and closed the door behind her while explaining. “My studio
is under renovation, and I took a trip to the furnishing plaza. I thought I could perhaps drop
by on my way back.”
Only then did he slowly rise to his feet and walk toward the guest area.
She sat on the couch and noticed the delicious spread of food on the lunch tray. She had
been hungry all morning, and her stomach was rumbling for sustenance.
“Is this your lunch?”
“Yeah, I had the secretary get it from the cafeteria, but I haven’t had a chance to eat it
yet. Have you eaten? Let’s go out for lunch,” said Elias.
Alas, Amanda simply placed her bag aside, picked up the cutleries, and took a whiff,
exclaiming with delight, “It smells so good! Let me have a taste.”
With that, she took a small piece of ribs and continued with surprise, “The chef at your
company’s cafeteria is amazing; this is way better than the restaurants outside.”
Then, she proceeded to eat the man’s lunch without further ado.
He couldn’t help but release an amused chuckle. “Is that so? Then, you’re welcome to
come over and have lunch with me every day.”
“Mmm… This is also delicious. Let me taste this too. Amanda looked at the abundant
variety of dishes on the tray, at least seven or eight in total. Well, the secretary is pretty
diligent. It looks like she wants to stuff her boss with the amount of food she purchased.
He sat across from her, quietly watching her eat, seemingly entertained by her eating.
“What happened? What are you so ravenous? Did you not have breakfast?”
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“Yeah, I was in a rush to head out, so I skipped breakfast. Are you really not going to have
some? I’ll finish everything if you don’t!” She double-checked with him.
“Go ahead,” said Elias. “I’ll have the secretary get another serving if you want more.”
“Oh, no. This is enough. Your secretary is really considerate; she ordered all this food for
you. Trust me. One person couldn’t possibly finish it all.” Amanda was starving, and
everything tasted amazing to someone in her current condition.
Sure enough, she finished nearly all the food on the lunch tray in no time. Then, she
picked up the glass of warm water from the coffee table and drank it, washing down her
meal. She finally felt full and content after such a delicious meal.
Once she was done, she leaned back on the couch, caressing her stomach, which still
seemed. somewhat flat, but in reality, she was stuffed.
“I’m full now, but you haven’t eaten even a single bite. Ask your secretary to get you
another serving.”
“I’m not hungry,” Elias replied.
Just then, a knock came at the door.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Come in,” said Elias without looking.
It was Yacob. He had come to report on the investigation, but he didn’t expect to find
Amanda there as well.
Still, he greeted Amanda. “Hello, Miss Bailey.”
“Have you found anything?” Elias already had an idea of what Yacob was going to say.
That was because he had sent Yacob to investigate the background of the gardener early
this morning.
When Yacob saw that Elias didn’t mind Amanda being present, he went straight to the
point. “Yes, the gardener’s name is Raymond Porter, 50 years old. He is an honest. person
with no children, but he has a bedridden wife suffering from kidney failure. She has been
in the hospital for years, undergoing dialysis and other costly treatments. It seems they
have a very loving relationship, and his wife’s illness prevented them from having
children. It doesn’t seem likely that he would harm Stephanie.”
“Aha! What did I say? That gardener didn’t look like the perpetrator at all, but… why would
he be willing to take the blame? Is someone forcing him to confess?” Amanda frowned.
On the other hand, Elias narrowed his eyes. “The person forcing him to confess is likely
someone we know. They’re probably worried that we’ll trace it back to them, so they got a
scapegoat. I have a feeling that this gardener might have done it to keep his wife alive.”
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Amanda got the gist of it as well. It was indeed touching, but she also thought the
gardener was rather foolish. Even if his wife recovered, he would end up in prison. What
was the point?
“I’ll have a chat with this man. Maybe I can get some information out of him,” she said,
grabbing her bag and preparing to leave.
Elias stopped her, saying, “I’ll go with you. It won’t be easy to get information from him.
We’ll have to use some tactics.”
“What tactics?” a puzzled Amanda inquired.
However, Elias only shot a look at Yacob. As they had a good rapport after working
together for
years, the subordinate instantly understood his boss’ intention. So, he simply nodded as
he exited Elias’ office without another word.
Only Amanda remained clueless, unable to comprehend what they were up to.