Chapter 50 You Care Or Nah, Simon?
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After receiving calls from home, Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick were practically losing their minds. Simon hadn’t just cut off all of Bale Group’s business with their families–he’d even ordered his people to actively target their companies.
In just a few hours, their family businesses had suffered massive losses.
Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick’s parents were furious, threatening to break their legs.
They were already rattled after being beaten up by John earlier tonight. Back in the private room, they’d secretly sworn to never mess with Lily again.
But that grudge hadn’t gone down easy. After they left, they convinced themselves John’s protectiveness toward Lily was just male possessiveness flaring up.
So they still wanted to play with her–to put her in her place.
They knew Simon despised Lily the most. They thought that if they slandered and degraded her in front of him, they’d win his favor.
With Simon backing them, they’d feel even more emboldened to mess with Lily.
No one would’ve thought the same Simon who usually couldn’t stand Lily, after seeing those videos of them humiliating her, wouldn’t just cut them off–but would come down on them this hard.
Has the world gone insane? Afraid Simon would continue targeting their families‘ companies–afraid they’d lose their rich, carefree lifestyles for good–they had no choice but to turn to Elsa for help.
When Elsa promised she’d speak on their behalf, they finally breathed a little easier.
They couldn’t understand why Simon and John had both acted so out of character tonight.
But there was one thing they were absolutely sure of, Elsa was the one Simon and John both held dearest. With her stepping in, their families would be safe.
After the call, Kendrick and the others were overjoyed–meanwhile, Elsa’s face twisted with rage.
Her beautiful almond eyes burned with hatred. She’d already been unable to tolerate Lily stealing John while she was abroad.
Now, she couldn’t even begin to accept that that filthy, disgusting woman was trying to seduce Simon. John is her man, and Simon should be good to me for life. No matter which one it is, Lily isn’t going to take either of them.
Elsa took several deep breaths, forging herself to calm down. Then she put on the marble pendant Simon had once given Lily and dialed him on a video call.
Simon had been deep in thought.
When the ringtone sounded, he instinctively answered.
He was sitting by Lily’s bedside, and Elsa immediately saw a woman lying next to him.
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Chapter 50 You Care Or Nah, Simon?
That woman’s clothes looked exactly like the outfit Lily had been wearing tonight.
Realizing he was with Lily at that very moment, Elsa’s expression changed again.
Red–eyed, she asked, “Simon, where are you right now? Are you… are you with Lily?”
Only then did Simon realize that his phone’s camera could capture Lily’s profile in the frame.
This wasn’t something he needed to deny.
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He stood up, holding his phone, and said flatly, “Lily got forced to drink tonight. She’s staying at one of Bale Group’s hotels. I didn’t want a scandal or a death in the hotel, so I stayed in her room. Lizzy. it’s late. What did you need?”
Excuses. That’s all excuses. Bale Group had so many hotels; if he had to worry about every drunk guest, how could he possibly manage? He clearly cared about Lily. Elsa’s fingers trembled so violently she could barely hold onto her phone.
But she would never show him the darkness in her heart.
She shifted the camera away and, after putting her elegant, noble mask back on, turned back with teary eyes. “Kendrick and the others called me just now. They said you were targeting their family businesses. They asked me to speak with you on their behalf.”
Simon’s brow furrowed deeply.
In his memories, Elsa was kind and sensible–innocent, optimistic, like a little sun constantly radiating warmth.
Kendrick, Calvin, and Patrick were each more vile and disgusting than the next. It was hard for him to believe that his clear–headed, principled Lizzy would defend them.
Just as he wavered in thought, Elsa spoke again.”
“I didn’t really want to help them. But a few years ago, I was being bullied and Kendrick and the others stood up for me. I don’t want to owe them anything. Simon, could you please let their companies go?”
Simon didn’t respond right away.
-As the focus returned to his eyes, he looked down at his phone screen and immediately spotted the
marble pendant lying on Elsa’s chest.
That pendant was the very one he had given to Elsa sixteen years ago.
Sixteen years ago, he’d been badly injured in that earthquake, so badly he couldn’t even make a sound.
The moment the buildings collapsed and he was buried under the rubble, he truly thought the sky had fallen.
Covered in blood, aching in every inch of his body, he had really, truly wanted to give up.
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