Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection (PDF) novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41 What’s the Use of Apologies? 

I didn’t want to hear Ashley’s side of the story, I wanted to hear it directly from Walter. 

He looked at me, his handsome brows furrowed, “What do you want to ask?” 

Looking at him, I felt a lump in my throat, took a slight breath and asked, “Was it you who told my dad that Ashley is carrying your child? Are you guys planning to get married?” 

His brows furrowed slightly, his fair hands intertwined, his voice somewhat heavy, “I’m sorry, I didn’t anticipate this outcome.” 

A sinking feeling hit me, the suppressed emotions surged up. Looking at him, I said word by word, “So, you admit it was you guys who upset my dad into the emergency room, right?” 

He looked at me, his gaze filled with regret and helplessness. 

“Thwack!” This was probably the first time I had hit him since I knew him. I couldn’t control the anger in my heart, glaring at him with bloodshot eyes, my voice hoarse with rage. “Why? Why did you do this? If you’re not satisfied with me, you could have hit me! Why did you provoke a sick person? Walter, do you know? The doctor said he only had three months to live, just three months, and you all cruelly deprived him of that. Did his existence bother you?” 

The man in front of me remained silent. He didn’t argue back, didn’t fight back, he just let me question him. In response to my questioning, he simply said in a deep voice, “Sorry!” 

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I suddenly laughed, feeling incredibly bored for a moment. I staggered back a few steps, suppressing all my emotions. What was the point of such violent outbursts? My father was already gone. Even if I killed him, my father couldn’t come back. 

Thinking of this, I didn’t say another word and turned to leave. 

“Where are you going?” His voice came from behind as he grabbed her 

wrist. 

I shook off his hand, looking up at the red light shining above the emergency room door, I couldn’t help but sneer, “Walter, trampling on others’ sincerity and trust, you are even more despicable than Ashley.” 

Yes, killing them would have been useless, and would have only brought me trouble. But I wouldn’t let my father’s death go unresolved like this. 

After leaving the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, I comforted my mother and took her back to the Conner family. 

When I arrived at the Conner Group, Cory was pacing anxiously outside the conference room. Seeing me, he let out a slight sigh of relief and asked anxiously, “Have you arranged everything with your 

dad?” 

I nodded, several investors from Walling Street of Loredge had arrived in the conference room. There was no time to grieve over my father’s matter, I asked Cory to briefly tell me about Bright Media. 

He sighed, “The Bright Media project was initially acquired by the chairman who wanted to change his line of business. At the beginning, this project was quite considerable, almost monopolizing more than half of the River City market in the past two years. However, due to the rise of video and digital media recently, this project has started to 

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decline. Last year, due to financial issues, a Series B financing was carried out, allowing Loredge’s investment bank to buy into Bright Media.” 

I nodded, opening my mouth to say, “The shareholders of the investment bank have all come over, has there been a problem?” 

He hesitated a bit, looking at me as if he didn’t know what to say for a 

moment. 

Seeing him like this, I said, “Cory, just say it. My dad is no longer here. I’ve never taken over this project before and I don’t understand the situation. If I go in there without knowing anything, I’m afraid it will only make things worse.” 

He nodded and began to speak, “Bright Media had made a project plan during the B round of financing. The plan promised that the company would achieve a turnover of 100 million within a year after financing. Two years later, Bright Media went public in Loredge, becoming the fastest domestic company to ring the bell on NASDAQ.” 

Listening to him finish saying all this, my jaw almost dropped to the floor. I looked at him with furrowed brows and asked, “Were these promises on the proposal made by my father?”