Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand novel Chapter 223

223 Catch Her

The car crawled along the busy road like a bug because of the heavy traffic. However, just as the cars in front of them were driving away and they could move forward, Anna suddenly shouted the words.

Tom, the driver, paused at Anna’s words. “What?” he asked. Tom wasn’t the only one who didn’t react, because everyone in the car froze.

Selina was the first one to react. She grabbed Anna’s arm as quickly as she could and said, “What exactly are you up to? You already said you weren’t going to get engaged in this!”

Anna frowned and then glanced out the window again. She said anxiously, “Aunt Selina, someone is going to jump off the building!”

Anna didn’t do this because she was overwhelmed with compassion, but because she felt that she could empathize with them as human beings. She believed that everyone’s life was valuable.

As the light was ready to turn green, Tom gave them a puzzled look. After Joe told him to stop, he pulled over.

Selina said unhappily, “Anna, do you think you’re not afraid of anything because you have Wayne to back you up? But, you know, Gabriel Group is a huge group, so its financial problems are far bigger than you think. Wake up! You can’t help them no matter what you do.”

Anna froze as soon as she heard Wayne’s name. Anna didn’t get the opportunity to tell Selina that she and Wayne had broken up a long time ago, thus she was unaware of this.

“Aunt Selina, do you think that letting Gabriel Group go bankrupt is a thing worth celebrating? That group is not just my father’s business. My mother, too, put in a lot of effort.” Anna took a serious glance at Selina before coming to her senses and saying.

Then, she felt Selina’s hand froze.

It had been a long time since Olivia died. So, Selina even forgot that Olivia had something to do with the Gabriel Group. In fact, rather than forgetting, she actually just refused to admit this.

Olivia offered Frank a lot of money and publicity ideas when he just founded the company. So, Olivia had the credit for the success of Gabriel Group.

Olivia was also a key Gabriel Group stakeholder and a member of the board of directors. The Miller family was enraged by Frank when she died. They didn’t want to take possession of the shares of Gabriel Group, so they were all sold at a low price.

“I paid $30,000 for a down payment on a house developed by the Gabriel Group. I also borrowed money from many relatives for this! But, I didn’t expect it to be halted. Now, my girlfriend broke up with me, and my father was so angry that he had a stroke. God, need money for his treatment! Also, my company hasn’t paid me for six months!”

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The Gabriel Group headquarters was thirty-five stories high. On the rooftop of the building, a man stood in the cool autumn breeze. The black leather jacket he was wearing was worn out, and his lips were dry and cracked. His face was flushed weirdly as he was so angry.

He blamed the Gabriel Group for all the misfortunes that had befallen him with indignation. He shouted, “If you don’t give me money, I’ll jump! I will become a ghost later, and I will haunt every employee working here.”

Then, a slender man came out of the crowd in a hurry. After speaking to a firefighter, he walked into the building.

“The bosses of Gabriel Group are all sons of bitches! None of them even bothered to explain a word after such a big thing happened. I’m going to jump off immediately if they don’t pay me.”

“Hey, calm down! We’re already notifying the directors of the Gabriel Group.”

On the rooftop, the firefighters were roughly five meters away from that man. They all tightened up as they gazed at the man standing on the rooftop who appeared to be poised to jump off at any moment, and were thinking of a way to get him out of danger.

“Sir, please calm down. You can earn money later if you choose to live. But, if you die, you’ll have nothing.”

“If I don’t have money, why should I live?”

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I’m obligated to the group. You want money, don’t you? I will give you the money you want now.”

The man paused for a bit, and then moved down carefully, staring at Anna’s driver‘s license.

The firefighters surrounding the man, who were already ready to act, pounced on him at that same time. The man screamed and was then pinned to the ground.