Chapter 1693 Being Targeted
“I’m your wife. I love you. No matter what happens, I’ll always be by your side. Understand?”
Something flashed through Ashton’s black orbs as he laughed. “Understood.” He grinned mischievously.
I’ve been so patient in comforting him, yet he’s still unwilling to reveal the truth. How much longer do I need to wait?
I was starting to get frustrated over it. Meanwhile, Ashton slowly rolled up the bottom of my pants and massaged my leg.
This makes me think of the famous saying that a married man only tries to butter up with his wife when he makes a mistake or plans to.
While thinking that, I wanted to grab Ashton’s hand when he suddenly spoke. “Nathaniel met up with me today. He wanted to start a business with me in producing fake bills.”
My hand, which was in mid-air, was immediately lowered. Thankfully, he said it right on time. Otherwise, it was going to be a different story.
“How could he have the guts to do that when our country has strict rules regulating it?” I asked.
While massaging my leg, he explained it nonchalantly, “He’s planning to produce it here and export it overseas, so that it’s difficult to trace. He’s smart to base it in Chanaea. Since he has no criminal record, there’s a high chance he wouldn’t be extradited if the business was exposed. He was also the one who provoked Quince and Lucas. They aim to make the police suspicious about Fuller Corporation so that all of my actions will be monitored. Now that the police are keeping a close eye on money laundering, everyone feels threatened and wants a scapegoat for it to be over quickly. Thus, they’re just waiting for me to get arrested.”
It was the same situation everywhere. Nobody would remember the things good about you but would start pointing fingers when you made a single mistake.
Sometimes, it would take a great deal of restraint for one to be nice in this world.
If I were Ashton, I would feel disappointed as well. After all, he is getting such treatment from two foreigners with a bad reputation, despite paying years of taxes and providing jobs to many.
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