What?
Nancy and Dawn were stunned.
It was hard for them to believe that Robert was letting them go so easily.
They had investigated Robert before, and they knew that he only received a son when he was old. He cherished his son like he was the most priceless treasure in the world. He would do anything for his son.
Once, an underworld leader had slapped his son, and Robert even went to battle for it. He broke into the enemy camp with a machete and chopped him to death.
Now, for him to actually let them go after Zeke broke his son's leg, something must be wrong with him.
Zeke patted the two ladies on the shoulder and said, “Since Mr. Quinn won't hold us accountable, then we won't be holding them accountable as well. We're even. Let's go.”
“Okay.” The two women hurriedly brought Zeke out of the building.
However, Zeke's words before leaving infuriated Robert again.
“What do you mean you won't hold us accountable? What makes you think you can say that? Who do you think you are?”
At that moment, Jason was filled with despair. He shouted at the top of his lungs, “Dad! You can't just let him go like that! It's not fair! He disrespected us! If you let him go, there won't be a place for us here in the future!”
“Sir, please reconsider,” Ivan and the others implored. “If you let him go now, it won't be easy to catch him the next time. We can't let this opportunity slip away!”
Robert glared at them with flames in his eyes. “Shut up! You couldn't even beat him with so many of you, and you have the guts to ask me to stand up for you? Besides, don't think I don't know your characters. If you hadn't provoked him, he wouldn't have beaten you up!”
Jason and the others fell into silence.
After Nancy and Dawn got into the car, they urged Zeke to quickly drive away.
“Hurry up and go before Robert changes his mind and pursues us!”
Zeke calmly replied, “It's fine. I'm honestly hoping he comes. I wanted to go all out, but who would have thought that he would let us go!”
“Yeah, that was unexpected of him,” said Nancy. “It seems that the information we got was wrong. According to our collected data, Robert is a mean, treacherous, cunning old fox. But judging from the earlier situation, he seems quite humble and kind-hearted now.”
However, Zeke shook his head. “I'm afraid things are not that simple.”
“Why?” The two ladies curiously looked at Zeke.
“You saw it for yourselves. When Robert saw Jason in the gruesome condition, he was devastated, and his expression got even worse when he found out that I was the culprit. He looked as if he wanted to rip my throat out and drink my blood dry. However, with just one word from Wendy, Robert changed his mind. I also noticed that Robert's eyes were struck with fear when he looked at Wendy. She's definitely not your regular secretary.”
Nancy and Dawn nodded thoughtfully. “It sure seems like it. But why would Wendy plead for us? And why does Robert fear Wendy?”
Confused, Zeke rubbed his temples. “I don't know either. Forget it; we'll just have to wait and see. I want to know what they're scheming. Let's prepare ourselves for what's to come.”
The situation in the president's office of United Group was also quite tense.
Jason was throwing a tantrum, venting his grievances and dissatisfaction with his father's actions.
Since he was a child, Robert had spoiled him to the point he became a man-child. He would whine and throw a tantrum whenever he wanted something.
Although Robert felt sorry for Jason, he also hated the fact that his son didn't mature as a man.
Seeing his son rolling all over the floor like a child, he was torn between feelings of love and hate.
He angrily shouted, “Enough! Stop crying! I know you can't tolerate this humiliation. I can't take it either. I only let him go because I was being expedient. I'll definitely have my vengeance.”
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