I was in the taxi with Clariana when calling Hank Gibson.
Hank picked up the phone. He seemed busy, because the sound of keyboard could be heard. However, his voice was warm, “Have you had dinner yet?”
“Meet me later.” I said, with the taxi already driving to the Gibson Group.
He kept silence for a while and said, “Okay.”
The taxi parked underneath the Gibson Group. Clariana fell asleep after crying.
Sitting in the rest area of the Gibson Group, I found two beautiful front desk ladies.
But I did not ask them about Hank. As for as I knew of him, he would come down himself.
After about five minutes, he came down.
Seeing Clariana asleep, he frowned and tried to cradle her. But I dodged and said, “Should we go to somewhere to talk? Or should we talk here?” People coming in and out of the company had noticed him.
Hank frowned again, “Let’s go to my office. There is a lounge there, and Clariana could lie on the bed to have a rest.”
I nodded and followed him upstairs in the president’s elevator, unwilling to let him cradle Clariana.
The Gibson Group had almost doubled in size in four years. Even the president’s office had become a luxurious two-story office.
After putting Clariana on the bed, I sat in the meeting room. Hank asked his secretary to serve me tea. It was inevitable that someone would look at me for several times. After all, it was the first time that they saw me, and I was still being manned.
“What would you like to eat later?” asked Hank. He didn’t seem to care about why I came here.
I pursed my lips, and didn’t answer his question, “I will accept unconditionally whether you wanna embarrass me or revenge. But Clariana is innocent. My only purpose of returning is to provide a bright future for her. She is just a kid who doesn’t know anything, but you are an adult. You should make it clear that you should not hurt innocent people, especially kids.”
Finding my words inexplicable, he frowned and asked, “What? Revenge? To embarrass you? Why would I do that?”
I shrugged, “The only reason I could think of is that you hate me. I can bear it. But Clariana is innocent and I don’t want her to be involved.”
He was silent for a long time, then he looked up at me, “You think I’m behind Bernice Miller’s suicide and the press conference?”
“Aren’t you?” There weren’t too many people around me. I couldn’t think of anyone else but him who could encourage Bernice to destroy her career, just for framing me.
He sneered, somewhat disdainfully, “Ridiculous, Clara. When did I become so dirty?”
“Not dirty. You are a businessman who is not short of money. I can bear your unwillingness and resentment. I know, you keep Yara George for so many years, because you want me to be driven out of George’s. Honestly, you don’t need to do that. I can be with Dennis at anywhere else. Besides, Yara is Dennis’ aunt. He can respect her, but everyone has a bottom line. Both you and I know what he will do if the bottom line is touched.” I said.
He sneered sarcastically, with his sharp black eyes looking at me, “Clara, you are smarter than you were four years ago.”
I pursed my lips, not feeling that he was complimenting me.
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