Meanwhile, In the CEO’s office of Duval Group. Benji watched the man who was focused on his work and quietly reminded him. “Mr. Duval, Mrs. Duval called you.”“I’m not blind.” Rickard sounded impatient. He heard when Hesper called, but when he remembered her saying that she no longer loved him, his heart grew cold. However, she never bothered calling back when he didn’t pick up the first time. Whenever he didn’t pick up before this, she would send a few anxious messages to him. It was evident that once a woman gives up, she would become very cold. However, Benji was worried. “Mr. Duval, Mrs. Duval hasn’t tried to contact you recently. Now that she suddenly called, do you think it’s something important? Why not call her back?”Rickard scoffed. “Unless a comet hits our home, there’s nothing that could be that urgent since we have so many bodyguards and helpers at home. Get out of here if you don’t want to just stand around. Stop bugging me.”Benji immediately shut his mout
“I’m alright…” Hesper barely replied as she felt her body heating up. Matthew immediately understood what happened. “Where do you live? I’ll give you a ride home.”“No, I can’t go home.” If she went back like this, the few women would chastise her. Furthermore, when the two men grabbed her, they called her by her last name, so she suspected that they were behind this whole situation. She wasn’t going to fall into the trap. “Could you… send me to the hospital?” Matthew was confused. After such an incident, she didn’t want to go home but instead chose to go to the hospital. Something must be up. However, he didn’t question her and instead nodded, then took out a bottle of cold water from the mini-fridge and handed it to her. “Hold this, you’ll feel better.”“Thank you…”At the hospital, Julian hurried over when he found out what happened. After getting emergency treatment to lower her body temperature and taking some medication, the stress in her body was almost at a normal
Hesper stood in front of Julian. Rickard raised his brow as the air grew cold around them. “Hesper Rivera, do you have any idea what you’re doing?”“I do.” She raised her chin and met his dark gaze. “Ian helped me out a great deal. No one can kick him out.”“What if I insist?” Rickard’s gaze was so sharp it could cut someone. Julian didn’t want to put Hesper in a tough spot, so he walked forward. “There’s no need for scare tactics here. I'll leave if you take good care of her. I don’t want to see her in the hospital again. However, I will give you a piece of advise. It’s best for you to find out what happened before you come in with your holier-than-thou attitude.”Rickard squinted because he could tell if there was a hidden meaning. After Julian left, he asked, “What did he mean? What happened?”“You don’t know?” Hesper was surprised because she thought that he was there after finding out what had happened. Benji immediately explained. “Mr. Duval cares about your health, so
“Mr. Duval, are we really going to leave? Why don’t I go ask the doctor and see how Mrs. Duval is?” Benji asked. Rickard didn’t appreciate that and walked even quicker. “Go ahead, but it doesn’t concern me anymore. I don’t want to know!”Benji was left behind and was hesitant but still decided to find out more. He knew that Rickard went there because he wanted to find out what happened. After ten minutes, Benji walked to the car with a troubled look. “I found out what happened, sir.” Rickard was resting his eyes and didn’t see Benji’s expression. He didn’t care. “Tell me then, what’s her issue?”“The doctor said that… Mrs. Duval was drugged with an aphrodisiac. She was sent to the hospital and was given injections and forced to throw up. She went through a lot before she finally felt better.”“Aphrodisiac?” Rickard’s eyes opened and looked sharp. “Are you sure?”Benji nodded solemnly. He wouldn’t dare joke about this. Rickard’s change in expression was obvious. His eyes t
“I don’t want the money. Give it back to him.” Hesper refused it expressionlessly. Her pride wasn’t something that could be bought with a measly check. Benji was going to say something, but she cut him off. “As for what happened today, I’ll make a police report and let them handle it.”“I’ll drive you home then.” Hesper didn’t reject that. On the way back, Benji told her, “By the way, Mrs. Duval, the people at the hospital said someone drove you there. I believe that person would have seen what happened. If you could get him to be a witness and provide some information, it would help with the investigation.”Hesper’s mind was filled with Matthew’s face, but she didn’t know who he was, so there was no chance that she could get him to be a witness. The man was very well-dressed and was in an extravagant luxury car. He would probably not want to get involved in this. She calmly said, “He was just there at the right time. I don’t think it will be easy to track him down.”Benji d
“Why would you ask that?” Juniper frowned, looking surprised. “Do you suspect that I did it? Or do you think I would be happy about it?”Rickard didn’t reply. Juniper’s reactions seemed normal and her behavior didn't seem odd. He couldn’t find a reason to convince himself that she had anything to do with this. After a few seconds, he spoke. “I was just asking.”Juniper was relieved but she still looked wronged and unhappy about it. Sophia jumped at the opportunity and stood by her side. “What are you doing? You used to care about Juni the most but now you seem to question her a lot. Do you think she wouldn't feel hurt? Or is someone trying to twist the truth?”Rickard knew what she meant and frowned. “What are you trying to say? Hesper made a police report, so the police is getting involved. I'll investigate this too, so no one will be able to twist the truth.”Sophia didn’t talk back after she was called out. Rickard, agitated, loosened his tie then walked to his study. Be
The investigating officer looked at her. “But we’ve investigated this thoroughly, and the suspects were adamant that no one was ordering them around. We looked into their bank cards, phone records, and everything else. There were no suspicious transfers or calls.”Hesper couldn’t put a finger on it, but she knew that the two men were targeting her. “Please look into this again. I don’t want the actual culprits to get away!”The officer hesitantly looked at Rickard, and when he nodded, the officer agreed to avoid wrongly closing the case. “Alright, we’ll investigate further. Can you provide any evidence or witnesses? The person who saved you, for example?”Hesper hesitated, then shook her head. “I don’t know who he is, so I wouldn’t be able to contact him.”Rickard noticed the slight change in her demeanor and his eyes darkened. However, no matter how many times they interrogated the men, they refused to change their statements, so the outcome remained. The police were out o
In the study, the mother and son sat down. Rickard checked the time on his watch. “Go ahead.”Julie spoke. “I know that you’re trying to get Hesper, but have you considered why she didn’t come home? Has she ever done this since you married? Don’t you think that this is out of character?”How could it not be? He never imagined that she would do this, so he didn't notice that she wasn’t home until the helper went to wake her up. Julie scoffed and coldly said, “I’m going to say something that you wouldn’t want to hear. I watched the video too yesterday. She was disoriented and couldn’t even walk properly. Who knows if anything happened after she got into some man’s car?”“Mom!” Rickard cut her off. “What? Am I wrong?” Julie continued. “I don’t want to accuse her of anything, but the truth is right there. If they were both innocent, why did she not cooperate when the police asked to look for the witness? Also, why didn’t she come home?”Rickard’s mind went to the moment when Hesp