Chapter 4

　　After her bath, the faint lily smell drifted into his nose, but Richie\'s eyes became more and more gloomy, and his words became harsher and unpleasant, \"Aren\'t you tired pretending every day? Have you even forgotten what she was like? And that\'s your take? Even if I learn to like you, you will never be her!\"

　　Once more, Joanna\'s face turned pale, but her expression remained calm. Her pale lips moved slightly, and she said softly, \"I’m not. As long as you like it, I can to this forever.\"

　　Richie sneered as he gave her an insult, \"How cheap.\"

　　Joanna’s lips tightened as she went and turned off the lights. She turned his back to him and closed her slightly trembling eyelashes. Her fingers dug into the quilt so tight that her knuckles quivered...

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　　When Richie woke up the next day, Joanna was no longer there, and as always, there was breakfast on the table, as well as a note left by her.

　　\"Richie, I won\'t accompany you home today. You should pay attention to your health by yourself. You should eat less cold things. I’ll leave the stomach medicine on the table for you. Don\'t forget to take it. Also, the forecast said it’ll rain today. So remember to bring an umbrella when you go out. The umbrella is on the shoe cabinet.\"

　　No matter how she is, she really tries to be a careful wife. Richie curled his lips ironically and threw the note into the trash can and left the house with the key.

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　　The car lights were busted horribly from the incident so Joanna had to take a taxi to get to her company. After getting in the car, she realized that her mobile phone had been put to silent mode.

　　Because she was afraid of sudden calls that would ruin her time with Richie, she had always habitually muted her mobile phone every time she is with him.

　　After the phone was turned on a prompt popped up on the screen saying, \"battery less than one percent\".

　　Joanna clicked to cancel and saw a lot of missed calls popping up all of a sudden. She paused, and was about to turn it on, when a call came in suddenly. It was her assistant Anna Lin.

　　As soon as it connected, Anna\'s voice came in eagerly.

　　\"Manager Mo, something has happened, don\'t come here yet.\"

　　Joanna frowned, \"Is someone in the branch making trouble again?\"

　　\"It\'s not a branch office,\" Anna said in a low voice, \"Early in the morning, two policemen came to the company to look for you. They wanted to talk to you in person.\"

　　Joanna covered her forehead, the incident of last night!

　　She calmed her mind and whispered, \"It\'s okay, you can work, I\'ll just—\"

　　Without ending her call, the phone turned off automatically. Joanna pressed the button and found that it won’t turn on anymore. She put away her phone and talked to the driver, \"Sir, please hurry up.\"

　　It was already twenty minutes later when she arrived at the Mo Building.

　　Anna had been guarding the first floor, and when Joanna appeared, she hurriedly greeted her.

　　\"Manager Mo, they’re in your office now. I’ve already called Hanson Zhou, but he said he’ll settle it later. It is estimated that he will arrive later.\"

　　Joanna said as he walked, \"Is President Mo here?\"

　　\"Not yet.\"

　　\"Don\'t talk to him about this, I will handle it myself.\"

　　Joanna got onto the elevator, raised her head and said to Anna, \"Go on. Work hard.\"

　　Although she was prepared, Joanna was still a little nervous when she opened the door and saw the policeman.

　　\"Sorry, I\'ve been waiting for a long time, I am Joanna.\"

　　The two police officers weren’t too old, but their behavior was proper. The tall policeman explained their intentions very tactfully.

　　\"Miss Mo, there was a rear-end collision at the intersection of Fengyi Road last night. We are here to find out the situation.\"

　　\"It was me who drove last night.\"

　　Joanna said frankly, \"I should be able to see it in the surveillance, but that can\'t be all my responsibility. If it weren\'t for the car overtaking, I would never hit it.\"

　　\"We also called on the monitoring at the time of the incident. The other party did overtake. Miss Mo herself did not violate the rules, but there was an accident. We must find a solution. The other party was injured in the car accident. It is still being tested, but the lawyer on the other side has already come forward and told me that they want it to be a private matter. We are here today mainly to see what your intentions were, Miss Mo.\"

　　Hearing that someone was injured, Joanna fell silent. For a long time, he said, \"I agree to it being a private incident, but I want to talk to them in person.\"

　　The board of directors convened for more than two hours and the three branches finally decided to suspend business for rectification. This was the only way to reduce expenses and stabilize the overall situation.

　　Henry seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, until everyone in the conference room was almost gone, he was still sitting there, slightly lost in thought.

　　Joanna felt a pain in her heart and walked over to him and whispered, \"Dad, are you okay?\"

　　Henry returned to his senses and shook his head, \"When you leave to take care of your family for a while, go to my office and take the picture of Spring Festival to your father-in-law.\"

　　Joanna clenched her fingers and lowered her eyes.

　　\"I won\'t go there anymore, I’ll help you in the company.\"

　　\"What can you do for me?\" He asked.