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Chapter 240 - 239: Boldness
Chapter 240 - 239: Boldness
Chapter 240: Chapter 239: Boldness
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The Leaford family and the Norman family were sitting together, chatting and laughing. Molly Walker sat next to Amanda Leaford, occasionally nodding and smiling.
Seeing her inattentive, Amanda pulled her aside and whispered, “What’s bothering you?”
Molly looked slightly stunned.
“You can’t fool me. I’m your mom, and we have that understanding.” Amanda sighed, “Do you not want to marry Jeremy Norman?”
“Before your father cheated, I wanted to match you with Jeremy. I always thought it’s better to find someone who loves you than someone you love, but now I’ve come to realize that I shouldn’t demand that of you when my own marriage is unhappy ”
“Mom ” Molly frowned, “Don’t say that about yourself. I’ve already made up my mind about Jeremy.”
At this point, her tone paused, “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything I’ll regret.”
For all these years, she hasn’t regretted anything she’s done.
“You really don’t regret it?” Amanda patted her hand, “You obviously don’t like Jeremy, if you marry him, he’ll be the happy one, not you.”
Molly lowered her head, unsure of how to explain this to her.
Michael Gallagher had just passed away, and she indeed couldn’t bring herself to enter a new relationship so soon.
“If you don’t like him, there’s still time to change your mind.”
Amanda’s words struck a chord in Molly’s heart.
Seeing Jeremy glance in their direction from time to time, Molly’s heart suddenly clenched.
She thought for a moment before suddenly standing up.
Jeremy was chatting with James Leaford while smiling, but his gaze was often drawn towards Molly.
“Mr. Norman.”
Suddenly, a woman dressed as a maid walked up to him, “A Miss Jackson would like to invite you for a drink.”
Miss Jackson?
“She said she’s the housekeeping manager of Home Cooking Restaurant.”
Home Cooking Restaurant
Jeremy thought for a moment, turned his gaze, and saw a woman not far away waving at him, looking nervous as if she had something urgent to report.
He immediately remembered that Molly had mentioned Zachary Jenkins helping her at the restaurant, but the manager never reported what had actually happened at the restaurant.
“Uncle Leaford, please excuse me for a moment.”
James Leaford kept nodding, “You go ahead.”
Jeremy headed towards the woman.
Just as Molly was about to find Jeremy, Amanda grabbed her and laughed, “Look who’s here.”
A short-haired girl in a black suit stood next to Amanda. It was clearly a female, but she managed to make the suit look stylish and cool.
“Elizabeth Aitken!” Molly was both surprised and delighted.
Ever since Elizabeth asked for her help to get to Capital City last time, Elizabeth had rarely actively contacted her.
Out of respect for her friend’s privacy and fearing that the old man would find out, Molly hadn’t deliberately investigated Elizabeth’s whereabouts until today when Elizabeth stood in front of her.
“Molly.” Elizabeth came forward and held her hand, “I heard you came to Capital City, so I rushed here. How have you been lately?”
Elizabeth hesitated to say what she wanted, “You and Jeremy ”
“Yes, he and I are planning to get engaged.”
Elizabeth sighed, no longer trying to dissuade her, “It’s for the best. It’s better to find someone who loves you than someone you love.”
Seeing her gloomy expression, Molly held her hand tightly, “Let’s find a place to talk.”
The two hadn’t had a proper conversation since their last encounter, and she knew Elizabeth had a lot to tell her as well.
The two went to a secluded corner hand in hand.
On the other side, Jeremy sat facing the housekeeping manager of Home Cooking Restaurant.
“Young Master Norman ” Nina Jackson never expected that Jeremy would actually come to her side, and her heart leaped with joy, “I want to report our restaurant manager for secretly giving the key to someone else.”
At this point, Nina glanced at Jeremy and found that his expression remained unchanged. Encouraged, she continued, “The woman he gave the key to was beautiful, but I don’t know what their relationship is. The manager gave her a set of maid outfits to wear, and she held a key card that only internal staff had. If it wasn’t for Gillian Thompson’s discovery and call for help, the door would have been opened by her.”
Although in the end, the door was opened, Nina didn’t want to tell Jeremy about it, since it could be considered her dereliction of duty.
“I heard that the door was eventually opened.” Jeremy had a smile on his face, but there was no joy in his eyes.
“Yes, the door was finally opened by Mr. Jenkins ” Nina’s fingers crossed, showing her nervousness, “That Mr. Jenkins is called Zachary Jenkins, the illegitimate son of the Jenkins family. The manager said he’s a VIP in the restaurant, and there’s also Gillian Thompson from the Thompson family. I can’t afford to offend her either.”
“So you can afford to offend Ivy Thompson?” Jeremy’s smile faded slightly.
“Ivy Thompson?” Nina Jackson’s eyes widened in surprise, “That girl is Ivy Thompson?”
Nina stared in shock, suddenly feeling a chill run down her spine.
She rarely paid attention to gossip and only knew Ivy Thompson by name, not necessarily by her appearance.
But by now, no one should be unaware of Ivy Thompson, the future wife of Jeremy Norman and their future boss’ wife!
Moreover, today was Ivy Thompson’s family reunion
She looked around, carefully examining the poster with the charming, beautiful woman, and slowly matching her face to the woman dressed as a maid.
Ivy Thompson, that woman was really Ivy Thompson!
But the manager never warned her
What a mess, she had been tricked by the manager!
As Nina met Jeremy Norman’s impatient gaze, her heart clenched. “Mr. Norman ”
“Go to the company tomorrow and collect your remaining salary.” Jeremy Norman’s voice was void of any emotion.
Thinking of how he failed to help and Zachary Jenkins was the one who stepped in, Jeremy could no longer suppress the rage buried deep in his heart.
Nina’s eyes watered as she nodded stubbornly.
She made such a big mistake; there’s no way she would be allowed to stay.
She hadn’t anticipated that the manager would eventually betray her
With a dejected expression, Nina left, and Jeremy was in a bad mood. He picked up the wine beside him and took a sip; the heat spreading from his chest made him loosen his tie with his right hand.
“Mr. Norman, Miss Thompson wants to have a private conversation with you in the reception room on the first floor,” a sudden voice whispered into Jeremy’s ear.
Miss Thompson? Ivy Thompson?
Jeremy could feel the impact of the wine from just now. Squinting his eyes, he tried to maintain his balance as he staggered toward the reception room.
Molly Walker was chatting with Elizabeth Aitken when the cell phone on the table began to vibrate violently.
Molly picked it up and saw that it was Jeremy Norman.
After answering the call, she first heard gasping breaths, followed by faint, scattered sounds.
Molly furrowed her brows: “Jeremy Norman?”
Jeremy’s intermittent voice echoed with helplessness and gasps: “Molly, help me ”
With a loud “bang” sound, the call was abruptly cut off.
Somebody had hung up the phone!
Molly’s expression changed instantly.
Something’s gone wrong!
Thinking of Jeremy’s panting voice, Molly couldn’t help but feel her heart race; something was definitely off
“Is something wrong, Molly?” Elizabeth sensed that something wasn’t right and asked cautiously.
“Wait for me here,” Molly stood up quickly and rushed to the surveillance room at the Leaford’s residence. She spoke urgently to the security guards, “Quick! Check the monitors! Help me find Jeremy Norman’s whereabouts, now, immediately!”
Upon seeing that it was Molly, the security obeyed without hesitation and began checking the monitors.
“Wait, pause!” Spotting a suspicious figure on the screen, Molly’s face turned cold. “Gillian Thompson ”
She had arrived!
With trembling hands, Molly rewound the footage only to find that Gillian had vanished after entering the crowd.
Gillian had been to the Leaford’s house before; she must have known which areas in the hall had surveillance and which had blind spots.
“Help me find the rooms with blind spots.”
If Jeremy was in trouble, it was bound to happen in a blind spot.
Molly’s eyes filled with cold determination as she thought of Gillian’s schemes.
Not only was Jeremy her “fiancé,” he was also her friend.
She would never let anything happen to her friend under her watch!
“Miss Thompson, I found it!” the security guard nervously reported. “There’s only one room with a blind spot on the first floor: the reception room.”