Chapter 113
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The basement is dirty, messy, and cold, there is no air conditioning or heating, not even a bed, how can you sleep?
"I don't want to. You guys let go of me."
But her strength is simply no match for the strength of maids who work year-round. They stubbornly dragged her to the basement.
Juliet also said that if she didn't listen, she wouldn't be allowed to eat, and would only let her go when she obeyed.
Everyone heard Mrs. Victoria banging on the basement door and screaming, their hearts were very happy.
One person said. 'Rose is still sleeping in the second-floor room, now let's go wake her up. Before, she liked to beat and scold us the most, but now we let her taste what it's like to be bullied and humiliated."
"Okay. Go find Rose. Punish her."
Everyone talked together as if happily relieving pressure.
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Afternoon.
Derek dragged his still-unhealed waist wound along. He finally completely escaped the pursuit of those people and successfully returned to City X.
For several days in a row, looking for Bertha, regardless of day or night, hiding, encountering wind and rain, and getting injured, his face turned pale.
Unlike his previous handsome face, this pale look makes him more attractive.
After returning to the city, the first thing he did was return to his accommodation to take a hot bath and change into clean clothes, and his whole body became arrogant again.
Because the phone couldn't receive a signal in the mountains, to avoid running out of battery, he chose to turn it off.
As soon as he opened his phone, a series of messages were sent to his phone.
All messages are from Pan.
He called back, the phone was immediately connected.
'Derek, you finally took my call. If you don't return to the city, I will assume you are dead."
Derek frowned. "What's wrong?"
'Please quickly return to Tibble Corporation. There's a big problem."
After hanging up the phone, Derek quickly returned to Tibble Corporation.
It was time to end his shift and there were only a few people left in the company. He went directly to the president's office on the top floor.
As soon as he opened the door, the equipment in the room was almost completely changed.
It's no longer the black and white style he loved before, the sofa is blue, and the tablecloth on the desk is also blue.
He hated this color the most, almost instinctively, he frowned.
In front of the desk, there was a slender figure with its back facing him.
"Mr. Derek, long time no see."
As if hearing him push the door open, the woman turned her chair around. When she looked at him, her face was as bright as a flower.
'Seeing me sitting in your position, are you surprised, are you surprised?"
Derek pursed his lips tightly, staring at the woman in front of him without blinking.
After more than a month of not seeing her, her face became more and more beautiful, her skin was extremely smooth. When she smiled, her red lips parted, but her eyes looked at him filled with only anger and revenge.
Derek had been looking for her for a long time but today he found her safe and sound in front of him. He thought he would be very happy but he found himself unable to smile.
While he was observing Bertha, she was also evaluating him.
After a while of not seeing each other, he seemed a lot thinner. She didn't know what he had been through during this time.
Seeing his expression gloomily staring at her, Bertha curled her lips and said coldly and sarcastically. 'Seeing that I didn't die and even caused Tibble's family to go bankrupt, becoming the person in charge of Tibble Corporation, you feel very disappointed, right?"
Derek didn't say anything, his eyes were intense, staring at her.
Bertha was staring at him like that, she was very uncomfortable.
It was obvious that he had nothing left, but he was still able to present a noble appearance and did not seek fame and fortune.
But she wants to crush his arrogance and stubbornness.
'It's not just that. Your beloved fiancee Laura and your subordinate Cadell were both sent to prison by me. Now even the house belongs to me."
Her hand was resting on her chin, her elbow was resting on the desk, and her delicate face gently smiled brilliantly. Bertha faced the man who remained motionless, standing not far away.
Under this simple appearance lies an evil heart.
Derek's face was cold.
Because he was looking for her, he spent more than half a month in the mountains looking for her from city X to city Z.
But does she treat him like this?
Letting Venn find Fawn's subordinates to hunt him down, she discreetly planned to bankrupt Tibble's family.
It's unfair.
"Why?"
Derek's throat was a bit hoarse, his deep black eyes were filled with anger.
Bertha is cold.
Just now when she said Tibble's family was bankrupt, he didn't say anything.
Indeed, only Laura can make him react differently.
'What you have done, you must understand best in your heart."
Derek didn't understand anything, his eyes were filled with anger.
Bertha ignored the anger in his eyes. She thought that she had prepared a gift for him. The corners of her lips were once again tinged with a smile.
'To welcome you back, in addition to Tibble's family going bankrupt, I also specially prepared a gift for you."
She leisurely pulled out an agreement form from the drawer, her slender fingers gently pushing it toward Derek.
Derek stepped forward, opened the agreement, and looked at it seriously.
The content is truly absurd.
He laughed, his pale lips carrying a hint of mockery. 'On what basis do you think I will sign?"
Bertha leisurely took a sip of coffee.
