Chapter 231
Chapter 231
Vincent lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. He did not expect anyone to know and even
shoot a video.
"Of course I want to be the chief justice. Otherwise, wouldn't our efforts be in vain?" Vincent knew that
he was wrong, so his voice was so low, not daring to provoke Terrence.
"You knew it was stupid. But you still did that!" Terrence was so furious that he wanted to slap Vincent.
He had already told Vincent not to mess around, but he still did it.
Terrence scolded, "Break up with that woman immediately. Don't make any mistakes during this time!"
Vincent nodded. Just as he was about to answer yes, the phone in his pocket rang again.
Vincent clicked on the text message: give up running for the chief justice, or I will release the video.
Vincent's face darkened, "This must have been done by the man who was competing with me for the
position!"
Terrence narrowed his eyes and agreed. After all, the competition was so fierce, so it was unavoidable
for the opponent to use some despicable methods.
Terrence was angry about this, but he knew that it was important to solve the problem now.
After thinking for a while, he said to Vincent, "Don't worry about it. But never make this kind of mistake
in the future!"
"But if they release it, I will be finished by then." How could he run for the chief justice if his personal life
issues were exposed to the public?
Of course, Terrence knew, and he had helped Vincent a lot so he could get to this day, so it was
impossible for him to fail.
"I said, don't worry about it. Keep calm and act as that nothing happened." After Terrence's anger
faded, he calmed down. Their opponent sent a video to make them panic. At this time, they had to hold
their anger and worries and see what else the other party was going to do.
When the time came, they would not be in a passive position.
Vincent had no choice but to listen to Terrence. Terrence had always been his backbone, although he
was still a little afraid that his position would be taken.
But he didn't dare to say anything more. After all, it was his fault. He needed to just listen to him.
However, at this moment, the host's voice sounded, "Thank you all for coming to the anniversary of the
XWX Group. I hope that the future of the XWX Group will not be limited to its present. I believe that the
company will continue to develop and innovate steadily, continuously, and healthily!" The host's voice
was bright and powerful, resounding throughout the ship.
Then there was applause and all kinds of blessings.
Generally, the company's anniversary would be about the company's development during the past
year, as well as awarding the employees who had made great contributions, and the president's giving
a speech about the future.
Because the people who came today were all people of some status. They came here to promote Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.
communication and seek cooperation, not to hear about the history of the company.
In order to further communicate, they arranged a few performances, and the host held the microphone
and spoke again, "In order to make everyone enjoy today's party and have fun, we specially prepared a
few programs. The first one is to have our XWX Group's CEO Boss Rufus invite a lady, and give us an
opening dance to show that our anniversary officially begins!"
Rufus was standing right in the middle in a straight suit. The beam of light cast on him, and everybody
was looking at him waiting to see who he would choose.
Rufus's eyes stopped on Arya in the corner.
He walked over. The beam of light followed him, and everyone's eyes followed. Not many people knew
Arya.
Rufus put one hand behind his back and the other palm up in a gentlemanly position. "Miss Harrison,
it's a pleasure to meet you. May I have the honor to invite you for a dance?"
Arya looked up at him. "I'm sorry, I don't know how to dance."
Rufus's expression remained the same, "It's okay. I can teach you."
All eyes were fixed on her. Arya had no choice but to stand up, but she did not accept Rufus's
invitation. Instead, she said, "Thank you, Rufus. I really don't know how to dance and I don't want to
cause trouble for you, please choose someone else."
"Is this lady decided to not give Rufus any respect at all?" Someone in the crowd said.
Rufus narrowed his eyes. Arya's refusal made him extremely unhappy. When had he ever been
rejected in public like this?
And on such an occasion, Rufus sneered, "Isn't Miss Harrison afraid to offend me that I'll make things
difficult for you?"
Arya's expression was more intriguing than his. "I'm afraid even if I did this dance, we still won't be
friends."
Rufus narrowed his eyes. Suddenly, he sneered and looked up and down at Arya with an evil leer. "No
wonder Xavier is hiding you. It turns out that you do make a man have the urge to tame you..."
"Rufus, she said she can't dance. It's not a gentleman to embarrass a lady like this."
Jasper walked slowly towards them with a woman on his arm.
Seeing Jasper, Arya was stunned for a moment, but when she thought of Jasper's current identity, she
knew why he was here.
Rufus slowly turned around and looked at Jasper, "Jasper."
Jasper handed Rufus the hand of the woman next to him. "This lady here, she admires you very much.
She volunteers to dance with you. Would you show her this honor?"
Rufus glanced back and forth at Arya and Jasper, then smiled and said, "Sure enough, no wonder you
two were family."
Jasper and Bridget's wedding was a sensation, but no one knew about the divorce.
Rufus was very unhappy, but it was obvious that Arya would not do what he wanted her to do. He took
his offer to dance with the woman that came with Jasper. He looked back at Arya, "I will remember
what you did to me today."
Arya tilted her head slightly, unwilling to look at him in the eyes.
Soon, everyone's eyes followed Rufus away.
Jasper looked at Arya for a long time before saying, "How are you?"
Arya said, "Good."
She was quite distant from him, Jasper felt a little upset, but after what happened with Bridget, he knew
that he and Arya would never be together. Even if they had feelings for each other in their hearts, they
could only hide it.
"How is he?" The news about Xavier has been spreading all over the place.
It was hard for him not to know.
Thinking of Xavier, Arya felt sad, but she said calmly, "He's okay."
Jasper nodded, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Take care of yourself. If you need my help,
you can just come to me."
Arya said yes.
Jasper turned around and walked towards the crowd. Soon, his figure disappeared in the crowd.
It took Arya a long time to come back to herself.
She was not in the mood to stay, but the boat did not dock, and Arya had no way to leave, so she had
to find a quiet place to sit and wait for the boat to dock.
It was not until the banquet was over that Arya and Orlando got off the boat and left.
"Miss Harrison!" Terrence came over behind her.
Arya frowned. "What's the matter?"
Terrence approached her. "If you think you could save the Jones Group just by yourself with this
cooperation case, then you are wrong!"
Arya's hand, which was hanging by her side, clenched into a fist. She had never thought that she would
save the Jones Group with one cooperation.
In the beginning, Xavier secretly transferred all the profitable projects of the Jones Group. He did that
because he knew that he could not depend on the cooperation case to protect the Jones Group.
Arya curled her lips slightly. She knew Xavier's purpose. He wanted to use this acquisition to divert
Terrence's attention and let him take down the Jones Group. The Jones Group had not yet invested a
large amount of money into the acquisition, and it was not obvious that the company was on the verge
of bankruptcy. When the second wave of funding was invested, it would be discovered that the
company didn't have that much money at all.
With so much money invested, yet the company did not make money from the project to recover funds.
And by the time the capital chain was broken, the Jones Group would be in a dilemma. To move
forward, they had no money to invest again, to retreat, and had nothing back.
Even if there were other partners, would they be willing to put in so much money by themselves?
Besides, could they even take out that much money?
Arya looked at Terrence's confident look and couldn't help but sneer. Presumably...