Chapter 88 

She put her reddened, freezing–cold hands into her pockets. “I just got here.” 

Her face was flushed red from the cold wind. He wasn‘t blind, so he obviously wouldn‘t believe her. “Get in the car. Let‘s head to the hotel first.” 

When they got to the hotel, the first thing Christopher did was take a shower. While he was doing so, Margaret kept thinking about what to say to him. Before she could make up her mind, the bathroom door swung open. He had a bathrobe wrapped around him. He lit a cigarette but only puffed it twice before putting it out again. “What‘s going on?” 

In a panic, she couldn‘t bring herself to say anything. Her face was flushed. 

He picked up the watch he had taken off earlier before showering and fiddled with it. “Does this have something to do with Jodie?” 

She nodded. “Yes. D–Do you think you could help out?” 

has its ups and downs. Because of this matter, I had to forfeit more than a hundred million in those

supposed to provide for me. I am the biggest victim here. Why should I pity the party who had caused me to suffer a loss? It was the Clark family‘s mistake for losing the materials. As a businessman, I can only do my best to fix what happened and keep my losses to a minimum. Even if the Clark family

the logic behind his words, and she couldn‘t retort him. However, he was the only one she could go to for help. “Well, can‘t you think about it from their point of view? Tell me how much you‘ve lost in total. I‘ll find

naïve and stop putting everything on yourself. You can‘t do it, so I won‘t accept

she didn‘t know how to convince him any further. It was true that he hadn‘t done anything wrong. With a deep breath, she replied, “All right. I understand where you stand now. Just pretend

 

you should be helping people. It‘s so suspicious that the person who supposedly stole all the materials just so happened to die in a fire. From what I know, that

the police couldn‘t solve it, she doubted she had the power to do so either. It wasn‘t that easy to retrace the lost materials. The future was unpredictable, but one thing for sure was

headed toward the door. Christopher looked at the watch in his hand. With a frown, he said, “It‘s late.

must feel horrible now.

lost his patience. “If you want to see her, then you‘d better be a good girl and

no choice, she could only stay.

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