Hold On Mr.! Your Sweetheart is a Real Queen

Chapter 279: Chapter 279 Sorry, Edward [Key Chapter, Must Read]

It’s still the old private room.

Edward Stephens opened the door and went in, unexpectedly finding that there was only Ryan Smith inside, and he hadn’t called any women to accompany him.

Several bottles of foreign liquor were set on the table, Ryan sat cross-legged on the sofa, engrossed in his phone. His short orange hair was now dyed chestnut; it seemed he had lost a lot of weight, and the light from above sharpened his chin.

Seeing him, Ryan immediately put down his phone, jumped off the sofa in his torn jeans, "You said thirty minutes and it really is thirty minutes, you’re right on time!"

Edward’s face showed a faint smile. He walked in and sat opposite him, "What are you doing in Chicago? Rarely back, not staying in Banyan City for a few days?"

"Family matters." Ryan scratched his short hair, not explaining much to Edward, "My plane passed Banyan City, so I came to see you on the way."

Edward nodded, watching Ryan pour him a drink, and refused: "I have to drive later, so I won’t drink."

Ryan pushed the glass towards him on the table, lazily leaning against the sofa back, "I brought it back from abroad, just try a glass."

Edward picked up the glass, sipped a little, then remembered something and looked at Ryan: "By the way, be careful when you go back to Chicago. My brother has been acting crazy lately, wanting to drag me back to the United States. You’re close to me, he might target you."

"..." Ryan’s drinking action paused slightly. He looked at Edward, then smiled lazily, "I’m just a nobody, why would Robert have his eyes on me."

"Still, be cautious." Edward sighed lightly, holding his glass and looking down at the glistening liquid in his palm, "He’s been getting more eccentric these years, avoid him if you can and don’t confront him directly."

Ryan gazed at him, slowly asking, "Edward, why are you unwilling to go back?"

Edward leaned on the sofa, his tone calm, "I have no interest in returning to be a puppet controlled by anyone."

Ryan sighed softly, "Edward, you weren’t like this before..."

Edward replied lightly, "He wasn’t like that before either."

Ever since that car accident, Robert Stephens’s desire for control over the surrounding families and close ones had reached its peak, the entire family’s power unprecedentedly centralized, to the point where neither the Gingers nor the Stephens dared to say "no" to him.

even harder to

a creation, not

control came from all

a glass of wine, his voice deep, "Edward, ultimately, we’re still too

up at him, seeing

stood up from the sofa, but the next second, his body lurched, instinctively

face as he stared at his friend, with a

were drugs

Ryan had drugged him.

and your brother’s people detected some clues. The company we opened in Switzerland has already been discovered by your brother..." Ryan sighed softly, "I was detained

vision began

"You should rest now; this will

Edward couldn’t speak anymore, not even

quickly, leaving his

suppressed by Ryan’s hand holding him

want to do?" he asked hoarsely with

been away

say another word, his fierce gaze fixed on Ryan until the drug’s effect

was finally motionless, Ryan breathed out

moment, then reopened them, looking at Edward’s

keys from Edward’s pocket

got the car

the phone on the

fully aware he had betrayed him, knowing he could never look at him this way

*

Downstairs in the parking lot, Edward’s

it

decided to shut down the computer and walked

employees had almost all left. The Gingers didn’t encourage overtime, Daisy walked through the

sent many, but saw no reply from