Chapter 181

I understood that Aunty Lois was planning to ruin Steven in the same manner as we did

Michael.

I took a deep breath and got up from the couch. I wanted to ask Steven about the animal

abuse.

However, when I turned around, Steven was already sitting on the stairs. He gazed at me with reddened eyes, as if he were deeply aggrieved.

“Stephie…” Steven said softly, “Don’t settle it in private.”

“Michael won’t go down so easily. He’ll definitely fight back. In the worst–case scenario, he’ll only be detained for 15 days,” I told Steven.

Despite its significant impact on the Ford Group, this incident wouldn’t result in severe punishment for Michael.

“Detained for 15 days…” Steven seemed rather excited about it.

As long as Michael faced the music, he would be happy as a lark.

“Do you think the Ford family would just sit back and watch?” I sighed and sat next to Steven. “You don’t want to mess with The Ford family, especially Aun-

“Especially Mrs. Ford. It’s not the 15–day detainment that concerns them, it’s the impact of this incident on the company.”

Steven wrapped his arms around his legs and hunched over them with a pitiful expression. He looked like a huge abandoned dog.

saying, “When you… have an episode,

looked back at me in silence. I noticed that his eyes were

aggrieved? Depressed? Or

me of not

I showed him the photo that Aunty Lois had

to me.

the photo and looked up at me. “If I say no, will

in front of me. And I was

Ford family will exploit this to the fullest in their publicity. They will attack you for your mental illness and blow it out of proportion…” I lowered my

him, he seldom checked his phone. Otherwise, he would be in another

article. It was a post published the year

and had a picture of

  1. it.

a journalist, and nearly reduced the homeless population to being

received millions of views when it went viral that

didn’t know how Steven went through it.

could be a double–edged sword.

as if he was on the verge

a sense of trust. However, upon

reddened. Then, with tears streaming down his face, he stood up

and held his

very sensitive about the

called again, but he ignored me and ran off to the room.

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