Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 814

The secretary looked up and carefully observed Douglas' gloomy face. To be frank, she couldn't make heads or tails of the current situation. After all, Douglas brutally retaliated against the Campbell Family with lightning speed and caused the Campbell Family to go bankrupt.

He had an inescapable responsibility for the Campbell Family's disastrous end. But now, he hesitated once it came to Whitney.

Douglas reached out to rub the space between his eyebrows and pursed his thin lips. Then, he silently dismissed his secretary as he lowered his head and began reading the document. The secretary tactfully did not say anything else as she understood that he did not want to continue this discussion. Therefore, she quietly turned and left.

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Whitney had been muddle-headed these days, barely going through the motions. She did not use the cashed-out money to make up for the loss. Instead, she used it to dismiss all the employees of the company. Finally, she bought back the company's stocks at their original prices with the remaining money. The huge company was now an empty shell heavily in debt.

She only did this to get herself arrested in the hope that it would ease Douglas' rage and that he could finally let the Campbell Family go. In fact, she could not care less about the Family and only wanted to protect her brother.

Although she was coerced by her father, Jonathan, to frame Douglas back then, the fact remained that she was the one who executed the act. It could be seen as retribution now that Jonathan had a stroke and Michael had been imprisoned. But her younger brother, Aaron, was innocent. He was only a student back then and was not involved in those plots—he should not be caught up in this mess. As such, she was more than willing to be the person to appease Douglas' anger.

She felt inexplicably relaxed after finishing dealing with the Family's remaining affairs. Although she knew she might need to spend the rest of her life in prison, she had never felt so mentally relaxed.

She turned on her mobile phone and was mindlessly scrolling through her phone when she saw Nicole's name. Whitney momentarily paused at the sight, and after some hesitation, she dialed Nicole's number. Nicole connected the call within seconds.

"What's up, Whitney?" Whitney could even hear Nicole's exhaustion through the phone.

"It's me, Miss Nicole. Are you... alright?" Whitney asked cautiously.

"I'm fine." Nicole smiled lightly, hearing that. She paused for a bit—perhaps trying to think of a good excuse to explain the exhaustion—before continuing, "I'm with Hayden. You know, the kid is very energetic, so it's been a little taxing."

Whitney lowered her eyes upon hearing that. She knew at that instant that Nicole was coming up with an excuse because the truth was that something else had happened. "Miss Nicole, I heard that your dad hit Mrs. Gardner."

Nicole was not surprised that Whitney knew about this matter. So, she nodded and replied calmly, "Yes, he did. Luckily the Gardner Family did not take their anger out on me. I'm alright."