Sir Your Wife Already Signed the Divorce Paper

Chapter 239 Gaining Trust Through Deception

Two days later, Imogen received two reports about the inferior materials Blake had employed. One was from a private inspection agency, and the other came from the relevant authorities. While the wording in the two reports differed slightly, their ultimate conclusion was the same. There was indeed an issue with the materials.

Imogen couldn’t help but harbor the worst suspicions about Blake. He must have known about the problem with the materials but chose to feign ignorance, even allowing Erik to have them tested to confirm his lack of knowledge. ·

According to Noah’s information, Blake had moved his entire family abroad because of a job transfer. During the first few years abroad, their lifestyle was far more lavish than what his salary alone could support. The Hale family was not particularly wealthy. Even if they had some savings, keeping such a lavish lifestyle wouldn’t be enough.

Gradually, the Hale family’s standard of living declined until it resembled what they had in their home country.

In theory, when the Hale family moved abroad, they should have been buying a house and enjoying an increasingly better life due to higher wages. Instead, their situation had worsened. Imogen speculated that Blake likely didn’t have any high–paying job overseas. He was probably relying on ill–gotten gains from someone behind the scenes. Once that money ran out, their quality of life plummeted.

Blake wanted to restart his construction business upon returning to his home country. However, he lacked the necessary connections and financial resources. So, he resorted to using inferior materials and pocketed some of the material costs from home owners.

However, Imogen’s goal was to help Erik resolve the issue and build more trust with him rather than expose Blake.

Imogen decided to let him pretend he didn’t know for now. The real target was identifying the supplier behind the inferior materials, as leaving them unchecked would harm more people. Imogen forwarded electronic copies of the two reports to Erik. [The test results are out, and the materials are inferior. The supplier likely deceived your uncle.]

Erik was undoubtedly surprised upon seeing the reports.

The chat interface displayed “Typing…” for a few minutes.

Eventually, Erik replied. [I understand. I’ll talk to my dad. I will also report the supplier to the relevant authorities to demand compensation.]

Imogen: [Do you need me to find a lawyer for you?]

Erik: [Please do. My dad and I are unfamiliar with the local market. We might get the short end of the stick dealing with the supplier. Thank you. I’d probably still be hitting a wall if it weren’t for you.]

Imogen: [You’re welcome. When are you available in the next few days? Let’s schedule a dinner meeting with the lawyer and bring the receipts for the materials your uncle purchased.]

Erik: [How about tonight? I finish work at half past five. Could you coordinate with the lawyer?]

Imogen: [Sure.]

legal department.

was exceptionally

purchase receipts in hand, the case appeared relatively straightforward.

that negotiations with the supplier

a report against the supplier and

materials, ordered the factory to

on the day of the Golden Phoenix Awards Ceremony. During the ceremony, there were several program intermissions. Charlie was busy applying makeup to her backup

assistant hurried over. “Ms. Franco.”

her dancers‘ faces as she

to go to the hospital. Could you please go there right away? Mr. Thompson

palette

is in

“Okay.”

kit and headed to dressing room number

better equipped than the public makeup area. Two actors shared the room. One was Liam, whom the assistant had mentioned, and the other was a famous

entered. She walked over to Liam, who was sitting in front

coffee. “Ms. Franco, thank you so much for this. Cindy suddenly

mirror. “You can leave the coffee here. When is his

and pointed to a few

makeup kit, took a few brushes, and smiled as she spoke, “By the way, I wanted to thank you for the other day. Fortunately, I accidentally walked into your private box. Otherwise, it

problem,” Liam replied with a grin

the skincare routine

it’s already done.”

She gently touched Liam’s face and remarked,

with Liam for

assistant immediately said, “Isn’t that right, Ms. Franco? All the makeup artists who

Thompson say he’s the easiest

nearby couldn’t help but glance at Liam’s flawless skin and silently lament his

a light foundation to Liam’s skin

palette in one hand, and used a brush to gently create an outline that matched Liam’s natural

from the brow powder palette on the table and picked up a