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.]

to Robert Malonzo. He was a lawyer from Marshall Group’s legal department. Usually, Robert didn’t take on private cases, but

was exceptionally diligent.

test results and purchase receipts in hand, the case appeared

possibility that negotiations with the supplier for compensation might not go smoothly

Robert’s guidance, Erik filed a report against the supplier and initiated a compensation

the inferior materials, ordered the factory to make necessary improvements, and facilitated a mediation session.

the ceremony, there were several program intermissions. Charlie was busy applying makeup to her backup dancers in the

assistant hurried over. “Ms.

dancers‘ faces

to go to the hospital. Could you please go there right away? Mr. Thompson has a rehearsal later, and time is running

stood up. She put away her eyeshadow palette and

quickly. Mr. Thompson is in dressing room

“Okay.”

headed to

makeup area. Two actors shared the room. One was Liam, whom the assistant had mentioned, and the other was a

Charlie knocked and entered. She walked over to Liam, who was sitting in front of

handed her a cup of coffee. “Ms. Franco, thank you so much for

on the dressing table before the mirror. “You can leave

you wanted.” Liam said and pointed to a few postcards

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 would have been a major

problem,” Liam replied with a grin

routine

it’s already done.”

then selected a bottle of primer from her makeup kit. She gently touched Liam’s face and remarked, “You have wonderful skin.

with Liam for

right, Ms. Franco? All the makeup artists

he’s the easiest to work with.”

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

to Liam’s skin and

palette in one hand, and used

table and picked up a flat–tipped brow pencil with the other hand. She