Chapter 202 Don’t Know What He’s Thinking

Hadley smirked, just as she had anticipated.

Fortunately, she had a backup plan up her sleeve.

Although she had made a pact with Linda, she made sure to be careful.

Earlier that morning, before passing Elissa’s phone to Linda, she had made a subtle shift. She recorded the video Elissa had captured of Linda tripping her.

In this age of advanced smartphones, any hint of uploading or transferring could easily leave traces behind… how could Linda not notice?

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That was because Hadley didn’t sent the video to her phone directly; she recorded the video anew using her own phone instead! She had also tucked it away in her cloud drive.

Taking a deep breath, Hadley picked up her phone, opened the video, and placed it in front of Eric.

“Could you take a quick look at this?”

“What’s this about?” Eric asked, feigning nonchalance as he stared at the screen.

His brows knitted together sharply… Linda actually pushed Hadley! Was it true?

Was Hadley hurt? Where were her injuries?

“You”

But before he could voice his thought, Hadley cut him off.

she tucked her phone away. “Flynn Group owns East Entertainment Media. I trust you can imagine the fallout if this video sees the light of day. If you release Elissa, I promise to destroy the video.”

What?

Eric was momentarily taken aback.

So she wasn’t showing him the video to play the victim! She was leveraging it to coerce him into freeing Elissa?

No wonder she hadn’t asked for his help outright–she had this ace up her sleeve!

Quite clever indeed.

“Did you use this to convince Linda to drop the lawsuit yesterday?”

“Yes.” Hadley nodded, nearly certain he felt cornered.

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could he jeopardize Linda’s

a sly smile. “As long as Elissa is released, I’ll

“Why should 1?”

the space between them as if he

cold glint in his eyes revealed his

me, are we? Hmm?”

hardening. “Do you

price for Linda’s wrath? The

chin and

to resort to this, but since you’re so invested

“Enough!”

his hand, pressing his thumb against her lips to silence her. Her mouth kept moving, failing to utter the words he actually wanted to hear.

to threaten him! so clever, yet why couldn’t she see that everything he did was for her? It was maddening!

suffocated, Eric suddenly loosened his tie, gasping for

bewildered. What

WAS

reached a stalemate, Eric’s “new girlfriend” in the passenger seat turned her head,

her anger, softly

“Be quiet!

verge of tears.

had come to

on the window twice, also

“Got it!

to relent, releasing Hadley and stepping

it brushed against his arm, Eric cast a fleeting glance downward,

scold her

keep pace. “Eric, what’s your take on what I mentioned

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or no deal?”

He chuckled softly.

his pockets, his eyelids lifting slightly. “Let me mull it over.”

he ambled off with his new girlfriend,

response–he needed time to think? When it came to Linda, was there

would this

took too long, it could even jeopardize

she

her surprise, Phillips turned around, extending his arm toward her. “Mr. Flynn suggests you wait inside.

“Okay, thank you.”

nodded, clinging to hope.

possibly be indifferent to Linda. Keeping her in suspense, not giving an immediate answer, was likely a way

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