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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jeopardize Linda’s reputation

sly smile. “As long as Elissa is

“Why should 1?”

the space between

cold glint in his eyes revealed his

are we? Hmm?”

you want

you want Elissa to pay the price for Linda’s wrath? The choice is yours!”

herself, lifting her chin and meeting his gaze without

this, but since you’re so invested in Linda, this is my

“Enough!”

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

cared about Linda, even learning how to threaten him! so clever, yet why couldn’t she

loosened his tie, gasping

eyes, bewildered. What was

WAS

in the passenger seat turned her head, pouting in silent

dared not voice her anger, softly reminding him, “Mr. Flynn…”

“Be quiet!

on the verge of tears.

turned out the car had come to

also chiming in, “Mr.

“Got it!

relent, releasing Hadley and

brushed against his arm, Eric cast a fleeting glance

Eric didn’t scold

they strolled ahead, Hadley hurried to keep pace. “Eric, what’s your take on what I mentioned earlier?

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or no deal?”

He chuckled softly.

in his pockets, his eyelids lifting slightly. “Let me

that, he ambled off with his new girlfriend, not sparing a backward glance.

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

long would this deliberation

too long, it could even jeopardize

was she to do?

extending his arm toward her. “Mr. Flynn suggests you wait

“Okay, thank you.”

nodded, clinging to hope.

suspense, not giving an immediate answer, was likely

hall buzzed with familiar faces for

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