True Love Waits

Chapter 1267 Little Troublemaker

The maid answered in a choked voice, "Mrs. Su said that Miss Su was so weak that she was almost scared to death by the snake, so it was attempted murder..."

"All right, all right. Tell the Su family that I did this, and it has nothing to do with you. Let them come to me if there is something wrong with Phoebe!" Erica's words were steady; she'd mentally prepared herself for this.

"Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Huo!" Shuddering in relief, the maid thought, 'Mrs. Huo is really a good person. She always keeps her word!'

In the meeting room of ZL Group

Paige followed Matthew into the meeting room, where they found Lyman, Fanya and Phoebe waiting. Standing in the corner like a human statue was a lone security guard, gripping a box in his hands. Murmured greetings were exchanged, and everyone sat down except for the guard.

Smiling perfunctorily, Fanya asked, "Mr. Huo, hasn't Mrs. Huo arrived yet?"

Matthew had a look at his watch, then answered, "My wife is busy. When I called her, she was still taking photos in the suburbs.

I imagine she's just gotten into the city at this time." This came as an unpleasant surprise to the Su family. They had already been waiting for more than ten minutes.

Now Matthew told them that Erica had only just entered the city itself? It would take her at least another half-hour to get to the ZL Group!

Despite her best efforts, Fanya's smile evaporated. "Mr. Huo, I don't need to tell you how precious our time is. It will take half an hour for Mrs. Huo to arrive. What are we going to do until then-nothing? I don't think this is appropriate."

Matthew leaned back in his chair and played with the diamond ring on his ring finger. As usual, his whole manner was relaxed and emotionless. "Why is it not appropriate? I came here ahead of time, didn't I? I'm waiting here, just like you. My time is more valuable than yours. So, Mrs. Su, is there anything you are not satisfied with?"

Fanya was left speechless. She was perfectly aware of the reality behind Matthew's words. The man could make tens of billions of dollars in a minute, while the Su family could make at most hundreds of millions in the same time.

So, of course, Matthew's time was quite literally worth more than theirs.

to wait for Erica. "Then I'll get to the point. Give the box to

With considerable care, he placed the box on the opposite end, two

a layer of black cloth, and

box, Matthew

bribed our maid to sneak in and put a snake on my daughter's bed. Do

the box, is there? How bold Erica is!' Matthew thought to himself. "Do you have any evidence for

dollars in cash from Mrs. Huo. She's outside in the lobby. If you don't believe me,

wife is a weak young woman," he protested, drawing out the words. "It's very hard for me to imagine her doing something as devious as this. Not to mention, the difficulties she would have in practically carrying it

good her boss

that it had been given to the maid of the Su family. As for what the maid had done for such a sum, Matthew didn't ask Paige to

admitted

had been protecting Erica all the while. "Matthew, it's all true!" she blurted.

her room from top to bottom to make sure there were no snakes anywhere. But whenever she managed to sleep, her dreams

them sent shivers

and dangerous. "If I hear you

you don't believe me," she murmured. "We can put that side for now. But the snake

wife wasn't so careless and inexperienced! At least then, she wouldn't leave a trail

mouth to say something else in her defense when a series of screams came

else present shuddered. "Mr. Huo, I'll go see what's going on!"

door of

excuse me!" the intruder said hastily. "Didn't mean to cause a stir, but as you can see, my hands

looked like-and indeed

dirt, she looked like an amateur hiker or jungle explorer. In her own mind, that wasn't far