My Mommy Is A CEO

“I didn’t think about him…” Lucia couldn’t help but laugh, even in this situation, Arthur was jealous. She continued, “It’s just… I feel a little complicated.”

“There’s nothing complicated about it. Even if he saved you, it doesn’t make up for the past mistakes.” Arthur was only affectionate towards Lucia. For others, he was more rational and cold than anyone else.

“By the way, where are Kane and the others?” Lucia wanted to change the subject. “Why aren’t they here?”

Arthur saw through Lucia’s thoughts with one glance. They had just woken up; Kane and the others wouldn’t immediately come over because of a feeling or anything like that? But then again, Arthur took a bite out of Lucia’s cheek and decided to let her go, “They should also be resting. Let’s get up first and find them later before we go home together.”

Lucia smiled brightly like stars in response softly, “Okay, let’s go home together.”

For Arthur and Lucia at this moment, there was no sentence in this world that can compare to the warmth of those words “go home together”.

As usual they got up to wash themselves; Arthur didn’t care much but Lucia felt sorry for his hands so she brushed his teeth for him. Arthur would never insist on not letting her do so as he enjoyed her tenderness very much while standing behind her like an oversized clingy dog.

After joking around with each other, they finally finished washing themselves. Although Lucia was sweating lightly from doing so, Arthur relaxed happily without any worry whatsoever. When she came out to change clothes, she found that Kane had already prepared clothes for her which made Lucia smile saying, “Kane is really thoughtful.” Unexpectedly these few words stirred up some resentment within Arthur, causing him secretly swear that he would have a good talk with those men later on.

Just as they finished changing their clothes, almost as if sensing something, there came a knock on their door followed by Kane’s voice asking quietly outside, “Arthur? Are you awake?” Although he knocked on their door, his voice was very low because he wanted to know if both Arthur and Lucia were awake yet. And he also feared waking them up accidentally.

Lucia smiled sweetly holding onto Arthur’s hand as she opened the door only finding out that it wasn’t just Kane outside but Kyle and the others too! Being attentive by nature, Lucia noticed right away how everyone had dark circles under their eyes so she asked with amusement, “What happened? You guys didn’t sleep last night?” Unexpectedly, what she said hit right on target, making everyone look abnormal including Arthur who asked curiously, “What did you do last night?”Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

With the matter resolved, what was worth staying up all night for?

Everyone was at a loss for words. Kane stood at the front and didn’t notice that everyone had silently taken a step back, leaving him as the only one to take charge.

“What’s going on?” Arthur asked, staring intently at Kane.

Kane could only tell them about Dan’s situation. Lucia listened in a complicated mood.

As a human being, Lucia naturally didn’t want Dan to really die. So she turned to Arthur and said,

“Arthur, let’s go see the scene too.”

Arthur didn’t refuse but asked to have breakfast first before going. So they hurriedly had breakfast together and rushed to yesterday’s extremely dangerous cliffside location. Lucia wanted to go down but Arthur wouldn’t allow it. Jack also advised,

“We searched all around for an entire night within dozens of miles. There is no trace of Dan anywhere,” his black under eye was proof enough, “He hasn’t even left any clues.”

Dan’s life or death unknown, looking out into the vast sea in the distance with confusion in her heart, Lucia couldn’t express whether she felt happy or worried because if he wasn’t dead then he must be seriously injured. What kind of escape would that be? If he died and was washed away by seawater without anyone collecting his body, then her guilt would be even more difficult to bear.

Arthur turned his head and saw Lucia frowning while looking out into sea lost in thought. Without hesitation, he reached out and hugged her saying only,

“He came without any warning signs and left without leaving any traces behind. Let fate decide everything.”

In other words, if Dan managed to survive this great disaster unscathed, then Arthur wouldn’t make things difficult for him nor pursue where he went afterwards. If he really died, then Arthur wouldn’t stop Lucia from feeling guilty or complex because she was originally such a kind person.

Arthur’s words made Lucia feel uneasy as she leaned against him saying softly,

“That’s all we can do now…”

The matter had been settled so there was no need linger here especially since there were still many things that needed handling afterwards. Arthur along with everyone else took helicopters back towards Athegate. Several helicopters were empty except one which may also count as having passengers because Jacob’s body lay inside an ice coffin placed on board it.

Upon returning to Athegate, Arthur was filled with concern for Lucia. He had initially planned to rest for a few days before dealing with the aftermath, but Lucia couldn’t wait. She didn’t want to leave Jacob’s body in a refrigerated casket. Thus, the next day, she gathered all the witnesses and, along with Jacob’s body, went to the police station to provide a detailed account of the events to the authorities. However, as she recounted the facts, she purposefully omitted mentioning Dan.

The Jacob case had caused a huge sensation in Athegate. All magazines and news headlines were about it. When walking on the street, four out of five people were discussing this matter. Jacob was now considered a “urban legend”. Not to mention the harm he caused to Lucia and Webbex Group before, it was unbelievable that he fled abroad after being wanted and then returned with plastic surgery under a false identity to make a name for himself in the financial world. The thought of him appearing in front of everyone with all his sins sent shivers down everyone’s spine. It was unclear why someone’s heart can be so evil, and his crimes were too many to count.

Jacob always wanted to be in the limelight during his lifetime, and now he had achieved his wish.

When Jacob was convicted, the testimony of Sage and Leon, along with other tainted witnesses, provided powerful evidence. After Jacob’s death, all of his remaining influence was completely destroyed. From then on, he only had a tarnished reputation in the world and left no trace behind.

As witnesses with blemished records, Sage and others were given lenient sentences by the court. After taking an oath to serve their time, they turned over a new leaf and became better people. Arthur also kept his promise and personally saw them off on the day they entered prison, pledging to provide for them once they were released. Leon expressed his gratitude to him for the first time.