In the past, she truly had so doubts.
After all, their marriage was not harmonious, and he was charming enough to srize anyone. If so won actively pursued him, an accidental affair wasn’t entirely impossible.
But now...
Their relationship had reconciled, and he was unable to walk properly, so—
Picturing him being ridden by another woman—ha, with Mr. Hart’s aloof pride, he would never display such a sorry scene before any woman other than her.
"Forget it, I doubt you would dare to act recklessly." She uttered this statent domineeringly, realizing sothing all of a sudden, "You’ve already started rehabilitation therapy, haven’t you?"
Apart from this exercise, he couldn’t possibly have any other "exercise."
The doctor had ntioned before that depending on his condition after the New Year, he could start rehabilitating. It must be that this person was eager and couldn’t wait that long, so he started early.
Christopher smiled slightly and said disappointingly, "I was hoping to see you get jealous."
She warned coldly, "Ha, if that day truly cos, you won’t be smiling when you say it."
Understanding the deeper aning of her words, the man took the opportunity to ask, "Is that so? Can President Norton have this self-awareness? Not giving any man the chance to be ambiguous, and not giving a chance to get jealous?"
"Of course."
Getting this promise from her made him happier than hearing her confess. Christopher readily pledged, "Alright! To be fair, as long as you can do it, so can I—otherwise, it’s up to you to punish !"
He originally called for so serious matters to discuss, who knew it would deviate into a pile of unrelated things.
Once both sides quieted down simultaneously, Christopher rembered the purpose of returning the call: "What did you want to tell when you called just now?"
"Oh, that... Snow sent a financial article that ntioned Seal-Cloud Corporation. It seems so company is buying a large amount of your company’s stock. Do you know about this?"
"I know." Christopher wasn’t surprised, he replied calmly, "It started before New Year’s Day. We initially thought it was normal market trading, but now it seems the other party might be ambitious."
"Ambitious? What do you an? Do they intend to acquire Seal-Cloud Corporation?"
"Not sure right now. But given Seal-Cloud’s current stock price and size, that company doesn’t have the capability for a forced acquisition."
Christopher had been keeping an eye on this matter for days, and just during this morning’s eting, he had subtly reminded the company veterans to beware of the sandpiper and clam fighting resulting in the fisherman’s gain—whether they heeded the warning was unknown.
Alia felt sowhat reassured hearing this, yet sowhat confused: "Have you offended anyone?"
The man smiled lightly, "In the business world, with interests clashing and deceit all around, who doesn’t have a few enemies? However, those daring to clash head-on with Seal-Cloud are not outsiders, but family."
"Family?" Alia hesitated for a mont before quickly understanding, "You an you’re having internal strife?"
Actually, the Hart family’s internal strife was news from long ago.
Back then, when Old Master Hart insisted on pushing the young grandson into the helmsman’s position against all objections, there was significant dissent within the Hart family.
During the three years of her marriage to Christopher, occasionally participating in the Hart family’s grand reunion banquets during the festive seasons, she could feel the scheming and turmoil within the large family.
It’s just that the Hart family maintained a good façade, unlike Benny Palr’s Palr Group, where their internal splits were known to all, and they didn’t even consider feelings when publicly slandering each other—that’s why Benny escaped to Seal-Cloud for a few years of peace.
Christopher laughed slightly at her question, "Didn’t you already know? Previously, you disliked family gatherings because you resented their hypocrisy."
Alia said worriedly, "Have you figured out a strategy to deal with it? With inside and outside colluding, can you hold up?"
Christopher spoke indifferently, "When I first took over Seal-Cloud, I got through tumultuous tis, there’s no reason to lose to them now. But seeing you worried and anxious for , I think they’ve done a good deed."
"..." Alia rolled her eyes silently, thinking he couldn’t see, said irritably, "Whatever, I’m driving, gotta hang up now. The kids and I won’t be going to the Imperial Garden tonight, you rest well."
"Neither of you are coming back?"
"Mm."
"So heartless."
Seeing that he had nothing more to say, Alia prepared to hang up, but unexpectedly, he abruptly called her: "Alia."
She humd, "Anything else?"
"That... I talked to Wendy today." Christopher suddenly began hesitating. There was nothing he could do; at the ntion of this sister, he felt guilty towards Alia.
But in this situation, he could only tough it out to diate and resolve this matter.
Alia, hearing his guilty stuttering, knew the next words would surely annoy her and asked proactively, "Were you persuaded by her?"
"I..." Christopher was truly in a dilemma, stamring hesitantly for quite a while before gritting out, "She knows she’s wrong and wants to apologize before her ti is up, to put an end to all these entanglents. So she asked to arrange for you and the kids to et her at the Imperial Garden in the next few days so she can apologize and officially et the kids."
Alia listened stone-faced, considering she was still driving and prioritizing safety, tried to remain calm.
"Did you agree?"
"I... I thought she indeed owes you an apology, which you deserve. And at the Imperial Garden, with accompanying you and the kids, nothing unexpected will happen." His tone was cautious.
Avoiding the main point...
Ha, Alia wasn’t foolish and sneered, "I think you really just want your sister to leave this world without regrets."
"Alia, I’m sorry, I know this puts you in a difficult position. You can think about it; you don’t have to answer right away."
"Alright, I’ll think about it then." Alia thought wickedly, if she pondered long enough, could she avoid eting Wendy? And spare the kids from that malicious aunt’s pretenses?
However, after hanging up the phone, she was still hesitant.
Inside, two little voices were fiercely arguing.
Little Jackson: You’re stupid! That woman is just pretending to be pitiful, don’t fall for it!
Little Wilson: What if she’s genuinely repentant? A person near death speaks with goodwill. Can you deny soone even a chance to admit and repent?
Little Jackson: Ha! How could soone like her truly repent? She’s already twisted, a pervert! She can’t stand anyone being better than her!
Little Wilson: That’s prejudice! Just like Wendy’s parents assud you’re scheming and materialistic!
Little Jackson: Anyway, you’ll regret it if you et her!
Little Wilson: But if you don’t et and she dies in a few days, won’t Christopher resent you for it? Then you’d also regret it!
Ah—
Alia was on the verge of a breakdown!
Her regret now was reconciling with Christopher.
If they hadn’t reconciled, they could still co-parent the kids without facing all these ssy problems.
Whether seeing Wendy or not, she’d have justified reasons and be free from the moral constraints that societal norms cannot forgive.
Utterly annoyed to the extre!
However, heaven did not let this annoyance linger too long.
Because—when she drove ho, she unexpectedly saw Wendy, who said she’d et her in a few days at the Imperial Garden — standing right at her doorstep!
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