Bella Swan felt a sudden pang in her chest as she arrived at the company. She rubbed it hard without giving it much thought and strode into the chairmans office. Today, she was determined to reclaim the 20% of the shares that rightfully belonged to her mother and to firmly establish herself within Thompson Enterprises.
Upon seeing Bella, Bellas father did not appear too shocked. He silently took out the companys ledger and handed it to her.
"Now the company has been in a continuous state of loss, and the shares under your name have also become negative. Hunt Industries is about to acquire Thompson Enterprises," he said.
"Why? Wasnt it our Thompson Enterprises that was going to acquire Hunt Industries five years ago? How could things have turned around so quickly?" Bella asked incredulously, but the ledger in her hand left her no choice but to believe it.
"If you hadnt canceled the engagement with the Carters five years ago, Thompson Enterprises wouldnt be in this predicament now!" Bellas father still got angry when he mentioned this. "Now the new president of Hunt Industries is about to be engaged to Miss Carter, and Thompson Enterprises no longer has the power to change the situation!"
Bella couldnt bear her father to blame her for all of this. She slammed the ledger onto the table and said coldly, "You failed to manage properly and now you blame me! The company that my mother worked so hard to build has been destroyed by you!"
Bella wanted to argue with her father some more, but a call from an unknown number came in on her phone.
"Is this Bella Swan? Your son, Max Gray, has had a car accident and is at Central Hospital. Hurry up and come over!"
Bella ran straight to the hospital, thinking she should have locked the door when she left!
At the hospital, Bella rushed breathlessly to the entrance of the emergency room, where a young man in a suit was pacing back and forth, pressing a bloody cotton swab to his arm.
"Did you hit my son?" Bella demanded angrily.
Ethan Hunt looked at the agitated Bella and could only quietly apologize.
Seeing Max being wheeled out of the emergency room, Bella didnt have the heart to argue with Ethan Hunt. After learning that he was not seriously injured, she let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Mr. Hunt, for donating blood to Max. He could have been in real danger otherwise," the doctor said, which made Bella, who was about to blame Ethan Hunt, abruptly close her mouth.
"All of Max Grays treatment costs will be on my tab, and remember to use the best medicine," Ethan Hunt instructed the doctor. He then took out a blank check from his inner suit pocket and handed it to Bella.
"I am very sorry. Fill in the amount as you wish," Ethan Hunt said with a very sincere attitude.
Bella then pushed Ethan Hunt abruptly and gritted her teeth, "Let me hit you on the road, and I will forgive you!"
Bella ignored Ethan Hunt afterwards. Since the police had already been informed, she would leave the subsequent matters to them. All she wanted was to be with her child.
Max recovered quickly, and Bella also learned through the police surveillance video that Ethan Hunt had hit her child accidentally to avoid someone else.
The police determined Ethan Hunt was not guilty, but that didnt mean Bella would forgive him.
On the eve of Maxs discharge from the hospital, Bella rushed back to the ward with the porridge she had just bought, but she bumped into Ethan Hunt, who was wearing a white shirt, at the corner of the stairs. The hot porridge in her hand was all spilled on him.
"Sorry..." Bella said, acknowledging her own carelessness this time.
Ethan Hunt gritted his teeth, frowned, and endured the pain, unable to speak for a moment.
Bella quickly led him into the ward and gestured for him to rinse with cold water.
When Ethan Hunt came out of the bathroom in the ward with his bare torso, Bella saw a large red mark on his chest that had been scalded.
Bella felt a bit guilty, but her drooping eyes couldnt help but glance at the panther tattoo on his right abdomen, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Mr. Hunt, have you ever... worked as a gigolo before?"