Upon hearing the voice, Stanley turned around. When Liam saw his face, he raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Geez, you even still look the same. I thought at least falling from such a high spot would ruin your face. What a pity."
Liam clicked his tongue as he spoke.
Stanley stood there, allowing Liam to get a closer look at him. After a few minutes, Liam was finally done circling him and scoffing. Only then did Stanley give him a cold stare. "Is that enough?"
Liam shrugged. He pulled out his office chair and sat down. "When did you come to Beachmarsh City?"
Curious, Liam hadn't heard any news about Stanley at all. Could it be that his return was kept as a secret or that Stanley was stealthy about his whereabouts?
Stanley didn't reply. Instead, he walked around the office. Liam stared at his back as if he was a predator patrolling his own territory, and then he frowned. "You came here to look for me. Don't tell me you're hoping that I would return the possession of Jones Group to you. Listen, it won't be that easy to get back the things that you handed to me yourself."
Stanley looked back at him. "No."
"No? You're here to reclaim ownership, aren't you?"
"I'm here to help you."
"Help me?"
Stanley's lips curled into a smile. "Before I came, I've already read some information. Over the past few years, Shawn's company has risen rapidly. On the contrary, Jones Group is getting worse and worse by the year. I personally handed over the company to you, but you messed it up. Liam, don't you think you're useless?"
Immediately, Liam flew into a rage. How dare he mocked him as soon as he came back? Did he not see him as equal at all?
"I am kind enough to not ask the guards to kick you out. If you continued to be conceited, don't blame me for being rude!"
After speaking, Liam slammed the table. "Hey! That's an expensive vase! Don't touch it!"
As soon as he said that, the door of the office was pushed open. The secretary was shocked to hear that the president was so angry. Walking over with a cup of coffee, she said in a trembling voice, "Pre- President, here's your coffee."
Following Liam's hand gesture, the secretary quickly left the room.
Stanley glanced at him and decided to put down the vase. Liam sneered in satisfaction. "Just now, you said you wanted to help me. What do you mean by that?"
"Literally what I mean."
"Make it clear!" Liam especially hated the way Stanley spoke with him, which made him seem especially stupid.
"...I want to help you take down Shawn." Stanley looked up at him with his dark and sharp eyes, saying word by word, "I want him to leave here and make sure there’s no place for him in Beachmarsh City!"
When Shawn called Sharon, she was eating in the cafeteria. She glanced at her phone but did not pick up. Instead, she immediately declined the call.
Obviously, Shawn would not give up. His called her again.
And Sharon still did the same; she didn't answer it but cut it off.
After a while, Shawn's text message came in. "Sharon, answer the phone."
Sharon ignored him at first, but after thinking for a while, she sent him a text. "I don't want to talk to you now. I don't want to hear your voice. Shawn, do you think I will forgive you so soon after you did such a thing to me?"
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I went crazy yesterday and didn't control my emotions well and I frightened you. I'm sorry Sharon, I know I was wrong." Shawn's short texts came in one after another. "I have been protecting you for four years and I know that you haven't moved on from Stanley, so I have never once forced you to be with me the past four years. I thought that as long as I continue being by your side, protecting you, one day, you will see the good in me and be with me, but I was wrong. Once Stanley returned, you ran back to him, and I couldn't stand it... I couldn't control my emotions which made me hurt you!"
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