Unexpectedly Sweet Flash Marriage novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34 Curtis Wanted to Be A Good Citizen 

In the hospital room... 

When Mr. Baker saw Curtis, he instinctively moved back towards the window and pointed at him, saying, "You-you stay right there, don't come any closer." 

Curtis sat in the wheelchair, his well-defined joints resting on the bridge of his nose with his gold-rimmed glasses. He smirked darkly and said, "Weren't you the one who wanted to see me?" 

"You don't need to get too close," Mr. Baker swallowed nervously, trembling. "You... you... don't think I'm afraid of you! Jacob told me about how Mr. Doyle kicked you. He said you're nothing special, just a bodyguard who knows how to fight and has a reputation to bluff people." 

"No need to waste words. Tell me, what do you want?" 

"I want to make a deal with you!" Mr. Baker shrunk his neck in fear and continued, "I don't mean any harm. I just want to protect myself." 

"Protect yourself? By tarnishing my wife's reputation? I thought you wanted to die more quickly." 

Curtis's voice was chilling, making Mr. Baker feel as if a sharp knife was gently grazing his neck. It frightened him, and he shivered uncontrollably. 

"I... I know you're investigating my accounts! Anyway, I can go out and issue a statement, saying that it's all a misunderstanding. Adeline is innocent. But the condition is... you have to let me go. You can't report me!" 

"Oh? Is that what you call a deal?" Curtis sneered with a hint of contempt in his eyes. 

"Yes!" Mr. Baker responded hastily. His bulky body moved slightly as he instinctively picked up the table lamp beside the bed for self-defense, "Let me tell you, no matter how you try to clear her name, it won't work!" 

"Once this woman is stained by bad words, no amount of clarification will change that!" 

"Don't underestimate these rumors. In ancient times, there were so many women who couldn't bear it and just jumped into the river." 

Curtis's expression turned extremely cold upon hearing this, and his voice squeezed out hardly through his clenched teeth. 

"That's others! My wife is not that kind of person! You people just manipulate women's emotions to set up this trap, don't you?" 

"Mr. Baker didn't directly admit it, "Believe it or not, it's up to you! The person involved needs to come out and explain for it to make any difference." 

"As long as I'm willing to step forward, and that maid admits she deliberately said those things for attention, this whole thing will blow over." 

"Right now, that maid was at my disposal, and you won't be able to find her! Only if you make a deal with me can you find her." 

"Well, go ahead and give it a try. There's no one under the sun that I, Curtis, can't find." 

With that, Curtis raised his hand, signaling Steffen to push him away. 

His patience had run out, and he didn't want to continue the conversation with an idiot. 

Mr. Baker panicked when he saw Curtis about to leave. 

"Hey, don't go! We can still negotiate! Here's the deal, I'll help clear Adeline's name and give you one million dollar. Just spare me." 

Curtis didn't respond, his expression indifferent as if the one million in Mr. Baker's mouth was as insignificant as ten bucks. 

"Two million! That's the highest I can go! As long as you don't make me go to prison, I'll give you all my wealth!" 

Mr. Baker became anxious and jumped off the bed, blocking Curtis's path. 

Curtis stared at Mr. Baker as if he were looking at a dead man, "I don't need the money. I'm easy to talk to as long as you don't cross my bottom line. But my wife is my bottom line. Even if you gave me a billion, it would be useless." 

Mr. Baker was terrified, and dropped to his knees. 

Even though Jacob said that Curtis didn't have the power to dominate, this person's natural aura was enough to make him shiver. 

Mr. Baker swallowed nervously and quickly begged for mercy, "Mr. Riley, I was ignorant and foolish. It was my messed-up mind that made me believe that woman's words." 

"A woman?" 

Mr. Baker hurriedly explained the whole phone call incident. 

After hearing the whole story and considering the timing of the phone call, Curtis couldn't help but understand everything. 

It was indeed a tactic that Victoria would come up with! 

Curtis ignored Mr. Baker kneeling on the ground and had Steffen push him away directly. 

Along the way, with a deep gaze, Curtis spoke up, "Steffen, it seems like my sister-in-law has around two million deposited outside, lending money at high interest." 

"Yeah." 

"Shut down that private lending company." Curtis's lips curled into a harmless smile. 

"Got it." Steffen responded and went to handle it.