Female Novel
Chapter 312
Chapter 312 An Intense Silent Battle Between Two Men!
Xavier's words did not cause the slightest change to Luke's expression.
Luke's grip on his teacup tightened a little. "You can always give it a try. I'd like to see if you've learnedanything in your five-year stint in prison.”
Xavier's expression was extremely unpleasant.
He knew that the evidence in the folder was enough to lock him away for a long time.
He could not hide the burning anger in his eyes.
"Do you think that you're innocent, Luke? T Corporation must have many illicit deals behind the scenes,right? Don't think that I don't know that you've manipulated the stock market and nearly caused aneconomic crisis in A City from which you've gained a lot. Do you think that you can deceive everyone?Should I guess how you'll end up if I manage to find any evidence of T Corporation's crimes?"
Any company would be involved in under-the-table deals, especially a multinational company like TCorporation.
There was no need to elaborate on what would happen to Luke if those illegal dealings were exposed!
Luke's gaze flashed with a shocking coldness. "By all means, try if you think you can."
If it were so easy to expose T Corporation, it would not have grown to a multinational conglomerate.
Moreover, T Corporation paid an astronomical sum as capital costs to certain governmentaldepartments every year. Even if there were any illegal deals, the authorities would usually let it slide. It
was indeed a childish act for Xavier to threaten Luke that way. It seemed as though Xavier had wastedhis time in prison.
The two men stared at each other, fighting a silent battle.
The music in the tea room stopped, which made the atmosphere more intense than ever!
Luke calmly stood up, carefully straightened his coat, then headed toward the exit.
Before he left, he said with his resonant voice, "You can choose to divulge your marriage status withBianca, but I will expose your evidence that you masterminded Bianca's grandfather’s abduction, soeveryone can see how you made Bianca marry you. With all the gathered evidence, any single crimecan lock you away for a long time. If you go to prison this time, you won't be as lucky as the last time.I'll make sure that you stay inside forever! So what if everyone knows that Bianca was once married? Idon't care about it, even if the entire world opposes us. I'll still treat her like my treasure, and I will takeher hand in marriage. I think you should know my personality well enough that I'll carry through with mypromises. That's all I have to say to you. I won't show you any more mercy!" 1
After Luke left the room, Xavier was overcome by a fit of rage!
He angrily tore the "evidence" in the envelope into shreds, then flipped the exquisite oak table andstomped on it, reducing it to firewood.
His thoughts were currently in a mess.
Should he persist, or should he let go? If he persisted, what might wait for him was a lifetime of prison,but he was not going to let go of the marriage that he had so arduously gained.
Leia was having tea at Shakira's restaurant.
When Shakira noticed that Bianca had several similarities to Queenie, she had asked Leia toinvestigate Queenie's birth daughter.
Shakira did not find Queenie immediately because she did not want to remind Queenie of the pain shehad suffered many years ago.
If she were mistaken, the blunder would be a huge blow to Queenie.
As Queenie's best friend, no one knew better than Shakira the pain Queenie suffered from losing herbirth daughter.
Before Queenie adopted Leia, she had lived her days in anxiety and agony. Her beautiful face becameemaciated, and she did not have the slightest hint of vigor.
Her condition improved after she and Jack adopted Leia.
If Queenie's birth daughter were still alive, Shakira would be happy for her best friend.
Shakira poured Leia a cup of Darjeeling.
Leia picked up the cup, took a sip, and thanked Shakira.novelbin
Shakira smiled. "You don't have to be so formal, silly girl. I've been friends with your mother fordecades. Back then..."
She told Leia stories about her shared past with Queenie. Then, she also asked about Leia's recentcondition.
"Leia, did you ask your mother about that sister of yours?" She asked indirectly.
Leia took a small sip of the tea. She felt as though her heart had been pierced by a needle.
She thought that Shakira had asked her on a whim to find out about her mother's birth daughter.
It turned out that Shakira was serious about helping her mother find her birth daughter.
Leia instantly felt resentful. Queenie was not anxious about finding her birth daughter, so why wouldShakira, as an outsider, be so enthusiastic? Did she have nothing better to do than meddling in anotherfamily's affairs?
Even so, Leia did not reveal her actual thoughts toward her senior. After all, Shakira's husband wasalso an important politician from an influential family.
She pinched her thigh hard, and the pain caused her tears to flow. "Aunt Shakira, I mentioned that toMom, but she started crying and didn't stop for an entire night. She said that my sister was stillborn,and she did not even get to look at her before it was taken away. Mom had always felt guilty that herbody was too weak..."
Shakira's heart wrenched. It was the correct decision not to look for Queenie.
If Queenie could be so sad from the mere mention of that baby, it seemed that she was stilltraumatized.
However, Shakira had a hunch that the baby was still alive.
She could not explain why, but she had trusted her intuition.
"Then you shouldn't mention it to your mother again, Leia. Sigh, it's been so many years, but your momhasn't gone through it... But I don't think that the matter is as simple as it seems. I've had this hunchthat the child is still alive, but I'm not sure if I'm mistaken..." Shakira said while pressing her forehead.