Chapter 175
Aria panicked, completely panicked.
Once Michael made his move, the Clark family was basically totally destroyed.
He had clearly promised that as long as the Clark family publicly admitted Pearl's wrongdoings, he would let the Clark family go.
With trembling fingers, Aria called Michael, "Michael, why are you doing this?"
Michael answered her call.
"You clearly promised me that as long as the Clark family admitted Pearl's mistakes, you would let us go." Aria questioned him through tears, "Why are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong?"
Michael politely waited for Aria to finish crying before speaking, "The ones not letting you go now are those victims, not me."
"Michael." Aria shouted, losing control, "Why are you doing this to me?"
"Aria, you're a smart person. I've still left the Clark family one way out. From now on, Pearl gets out of Emerald City completely and never comes back. If the Clark family keeps a low profile, I can still let you live." Michael knew he couldn't push the Clark family into a corner.
Besides, what Michael was wary of now wasn't the Clark family, but Nolan.
The Clark family must have something on Nolan.
Otherwise, Nolan wouldn't care so much about the Clark family's affairs.
In the short thirty minutes since he returned to the company, he had already received thirty calls from Nolan.
One call per minute on average.
These old guys were all getting anxious.
They really were in this together.
Aria gasped. She didn't dare break with Michael yet, "Michael, my feelings for you are real. Whatever happened between us six years ago, I really wasn't scheming against you."
Michael didn't give Aria a chance to explain, and didn't want to hear her explanation. He hung up directly.
Aria wanted to say more, but he had already hung up.
Her fingers clenched tight with hatred, and Aria took another deep breath.
Michael.
Treating her like this, he would definitely regret it.
And Nora.
She absolutely couldn't give Nora a chance to let Michael and Samuel do a paternity test and recognize each other.
Just then the phone rang. Aria looked at her phone—it was Walter calling.
"Aria, are you threatening me?" Walter's voice was also very low.
"Michael already knows you and Samuel have no blood relation. If you don't take custody of Samuel now, Noah will find out sooner or later." Aria reminded Walter.
"The Clark family has been doing too well lately. Do you want to die?" Walter's voice was low.
"I know you want to break off the engagement with the Clark family. Given the Clark family's current situation, you all want to kick us while we're down. That's fine! Walter, you want to get Nora, but you're using the wrong approach. Let me tell you a secret—the person who slept with Nora that night was Michael. Samuel is Michael's son, but Michael doesn't know yet."
Aria had nothing left to keep secret. She just wanted to destroy Nora, using every possible method to destroy Nora.
"If you can't take Nora away before she and Michael know the truth, you might never get another chance."
Aria provoked Walter.
Walter was clearly shocked too, taking a long time before speaking, "It's Michael?"
"Yes, I've already secretly done a paternity test for Michael and Samuel. They're father and son." Aria spoke again.
Walter fell silent, his voice low, "I'll go take Samuel away, but Nora has to be disappointed in Michael before she'll leave."
Walter understood Nora—she wouldn't leave unless she was completely hopeless.
"I'll handle that. Mr. Wood just needs to take the person you want." Aria wanted to cooperate with Walter.
"I'm warning you, don't let her get hurt at all." Walter reminded Aria. She could make Nora disappointed in Michael, but couldn't let her get hurt.
Aria gripped her phone jealously, "What's so good about Nora? Why do you and Michael both protect her?"
"She doesn't need to be good at anything. Just her standing there is good enough." After Walter said this, he hung up on Aria.
Aria laughed, and as she laughed, she started going crazy.
She doesn't need to be good at anything?
Just needs to stand there?
Then she would destroy that pretty face and see if any of these men would still want her!
"Have Pearl find an opportunity to leak the paternity test results between Samuel and Noah to Noah." Aria said in a low voice.
The assistant was a bit nervous, "Didn't you promise Mr. Wood you'd let him take the child? What if Mr. Wood finds out?"
"Noah is so smart, he'll find out sooner or later anyway. We're just giving him a hint, he'll investigate himself." Letting Walter take Samuel was just an excuse.
She wanted to create an image in Noah's mind that Walter and the Wood family were the deceived victims.
Only this way would Noah get angry and go after Nora.
Noah's connections and abilities were definitely beyond what ordinary people could compare to.
As long as Noah made a move against Nora, even Michael would have to think carefully—he might not be able to protect her.
"Find another person, preferably a man who had something to do with Nora during school. Give him some money, find some damaging dirt on him, make him keep his mouth shut, and have him jump out saying Nora was his woman, that they were together before she went to prison, and that Samuel is his son."
Once this mess started, Noah would definitely want to redo the paternity test.
Then it would be Nora's death sentence.
Nora wants to stay peacefully by Michael's side? Dream on!
The Smith Group.
Nora nervously hid in the bathroom, looking at the trending news. The Clark family was deep in scandal.
#ClarkFamilyBullyingScandal
#PearlClarkExposed
#JusticeForVictims
The Clark family's daughter Pearl bullied classmates during school, and after graduation bullied friends and colleagues.
Biting her finger hard, Nora's eyes were red and swollen.
Looking at those victims who bravely exposed their wounds, Nora couldn't hold it together anymore.
She never thought that one day someone could help her get to this point.
The Clark family didn't mention her at all, and Michael didn't have anyone mention her either.
This was a form of protection.
Those brave victims who came forward were enough to destroy the Clark family forever.
Wiping her tears, Nora curled up squatting on the ground, taking a long time to recover.
Michael had helped her too much.
The Clark family getting this outcome, Pearl getting the punishment she deserved—it was all Michael helping her.
She also needed to help Michael get rid of Kurt as soon as possible.
Walking out of the bathroom, Nora deliberately ran into Kurt.
"Are you not feeling well?" Kurt saw Nora's red eyes and asked with concern.
"Didn't sleep well last night." Nora answered with a smile.
"It's been so long, those conditions I asked you to ask Mr. Smith about..." Kurt was testing Nora.
Although the conditions he proposed were harsh, he had already held back quite a bit.
It just depended on Michael's sincerity.
"Mr. Smith agreed to everything." Nora said happily, "Then congratulations Mr. Lowe, next month's vice president selection will definitely be yours."
"Mr. Smith agreed to everything? Agreed to merge the two departments?" Kurt asked Nora in shock.
It seemed Michael really was pushed to the edge and had no choice but to compromise.
"As long as you work well with Mr. Smith, our Mr. Smith will agree to any conditions." Nora quietly told Kurt, "Our Mr. Smith is most afraid of you resigning right now."
Kurt smiled. He had already guessed what Michael was afraid of.
"I have a few more conditions. Help me mention them to Mr. Smith." Kurt pushed his luck to the extreme.
Nora nodded with a smile, "Go ahead."
She was waiting for Kurt to greedily demand more.
Waiting for him to choke himself to death.