Chapter 318 Andrew's Determination
After reading it, the bodyguard frowned and immediately said to his companion, "Take him back for questioning!"
Hearing this, the man panicked and asked in fear, "What do you want? This is illegal! You..."
His mouth was covered directly, and he couldn't say the rest. He was dragged into another car.
Then, the bodyguard called David and reported the situation.
David's brow furrowed deeply, and he immediately instructed the bodyguard, "Question him carefully and find out what their purpose is."
"Yes!" The bodyguard didn't dare delay and went to arrange it right away.
Within a few minutes, he contacted David again to tell him what he'd found out.
"This guy is a newly hired assistant at the Kingsley Group. Aurelia gave him a large sum of money and sent him to take secret photos and monitor Mr. Hamilton and Ms. Smith's movements."
After hearing this, David hung up the phone, turned around, and went into the office to report this to Andrew.
Andrew looked at the photos David brought over. Without exception, they were all of him and Olivia, and a few even had Bianca in them.
His expression remained calm, showing no emotion. He only instructed David, "Send that man away. He's never to set foot in Harmony City again.
Also, have people check around Olivia and Bianca's surroundings. Don't allow any strangers to get close.
She wants a quiet life. I don't want her to be disturbed.
If anyone wants to cause trouble, don't let it get to her and upset her."
"I'll arrange it right away." David thought to himself that Andrew was usually reserved, but when he fell for someone, it was intense. He really doted on Olivia.
David also reminded him, "Aurelia doing this—she probably hasn't given up on you yet.
I heard that since the reception that night, she's been mocked by quite a few people. Maybe because of this, she sent someone to find out about you and Ms. Garcia's whereabouts.
That person started following you this morning when you left the Hamilton Mansion."
Andrew's eyes turned cold. "Then go warn the Kingsley family. This time, I'm letting it go for my grandfather's sake.
But if there's a next time, don't blame me for not showing any courtesy!"
David nodded, then asked, "What about Mr. Finnegan Hamilton? If he blames us, how should we explain?"
Andrew was unconcerned. "It's fine. This is a good chance to let him know how determined I am."
"Okay." David nodded and went to handle it immediately.
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At this moment, at the Kingsley Villa, Aurelia still didn't know her assistant had been caught. She was looking at the photos he'd sent.
There were only two. One was of Andrew and Olivia taking Bianca to kindergarten.
The three of them walking together looked very warm. If you didn't know better, you'd think they were a real family of three.
The other one was of Andrew and Olivia holding hands, chatting and laughing as they came out of the kindergarten.
His expression was gentle, looking at her with affection—the way you'd look at your lover.
To Aurelia, both photos were painful to see.
That little bastard wasn't even his biological child, yet he treated her like his own daughter!
That noble and distinguished man, suddenly filled with warmth—it was what she'd always dreamed of.
But now this affection and tenderness belonged to another woman!
Aurelia clutched the photos, nearly grinding her teeth, a fire in her heart almost burning away her reason.
Looking at the man in the photos with such gentle eyes, she couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Why wouldn't he just look at her?
What was she lacking?
How was she worse than Olivia?
These past days, many heiresses in Harmony City's high society had been mocking her.
"Look, what good is being the Kingsley family's heiress? She lost to a divorced woman."
"Exactly. She thought she could become Mrs. Hamilton, but Mr. Hamilton would rather have a divorced woman than her."
"She thought she was all that, standing so tall. Now look at her—talk about losing face!"
Along with these mocking voices, people were speculating, "Mr. Hamilton values Olivia so much. In a few days, he'll probably bring her to all kinds of public events."
"Then Aurelia will become a real joke."
Aurelia had never been so humiliated in her life.
She didn't want to actually reach that day and be slapped in the face by their affection, so these past days, she'd locked herself at home and hadn't gone out.
The Kingsleys knew their daughter's grievance and were also upset.
So they took the initiative to find Finnegan, wanting him to give them an explanation.
Finnegan hadn't expected things to turn out this way either. He was still somewhat dissatisfied with Andrew's choice, so he promised them he would handle this matter properly.
Because of this, hope rekindled in Aurelia's heart.
But several days passed with no news.
She worried that Finnegan's words were just to brush them off.
She couldn't help herself and started paying attention to Andrew and Olivia's progress, sending someone to follow them.
But the result was witnessing how they got along. Aurelia felt her face burning, as if someone had slapped her.
She was so angry her hands were shaking. She simply couldn't stand her man being tainted by another woman like this!
She asked the assistant through gritted teeth: [You only took these two photos all morning? What else did they do?]
But after the message was sent, the assistant never replied.
Aurelia wasn't patient. She called directly, only to find that the number had become invalid.
Aurelia was stunned, not knowing what was going on.
Just as she was about to call again, Lawrence Kingsley's internal line rang.
Aurelia put those thoughts aside for now and asked her father, "What's up?"
Lawrence's tone was somewhat serious. "The project the Kingsley family bid on a few days ago—they've changed contractors."
"Changed?" Aurelia didn't understand what this meant.
Their project was a government partnership.
During the initial bidding, many companies fought tooth and nail for it, but the Kingsley family won in the end.
Not only that, recently the Kingsley family had been on a roll, everything going smoothly, winning several difficult projects in a row and making quite a name in Harmony City.
And this contract was the most profitable of all the projects.
It was already a done deal. Why would they change their mind now?
Lawrence's tone wasn't good. "I just found out that we won the bid before because of Andrew.
The bidding project was his compensation to the Kingsley family."
Hearing this, Aurelia's eyes flickered.
She understood what her father meant.
The bidding project was compensation for rejecting the marriage.
But now, he'd taken the compensation back.
"You're saying the Kingsley family's recent good fortune was all because of him?" Aurelia asked.
Lawrence clearly thought so.
Right now, his feelings were quite complicated.
On one hand, he blamed Andrew for publicly rejecting the marriage, not leaving the Kingsley family any face, disregarding the relationship between the two families.
But now, knowing that everything the Kingsley family had gained was related to Andrew.
Lawrence didn't know what to say for a moment.
But Aurelia didn't care about this loss.
She said to Lawrence, "Dad, if I can marry Andrew, then our two families will join forces, and we'll gain even more.
As for this project, if it's gone, it's gone. This actually becomes better leverage for us.
Tell Mr. Finnegan Hamilton about this. He'll definitely side more with us!
I don't want to give up this opportunity yet!"
She would use every means to drive Olivia away and become the only woman by his side!
But Lawrence wasn't a fool. Hearing his daughter's words, he immediately asked seriously, "Aurelia, did you upset Andrew? What did you do?"
Aurelia's eyes flickered. "Nothing much..."
Lawrence knew his daughter. Hearing this, he knew she must have done something and wasn't telling him the truth.
His tone became heavier.
"Aurelia, your mom and I—haven't we always indulged you? Now the company's in trouble, and you're still hiding things from me? What exactly did you do?"
Being questioned by her father like this, Aurelia wasn't happy either.
She said through gritted teeth, "What could I do? He's with that kind of woman, making me a laughingstock for so many days. Mr. Finnegan Hamilton said he'd give me an explanation, but there's still nothing. How could I not be anxious?
So today I sent someone to follow him."
Aurelia's voice became aggrieved. "Dad, I'm not willing to accept this. How can he be with that kind of woman?!
That Olivia isn't worthy of him at all! I'm the most suitable for him!
I'll prove I'm better than her, more excellent than her. Sooner or later, he'll see clearly who's really right for him!"
Lawrence never expected she really had a hand in this.
It seemed that losing this project wasn't a coincidence.
This was Andrew's warning to the Kingsley family.
He felt uncertain.
Aurelia hadn't won him over after all this time, which meant Andrew simply didn't like her.
He didn't know if this persistence was good or bad.
But thinking about Andrew's capabilities and his growing power and wealth after taking over the Robinson family.
He felt this matter wasn't impossible to work with.
They could try...
Businessmen are best at weighing pros and cons.
So before long, Lawrence was persuaded by his daughter.
At the same time, he gave Aurelia advice, saying, "Aurelia, sometimes to achieve your goal, don't use such direct methods. Roundabout tactics can achieve the same result.
This way you won't expose yourself or lose favor.
The prerequisite for wanting the position of Mrs. Hamilton is not upsetting Andrew. Do you understand?
Who in Harmony City dares to go against him?
If you oppose him now, in the end, we definitely won't get anything!"