Chapter 163 Amelia Publicly Draws a Line with the Brown Group
After Amelia posted, she looked up and saw the smile at the corner of York's lips.
"I thought you'd wait a bit," he said.
Amelia raised her eyebrows.
"Really?" she said. "Then you probably don't know me very well."
York's eyes were full of amusement. He said noncommittally, "There's plenty of time to get to know each other in the future, isn't there?"
Amelia didn't comment either way.
She looked at the messages constantly popping up on her phone, thought for a moment, and added to Amelia's profile - "Musician, Lika."
As for everything about the Brown Group before, she deleted it all.
After doing all this, Amelia looked at York: "Where to next?"
She did need to think about the bet, but York in front of her was also one of her partners. After all, the main prize for The Sound of Heaven champion was resources from the Jenkins Group.
York glanced at her documents.
Without saying much, he said: "How about lunch first? I know a really nice restaurant."
Amelia nodded: "Okay."
……
On the other side, William sat in the back seat of the car looking at the push notifications constantly popping up on his phone.
#Amelia, William divorce#
One hot comment after another kept stinging his eyes—
"When I saw Lika take off her mask on The Sound of Heaven, I knew this day would come!"
"Just heard through the grapevine that before Isabella's death countdown, the two had already gone to file for divorce. Later when they got the divorce certificate, it was the first day after the cooling-off period ended. How quick!"
"Amelia, I was wrong. Before, I thought you were someone who put up with things for money. Now it seems you're really decisive, not dragging things out at all."
"Look, Amelia changed her profile! Before it mentioned the Brown Group and William, now there's only herself!"
In no time, another trending topic shot up—
#Amelia changes profile, draws clear line with the Brown Group#
William kept watching these messages pop up, his eyes growing darker. He gripped his phone tightly.
Was she... going to be this decisive?
Earlier at the company, he came out a bit late and only heard what she said.
"Not everyone treats William like a treasure."
"To me, he's just a passerby in my life."
Seven years, so many days and nights supporting each other, so many nights of intimacy and closeness - could she really treat him as just a passerby?
Isabella beside him was messaging someone, constantly tapping on her screen. He glanced at her.
Isabella seemed to sense it. She put away her phone and looked up, smiling at William.
"William, you'll help me, won't you?" she said, looking weak and beautiful. "You'll work hard for our marriage, won't you?"
His eyes dimmed slightly.
He gripped the agreement in his hand.
"Yes," he replied.
He couldn't let Amelia win. He had to keep her by his side.
William's phone rang again.
It was a message from Harold.
He opened it to see the latest gossip Harold had found - "Breaking news, someone saw York buying stuff for kids, for a child of several years old! Heard he also bought soft furnishings, in a little girl's style!"
William frowned slightly. A little girl?
Just as he was thinking, Harold sent another new message - "Don't know whose, but should be a woman with a child."
Inexplicably, Briar's image appeared in William's mind.
Then he immediately shook his head.
He knew York. He looked easy to get along with, but was actually deep and calculating. Heard that during York's years abroad, he thrived without getting his hands dirty.
Someone like that, who also loved painting and always looked gentle and refined, had fooled many people.
Someone like York would probably find a woman from a prominent family.
So, who could it be?
The car sped along the road. William looked at the scenery outside the window, silent.
……
In an international hotel suite.
Someone was scrolling through these messages. He picked up the wine beside him and took a light sip.
Nearby, hotel staff said respectfully: "Mr. Jordan, everything you asked for has been done. Is there anything else you need?"
The man put down his glass and waved his hand to indicate no problem and let them leave.
He walked step by step to the hotel's huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the traffic below.
"Divorce." He laughed softly, talking to himself. "Amelia, those words you said to me back then, do you regret them now?"
"Someone you were willing to risk everything for, willing to die for, in the end still let you down."
The mirror reflected the man's distinctive Seraphim features. He said: "But that's good too."
He raised his glass, as if toasting someone.
"Leaving him, you'll have a brighter future."
……
Finn and Cleo were on their way back to the Brown Villa.
Ezra was driving, with the two elderly people sitting steadily in the back seat.
"Do you think this will really work?" Cleo looked at Finn beside her and asked. "Will Amelia win?"
Finn snorted: "Do you think she can't beat an Isabella?"
"Her personal ability isn't the problem," Cleo said.
Finn looked at Cleo beside him and sighed helplessly: "If we give things directly to Amelia, William definitely won't agree."
"We can only leave him a chance to turn things around, using the possibility of letting Isabella marry him as bait, plus some threats, to make it work."
Cleo nodded.
They had discussed this together and both agreed.
People outside were hurrying about. Finn said helplessly: "I hope through this bet, he can see Isabella's cunning and Amelia's goodness."
"That wouldn't waste our efforts."
……
On the other side.
William dropped Isabella off at Floral Haven, then continued back to the Brown Group.
As soon as he arrived downstairs, Rhys was anxiously waiting there.
"Mr. Brown, many people inside the company, and various partners have been blowing up the company phone!"
Rhys had already sent him a message, which is why he returned so quickly.
Felicity had also hurried downstairs.
"William, we can barely handle it anymore," Felicity said. "Shareholders are asking why they weren't informed about the divorce in advance, asking if there will be an astronomical divorce case like with listed companies, and all the partners Amelia was in charge of contacting are asking now."
Felicity was very angry: "Why didn't she tell us before announcing the divorce? Now she's caused such a mess!"
William gave Felicity a cold look, and only then did Felicity stop talking about it.
He knew that it had been several days since they got their certificate. She had given him enough time to react. Today's divorce announcement couldn't be blamed on her.
On the side, Felicity said: "William, you know, many partners are committed to Amelia. Now that she's publicly cut ties with the Brown Group... William, I'm worried those partners will waver."
"And the stock price," Rhys added. "There will be fluctuations too."