Chapter 67 Daniel Avenges Scarlett
Daniel's eyes swept over those invitations, and he nodded slightly in response.
"Anything else?"
Thinking of that divorce agreement, Daniel felt irritated and didn't even want to be perfunctory. Seeing Alice still standing there, he looked up and asked.
Alice bit her lip, looking pitiful.
"I'm going to shoot an endorsement photo later. This is my first endorsement. Daniel, can you come with me?"
The endorsement Alice was shooting was for a game under the Star Group. Daniel happened to have a schedule to go there in the afternoon, so it wouldn't be any trouble to check on Alice.
He nodded, "Sure, I have a meeting later."
Alice immediately cheered up. She smiled considerately and said, "Then I won't disturb you. Daniel, remember to balance work and rest. See you this afternoon."
She left and got in the car, but angrily threw her bag heavily onto the seat.
Laura was waiting in the car. Seeing her like this, she asked with concern.
"Didn't Mr. Wilson agree to come to the recital?"
Alice barely suppressed her anger, "He agreed."
Daniel keeping the invitation meant he would go.
Laura breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good then. Why are you still unhappy?"
Recently, Alice had been marketing her relationship with Daniel online.
If Daniel didn't even attend Alice's first recital, who knows how people would mock her online.
Alice was angry naturally because of Scarlett. Thinking of the intense, ambiguous atmosphere between the two in the car just now, Alice was consumed with jealousy.
Then thinking of Daniel asking Scarlett to order desserts for her, Alice's expression relaxed, and she took out her phone.
When the call connected, she tossed her hair, "Scarlett, I'll have my assistant send you my favorite desserts in a bit.
If the order doesn't have these items, I'll have to trouble you to cancel and reorder. After all, I'm pregnant and picky about food. Scarlett can understand, right?"
After Alice finished speaking, there was no response from the other end.
Alice took the phone away to look at it before putting it back to her ear.
"Hello?"
A light sound, clearly Scarlett hadn't had the phone to her ear just now.
"Done talking?" Scarlett's voice was slow and lazy.
Alice felt ignored, her expression turning ugly.
"Scarlett, isn't it basic courtesy to listen carefully when answering someone's call?"
"Not being a homewrecker is basic decency. Do you have any right to talk about courtesy?"
Alice laughed lightly, "Speaking so sharply, Scarlett, you have too much hostility in your life. Men don't like that."
Scarlett didn't want to hear her bragging, "No need to thank me. After all, just for ordering desserts, Daniel gave me quite a bit of pocket money. If there are more opportunities like this in the future, feel free to call me again. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."
Alice was choked up again. After catching her breath, she said.
"There is something. The day after tomorrow is my recital. Scarlett, you must come."
As if Scarlett would go. She said softly.
"Sorry, I have limited tolerance. I have zero tolerance for bad music. For the sake of my ears and mental health, I won't be going."
She hung up directly after speaking.
Alice sneered, "Classless bitch!"
Laura was about to say a few words to comfort her when her own phone rang.
After Laura answered, her expression became serious, "Okay, I got it. Go out of town today to lay low. If this goes smoothly, I'll give you another five hundred thousand dollars. But if you say things you shouldn't, don't blame me for being rude."
"What's wrong?" Alice frowned.
"That incident, Mr. Wilson is investigating it. Nola has been taken away."
Alice immediately sat up straight. Laura continued.
"Also, at the hospital, Jake was supposed to be discharged today and transferred to the detention center, but a man disguised as a cleaner suddenly rushed into the ward with a knife and castrated Jake."
"Castrated, what does that mean?"
Alice felt cold all over. Laura's expression was also ugly.
"His cock was destroyed. It was cut off and chopped to pieces right in front of Jake. Jake is still being resuscitated."
It must have been Daniel who did it.
So ruthless!
Alice, as a woman, instinctively clenched her legs upon hearing this, breaking out in a cold sweat.
She fell back against the seat, nervously grabbing Laura's hand.
"How could Nola be suspected? Will she expose us? What should we do..."
Alice panicked. If discovered, even if she had a get-out-of-jail-free card in her belly, she definitely wouldn't have a good outcome.
Laura held her hand back. Although her expression was also ugly, she remained calm.
"Don't worry, Nola doesn't know anything. They won't get anything out of her."
Even so, Alice remained unsettled.
William had only thought Jake acted on lust, so why was Daniel investigating so deeply?
At the same time, Scarlett was sitting in a private room of a tea house with Sarah, waiting for someone.
Scarlett needed to raise thirty million dollars. Working as a dancer definitely wouldn't be enough.
Scarlett contacted Bruce and asked him to introduce a reliable agent.
She wanted to license all of Shadowlight's songs and dances created over the years.
Sarah came with her. Scarlett calmly prepared tea.
Sarah was scrolling through her phone when she suddenly exclaimed.
"Holy shit!"
Scarlett slowly raised her hand, pouring water with standard technique. Watching the tea leaves unfurl, she looked up.
"What's wrong?"
"Scarlett, look quickly! The Jake incident is all over the social news!"
Scarlett took her phone and was also shocked.
"This Jake is absolutely inhuman! He deserved to have his genitals destroyed and chopped up! They should have chopped his whole body into pieces, Fuck! He could even drug and rape a pregnant woman!"
The news revealed that Sean, the man who rushed into the ward to attack Jake, and his wife Xyla had grown up together and loved each other dearly.
Xyla was targeted by Jake. After repeated failed seductions, she was drugged and raped.
At that time, Xyla was already two months pregnant with twins. Unable to bear the trauma, she jumped to her death, three lives lost.
Due to insufficient evidence and the Sherman family pulling strings everywhere, the matter was dropped.
"Sean is a real man! Jake can't even have sex with prostitutes anymore. It's truly karma!" Sarah was indignant, chattering on.
Scarlett fell silent.
She pushed the brewed tea toward Sarah, stood up, "I'm going out to make a call."
This incident happened over a year ago. Sean didn't avenge Xyla earlier or later, but chose this moment.
Scarlett walked to an open area in the courtyard and called Daniel.
Her expression was anxious, her heart uneasy.
Did this incident have anything to do with Daniel or not?
She ultimately didn't want him to stain his hands with blood because of her.
The phone rang for a while before being answered. Daniel's voice was cold.
"What, did you already raise the thirty million dollars?"
Scarlett pressed her lips together, "No, not yet. I have something I want to ask you..."
She opened her mouth but hadn't figured out how to ask.
If this incident was really an accident and she suddenly asked about it, wouldn't that make Daniel suspicious?
"If it's not about repaying money, I'm hanging up."
Scarlett quickly spoke urgently, "Don't! I have something!"
She was anxious, and her brain short-circuited. Thinking of what Sarah just said, she asked.
"There's a joke online today. Do you know about it?"
As soon as she said it, she wanted to bite off her own tongue. But if Daniel had nothing to do with this incident, he shouldn't understand.
The other end of the phone fell silent.
Scarlett's heartbeat gradually quickened in the silence.