The True Lady Strikes Back novel (Cecilia and Christopher)

Chapter 254

Aiden didn’t care whether Hayden could sleep or not.

He made the video call only to make Hayden see reality and prepare the bargaining chips to exchange

for his life.

After the video call ended, he left the Director’s office.

As he walked out, the secretary said, “Commander, Mr. Jennings is waiting for you outside Mrs. Shaw’s

ward.”

“Okay.”

Aiden went to the intensive care unit.

He saw Charlie standing outside the huge glass wall, looking worriedly at Elaine in the ward.

“Zachary, when did you arrive? Has the funeral for Professor Farsons been arranged?”

Charlie turned to look at Aiden as he twitched the corners of his lips. “I’ve just arrived. Jeffrey’s funeral

has been arranged.”

“You said you scattered his ashes. Is that a joke or is it true?”

“Aiden, let’s find a place to talk. I’m a little tired after a busy day.”

Just as Aiden was about to return to the Director’s office, he saw Cecilia walk over with two large food

containers.

He quickly stepped forward and reached out to take the containers. They were a little heavy, showing

that there was a lot of food in them. “Ceci, why did you make so much food? Grandma and Evan don’t

eat much.”

Cecilia explained, “I didn’t cook much, but I’ve made some soup, so it’s a bit heavy.”

Then she looked at Charlie and teased, “You come at the right time.”

Charlie smiled and joked, “It’s our fate. Are you sure you don’t want to consider me? When my face

recovers, I will also be a handsome guy.”

“Stop it, or you won’t get any dinner!”

Charlie immediately made a gesture of sealing his mouth.

Cecilia withdrew her gaze with satisfaction and looked at Elaine in the ward. “Aiden, I’m going to feed

Grandma Elaine some soup. You guys eat

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first. Don’t wait for me.”

Aiden remembered Elaine had experienced significant emotional fluctuations before, causing her to

faint, and she wouldn’t wake up for a while.

He said, “Ceci, Grandma is still resting and won’t be able to have soup now. Why don’t you have dinner

with us first and see Grandma later?” “I’ll go in and see Grandma Elaine. You guys go see Evan first.

I’ll be there

soon.”

After she said that, Cecilia took out the soup for Elaine and entered the ward after informing the nurse.

According to those who are keeping an eye on Charlie, it seemed like there was no cure for Elaine’s

poison, so she had to keep up a pretense.

Elaine was still sleeping in the ward.

Cecilia placed the thermal container on the bedside table and looked worriedly at Elaine, who didn’t

look well.

“Grandma Elaine, please get well soon.”

Then she checked Elaine’s pulse and felt relieved after confirming her health was improving.

She wiped Elaine’s face and hands with a wet cloth before she left.

When Cecilia arrived at Evan’s ward, dinner was already set on the small dining table.

The three men were drinking soup without eating the dishes.

Evan said happily, “Ceci, your soup is superb. Do you want to open a soup restaurant?”

Cecilia was dumbstruck as she looked at Evan, who had come up with a stupid idea.

“Evan, what will I get for opening a restaurant?” she asked.

She was not short of money, nor was she interested in cooking. Even if she had nothing better to do,

she wouldn’t look for trouble by opening a Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

restaurant.

Evan only said it casually. He wouldn’t be willing to let Cecilia make soup for others every day.

“You won’t get anything. So don’t open it!” he said.

Cecilia had already guessed his answer. Then, she said, “Don’t drink too

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much soup. Otherwise, you will be too full to eat other dishes.” “Don’t worry, Aiden and…” Evan almost

said the word “Charlie.” Fortunately, he reacted in time and immediately changed the name. “…

Zachary has a big appetite. They can definitely eat up all the food you’ve made.”

He didn’t include himself because he was suffering from internal injuries and had trouble eating and

defecating. So he had to eat less and defecate less.

Charlie chimed in, “Don’t worry, Cecilia. I will finish it.”

Then, he looked at Aiden and said, “Aiden, are we going to talk during or after dinner?”

“Talking about the dead at dinner is disgusting. Let’s talk about it afterward.”

Jeffrey had done all kinds of bad deeds. Even if he were “dead,” he would still be cursed.

The four siblings ate quickly, finishing their meal in less than ten minutes.

All the food was finished except for some soup.

Charlie slightly stroked his bulging stomach and said, “I haven’t eaten this much in a long time.”

He took the initiative to clear the plates and cutlery before getting down to business.

“Jeffrey’s ashes were accidentally scattered. When I went to pick up the urn, some family members

caused a disturbance, knocking over Jeffrey’s ashes. The strong wind on the hill blew them away in an

instant.”

It was true, but actually, Charlie had set it up.

The so-called ashes were flour, which would be exposed as soon as it was sent to the shareholders, so

it had to be scattered.

He didn’t care if Wolf Killer’s shareholders believed his rhetoric or the surveillance footage from the

crematorium.

Cecilia sneered and said, “He deserves it!”

Then, she narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Charlie. “Zachary, do you really not know who

Jeffrey is?”

“Jeffrey and I are just business partners, and we rarely communicate outside of work. But if the police

investigate him and the pharmaceutical

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company, I’ll be implicated, right?”

After explaining, Charlie looked at Aiden and said, “Aiden, I asked you for a favor carlier. It’s about the

pharmaceutical company.”

“How can I help you?”

“I didn’t know that Jeffrey used the pharmaceutical company to do illegal things. Can you help me save

my company?”

That was what Charlie said on the surface. At the same time, he secretly used Morse code to say,

“Show me Hayden’s information.”

Since Aiden knew who Hayden was and what role he played in Wolf Killer, only he could come up with

the most reasonable reason for Hayden to be arrested by the police.

Aiden unlocked his phone, retrieved Hayden’s information, and handed it to Charlie.

Charlie quickly looked through Hayden’s information as he begged Aiden to save his pharmaceutical

company.

After reading it, he said in Morse code, “Drug dealing. Line their pockets.”

The former sentence was the reason for the police arrest, while the latter was his explanation to the

other two shareholders.

Since the shareholders valued money, he would drive a wedge between them through the money

matter.

Of course, they had to get the Hestrya police to put on a show to convince the shareholders that

Hayden had lined his own pockets.

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