Boyfriend?
Lily was stunned.
Oh no, she said the wrong thing!
It was mainly because Jessica was always acting like she was the daughter of a rich family in university.
She would always carry branded bags, branded clothes, and she would also be picked up and dropped off in luxury cars.
‘Who would think that she’d have a boyfriend like this?
This is so disgusting!
‘But whatever, I’ll just be wrong.
‘Who asked you to talk bad about Dave?’
“I’m not apologizing to you!
Hmph!” Lily was about to turn around and leave after she said that.
However, Jessica grabbed her hand.
After Jessica grabbed Lily, she started screaming at the top of her lungs.
“Where’s the organizer?
Where’s the organizer?
This person snuck in to steal free food and she’s even taking pictures with celebrities to show off.
Is no one going to do anything about this?”
“I didn’t!
Get your hands off me!”
Lily was struggling with all her might.
The two’s dispute garnered the attention of some people.
More and more people were gathering around them now..
After all, there were not a lot of people who dared to make a scene at a place like this, so everyone was curious.
At this moment, the staff walked over.
“What’s going on?” A staff member asked.
Jessica pointed at Lily and said, “It’s her!
She snuck in here to steal food and she even went around to take pictures with celebrities!”
“Please show your invitation card, miss,” the staff said to Lily.
Since the organizer booked the Lake Heart Club to host this charity dinner, the more powerful big shots in Lake City would have gotten invitation cards.
They should have shown their invitation cards when they entered the clubhouse but since David’s car was too cool, no one dared to stop him.
“1-1 don’t have one!” Lily was about to cry.
There were so many people looking at her.
“See?
I told you she snuck in to steal food.
You failed as organizers too, how can you allow irrelevant people to sneak in here?”
Jessica said in an extremely arrogant tone.
“Security!
Security!” The staff member called out.
Soon, a few security guards came over.
“Please escort this lady out of here,” the staff said to the security guards.
However, when the security guards were about to go up to her…
“Wait!
“Wait!”
Two voices said at the same time.
One was Empress Elsa Winters, and one was Marie Kent, one of the four rising stars.
“I brought her here.
She’s my temporary assistant,” Elsa said.
“Yes, I can prove it too,” Marie chimed in.
Elsa liked this cheerful and adorable little girl.
When she saw that Lily was being isolated and feeling helpless, she felt pitiful, and wanted to help this girl out of compassion.
It was just a small matter to her anyway.
When Marie saw Lily’s encounter, she remembered what happened to her yesterday.
She was lucky she ran into a good person so that she was able to escape that calamity.
Hence, she wanted to help Lily too.
When the two celebrities were able to testify for Lily, the security guards did not dare to do anything anymore.
At this moment, the man next to Jessica spoke.
“Guys, don’t simply take responsibility for anything.
You’ll have to bear the consequences of your actions.”
Tristan Collins knew the two celebrities.
However, he was a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of millions.
Even though there were a lot of people in the hall who were much more powerful than him, he was sure these two were not.
Celebrities?
To normal people, they were celebrities.
However, to a big boss like him, they were just jesters.
Jessica interrupted at this time, “You’re lying.
Lily is my classmate and she’s still in university.
How can she be your assistant?
Also, she said her brother brought her here and her brother is definitely a security guard here.”
“Miss, what’s the name of your brother?” The staff member asked.
“My brother is David!” Lily muttered indignantly. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“David?
Is there a David among you?” The employee turned to the security guards and asked.
The security guards shared a look and replied, “No.”
Marie’s heart shuddered when she heard Lily’s claim about being David’s sister.
‘Is that the same David that saved me yesterday?’
Just as she was about to say something, Lily spoke up again.
“A man called Andy came and took my brother with him just now!
He said that they were going to discuss business, and they went to the third floor.”
Andy?
Everyone in the crowd was shocked.
‘There was only one Andy in Lake City, and it was Mr.
Lewis.
‘He had the highest social standing here in Lake City.
‘If her brother is discussing business with Andy, then her brother must also be someone prominent as well!
The employees and Tristan started to feel uneasy.
Mr.
Lewis was not someone they could afford to offend.
Mr.
Lewis was well known here in Lake City.
If he saw you as his friend, he would treat you undeniably well.
However, if you were his enemy, then he would do everything in his power to get rid of you for good.
There had been too many little businesses in Lake City that had fallen victim to his various schemes to count.
As such, a saying began to circulate in Lake City.
“It’s alright if you can’t be Andy’s friend, but never be his enemy.”
Tristan’s train of thought stopped here.
He started breaking out in a cold sweat.
His net worth of a few hundred million was nothing in comparison to Mr.Lewis, and the latter could easily make him bankrupt at any moment.
Just at this moment, David and Andy had finished discussing their business and came downstairs.
David’s eyes swept the area and, instead of finding Lily, he saw a large group of people gathered in the middle of the hall.
David quickly walked over and broke through the crowd.
Only to see Lily currently being grabbed by the arm by a young woman with heavy makeup.
Lily looked like she had been wronged.
She tried but could not seem to struggle out of the other woman’s grasp, and the corners of her eyes were slightly wet.
“Lily!” David shouted.
“Dave!”
Jessica’s grasp loosened instinctively when she heard Lily call out for David, allowing Lily to run over and hug David.
“It’s alright now!
It’s alright,” David comforted.
“What’s going on?”
Andy walked over to ask.
‘It’s over!’
Tristan felt his head swell when he saw Andy, and his feet almost gave out, causing him to almost fall onto the ground.
The employee wiped off the cold sweat that beaded on his forehead and relayed the general situation to Andy quietly.
“Who is he?” Andy pointed at Tristan and asked after listening to the employee.
“Mr.
Lewis, that’s Tristan Collins, the owner of Auspicious Clouds Real Estate!” Someone from the crowd suddenly said.
“Mr.
Collins, was it?
You have three days to gather your things and get out of Lake City.
Either leave yourself, or I’ll make you leave.”
“I’m sorry, Mr.
Lewis!
Please let me go!
It’s all that woman’s fault, she’s the one behind this!”
Then Tristan slapped Jessica across the face.
The strength behind the slap had Jessica falling to the floor, confused and dazed.
Meanwhile, Tristan fell to his knees and started to beg.
Dying would hurt less than leaving Lake City in three days.
He might have a net worth of a few hundred million, but it was all in terms of assets.
He would not mind leaving Lake City if he had a few hundred million in cash, since he could just start a business from scratch again.
His fixed assets worth a few hundred million would have to be sold at a much lower value if he had to liquidate them within three days.
Not to mention that no one would dare to buy his assets since Mr.
Lewis had made his distaste clear tonight!
He had also invested quite a bit of money into a recent project as well.
If he left now, he would have to pay a lot of money for breaking the contract.
It was very likely that he was going to go from the owner of a big business worth a few hundred million, to a bankrupt man owing a bunch of debt.
He still had a few mistresses and two illegitimate sons to take care of!
Tristan was already in despair.
Until another voice rang out from the crowd.
“Andy, are you bullying some poor fellow again?”
Hugh walked over.
“Mr.
Greene!
Save me, please!
We’ve worked together before!
I’m Tristan from Auspicious Clouds Real Estate!”
Tristan grabbed onto Hugh like the latter was his savior.
If there was anyone in Lake City who could help him, Hugh Greene would be one of them.
As the second son of the Greene family, he was supposed to be the second in line to inherit the family business.
However, Hugh had managed to turn the tides around and fight on an equal footing with his older brother.
The elders in his family had yet to decide who would truly inherit the family business.
Thus, the elders decide to give both of them a sum of money for them to use and develop to their best capabilities for ten years.
The son with the best results would then be chosen as the heir.
Five years had already passed, and Hugh clearly had the upper hand.
“Greene!
Who said I was bullying anyone?
He was the one who bullied David’s cousin, what else was supposed to do?” Andy pointed at David and protested.
Hugh turned to look at the young lady David was hugging.
“Oh?
You bullied Dave’s cousin?
You’re bold, I’ll give you that,” Hugh turned to ask Tristan.
“Huh?” Tristan felt confused.
“What do you plan to do, Andy?”.
“I gave him three days to get out of Lake City!”
“Three days?
That’s too long!
I think one day is more than enough.”
Tristan fainted once he heard Hugh’s words.
There was no chance for him to turn the tables around now that two distinguished figures in Lake City were targeting him.
Blood rushed to his head, and he fainted.
“Throw him out and call him an ambulance.
If he doesn’t wake then leave him be, but if he does wake up tell him that he has one day left,” Andy told the employee.
“Yes, Mr.
Lewis!”
A few security guards carried Tristan and ushered Jessica out.
Now that the situation was dealt with, everyone turned to look at David with curiosity.
This man’s status had to be terrifying, considering he was friends with two big shots in Lake City.
Marie’s heart soared when she saw David.
She did not think she would get the chance to meet him again because of her identity.
She did not expect to see him again today after parting yesterday, though she did arrive at this place bearing some hope today.
“Since everyone’s here, I’ll make this clear now.
David is a good friend of mine, so his cousin is my cousin as well.
Anyone who dares to bully her in the future will face my wrath,” Andy shouted at the crowd.
“Mine too!” Hugh added.
“Thanks, bros!” David replied.
David felt that he was close enough with Hugh and Andy that he could refer to them so intimately.
“You’re welcome, Dave!”
“Alright, everyone.
Time to go back!”
The crowd slowly dispersed.
Marie walked over to David and said, “We meet again, Mr.
Lidell!”
“Hello, Ms.
Kent!”
Lily had also calmed down by now.
She looked between David and Marie and asked, “Dave, you know Miss Marie?”
“Yea!
I do!”
“Miss Marie, thank you for helping me just now.
Miss Elsa too, thank you!”
Elsa was about to leave when she heard Lily call out to her.
She walked over.
“You’re welcome, Lily!”
“Thank you, both of you!” David said.
“You’re too kind, Mr.
Lindell!” Both celebrities replied at the same time.