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Preston didn’t flinch in time. His forehead took the blow and immediately started to swell. He looked extremely wretched with the water cascading down his face like a grotesque baptism.
Nonetheless, before he could open his eyes, he heard loud gasps from around him.
In the next moment, he felt his body sink and his back was slammed onto the floor. Right after that, a punch landed on his face and blood started gushing from his nose.
He had never expected this.
Despite being the president, Landon had the guts to ride on him like a donkey in front of Cornelius and the other board members. He started beating Preston up openly in front of everyone.
Landon continued to swing punches at Preston’s despicable face. He couldn’t think about anything else other than Preston’s humiliating words about Lauren.
The other board members backed up slowly in fear.
Nothing too surprising ever happened at the Harpers’ board meetings. That being said, it was indeed eye-opening for everyone to witness someone being beaten up so brutally. Moreover, it was Landon who was beating his own uncle up.
“Why are you all still taking your own sweet time?” Cornelius called out while glaring furiously.
Only then did the bodyguards who were standing outside rush in. They did their best to pull Landon away from Preston.
“You have no right to comment about my relationship, you son of a bitch!”
Every single word from Landon’s mouth was full of anger and hate. He really wished that he could tear Preston apart.
“Lauren is the most perfect woman in my eyes! I love her. Nothing anyone says will be able to change my intention to marry her. No one can try to stop me. No one will be able to stop me either!”
The muscles in Landon’s arms were so tense that they were throbbing. He was trying to suppress his urge to leap forward and have another go at him.
Preston was helped to his feet. He only managed to regain his balance after much effort.
He spat his bloody saliva on the floor. He looked like he was still resentful and unwilling to admit defeat. At the same time, his heart was pounding hard. He stole a glance at Cornelius.
However, Cornelius showed no reaction. He also didn’t seem like he intended to side with anyone. With that, he knew that Cornelius was acquiescing.
Preston decided that he had to make this show go on.
Landon returned to his seat. He retrieved a clean handkerchief from his pocket to wipe off the blood on the back of his hands.
Suddenly, he paused. His gaze stopped on the cute teddy bear design on the corner of his handkerchief.
He was reminded of how Lauren had embroidered it with her own hands. He usually carried it with him, but he couldn’t bear to use it. At this moment, he was certainly not going to use it to wipe the bastard’s filthy blood.
So, he put the handkerchief back into his pocket and used his sleeve to wipe off the blood on his hands carelessly. The rage in his eyes had also dissipated slightly.
Cornelius frowned and asked, “Are you alright, Preston? Do you need to go to the hospital?”
Preston coughed. “I… I’m fine!” The handkerchief that he was using to cover his nose had become bloody. It was obvious how ruthless Landon had been.
The meeting resumed, albeit in an awkward situation.
Just then, Cornelius picked up the documents on the table and started flipping through them casually.
Under Landon’s imperiousness, Cornelius was the only one who dared to make a move.
“Is this a genuine report, Preston?” Cornelius asked with a look of disbelief on his face.
Preston roared, his voice thick with indignation, “If it’s not real, then I’ll grovel at Landon’s feet myself! It has the accredited testing organization’s stamp, for crying out loud! Get it verified if you don’t believe me!”
Landon’s scowl deepened into a thundercloud. His eyes flicked to Cornelius, skepticism etched on his face. Cornelius, in Landon’s experience, wouldn’t be this placid if he had just learned about this.
Furthermore, this psychological analysis report was regarded as classified information within the Walsh family. It was inaccessible to outsiders; only Walsh family members could access it.
Javier and Sophia were Lauren’s parents. They should be the only ones who had this report.
Now that Sophia was dead, Javier wouldn’t resort to using Lauren’s secret to prevent their marriage despite how opposed he was.
Even if Javier didn’t love Lauren, he was someone who couldn’t stand being embarrassed. Thus, he would certainly never do such a thing.
So, how in the world did Preston get this report?
“The Walsh’s will surely take strict precautions against something like this getting out. There’s probably something suspicious about the origins of this report, isn’t there?”
With a calm expression on his face, Cornelius tossed the document onto the table. “Could you have been tricked into taking this fake document out? You would be at a loss if this ends up being a joke.”
Preston flung his handkerchief onto the floor. He gritted his teeth and glared cunningly. “I have evidence to prove that Walsh lady is a crazy woman!”
Upon saying that, the big screen suddenly lit up.
Everyone’s attention was directed to the screen.
Landon turned to look at the screen coldly. In an instant, he felt like the blood in his veins stopped flowing. It was as if his racing heart was being squeezed by a cruel pair of hands. His flesh was pained.
On the screen, Lauren could be seen bawling and screaming uncontrollably. There was no one else in the room with her.
Her piercing screams echoed throughout the meeting room.
Everyone scrunched up their faces. They frowned as they watched the bizarreness of her going crazy.
“Lauren… Lauren!” Landon screamed her name. His eyes had turned red.
Despite his heartfelt cries, the thin screen kept this pair of lovers separated in two different worlds.
“What did I tell you, Mr. Cornelius? I didn’t slander this woman at all, did I? She is a psycho indeed!”
Preston pointed at the screen as his eyes twinkled with excitement that his scheme had succeeded. “No one triggered or provoked her. Look at her screaming her head off. Is that what a normal person would do? What else could it be other than the fact that she’s sick?
“If a woman like this became the president’s wife in the future, how is our family even able to hold our heads up high?”
Everyone shook their heads.
Whatever it was, the woman in the video who had lost control did not look like a normal person.
“That’s enough. Turn it off. It’s too noisy.” Cornelius furrowed his brows and a look of disdain flashed across his eyes.
“Preston. Where are you keeping my wife captive?” Landon’s gaze was full of viciousness. He looked as if he was about to cry tears of blood.
“Captive? That’s too strong a word, I’m afraid.”
Preston crossed his legs relaxedly. He put on a smug smile on his swollen face. “It’s your big day today. I know that you will be looking forward to seeing her and sharing your joy with her after you officially become president.
“So, I also invited her to be our guest at Harper Group. I did it out of good intentions. To my surprise, she went crazy after she left you.”
Preston clicked his tongue. “Having a mental state like this is really worrying.”
Landon burned with anger from within. He disregarded the looks from everyone else, got to his feet, and dashed to the door.
“Landon! The meeting isn’t over yet. Get back here!” Cornelius shouted at him from behind.
Landon stopped in his tracks. He glared piercingly at Preston.
Preston’s smile froze on his face.
That glance made him feel like he had fallen into the abyss.
Within Solana City, Harper Group stood as an economic giant, second only to the domineering Walsh Group.
The skyscraper was tens of stories high and had more than a thousand rooms. Landon thought about how Lauren was being secretly locked in one of the rooms. He couldn’t imagine the kind of fear and suffering that she was going through.
A tremor seized Landon’s hands, all ten fingers vibrating uncontrollably. A white-hot ache lanced through his entire body, twisting and searing its way to his heart, threatening to rip it from his chest.
Preston was not going to reveal Lauren’s location to him. He wanted to hide his most cherished treasure from him so that he could feel the pain in his heart. He wanted to aggravate and infuriate him. But what he really couldn’t believe was…
Angelina was skilled. It wouldn’t be a problem for her to go against ten or even 20 other people on her own. Moreover, she had a gun on her. She wouldn’t hesitate to kill Preston’s men on the spot at any crucial moment.
He couldn’t understand how the weaklings under Preston were able to break into his house and get Lauren out, even under Angelina’s watch. They even brought her to Harper Group without Landon finding out.
“Have you checked the surveillance footage?” Landon sprinted through the corridor. His throat felt dry and painful at the same time.