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CHAPTERS 1176 - 1180
CHAPTER 1176
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense, I'll just do it!" This silly woman was just too adorable when she was jealous. She looked even cuter when she was trying to deny it. Andrew could not resist himself from teasing her. He held her head once again and kissed her.
"Stop messing around, Andrew! We're still on the street, and the people outside can see us!" Silvia tried to push him away, but she couldn't. All she could do was to accept his kiss.
His kiss was gentle as if he wanted her to sink into his world so that she could not escape from him. As it went on, his kiss became exceedingly overbearing. He was so dominant that she could only submit to him. It was as if he was telling her that if he wanted to keep her by his side, she would not be able to escape from him.
The long and overbearing kiss lasted for a long time.
Andrew looked at Silvia's red, swollen lips as he licked his lips in reminiscence and broke into an evil smile. “We can see them from the inside the car, but they can't see us from the outside.’'
He had no time to explain to her while he was busy kissing. So, this was the very first sentence that he had said to her right after the kiss. Silvia felt so sweet, like her heart was dipped in honey. “But even so, we're still on the streets. It's not that appropriate to do this."
"What's wrong with me kissing my wife?" The more Andrew looked at Silvia, the prettier he thought she was. He was starting to get the urge to hold her in his arms and kiss her again.
Silvia understood the look in his eyes so she quickly moved to get away from him. "Andrew, can you please pay attention to where you are for once? You are a human being, not an animal. You can't be aroused any time you want!" Andrew was at a loss for words. This woman just liked to annoy him!
Silvia tried to push the car door open, but it did not work. She looked back at Andrew and said, "Andrew, open the door. I'll take a taxi home."
Andrew asked, "Who said that you can go home?"
"Can this man just stop being so overbearing?" Silvia thought to herself as she sniffled and said, "My father had just left us not too long ago. I just can‘t be at ease knowing that my mom is at home by herself. I have to go over to accompany her."
Andrew said, "Silvia, your father has been gone for several months now. Since he can't take care of you and your mother anymore, both of you should learn to be independent and learn how to take care of yourselves. There is no one in this world who can accompany you for your entire lives."
What about Andrew? Would he not stay by Silvia's side for the rest of her life? Would he suddenly disappear from her life one day just like her father and Felix?"
After listening to Andrew's words, this thought appeared in Silvia's mind. But why did she have this idea?
It could not be!
Silvia immediately shook her head, trying to expel this idea that should never have existed in her mind. "Your parents are still alive, of course that's easy for you to say. You'll never go through the pain that I've experienced for the past months."
In fact, Andrew did. More than ten years ago, he had gone through the pain that she was currently experiencing. Andrew witnessed his biological parents' miserable death in a horrible car accident.
At that time, if weren't for his mother who had shielded him with her body, Andrew would have already died in that car accident at a young age. His parents had given him his first life, and Andrew had gotten his second life in exchange of his mother's life.
After the car accident, the culprit had paid Andrew a sum of 50,000 dollars in compensation. That was how much his parents' lives were worth. What was even worse was that the compensation that he had received were all taken away by his unscrupulous relatives.
At first, no one was willing to adopt him. But after he had received the compensation, everyone rushed to adopt him... At the end of the day, they were all just a bunch of scoundrels targeting the money. Therefore, they were no less horrible than Norman who had taken Wateria Corporation away from Silvia after her father's death.
Those people only cared about money. None of them were actually concerned about his well-being. No one knew the trauma that he had experienced watching his parents being killed before his eyes at such a young age. No one knew that he was so traumatized that he could not sleep at night.
Later, when he came to the Carter family, he could really feel the love and care that everyone had given him. It was only then his situation had gradually gotten better. Ever since he was adopted into the Carter family, his life had undergone an immense change and those changes had made what he was today.
The crashed car, the decapitated bodies... It had been more than a decade since the car accident took place, but whenever Andrew thought of those bloody scenes, he would feel as if he had fallen into hell again.
Andrew fell silent again. Seeing that he looked a little upset, Silvia quickly reached out her hand and tugged his arm, "What's the matter, Young Master Carter?"
"It's nothing." He smiled. The past was already the past. Now that he had Silvia, a lively and chatty girl by his side, he no longer felt that life was dull and boring.
Silvia knew that he had something on his mind, but he was unwilling to share his thoughts with her, so she was feeling a little distressed. "Andrew, let's go home. I'll call my mom and tell her that I won‘t be going back home to accompany her today."
Andrew asked, "You're not going back home to see her?"
Silvia did not want to say that it was because she wanted to accompany him, so she came up with a random excuse. "Well, since I‘ve already promised you that you can do whatever you want tonight, then I'll have to keep my promise! I must not let you get the chance to call me a liar, or else you'd never believe me anymore."
Andrew was pleased knowing that she had such an intention, so he drove her back to her house and said, "Don't worry about the company, everything will fall into place eventually." Then, Andrew raised his left hand and looked at the time. "It‘s 5:20 now. I'll come pick you up in two hours.“
He did not mention anything about visiting his mother-in-law himself, because he was waiting for Silvia to accept him eventually. Then, she would bring Andrew home happily to introduce him to her mother.
Didn't Silvia said that she was not going home? But he still sent her home anyway. This was a surprise, and she did not think that there was anything wrong with the two-hour time limit, so she said, "Why don't you go back home first. I will take a taxi home later."
Two hours was not that long, but she felt guilty for letting him wait for her. She had a conscience after all.
Andrew pinched her rosy cheeks and smiled as he said, "Silvia, there's only 1 hour and 50 minutes left now."
Silvia pouted her lips, "Huh, no... How can you do this?"
Andrew said, "Well, that's how I do things. It's not like you don't know, right?"
Silvia was speechless.
Well, Silvia was really at a loss for words. He was still that overbearing and unreasonable man. However, the more time they spent together, Silvia gradually realized that he was not as annoying anymore, and she even felt that he was somewhat adorable.
Before getting out of the car, Silvia suddenly leaned over towards him and gave him a peck on the cheek. Right after the kiss, she opened the door and immediately got out of the car. She stood outside of the car and waved to Andrew, "I'll see you later then!"
"Okay." Andrew nodded and watched her leave. At the same time, he slowly raised his hand and placed his fingertips on the place where she had just kissed him.
Her lips were soft and it felt very nice on his cheek, which made him want her even more.
CHAPTER 1177
After watching Silvia entering the lobby, Andrew picked up his mobile phone and called Wayne. “What's the progress on the acquisition of the fractional shares?"
Andrew had given his subordinates, Wayne, and Lydia Gibson the full authority over Wateria Corporation's affairs, but he would still check on the new updates every single day.
Wayne immediately replied, "Sir, you can rest assured on that. Kaylee Corporation has already taken back 40% of the shares in the market. Once Miss Turner gets back all her shares, she will be the biggest shareholder of Wateria Corporation at 60%, you would be the second-largest shareholder. Wateria Corporation is a food company, and most of the shares that was sold in the market were all acquired by Kaylee Corporation, which is also a food company. This would definitely benefit Wateria Corporation's future development, and Miss Turner would never know that you were the one helping her from behind."
Kaylee Corporation was Shengtian's subsidiary company and it was under Andrew's management. They mainly engaged in food businesses and it was quite famous in Madison City. However, no one knew that it was owned by the Carters too.
So, Andrew had let Lydia, the person in charge of Kaylee Corporation, to boldly acquire all the fractional shares in the market.
In fact, in Andrew's opinion, Wateria Corporation was just a small company. Wateria‘s annual profits were far less than Kaylee's monthly profits. However, Andrew still insisted on investing in it to help Silvia keep her father‘s legacy. Even if it would not make any money, everything would be worth it as long as Silvia was happy.
Andrew added, "Silvia is not completely confident in you yet. You must make sure that you prove yourself to her and gain her trust, so that she would let you manage the company."
When Andrew mentioned about that, Wayne felt a little hesitant. "Sir, Miss Turner had once fallen into Norman Turner's trap. Hence, she's particularly wary of people now. I'm afraid that it would be difficult for me to completely gain her trust in such a short period of time."
Andrew raised his eyebrows and said, "She's distrusting, but can't you just find a way to convince her to believe in you? What she needs the most at this moment is a talented person who can help her grow the company. I've already made all the preparations, but you're saying that you can't do it now?"
Wayne said, "Alright, Sir, well noted. I will take a good look at the proposal for Wateria Corporation's development plans tonight and hand it over to Miss Turner tomorrow."
Andrew wanted to continue, but there was another call coming in. It was from Silvia, so he immediately said, "Tell Lydia to keep up the good work.“
Before Wayne could reply him, Andrew hung up the phone and answered Silvia's call. It was obvious that his tone had turned a lot softer as he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Young Master Carter, have you gone back home?" Silvia‘s soft voice sounded through the phone and into Andrew's ear, which melted his heart. "How could I go back home without my wife?"
Silvia was starting to get used to him calling her as his wife. "Where are you then?"
Andrew said, "I'm just wandering around."
When Andrew said this, Silvia happened to walk out of the lobby. When she looked up, she saw that his silver luxury car was still parked not too far away from the condominium. She couldn't help scoffing, "What a liar!"
Andrew asked, "What did you say?"
Silvia prompted him, "Look back, on your right."
Andrew turned around and saw her walking towards him with a smile on her face. The dazzling light of the sunset was shining on her, but it was his heart that was warmed up.
It was in that split second when Andrew saw her coming, that he finally understood something. His heart felt cosy and filled with immense warmth.
After waiting for so many years, there was finally a person who was willing to come to him, someone who was willing to stay by his side, going through all the ups and downs in life.
With Silvia by his side, he would no longer be lonely.
After a momentary daze, Andrew immediately opened the car door and got out of the car. He pulled Silvia into his arms and asked her emotionally, “It has only been less than half an hour, why are you here already?“
"Alas, I went home to accompany my mother, but she was so busy chatting with the neighbors that she had no time for me at all. I'm still angry at her now." Silvia could not tell him that she was chased out by her mother because she was so preoccupied with her thoughts about Andrew when she was home.
Andrew embraced her and kissed her. "So you didn't come out earlier because you don't want me to wait for too long?"
"How is that possible?! That's not it!" Andrew's guess was spot on. Did he actually know how to read minds? Silvia denied repeatedly, "Andrew, who do you think you are? I only think about money all day, and you're not it!“
The more she denied it, the more obvious she was. Andrew hugged her and asked, "It really wasn't because of me?"
Silvia firmly denied, "Of course not!"
However, no matter what the reason was, Andrew knew that this silly girl did care about him, at least a little.
He hugged her tightly for one last time and said, "Let's go home then."
“Okay." Silvia was a little flustered because he had seen right through her. She quickly got in the front passenger seat obediently. "Didn't you say that you'll treat me to a nice meal tonight? Is it still on?"
"What do you feel like eating then?" Andrew got in the car and held her hand. "I'm in a good mood today, so you can eat whatever you want."
Silvia glanced at him and smiled slyly. "I want to drink!"
Andrew's face darkened. “You're not allowed to drink anymore."
Silvia pulled a funny face at him and said, "I knew that you wouldn't agree to it."
Andrew said grumpily, “You know that I won't agree to it, but you're still trying your luck huh? Are you trying to get into a fight with me?"
Silvia smiled and said, "Let's go home then. Let's go home and eat the dishes that Auntie Cherry had prepared."
Silvia had been having her meals at home these days, so she had gotten used to it. Silvia thought that Auntie Cherry's cooking was a little bland, but it was still more delicious than what she could get outside.
It was just like how Silvia had gone from despising Andrew and plotting to leave him, to thinking that he was quite adorable after getting along with him.
Indeed, habits were a frightening thing. Once something has become a habit, it would feel fine doing it!
Andrew started the car engine and said, "Okay, let's go home."
"Let's go home together. Go back to the house that belong to the two of us."
...............
It was late September and the temperature in Madison City varied greatly throughout the day. The sun would shine so brightly that one could suffer from sunburn. However, at night, it would be so windy that one could catch a cold.
Silvia was aware of Andrew's physical condition, so she was worried that he would catch a cold. Therefore, after dinner, she brought over the medicine that Dr. Thames had prepared for him.
Andrew was in the study. Silvia did not knock on the door and barged in. “Young Master Carter, it's time to take your medicine!"
Andrew was on the phone. When he saw Silvia coming in, he immediately put down his mobile phone and asked, "What's this?“
CHAPTER 1178
"It's to prevent you from catching a cold.” Silvia put the medicine on his work desk and waved the candy in her hand. "Look, I've specially prepared this for you. It won't taste so bitter after you eat the candy."
"I'm not sick. Why do I need to take this medicine?" Did this young lady really see Andrew as a three year-old boy? Did she think that she could make him take the medicine by giving him some candies? She must be dreaming!
"You're not sick?" Silvia said angrily, "Andrew Carter, if you don‘t behave obediently and cooperate with Dr. Thames to recondition your body, I will not attend to you anymore even if you get a fever and faint."
"Can't you speak nicely to me?" Andrew hated the scent of medicine the most. Couldn't she persuade him in a nice way, instead of threatening him?
"The medicine and the candy are here..." Silvia took out her mobile phone and looked at the time. "I'll give you a minute to think about it. After the time is up, I will take away the candy, but you'll still have to take the medicine."
"I'll drink it, alright?!" No matter how awful it was, he had to drink it. He had to make sure that he could live a long life, otherwise, who would take care of this silly woman in the future?
"Very good!" Silvia immediately put on a smiling face and handed him the medicine. After watching him emptying the medicine cup, she said, "Here, eat this candy. It will get rid of the bitterness."
Andrew frowned in disgust and said, "I'm a man, I don't need to eat this. Take it away. I don't want it!"
Silvia rolled her eyes at him. "It was no doubt that you're a man, but you're still a human being, right? You would still get sick, wouldn't you? I wonder who it was, who kept getting fevers and catching colds..."
While Silvia was talking, Andrew suddenly pulled her into his arms. Before she could even react, Andrew had already lowered his head and kissed her on the lips.
"Boohoo..." It was so bitter. His lips were covered with that awfully bitter medicine, but he still kissed her. Andrew obviously wanted to make Silvia suffer with him. This man was just too annoying. She must not forgive him!
Silvia wrinkled her nose and squinted her eyes due to the bitterness. However, Andrew's face was full of delight. "It's so good! It tastes so sweet!“
Silvia wiped her lips in disgust. "It's so bitter but you're saying that it's sweet. There must be something wrong with your taste buds!"
"I'm talking about you! You taste so sweet."
"You..."
Andrew smiled and held her in his arms again, enjoying the best of her that belonged only to him.
............
After getting all her shares back, Silvia finally realized how heavy the burden was being the boss of a company.
Wateria Corporation was not a huge company, but there were still a few hundred employees. All of them were counting on the company to make good profits, and she was the core figure to ensure that all her staff could continue to strive in their career.
When Silvia thought that she would have to face so many people and hold countless meetings, she was stressed out.
She glanced at Andrew who was reading a book next to her and snuggled up to him. "Young Master Carter, I have something to ask you."
Andrew did not even raise his head to look at her. "Mm?"
Therefore, Silvia reached out her hand and took away the book in his hand, asking him to listen carefully to what she was going to say next. "If I were to fire a core executive of a department right after taking over the company, do you think that it's inappropriate?"
However, before he could even answer her, Silvia put the book back into his hand and said, "Forget it, you don't even know how to manage a company. I'd better get advice from someone who actually does."
Andrew raised his eyebrows. This little girl was looking down on him again.
Silvia lay down on the sofa in an unladylike manner and said, "Before this, I've always thought that being the boss of a company was fun. All you have to do is give orders and everyone else would have to follow them, and you can just fire whoever that's not following your orders. But little did I know, that was not the case at all. it's completely different from what I've imagined."
Seeing that she was so distressed, Andrew closed the book and said unhurriedly, "A boss who fires a competent employee right after taking over a company might cause outrage, and result in a bad impression on you. And because of that, I'm afraid that it would then be difficult for you to reestablish a convincing leadership over your employees. However, if you were to fire someone who abused their powers, it would definitely be inspirational. It would be an opportunity to let those outstanding employees see that this company still has a meritocratic and hopeful future, and they would be willing to stay."
"Hmm... yeah." Silvia nodded and expressed her admiration for him. "Wow, I've never seen you do anything all day, but what you've said were actually on point."
Andrew was speechless.
What did she mean? Just how useless did he seem to her?
Silvia got up and put on her backpack.
“Young Master Carter, thanks for your opinion! I'm going to the company to host a meeting now."
Andrew said, "I'll ask the driver to send you over to the company then."
Silvia said, "It's quite easy to get a taxi at this hour. Don’t bother the driver."
Andrew said, "You‘re now the boss of a company, and you don't even have your own car. Don't you think that you look a little too shabby?“
Silvia said, "Young Master Carter, can't we talk without criticizing each other? You just had to make me angry, don't you?"
Andrew got up and said, "Let's go."
Silvia asked, "Where are we going?"
Andrew said, "I'm going out, too. I'll drop you off on the way."
He was obviously making a special trip to send her to the company, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. So, he came up with an excuse, saying that he was doing it out of convenience.
Silvia agreed reluctantly. "Okay then."
In half an hour, the two had arrived at Wateria Corporation. After Andrew had pulled up at the entrance of the office, Silvia got out of the car and said to Andrew, "Thank you, Young Master Carter!"
Andrew said, "Mm.” He accepted her gratitude.
Silvia waved at him and said, "I'll go in now then."
"Wait." Andrew got out of the car and ignored the people around them. He adjusted Silvia's collar and said, "Remember, you are the main character today, so you must not lose your aura."
Silvia nodded obediently. "That's what I'm good at. If anything goes wrong, I'll just crush them with my aura. If they dare to ignore my orders, I‘ll tell them that I have the young master of the Carter family as my backing. They will definitely scare to their death."
Andrew really hoped that Silvia would actually threaten them with his name, but he knew that she would never do that. Silvia‘s words were just a joke. It was absolutely impossible for her to use such a method.
Silvia had a strong personality. Although she had almost gone crazy because of the company's affairs in the past two days, she had never thought of asking for his help.
Andrew could not help but reach out his hand to caress her head. "Okay, you should go in now. If you perform well, there would be a nice dinner waiting for you at home tonight."
Silvia said with a smile, "Thank you, Young Master Carter!"
After thanking Andrew, Silvia trotted towards the lobby of the building. However, two steps later, she felt that something was not right, so she decided to slow down her pace.
It was because Silvia was wearing a pair of high heels, paired with a white shirt and a black skirt. It was a formal look that made her look shrewd and experienced.
Seeing that she was trying so hard to adapt to her new identity as the boss of a company, Andrew nodded with satisfaction. He took out his mobile phone and called Wayne. "Make sure that nothing goes wrong during the meeting today."
After giving his order, Andrew was still a little worried. He really wanted to be by Silvia's side during the meeting. After all, Silvia was still a newbie. The business industry was like a battlefield. One careless mistake, and she would be smashed into pieces.
If he did not watch after her, this young lady wouldn't even know if someone had sold her out. If something had really happened to her, how was Andrew going to live without her?
CHAPTER 1179
Since there was a new boss coming in, all the heads of departments had attended the meeting. Everyone was present, which made Silvia feel that she was being respected.
The first agenda of the meeting was to fire the manager of the Public Relations Department. After that, Silvia had nominated Audrey as the new manager of that department.
In order to convince everyone, Silvia had put in a lot of effort in this matter. When Audrey said that there was something wrong with the former PR manager, Silvia had immediately sent someone to investigate it. Sure enough, Audrey's claims were all true.
Therefore, she had collected all the relevant evidence on the former manager to prove that he had indeed sexually harassed his female subordinates.
After revealing this, Silvia immediately fired the PR manager. Seeing that the former manager was unable to give any excuses, all the other heads of departments were completely won over.
Subsequently, with Wayne's help, Silvia had made some internal staff adjustments and even did a presentation on the company's future development plan.
At first, Silvia could still keep up with everyone's pace. However, as the meeting went on, the more confused Silvia was. There were even a few occasions that she did not understand what everyone was talking about at all.
The meeting only lasted for two hours and there were not even that many issues that were discussed during the meeting, but Silvia felt like she was at war. When she returned to the office, she was exhausted.
"Oh my god, how do people actually do this?" In the past, Silvia would always think that her father's job was quite relaxing. She thought that being the CEO of a company was the easiest job. However, now, she knew that although they seemed relaxed, they were in fact under a lot of pressure.
As the CEO of the company, every decision that she had made was related to the survival and the future development of the company. That kind of pressure felt like there was a gigantic mountain hanging above her head, which could crash upon her and kill her at any time.
Before Silvia could recover from her exhaustion, a phone call came in. It was Andrew. The timing was so on point that Silvia thought that he might have planted his spies around her.
She answered the call and said feebiy, “My dear Young Master Carter, what's the matter? Do you know that I'm so tired now that I don't even have the energy to talk to you on the phone?"
Andrew's seductive and mellow voice sounded in Silvia's ear. "It's lunchtime now, and it's very boring to eat by myself, so I‘m wondering if Mrs. Carter has the time to have lunch with me?"
Silvia, who was lying on the table, lifted her head slightly and replied, "Nah, I don't want to move around. I'm too tired now. If you're bored, you can find someone else to accompany you."
Andrew said, "So you're asking me to find another woman to have lunch with me?"
Silvia suddenly stood up and said angrily, "Andrew, I dare you! If you dare to ask another woman out, I'll definitely skin you alive!"
This girl would always get jealous so easily. Andrew curled his lips and broke into a gentle laugh, "I'll go over to your company then. We'll have lunch together."
Silvia refused at once, "No, you can't come!"
Andrew said, "If I can't find another woman nor can I find you... then could you please tell me, Mrs. Carter, what should I do instead?"
Silvia thought for a moment. She would never allow another woman to accompany him. What if they happened to develop feelings for each other after spending time together? So what should she do now?
After thinking for a while, Silvia had finally made up her mind. She was tired, but she must not let anyone take him away from her, so she said, "Where are you? I'll go over to you now."
Now that Andrew's plan had succeeded, he was excited and his voice sounded a little more cheerful than before. “I'm already here at your building, just come to the 16th floor. It's a steakhouse."
Silvia loved to eat meat, so even if Andrew didn't like it, he would still take her out to eat some meat every now and then. As long as he could satisfy her cravings, everything would be fine.
When Silvia arrived at the restaurant, she noticed that Andrew had already ordered the dishes beforehand. Looking at the grilled steak, pork burger, and buffalo wings on the table, Silvia was already salivating. "Young Master Carter, did you specially order all these for me?"
"No..." Seeing that her face had darkened, Andrew quickly changed his words. "If I didn't order it for you, who else are they for?"
"Hmph, it's good that you know what you should do!" As soon as Silvia sat down, Andrew pushed a bowl of minestrone soup to her and said, "Drink some soup first."
Silvia looked at the thick and juicy grilled steak, and the aroma was to die for. "But I want to eat the steak first."
“If you don't listen to me, you won't get to eat anything else." Andrew threatened. Therefore, Silvia finished the bowl of warm soup obediently. After that, Andrew pushed the plate of steak to her and said, "Eat slowly."
Silvia then stuffed the food into her mouth and spoke in a muffled voice, "How can I eat slowly with all these delicious food in front me?"
Andrew reminded her, "Your company is just upstairs. What if your employees happened to see their new boss eating like this? It won't be very nice, right?"
"Yeah, you're right." Silvia nodded and suddenly thought of something. "You should hide then, Young Master Carter. Don‘t let them see you."
Andrew said, "I'm not the one with those horrible table manners anyway. Why can‘t I let them see me?"
Silvia said, "No matter what, we must not let them see you."
Andrew put down his fork and said in displeasure, "Are you that ashamed of me?"
Silvia felt that she had indeed gone a little too far, so she explained, “Well... you see, I just took over the company, so I should focus on my work and the staff should pay attention to my work instead of my private life! But look at yourself. You are so rich and handsome and you're here having lunch with me. It's impossible for me to keep a low profile."
Silvia could not tell him the actual reason for it. She couldn't be telling him that because there were too many beautiful ladies working at the company, so she was worried that they would have their eyes on him.
Therefore, in order to avoid any unwanted attention on him, the best way was to not let those people see him. Then, she would not have to worry about another woman stealing him away from her.
Andrew accepted her explanation and said, "If you keep behaving furtively like this of course. they would be interested in your private life. On the other hand, if you're frank about our relationship and tell them that you're already married, no one will ever gossip about your private life again."
"I want to do that too, but..." Silvia glanced at Andrew and suddenly felt a little depressed. "What if someone asks me how we met? What do you want me to say? I can't be saying that you purchased me, right?"
The way they met and got married, was something Silvia had minded a lot, so much so that she still could not get over it. This was also the reason why she still could not bring Andrew home and introduce him to her mother.
In Silvia's opinion, if two individuals were to come together in a marriage, it should be an equal relationship. However, the relationship between her and Andrew was not like that.
Between the two of them, she had always been on the weaker end and Andrew would always have the final say in every single thing.
CHAPTER 1180
Strictly speaking, she was not like his wife at all. Instead, she was like a toy that he had bought with money. However, she had many more functions as compared to an ordinary plaything.
For example, when he was bored, she could chat with him. When he was upset, she could find ways to cheer him up and make him happy. And when he was in the mood for s‘x, she could do it with him, anytime and anywhere. As long as he needed it, she would cooperate with him.
Some people might say that a love doll could do that too, but a love doll had no feelings, do they? Moreover, a love doll wouldn't be able to get into those difficult positions like she could, right?
Upon hearing Silvia's words, Andrew furrowed his brows. He really wanted to tell her that he already knew her when he first came to Madison City, but he did not know how to explain it. She was unaware of so many things, but he would never tell her. "What do you mean by I purchased you? There's no such thing as that. You are my wife. It's that simple.“
Silvia continued to stuff her face as she tried to distract herself from the grievances in her heart. "But it was undeniable that you've spent money in return for me... Moreover, when we did it for the first time, it wasn‘t consensual..."
This was also one of the matters that Silvia really minded. What was even more detestable was that Andrew had even made her take the morning after pills, even when he knew that those pills would have side effects on her body. In her opinion, he was just an odious man.
Andrew said, "But it's different now, I'm willing to..."
Silvia waved her hand and interrupted him. "Let's just stop talking about this and focus on our food for now, okay? You don't have to do or say anything to comfort me. I am a heartless person and I don't care about anything."
She said that she didn't care about anything, but Andrew knew that she cared about it very much. However, he had not thought of a way to make her get over this matter yet.
In the end of the day, he was still the one to be blamed. He could only blame himself for using such a stupid way to get her to his side. He could have done it another way, but he did not. Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the outcome which resulted from his foolish decision.
...............
Silvia had been busy with the company's affairs and she was extremely stressed out. Fortunately, she had a capable assistant to help her. He had given her useful advice on most of the issues that they were currently facing.
However, Silvia was still unable to put her full trust in Wayne.
Silvia had met all the qualified and outstanding employees in Wateria Corporation before taking over the company, but she had no impression of Wayne at all. If it wasn't because of Uncle Bachman's recommendation, she probably would not have noticed him.
She raised her head and looked through the window blinds. Wayne was at the office area sorting out the documents. He looked like he was very familiar with his work.
Could he be trusted? Could she appoint him to take up such an important role in the company?
While Silvia was still immersed in her thoughts, Wayne knocked on the door and came into her office. "Director Turner, these are the materials for the meeting later. You can look through it first."
Silvia could see all the effort that Wayne had put into Wateria Corporation. However, because of her past experience, she had become extremely wary about other people's intentions. "Wayne, when did you start working here?"
It was the sixth time that Silvia had asked Wayne this very question. It was not because she did not want to believe him, but it was because she had experienced being sold out by the people around her, so she was being cautious now.
On top of that, Silvia was skeptical about Wayne as he had such a junior position in the company despite his capabilities. Silvia's father had been someone who valued talents, so he should have noticed Wayne in the past. However, this was not the case.
Wayne knew that Silvia was trying to sound him out, but he pretended not to know. Hence, he had once again repeated the line that he had said countless times, "Director Turner, I‘ve been working here for five years and five months."
This was the perfect answer. Andrew was behind all of it and was well prepared before placing Wayne by Silvia's side. If Silvia ever looked into it, she would not find anything suspicious.
However, Wayne had never expected that Silvia would have such a suspicious mind. It would not be an easy task to gain her trust and make her grant him the authority to manage the company for her.
Silvia eyed Wayne up and said, "You are such a talented and capable person but you weren't even given the chance to prove your abilities, so why would you stay in Wateria Corporation for so many years?
Wayne smiled and said, "Do you think that Wateria Corporation is not as good as the other companies?"
Silvia was stunned and quickly said, "That's not what I meant."
It was a fact that Wateria Corporation was not a huge company. Hence, it was really unbelievable that a capable person like Wayne would stay at this company for so many years despite a lack of promotion.
Wayne added, "Because I wanted to repay your father's kindness."
Silvia was even more confused. "Huh? What did my father do for you?"
"From high school to college, it was Mr. Turner who had been supporting me financially. He was the one who had paid all my tuition fees. Therefore, after I graduated, I immediately joined Wateria Corporation. Of course, I've never told Mr. Turner about this, because I wanted to achieve my goals with my own capabilities. And when I'm finally good enough, someone will definitely notice me..." Wayne shed a drop of tear and continued, "It's a pity that Mr. Turner was already gone before I was noticed for my abilities. Fortunately, you've noticed me and given me the opportunity to prove myself."
Silvia knew that her father was a charitable man and he had helped countless poor children.
In the past, her father had often said that they could never earn all the money in this world. Other than spending the money on themselves, they should also use the money to do charity and make contributions to society.
Silvia trusted Wayne's words, but she continued to ask, "Mr. Zachary, since you've been here for quite some time now, so I'm sure that you knew about that incident then?"
Wayne replied directly, "I do. I know it even better than you do, Director Turner."
At that instant, Silvia was dumbfounded.
She was Wayne's boss after all. Did he have to be this frank? Could he at least have the courtesy to give her face? Otherwise, how could she face her employees in future?
Silvia was a little dissatisfied with Wayne's bluntness, but she was desperate for talent. As long as Wayne was a capable employee and could help her get Wateria Corporation back on the right track, Silvia was willing to give in.
Wayne continued, "Director Turner, actually, I was the one who reported on Norman Turner. I've collected all the evidence in regard to his crimes and handed them to the police. Although I had been in the company for a long time, my position was relatively junior. Also, I wasn't close to your father, Mr. Turner. So, Norman neglected my presence. And because of that, it was rather convenient for me to gather the evidence."
Silvia had always thought that it was Andrew who had gathered the evidence of Norman's crime. It was only now she had known that Wayne had something to do with this incident too, so she was relatively shocked.
After confirming Wayne's abilities and having such an extended conversation with him, Silvia's trust towards him had grown enormously.
However, there were still some uncertainties in her heart. Therefore, she needed to talk to her advisor, Young Master Carter, to carefully analyze the entire situation, only then she could make a decision on whether to trust Wayne with the company.
