Chapter 23 

Margaret drew a sharp breath as she was feeling the pain. She was about to get herself up from the ground when a shiny pair of custom leather shoes appeared in front of her. Then, Christopher‘s cold voice came from above. “You have two minutes.” 

She looked up at him and asked carefully, “Can you let them go?” 

She did not notice the hint of disappointment that flashed across his eyes when she said that. After all, that was not what he wanted to hear. “You‘re wasting my time if you risked your life chasing after the car just to say this.” 

As soon as he finished his sentence, Christopher got into the car without hesitation. He banged the door shut, and Noah jumped in shock. “Cancel next week‘s return ‘flight for me. I‘ll take over the overseas branch office myself.” 

Noah hesitated for a moment when he heard that “Mr. Lewis, you won‘t be able to return in at least three years if you do that. Are you sure?” 

Christopher lay against the seat with his eyes shut and lips pressed into a thin line. “Just do as I say.” 

Meanwhile, Margaret remained where she was the entire time. She was in a daze even after the car was long gone. At that moment, she felt an emptiness inside of her. She had a premonition that she had lost everything from that moment onward. 

room all of a sudden. Immediately, everyone froze as

yours,” whispered the

the moment, and he

explained, “It‘s Mrs. Lewis.”

was. It was

phone from his assistant and said, “The meeting is adjourned for now. We‘ll have a meeting at four

surprised to hear that. They could not believe their workaholic boss would postpone such an important meeting just because of a call from

 

finally out of the meeting room. A familiar voice came through the phone. “Are you busy? I–I

you.” 

cautiously on the other end of the line. Christopher was curious as to why she was calling him for the first time in the past three years.

thinking about returning to the country. Can you let her come back?” Margaret asked

out that three years ago, Jodie and Jenson had been sent abroad and forbidden from returning to

she never said anything about it. However, it had been three years. She could not say no to Jodie when the latter asked her to put

what she said. His expression darkened as he was surprised

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