Substitute Marriage: Reborn As The Top Big-Shot

Chapter 853: 258: The impact was so severe, I directly fainted! (Second update)_1
 

It’s so terrifying.

Avery Pakes is collapsed on the ground, staring at Viola Thompson, with layers of cold sweat forming on his forehead.

“Who… who exactly are you?”

Charles Clinton, standing by, was dumbfounded, quickly bending to help Avery up from the ground, “Mr. Pakes, what’s wrong with you?”

Avery’s face is eerily pale.

He can’t bring himself to utter a word, trembling from head to toe.

It seemed as though he just received a significant shock.

“Mr. Pakes! Mr. Pakes!”

Charles is frantic.

Even Sawyer Thompson was taken aback.

Although he didn’t know what had happened to Avery.

But he knew.

It all had something to do with Viola.

Sawyer Thompson turns his gaze to Viola.

Under the yellowish light.

Viola just stands there, displaying no distinct emotion on her beautiful face.

“What did you do to our Mr. Pakes?”

Upon hearing this, Viola replies lightly, “I told you, I could bring you to your knees in just three days. The three days have passed, and it’s time for your retribution.”

For some reason,

His blood runs cold upon hearing her words.

Has… Has something really happened?

No.

It can’t be.

The Garcia Family has their back.

Could it be that Viola found an ally more powerful than the Garcia Family?

Impossible!

In a hierarchy of power, they would have to look past the Garcia Family straight up to the Royal Family of Country Polluton.

If Viola really has some connection with the Royal Family of Country Polluton, then Sawyer should have ignored the Will Family and directly cooperated with the Royal Family right from the start.

Thinking of this, Charles feels much relieved and quickly guides Avery to the lower floors.

Avery Pakes has yet to regain his composure, still immersed in the terror brought on by that phone call.

“Mr. Pakes, what on earth is wrong?”

Only then does Pakes come back to his senses, taking a long deep breath.

Hallucination.

The phone call just now has to be a hallucination.

Charles continues, “How about we head to the hospital for a check-up?”

“Back to the company, now,” Avery replies.

“Alright.”

On the other side.

After Charles took Avery away, Sawyer Thompson turned to Viola and asked, “Viola, what exactly happened to them?”

Why did Avery suddenly collapse to the ground?

Viola’s face remained calm. “Nothing much, it’s just that their retribution has arrived.”

Retribution has arrived?

Just at that moment.

The Secretary hurries in, “Thompson, there’s a… there’s an email from the Royal Family of Country Polluton, it needs your personal attention.”

The most important thing here is not the email from the Royal Family of Country Polluton.

It’s the content of the email.

The Royal Family of Country Polluton is proactively seeking a cooperation agreement with their company.

Sawyer Thompson also realizes something is off and promptly follows the Secretary to the outer office.

The Secretary opens the email.

Sawyer Thompson clicks on the reply to the email.

In no time.

The official representative of the Polluton Royal Family sent a video invitation.

“Mr. Thompson, this is Seraphina Westwood, the head of Polluton Royal Enterprises.” When Seraphina Westwood finished, she continued, “We have dispatched a representative to discuss our cooperation. The representative arrived at the Capital City airport at eleven this morning. We look forward to meeting with you.”

Sawyer Thompson, who has ruled the business world for many years, has never faced such a situation before.

Proactively proposing a cooperation agreement from the Polluton Royal Enterprises?

This is too fantastical!

…

On the other side.

Pakes Corporation.

Charles Clinton and Avery Pakes return to Pakes Corporation.

Avery’s condition is not very good, he has not fully recovered yet.

Just as they enter the office, the Secretary scurries over.

“Mr. Pakes, Mr. Clinton, you finally returned! Something drastic has happened!”

Charles immediately asked, “What’s the matter?”

The Secretary continued, “Miss Nako Garcia suddenly stopped responding to our messages. The promised payment was not transferred. Moreover, a lot of…. about…about…” At this, the Secretary turns to look at Avery Pakes, struggling to find the words.

“About what?” Charles was getting impatient.

Swallowing hard, the Secretary continues, “There is a flood of scandals about Mr. Pakes appearing on Facebook. Everyone is saying that Mr. Pakes is ungrateful and disloyal…”

Not just about Avery Pakes.

There were also those shareholders who betrayed the Thompson Group; their dark deeds were exposed for all to see.

At present, Avery has become a public enemy.

“How could this happen?” Charles goes pale and hurriedly pulls out his phone – indeed, the news is all over Facebook.

[“Avery Pakes and those withdrawing shareholders are truly disgusting. Back when they had nothing, it was Sawyer Thompson who paved the way for them to their fortunes. Now, in a crisis, they treat Sawyer Thompson this way!”]

[“A man like Avery Pakes deserves to end up in hell.”]

[“Guys, apart from Avery Pakes, there are over a hundred other shareholders who withdrew, including: Charles Clinton, James Harper, Damian Aled…”]

Seeing these scandals, Charles was not particularly afraid. Contrarily, he did not think these things would significantly impact Avery Pakes.

The reason? Because the person collaborating with Pakes was not a Sinian but Nako Garcia.

Their business is not primarily with the Sinian people.

Charles quickly calmed down, turned to the Secretary, and said, “Let the PR department handle it. Do I even need to teach you this for such a minor issue?”

Shady business practices.

There was no clean business.@@novelbin@@

As a businessman, who hasn’t had a speck of dirt on them?

The Secretary continued, “Have you seen the top-trending topic?”

The top-trending topic?

Charles opened the top trending topic and the moment he saw the topic, he felt as if he were hallucinating.

#The Royal Family of Polluton directly cooperating with Thompson Group#

#The Royal representative has arrived at Capital City airport#

Oh my God!

What on earth happened?

How could Sawyer Thompson have gotten in contact with the Royal Family of Polluton?

If Sawyer Thompson directly cooperates with the Royal Family of Polluton, will they end up being the laughing stock of the business world?

At that moment, Charles was drained. He wondered if he was experiencing some hallucination.

Before they could even recover,

A group of people stormed into the office.

“We want to withdraw our investment!”

“…”

Avery Pakes and Charles invested all their funds in the project, which has not yielded any returns yet. Where would they find the funds for a withdrawal of shares?

They were not like Thompson Group.

The Thompson Group had a solid base; even if more than 100 shareholders withdrew their investments, they could still sustain their operations.

However, Pakes Corporation was still trying to establish a firm foothold in the business world. Their biggest assurance was Nako Garcia.

Now that Nako Garcia had vanished, Pakes Corporation seemed no different than a paper tiger.

Avery Pakes passed out from the shock.

Nine Continents Island.

When Nako Garcia saw that the Polluton Royal Enterprises was directly cooperating with the Thompson Clan, she turned pale with anger and threw her phone on the ground, “How dare they! They are going against me!”

She was, after all, about to become a princess.

Just then, Landy enters cautiously, “The… the patriarch has arrived.”

“Father!”

Upon seeing Enrique Garcia walk through the door, Nako Garcia felt like she had seen a lifesaver, “Father! You must stand up for me this time. The Royal Enterprises is being so unreasonable! They dare treat me like this!”

“Slap!”

Enrique Garcia slaps Nako Garcia, “You foolish child! Do you even know whom you have offended!”