My CEO Husband Says I'm Irreplaceable

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Too Unbelievable

Although Roya Winters was reluctant, she was a smart woman and didn’t dare defy Zane Rivers and ruin her own prospects. ’There’s always tomorrow,’ she thought. ’I’ll have plenty of time to get even with Jamie Linton.’

"I’m sorry, Jamie Linton. I shouldn’t have laid a hand on you."

Jamie Linton said nothing. She couldn’t bring herself to forgive someone who had humiliated and struck her.

"Let’s go."

Jared Hawthorne took Vesper Grayson’s hand and entered the elevator.

Noah Nash hurried to follow.

Zane Rivers shot Roya Winters a cold look. "Who gave you permission to come here?"

"Zane, I just missed you so much. I heard you were at Stellaris Plaza tonight..." Roya Winters explained in her usual soft voice.

"You’re the one who told her?" Zane Rivers’s gaze swept over to the manager as he sneered. "You’re getting more and more presumptuous. If this happens again, get the hell out of Stellaris Plaza!"

The manager’s face turned pale with fright. "President Rivers, I guarantee it will never happen again."

’Miss Winters is going to be the death of me.’

"You, come with me."

Zane Rivers said to Jamie Linton before turning and entering the adjacent elevator.

Watching them get into the elevator, Roya Winters bit her lip. "Zane, what about me?"

"Go back where you came from. And don’t come looking for me unless it’s important!" Zane Rivers’s face was devoid of expression, his words sharp. "If you forget your place again, we’re through."

The color instantly drained from Roya Winters’s delicate face.

For the past two years, she had been by Zane Rivers’s side, and she’d always considered herself his girlfriend. He had never objected, which led her to truly believe she held a special place in his heart. After all, among the countless women who came and went, she was the one who had lasted the longest.

As the elevator doors slowly slid shut, Roya Winters’s eyes filled with venomous hatred.

’It’s all that damned Jamie Linton’s fault.’

’If she hadn’t shown up, Zane wouldn’t be treating me like this.’

With a cold expression, she ordered Finn Summers, "Go find out who that other woman was."

’She must be another one of those bitches who use their looks to bewitch men!’

...

"Here, have a drink." Noah Nash poured a glass of wine and handed it to Vesper Grayson. "If you like it, I’ll have Zane send a case over for you."

Vesper Grayson laughed. "President Nash, I don’t know much about wine."

At home, she would occasionally have a glass or two of red wine to relax.

"The more you taste and try, the more you’ll understand over time. If not, you can have Elias teach you."

Jared Hawthorne was leaning languidly against the sofa, his left arm casually draped over the backrest behind her. In his other hand, he held a wine glass, swirling it idly.

"Want to learn?"

Vesper Grayson shook her head.

Just then, Zane Rivers walked in with Jamie Linton.

"Miss Grayson, my apologies for what happened earlier."

"It’s over and done with, President Rivers. Please don’t worry about it."

’In today’s society, there’s no shortage of people who bully others by flexing their power.’

’The strong prey on the weak. That’s just the rule of the game.’

’That’s just how it is!’

"That Miss Winters... is she your girlfriend, President Rivers?"

’The background check I ran showed that Roya Winters doesn’t have a boyfriend.’

’Her family background was comfortably middle-class. For her to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry and secure such good resources so quickly... she couldn’t have climbed so fast without a financial backer.’

She had a sneaking suspicion.

"Just a little plaything I keep around. She doesn’t count as a girlfriend." Zane Rivers took a sip of his drink, his every move exuding a casual, flippant air that couldn’t hide his devil-may-care attitude.

’To put it that way, it’s not even a sugar daddy arrangement.’

Vesper Grayson lowered her gaze, hiding the emotion in her eyes.

’Looks like I’ll have to choose a different spokesperson.’

Jamie Linton stood awkwardly to the side, a trace of surprise flashing across her face.

’I can’t believe Roya Winters isn’t even President Rivers’s girlfriend.’

Noah Nash clicked his tongue. "Zane, you should tone it down a bit. Be careful you don’t get taken down by a woman one of these days."

Zane Rivers just smiled, his gaze falling on Jamie Linton.

"Miss Linton, what can you do?"

Startled at being addressed, Jamie Linton quickly straightened up. "President Rivers, I can learn."

"You’re willing to learn without even knowing what I’m asking you to do?" Zane Rivers couldn’t help but be amused by her naivete.

Jamie Linton fidgeted with her fingers. "As long as it makes money, I’ll do anything..."

’I have no choice right now. My boyfriend, Wayne Shepherd, owes President Rivers five hundred thousand yuan.’

’He wants to get into graduate school, so I have to be the one to work off his debt.’

’I still remember Wayne Shepherd kneeling before me, sobbing and begging. He promised that if I helped him, he would marry me the moment he graduated and cherish me for the rest of his life.’

’For Wayne’s sake, I can endure any hardship!’

A look of pity appeared in Zane Rivers’s eyes. "Miss Linton, you’re doing this of your own free will. I’m not forcing you."

"Yes."

He called the manager over.

"Take her and get her acquainted with the place."

After she left, Zane Rivers lit a cigarette and said casually, "Stellaris Plaza sees several foolish women like her every day."

Noah Nash raised an eyebrow. "What’s her story?"

Jamie Linton wasn’t stunningly beautiful, but she was graceful and pretty, with above-average looks.

"She’s just a girl with a love-addled brain. Her boyfriend lost five hundred thousand at my establishment and is using her to settle the debt. I have no idea how he sweet-talked her, but she came to me willingly to beg for a chance."

Vesper Grayson frowned, reminded of the girl from last time who was selling herself to pay for her grandmother’s medical treatment.

"President Rivers, what are your plans for her?"

"I’ll handle it by the book, of course." Zane Rivers exhaled a puff of smoke, a cynical smile playing on his lips. "But if Miss Grayson would like to plead on her behalf, I could consider giving her a more respectable job to work off the debt."

Jared Hawthorne knew she had always been kind-hearted and couldn’t bear to see people suffer. But situations like this played out countless times a day in Northolme; she couldn’t possibly interfere every time.

"Don’t just drink. Have something to eat."

Popcorn and a fruit platter were placed in front of her.

Vesper Grayson parted her lips, but in the end, said nothing.

’If you don’t understand the evil in people, how can you tell whether those around you are men or dogs?’

’Only through personal experience can a love-addled brain be cured.’

Afterward, they began discussing business matters. Vesper Grayson quietly ate snacks off to the side, listening in silence.

Noah Nash suddenly said, "Elias, do you remember Miss Kensington?"

"I do."

’The Hawthorne and Kensington families had a good relationship; they were what you’d call old money. The two families had business dealings in the past, and every time Miss Kensington saw me, she was always kind and affable. I and the current head of the Kensington family had been on fairly good terms in our youth. When I was being hunted and went missing, Miss Kensington heard the news and even sent people to help search for me. However, after I was sent to New York, we lost contact and haven’t seen each other in over a decade.’

"I heard she came down with a strange illness in the first half of the year. They’ve been searching everywhere for the Saint of Medicine, Clay Vance, because she needs his Nine Dragon Needle to prolong her life. The way her condition is deteriorating, if they don’t find him, she probably won’t make it to the New Year."

Vesper Grayson’s hand, holding her wine glass, paused for a moment. Then she nonchalantly took a sip.

’Clay Vance? That name sounds a little familiar.’

’If I remember correctly, Vesper’s grandfather was a disciple of Clay Vance.’

’And Clay Vance passed away ten years ago.’

Zane Rivers laughed. "The Nine Dragon Needle? Noah, you’re making it sound like something out of a myth."

"It’s just hearsay, who knows if it’s true or not," Noah Nash said, taking a sip of his drink. "In any case, Sebastian Kensington has been driven to distraction lately, searching high and low for famous doctors with no results."

"He’ll never find him," Jared Hawthorne stated calmly.

Noah Nash was confused. "Why?"

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