Chapter 53 - A Spider Web (2/2)

”Stop smiling and start answering,” she asked him.

”That…” he started but no words came out.

”Just go on. It's not like I am going to avenge you for them,” she said in her annoyed tone.

”From the day, we left the RubyForth. I started investigating them. I got to know Jacob didn't tell the truth to you. So… I decided to tell you. But I know you won't believe me with just my words. So, I pulled strings and took time to get the videos. Meanwhile… I kept an eye on them. So… I got them,” Cedric said.

This time he told the complete truth. He didn't say a single word to her. Eleanor squinted her eyes at him, making him scared under her scrutinizing gaze. ”Say the remaining,” she said to him, shattering his courage.

Dammit!

Why does she look scary?

In the future, he should be careful. He made a mental note of this in his mind.

Gulping hard, he looked at her. ”I heard she was looking for ways to become a star. So… I arranged those old men for her. I know she would do this. So… I did this,” he said.

”I know,” Eleanor said.

”What do you mean?” Cedric asked.

”I know that you made some behind the screen tricks and made those old hags fall into your trap along with Jessica and decided to get rid of them all at once,” Eleanor exposed him.

They all were the directors or people who caught the bad ire of Cedric. So… he used a single shot to get rid of them. She read articles about those men having conflicts with Emerson groups. She wasn't that stupid to believe him.

”And you are showing this now… to warn everyone in the party, right?” Eleanor said.

He nodded.

”I lied to you, not because of your stupid or something else. I don't want to burden you. And again… I don't want you to fret over it because it was not worthy,” he said to her.

Eleanor swallowed the words that she was about to say. Indeed it wasn't worth her time. She needs to get over those stupid people's memories and make herself good-looking. She has to build her career and be confident with herself. Like Jessica, she cannot sell her body but she can sell her brain and ideas.

But before that, she has to make her company stand back in its position. She wondered when her brother would wake from the vegetative state. Many of her troubles would be solved if her brother wakes up.

And she couldn't wipe off the feeling that Jessica and Jacob were somehow related to this accident. She wondered what kind of benefit they get from doing this to her brother.

Eleanor knew one thing for sure… Jacob loves profit. And he would get more profit from Eleanor than Jessica. Even if he has an attraction towards her… he would most probably make her his mistress, not his wife. And they would never come out in front of her. He accepted Jessica and made her company go through bankruptcy. And for sure he wouldn't be alone if her company went bankrupt. A top 5 company on the verge of bankruptcy?! It means there was some spider web behind the scenes. She doesn't know where and how to start.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice that Cedric was staring at her for a long time.. As seconds passed the frown grew deeper on her face.