Chapter 322\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Finley ignore him, Garrick bellowed a final warning, \u201cFine, Finley! Just you wait! I\u2019ll make you regret this!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley paid no attention to the threats echoing behind him. Limping, he quickly guided the woman into an elevator. He only let out a breath of relief once the doors slid shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had just made a powerful enemy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman, Leila, looked at him with gratitude. \u201cSir, thank you\u2026 Why would you risk angering Garrick to save me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley turned to her. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t me\u2026 It was\u2026\u201d He hesitated for a moment. \u201cMy sister wanted me to save you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words \u201cmy sister\u201d felt foreign on his tongue, the first time he had used them to refer to Larissa. It sounded awkward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour sister?\u201d Leila\u2019s eyes widened in recognition. \u201cYou mean the young lady who openly defied Garrick at the auction?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley nodded. \u201cYes, that\u2019s her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A grateful smile touched Leila\u2019s lips. \u201cI see. I didn\u2019t think she would actually come for me\u2026 I mean, I know she probably did it just to annoy Garrick\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re wrong,\u201d Finley said. \u201cShe genuinely wanted to save you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leila stared, her pupils dilating in surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing her disbelief, Finley added, \u201cShe said you were beautiful and wanted to sign you as an artist for our entertainment company.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, I see,\u201d Leila said, her voice sincere. \u201cPlease, sir, thank your sister for me. Without her, Garrick would have ruined my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley was silent for a moment. \u201cYou should tell her that yourself. I\u2019m not really in a position to. She might not appreciate it coming from me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noticing the sorrow in his expression, Leila asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Did you two have a fight?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley gave a bitter smile. \u201cYes. A big one. The kind she might never forgive me for. It was my fault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Leila offered, \u201cI don\u2019t know your sister, but any woman who would stand up to a man like Garrick and then go out of her way to save me is a hero in my book. She\u2019s someone to be admired. If you truly did something that she can never forgive, then you should spend the rest of your life trying to make it up to her. Not to earn her forgiveness, but to clear your own conscience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her words sank in, and Finley fell into deep thought. Larissa had said she wouldn\u2019t kill his family, that it would be more interesting to watch them lose everything and live in misery. So, she wouldn\u2019t actually let him die from the poison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perhaps Leila was right. Perhaps he should spend his life earning back Larissa\u2019s forgiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
08:51\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 322\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in the car, Finley\u2019s assistant took a call. \u201cMr. Judson,\u201d he said afterward, \u201cthat designer handbag you ordered from overseas has arrived at the office.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour sister will be so happy when she receives your gift,\u201d Leila said immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley paused. The bag was originally for Honora. But did it still make sense to give such an expensive gift to her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perhaps\u2026 perhaps giving it to his real sister, Larissa, would be more meaningful now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d Finley said, \u201cI hope it makes her happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He told his assistant to swing by Starlight Media to pick up the bag before taking Leila back to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
Judson estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back at the Judson estate, in front of the East Villa, Larissa found Finley waiting for her when she returned home from treating Haskell. Standing beside him was the beautiful young woman he had rescued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Larissa approach, Finley clutched the luxury shopping bag in his hand, his voice laced with anxiety. \u201cLari, I saved her. Are you\u2026 are you willing to talk to me now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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