Promising Son-in-Law

The two of them raised the beer in hands and drank.

"It has been forever since last time we came here." Lenard Wang sighed and said.

Colin Ward nodded his head, "Tell me about it."

They missed the old time in college, but it was long over.

"Scar?" Colin was taken back.

Looking at the direction of Colin's gaze, Lenard saw Scar as well, "Shit, they might be looking for you. Shall we bounce?"

That Scar was beaten by Gerd Ward the other day, and so Lenard knew that there was no way this punk would let Colin go easily.

While Colin Ward shook his head and then stood up to walk to them.

Lenard was startled by his action and tried to pull him back, but Colin ignored him.

Since last time Scar was beaten the shit out of himself by Gerd Ward, he learned the habit to bring a lot of people with him when he went out, and he had been looking for Gerd these days but found nothing. "Long time no see!"

Colin showed up from nowhere and said hello suddenly, which drew the attention of Scar at once, "You bastard!"

Scar threw the cigarette away and his people surrounded Colin immediately.

"Whoa, whoa, easy. I just want to make a deal with you." Colin said calmly.

"Deal my ass! Kill him, boys!"

"One million!"

"Wait!" Scar stopped his people in a hurry.

"You helped me to give someone a lesson, and then I'll give you a million-dollar." Colin smiled at him.

"Who?"

"The one who bought you to cause me trouble."

Scar was hesitating while Colin kept on saying, "Money is money, if you don't want it, I can ask anyone else to do the job for me."

"One million?" Scar asked.

"One million," Colin repeated, "Fifty as deposit now, and after it's done, I'll give you the rest."

"Deal!"

Then Scar changed his phone number with Colin before leaving, while Lenard who saw this could not help giving Colin a thumbs-up, "Man, you're good." Colin smiled and then raised his chin to point the table behind them, "Nah, if that guy wasn't here, I would definitely run."

"Holy shit!" Lenard exclaimed.

A big, strong man wearing a black jacket was sitting there.

It was Gerd Ward.

The man looked at him and said: "Master Abe told me to protect you, but I won't help if you ask for trouble on your own initiative." Colin Ward: "..."

At last, the three of them ate and drank together.

A few days later, Colin received the invitation card handed from Nina White.

"The 20th anniversary of the Martin group?" Colin raised his eyebrows.

Nina White nodded her head and explained, "The Martin group invited many celebrities and entrepreneurs."

Colin did not like Barr Martin nor the Martin group, so he threw the invitation away and replied to her, "I'm not going."

Nina sighed slightly and then got out of the office.

While back in Doris Lee's company, gossip was spread.

"I heard that Ms. Lee is going to the banquet with Mr. Martin!"

"Tell me about it! Ain't she married? Why did she choose to be someone else's female companion?"

"She gotta be cheating on her husband!"

...

Doris walked to her office one step by another, but hearing the discussion of the others, she felt like she was putting her steps on sharp blades.

When she finally made it to the office, Doris felt relieved, and aggrieved, too.

She agreed to do it because she was trying to pay her debt, while not because she cheated on Colin Ward.

Colin was not aware of her being Barr's female companion, which made the whole thing even harder for Doris.

But even if she told him that, what difference could it have?

People would still call her a cheating slut, and she still needed to go with Barr Martin...

"Sign it." Fox Lee came in without knocking and interrupted her thoughts.

Doris just glanced at the paper thrown to the desk by Fox casually before signing.

Fox then took it over, but he did not

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leave, "I heard you're gonna be Barr Martin's female companion for the banquet. That's a good thing. You finally think it through." S

"You're free to go." Doris just stared at him coldly.

Looking at her response, Fox rolled his eyes and then turned around to leave.

He came back to his own office and threw the paper to pull his tie.

That bitch!

That day, Barr Martin got him out of the police station so that he could avoid being arrested formally, but Barr had a condition, and that was when he came back, he needed to spread the words that Doris Lee was Barr Martin's female companion for the banquet.

Fox thought it was a good chance to ruin Doris' reputation and agreed at once. He was expecting Doris would get a demotion for this.

While on the other hand, Doris knew the spread of this news might be related to Fox Lee, but right now, that was not what worried her the most.

After her duty was over, Doris

walked out of her office and the

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building quickly. She did not want hear anyone talking about her anymore, but when she made.it home, Colin was not there, which made her more upset.

Doris took out her phone and called Flora Lewis, "Flora, let's find a club to drink."

"Huh? What happened?" The voice of Flora came from the other end of the line. "I'll tell you later."

Several hours later, when Colin just got home, Flora called him.

"Colin Ward, come and pick Doris up. She's drunk.”

Hearing her words, Colin frowned, "Drunk? How? Where are you?"

"Just come first." Flora told him an address and then hung up the phone.

Colin put on his coat in a hurry and went out of the door to take a cab.

By the time he got to the club, Flora who was supporting Doris to stand on the roadside was about to fall at any second.

"Doris." Colin strode to them and carried Doris.

"Finally!" Flora breathed violently.

"Sorry, I'm late." Colin then asked, "What happened? How could she be drunk like this?"☐☐☐☐☐☐