The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 1036 - 1016: Please Call Me Mrs. Thompson!

Chapter 1036: Chapter 1016: Please Call Me Mrs. Thompson!

"Hanny Josh?"

Bella Gordon could hardly believe her eyes looking at the woman before her. This partner of Roy Thompson, why was she seeking her out?

"Mrs. Thompson, may we have a talk?"

Dressed in a gray business skirt, Hanny Josh stood before Bella Gordon, looking somewhat haggard. Bella could hardly believe her eyes, but considering her status as Roy Thompson’s partner, Bella’s tone was much gentler, "If it’s about work, you should be talking to my husband, and if it’s personal, I might not be able to help you either!"

"Mrs. Thompson, whether you can help me or not is entirely up to you. Can you really bear to see your husband, for your sake, be cursed by thousands?"

Admittedly, Hanny Josh was skilled at striking where it hurt, and with a simple and brief sentence, she had Bella’s attention. Bella made a phone call, took a leave, and then sat down in the employee cafe on the first floor of the company.

"I’ve only taken half an hour of leave, so get straight to it, what do you want from me?"

Bella had never cared for beating around the bush, "And what inhuman thing has my husband done to you? Something so outrageous to warrant being cursed by thousands? Logically speaking, with a beautiful and virtuous wife like me at home, he wouldn’t possibly go and sleep with a dominant and unromantic woman like you, right?"

Although Bella didn’t know exactly what Hanny Josh was referring to, any woman would not tolerate hearing their husband spoken ill of by another woman, and Bella was no exception.

Hanny Josh hadn’t expected Bella to be so blunt right off the bat, "Alright, let me put it this way, I believe with such a big incident happening the night before last, I had the dubious honor of making the headlines, and the first-hand information was leaked by your Allure International. I became a target of public scorn..."

"So, what you’re implying is that I should pay for this exposure?"

Bella Gordon looked at her with a somewhat amused expression, "I mean, you guys are being so careless about your relationship that even the reporters caught you? And you didn’t even put on your clothes after hearing a knock, appearing in full view of the public?"

Though she said that, Bella also faintly felt something was amiss. With Hanny Josh’s way of doing things over the years, could something else have happened?

"Have you ever seen a man in love show up before media journalists with his face beaten into a mess?"

It was Adrian Watkins’ face that triggered endless speculation by the other media outlets. To be precise, the reporters from Allure International were quite principled, reporting almost exactly what she had said, but once they attached photos of the two people, even though they respected the facts, how could the other media believe it?

"What do you mean?"

"It means nothing. The scene yesterday morning with the media was orchestrated by your husband as revenge on your behalf. To be precise, your husband had me raped, so..." Bella Gordon no longer listened to the rest, her mind reeling, returning again and again to that single sentence, "Your husband had me raped!"

Your husband had me raped!

Were Hanny Josh and Adrian Watkins not in a relationship?

But rather, a case of rape and victim?

"Impossible!"

Bella Gordon instinctively rebutted her claim, "Brother Roy would never do such a thing! It must be you who provoked him!"

Who Roy Thompson was, nobody knew better than Bella Gordon. The two had grown up together since childhood, and she was naturally clearer about his temperament than anyone else.

"I provoked him? Miss Gordon, are you genuinely unaware, or are you just pretending not to know?"

When Hanny Josh spoke these words, she began to suspect that Young Master Thompson, in order not to scare his precious wife, likely hadn’t told her the whole truth about what had happened, "Judging by your expression, I assume Mr. Thompson hasn’t told you about the incident, has he?"

"What incident?"

No wonder Brother Roy had become so anxious when he received her call last night, immediately asking where she was. Could this matter be related to her?

"Just as I suspected, Roy Thompson indeed didn’t tell you what happened!"

Seeing Bella Gordon looking utterly bewildered, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Hanny Josh’s eyes. If Thompson wasn’t planning to let Josh Group off the hook, then she had no choice but to corner Bella Gordon, "To be precise, if it weren’t for me, you would have been the one raped!"

With a bang, that statement shattered the tense consciousness in Bella Gordon’s mind, but intuition told her to remain calm. So, Bella Gordon still managed to keep her composure, "Are you saying that Adrian Watkins wanted to rape me? And it was because you saved me that I was unharmed?"

If such a claim was dared to be made, she dared to disbelieve it.

"Of course not, Adrian Watkins wanted to rape you, but your husband found out. That’s why Roy Thompson fed Adrian Watkins aphrodisiac-laced vegetables, and that’s why he raped me!"

After saying this, Hanny Josh also flipped out the photos she had someone take and handed them directly to Bella Gordon, "This is a photo of you being exposed to an aphrodisiac in the bathroom and being taken to a room. With pictures as evidence, surely you must believe what I say now!"

After the incident, the hotel’s surveillance footage was destroyed, and Hanny Josh couldn’t obtain any evidence whatsoever. Fortunately, she was always cautious and had arranged for someone to take photos. Now, it was just the right time to use them, hoping Bella Gordon would believe her words and speak out for Thompson to let her go. As powerful as the Thompson family might be, they were a "distant water" unable to quench a "near fire." In the end, on this land, her greatest concern was still the Gordon family. Moreover, given Roy Thompson’s way of handling things, it was clear that he prioritized his wife above all. As long as Bella Gordon agreed, there would essentially be no problem.

Looking at the photos and brief videos the woman handed over on the phone, Bella Gordon’s brows furrowed tightly. After a long silence, Hanny Josh’s nerves tensed as well. Judging by her expression, it was clear that she believed what had been said, but...

"Miss Gordon, you should believe what I’ve said by now, right? Adrian Watkins’ initial target was truly you. Later, you were taken away by Roy Thompson, which is why I ended up being raped. So, all things considered, shouldn’t Roy Thompson let me off the hook now?"

Perhaps accustomed to authority, Hanny Josh couldn’t change her imperious tone.

"Let you off the hook? What has Brother Roy done to you?"

Bella Gordon finally returned to reality from the fragmented videos and photos, lifting her gaze to scrutinize the woman across from her, who was demanding clemency as if she were entitled to it. She suddenly found it somewhat ludicrous, "Don’t tell me the partnership has been canceled?"

"Canceling the partnership is a trifling matter. But now he’s looking to take over our Josh Group!"

As soon as Bella Gordon spoke those words, Hanny Josh thought there was a sliver of hope and let out a sigh of relief. A small surge of excitement rose in her heart, "I’ve already said, as long as he doesn’t take over Josh Group, I can overlook the breach of contract compensation and also won’t pursue the matter of him letting Adrian Watkins rape me. So, Miss Gordon..."

"As the saying goes, ’when you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, you follow the dog,’ please call me Mrs. Thompson!"