In a quiet corner of the corridor, it was scary silent.
Colton handed her the recording and confronted Jennifer condescendingly,
"Are you the one who had people spread those malicious rumors about Sonia online?"
"So you really recorded it!"
Jennifer listened to it for only a moment before throwing the phone back, rebuking him with arrogance,
"That's right, I had people do it.
I dare to admit my actions; does Sonia dare to?"
Colton's eyes went cold, noticing the infrared heat suddenly increased on her body.
The flaming red color in her lower abdomen grew even brighter as he couldn't help but be taken aback: this was his first time seeing her so angry!
Yet she was obviously the ringleader of the provocation...
"What do you mean?"
Colton became a bit angry, "Sonia always protects you, but you keep trying to bring her down unscrupulous...
What gives you the confidence to be so self-righteous!"
"Hah!
She protects me so well that my home is ruined, my family is gone, no friends or relatives left, while she gets adopted by a wealthy family and goes through a fiancé before ending up with my ex-husband?!"
"She protects me so well that as an unmatched award-winning screenwriter, I was labeled as a disgrace overnight and blacklisted by the entire industry?"
"She protects me so well that she takes the initiative to call me to play tricks and even provides you with a carefully designed recording afterwards?!"
Jennifer coldly smirked,
"I can't afford the support of a green snake b*tch..."
"Shut up!"
Colton pressed her against the wall, leaning closer to her indomitable face,
"Jennifer, you're not worthy of slandering Sonia.
Regardless of the other things, this recording wasn't provided by her.
She only called you to try to get you to change your ways, so you would stop offending Rolan Entertainment and bringing trouble upon yourself..."
A faint, cold fragrance came over him, mixed with the raging body heat of this woman due to her anger.
It was so scorching that he softened his grip, his strength lightening a bit.
"Really?
Since you're so resourceful and could get this recording, why can't you find out about Sonia's dirty deeds behind the scenes?
Is it because Sonia is too smart or it's because when you're in love, you become a fool who can't distinguish right from wrong?"
Jennifer sarcastically responded.
Her heart had been broken too many times, and she no longer wanted to be sad and heartbroken over his blind eyes and favoritism.
But Jennifer was also puzzled, "People in the industry have always said that Colton is an extremely intelligent and ruthless night king.
who, even when blind, can still make waves in the business world...
Why are you so incapable of seeing through a mere Sonia?"
She looked closely into Colton's eyes, trying to find a trace of something unusual, her voice slightly strained,
"Colton, why must you marry Sonia and no one else?"
Or is it that all men prefer weak, hypocritical, and pitiful white lotus flowers?
"You—"
Colton was furious at Jennifer's blatant slandering of Sonia's character, but when he heard the final question, he suddenly hesitated—why must he marry Sonia and no one else?
From the moment he was reborn in Sonia's arms in his youth, he vowed to bring the world to this strange girl who risked her life to save him.
It wasn't about love; it was more like an obsession.
When he woke up from this severe illness, he wasn't foolish enough not to have any suspicions about Sonia, nor did he not investigate…
But every time he saw Sonia caring for him, and each time he touched the old burn scars on her body, all the truth seemed insignificant.
As long as Sonia still needed his protection, he would do it without hesitation.
But at this moment, the infrared temperature on Jennifer's body suddenly dropped, and she became completely engulfed in a deep melancholy and sadness, as if she couldn't wait for his answer—seeking a convincing answer for her hard work throughout the year…
Colton's anger suddenly dissipated.
Subconsciously, he raised his hand, wanting to get a real sense of the temperature on Jennifer's face…
He suddenly wanted to see the vivid expressions on Jennifer's face, whether it be anger, grief, ridicule, or perhaps expert manipulation…
He wanted to see with his own eyes—what kind of woman was Jennifer!
And what kind of thoughts and feelings did she have toward him?
Jennifer stared in shock at his approaching fingers, wondering whether to break his fingers with a precise strike or wait to see what he would do next…
As Colton's fingers got closer and closer, almost touching her delicate skin, Jennifer held her breath abruptly, her mind went blank, all thoughts of precise strikes were thrown to the wind, her whole mind only filled with this person's breath, her lips pressed tightly together inch by inch—
What on earth was Colton trying to do? Was he planning to strangle her?
"President Radford, your bill…"
At this moment, a staff member came over with the bill, and upon seeing the ambiguous position of the two, quickly covered their eyes,
"I'm sorry…"
"Wait!" Jennifer came to her senses, pushed Colton away, straightened her sleeves, and grabbed the staff member who wanted to escape: "Put my bill for tonight on his account, too."
The staff member was stunned: "Huh?"
Colton slowly retracted his fingertips, and at the side where no one could see, clenched his fists tightly.
His tone was indifferent: "On what grounds?"
"President Redford repeatedly provoked and harassed me tonight, a divorced single woman.
He nearly offended my esteemed guest, causing me a great deal of trouble…"
Jennifer humphed, and stormed off.
"This bill is your compensation for my mental distress!"
As soon as she left, Nelson hurriedly came over and took the bill to sign.
Colton's gaze shifted from Jennifer's disappearing figure at the corner to Nelson, suddenly asking,
"Nelson, is there any alcohol on Jennifer's bill?"
"It seems… no."
Nelson was puzzled.
"According to the information I investigated, Liam is a wine enthusiast.
When Miss Jennifer asked him for help, she didn't prepare any good wine?"
The staff member suddenly said,
"Our President Bryan prepared a lot of precious wines to be sent up… but Miss Jennifer doesn't drink, so Mr. Liam removed all of the alcohol."
Liam was a man who loved alcohol?
Colton was becoming suspicious again and suddenly asked Nelson,
"Where is Peter?"
"Dr. Peter?
He was just here..."
Nelson looked around, puzzled, but heard Colton abruptly walk out,
"Follow Jennifer, I must find out tonight…"
Whether she is pregnant or not! …
"He really..."
Jennifer walked out of the club and saw Peter waiting eagerly, sighing,
"He can really 'see' the infrared perspective!
This is amazing."
"No one can explain this better than you!
I've tested his blood and eye tissue, and indeed found some abnormalities.
Before this, I wanted to confirm something—" Peter suddenly became serious,
"Jennifer, is it you who neutralized Colton's poison?"
Jennifer nodded, half sneering and half self-mocking,
"What else?
Were you expecting him to recover on his own?"
"You… who exactly are you?"
Although Peter had some guesses, he was still shocked when he heard her admit it,
"I brought together top experts from home and abroad, and they couldn't find a way to detoxify him, but you succeeded so quietly?"
"My teacher's surname is Peterson," Jennifer dismissed her own credit for the day and night research, looked at the time, and said indifferently,
"I should go now..."