I'm Sorry My Love Novel
Chapter 556

Chapter 556

Chapter 556

As Gordon listened to his subordinate's report, he scowled, "Where are they?"

"We have brought them here. They are in the back room," answered the subordinate.

Gordon paused in silence for a moment before walking to the back room with his cane.

Meanwhile, Celia was soaked to the bone in the back room and shivered as she huddled in the corner.A mixture of rainwater and blood from her wound was visible on the floor in front of her.

Raymond was sitting in a chair nearby, and while he was wet, he looked much better off than she did.As soon as he heard footsteps coming from beyond the door, he jumped to his feet.

Soon, Gordon appeared at the door. He entered the room and cast a glance at Celia. His hand wastightly gripping his cane in displeasure as he asked, "What happened?"

"Sir, due to our carelessness, she had a chance to escape," one of his subordinates immediatelyanswered.

"You were so careless that you didn't even realize she had run out of the building?" Gordon loudlyexclaimed as he slammed his cane down on the ground. "Is this the way that you handle things?"

There was a stunned silence as everyone in the room lowered their heads.

Gordon let out a cold snort and walked over to Celia. "Look at me."

She slowly raised her head to look at him while trembling but quickly ducked her head. Then, her armswere wrapped tightly around her legs as she bit down firmly on her lower lip.

"You risked your life to escape so you could secretly report to Aidan, didn't you?" he asked. "Do youwish for him to kill me?"

"I... That's not it," she replied. "I only wanted President Pearson to save Ms. Fletcher and—"

"Save?" Then, as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world, he continued, "What kind of family doyou think the Pearsons are? That child is a Pearson. This is his home! Why did Aidan let someone asstupid as you take care of the boy? You have no sense of priority."

Celia trembled even more, too terrified to say anything after hearing that.

Gordon spun around and glanced at his men. "You're all useless. How can you botch up something sotrivial?"

Afterward, he walked towards the door. Then, in an annoyed tone as if he did not want to be botheredagain over such a trifling matter, he barked, "In any case, keeping her around is pointless. Since shewants to run away, you will deal with her."

"Yes, sir."

Suddenly, Gordon paused and turned around to look at Raymond before walking out. He pointed atRaymond and said, "You, come here."

"What is your order, Mr. Pearson?" Raymond asked, walking over to Gordon.

"You handled this matter well," Gordon said in a deep voice. "I have nothing to reward you with, so whydon't you handle this? Keep it clean."

Raymond was shocked to hear that. "Me?"

"What? Scared?"

"Mr. Pearson, I—"

"Enough," Gordon interrupted. "Since you're working for me, you are mine. However, I might not beyour only employer. You could also be paid off by other people. I don't trust you. Either you kill heryourself, or neither of you will leave this room alive."

Raymond had not expected Gordon to be so cold and callous.

Nevertheless, it was clear that Gordon was not negotiating with him. Following that, Gordon ordered hissubordinates to keep an eye on them before he left the room.

Soon, Raymond furrowed his brow as he turned to look at Celia, and a malicious gleam began to formin his eyes as he slowly approached her.

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Meanwhile, Leanna was spacing out and deep in thought as she stared out the window at the rain.

"Where's the airship?" Freddie asked, waving his hand in front of her face.

She was speechless as she turned her head to stare at him. After a brief moment, she averted hergaze. "What is it?"

"Did you forget what day it is?" Freddie inquired as he leaned back on the couch.

"What?" Leanna asked, confused.

"It's Aidan's birthday."

She was stunned and replied, "Oh, right." The previous few days had been extremely eventful, andAidan had been equally occupied, so she had completely forgotten it.

"Should we throw him a party?" he asked.

After consideration, Leanna concluded that Freddie's suggestion was quite good. Aidan appears to beunder excessive pressure recently, as he is perpetually grumpy. Perhaps, a party might help him feelbetter. Then, she checked the time and asked, "It's already 5.00PM. Can we make it in time?"

"Anything is possible with money," he replied, smirking. "Leave it to me. You'll have to send out theinvitations."

She responded, "Aren't you and Oscar Aidan's only friends? I'm not familiar with his other friends."

"The others are not important. I was referring to your friends. Invite more people over, specifically thesingles."

Leanna stared at Freddie, confused. Is he planning a birthday party for Aidan or a matchmaking event?

Suddenly, he cleared his throat, sensing that he had been too forthright in his intentions. "The more, themerrier. This is to ensure that we have a wonderful party."

She pursed her lips when she heard that. Still, Aidan had never had anyone throw a party for hisbirthday before, and since they were doing so, it should not be a snooze fest.

Then, she extended invitations to Daphne, Louis, and Zoe. While preparing the invitation, she had ahunch that Daniel would be coming with Zoe. As a result, she did not feel the need to extend aninvitation to him. Once the invitations were sent out, Leanna stood up. "Have you booked a place yet? Iwill help with the decoration."

"Don't," Freddie said. "Your mission is to lead Aidan over. I'll take care of the rest."

"Okay. I'll be heading to Pearson Group now."

As she descended the stairs, she came across Raymond, who was drenched to the skin.

"Aren't you driving?" When she saw how wet his clothes were, Leanna inquired.

"The car broke down," he explained. "I had to dash back in the pouring rain. Miss McKinney, are yougoing out? It's pouring outside."

"Yes. I have something to do."

Then, Leanna noticed a red stain on the cuff of his right sleeve. "Are you okay?"

Raymond followed her gaze to his hand, then quickly hid it behind his back. "This is nothing. I slipped

and fell earlier. It's only a scrape."

"Remember to clean and dress the wound." Following that, she turned and walked out.

Afterward, he swiftly shoved his hand into his pocket before dashing up the stairs.

Before entering the office, he dashed to the restroom and frantically washed the blood from the back ofhis hand. Then, he reached for the tissue near him, covered his wound with a thick sheet of paper, andpressed firmly on it to staunch the bleeding. A few minutes later, he returned to the office and took outthe first-aid kit. Next, he cleaned the wound, bandaged it, and went to the locked drawer to look forsomething.

In light of what had transpired, Raymond could no longer remain there and had to depart immediately.However, he knew that after he left, Jimmy would no longer have any leverage to blackmail him.Therefore, he had to take Jimmy out first.

When he found what he was looking for, he flipped through the document to verify it. Then, with a sighof relief, he entered Richard's office with the file in hand.

Moreover, he knew Leanna had asked Richard to replace evidence that could incriminate Jimmy. Still, nomatter how diligently Richard searched, he could never replace anything significant.

Raymond also knew that Richard had left the office early in the morning. There were no surveillancecameras around here, so as long as he could sneak the document into Richard's office, no one wouldknow he did it. Soon, Jimmy would be through.