When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1162

Chapter 1162

Holden smirked as he retrieved a dictaphone from his vest pocket. He pressed play and placed it onthe table. “Marcus, get in touch with me as soon as you can. We need to discuss something.” It was myown voice.

Dear God, even I don’t remember saying these words! ”The Taylor family has a lot of connections in theunderworld,” Ashton explained with uncharacteristic patience. “Once they got a hold of your phone andanalyzed the data, it wasn’t difficult to imitate your voice.”

“This was imitated by AI?” I asked in amazement, my eyes as wide as saucers. I had heard a lotregarding the advancement of AI within the industry recently, so it occurred to me that this may be oneof its applications.

Holden smiled smugly as he placed the dictaphone back in his pocket. “Those machines work, nodoubt. But the end result is too stiff and inorganic. My new girlfriend is the queen of mimicry. She canliterally imitate any style of anybody you can think of. Especially those in bed… hehe. It’s a newexperience every night.”

“Mr. Taylor, your tastes are… rather exotic,” I said uncomfortably. The extent of his lust has left mespeechless.

But if this was what it took to gain Marcus’s trust, albeit falsely, it would still be a big help. At thiscomforting thought, I breathed a reluctant sigh of relief.

Though Holden was Ashton’s man, he wouldn’t use the imitated voice to harm Marcus as the interestsof the Taylor family were at stake. Like it or not, he was the best candidate for this mission.

Ashton did not fail to notice the change in my expression. I looked up and met his weary eyes. “Nowwould you believe me?” he asked before I could say anything.

I turned towards Holden. He was a wily fox who only cared about the interests of his family. He mustwant something in return for his help.

Ashton must have dealt with him beforehand. Probably even agreed to his unreasonable demands. Iturned away and looked at Ashton in earnest. “If you are willing to help Marcus, why did you mentionhaving to compete with GW Group and drive the share price down?”

White Corporation was in shambles. Foreign investment took the opportunity to encourage theshareholders to sell their shares for scraps.

When Fuller Corporation joined the fray, nobody felt secure.

Otherwise, Emery wouldn’t have promised me so heartily to look into it.

Ashton took a deep breath and sat up straight. His dark eyes suddenly flashed with a glint of danger.“So according to you, the way for me to repay Marcus was to pay for his company which is currently ina mess at a high price, at a loss to Fuller Corporation. Is that it?”

His gaze was so fierce it looked as though it would pierce right through me.

I frowned with discomfort at being stared at like that.

Even a company larger than White Corporation had things that they want hidden. The fact that LeonardYondel had embezzled was not even considered out of the ordinary for someone like Ashton.

It felt like he had already decided that I did not know my boundaries in handling Marcus’s case. He hadintentionally exposed these to see the limits of which I would disregard him, my husband, by helpingMarcus.

After Rebecca, I was more familiar than anybody with Ashton’s possessive nature. I sighed heavily. “Ihave never thought that there was anything wrong with the situation. Marcus had already thought of asolution. If he hadn’t disappeared, it wouldn’t have turned into the mess it is today.”

After a brief pause, I reached out and touched Ashton’s hand. “Think of how you take pains to protectand advance the interests of Fuller Corporation. The only thing that Marcus’s parents left for him isWhite Corporation. I hope that we can help him salvage his family business. It’s not about compellingyou to buy his entire company to save it, or to have any foreign company acquire it. Do you think wecan do that?”