Ethan was silent momentarily and said, "Did you run out of pocket money?"
"Huh? No... No..." It's just that money isn't too much, Vanessa still has 850,000 dollars on her card, a small savings of sorts, but of course it doesn't even compare to a fraction of his assets.
Ethan didn't ask any more questions, picking up his cell phone and tapping the screen a few times for a moment, continuing to eat.
"Ding" was the sound of a text message on Vanessa's phone, Vanessa casually picked up her phone and read it, her eyes instantly widening!
"Is... Is it for me?"
Vanessa nervously opened her mouth to Ethan as she lifted her phone and pointed to the text message, which stated that XX initiated a transfer of $1,000,000 to your United Bank account with the last four digits of your tail number 7854 at 20:31 on October 25, 2024, leaving a balance of $1,857,000.
"Hmmm!" Ethan responded faintly and looked up at the starry-eyed girl in front of him, the cat's eye instantly popped up with the money symbol after he gave an affirmative response.
Ethan reached out with some amusement and cupped the girl's small face, as for whether Marco Blackwood had ever had any monetary dealings with her or not, it was yet to be verified by a step of checking.
"Becoming so greedy for money now? Are you going to run away if someone gives you more money?" Ethan smiled but with a hint of testing.
"No way! I still have a work ethic! I'll work as Miss Rivers' understudy for the duration of the contract, so please don't worry boss!"
Vanessa, who was already immersed in the happiness of being surrounded by money, didn't hear Ethan's temptation at all, thinking that he was afraid that she wouldn't be able to work as a stand-in, so in order to vote her heart out, she hurriedly put down her chopsticks and swore, with a smiley expression of "Look how great I am, quick to praise me".
Ethan did not know why he heard this, his face darkened, and the next sentence made him even angrier.
"If you want to recover Miss Rivers, I can be an assistant, what 'domineering president in love with me', 'billion president petite wife with the baby run' I have read countless, only that the price of ....." Vanessa said dodging over to Ethan to gush.
Ethan's face is completely blacked down, this girl in the end to him as what? What does this girl think of him? Hasn't she had any other thoughts about him after being around him for so long?
"Well..."
A hot and angry kiss completely gagged the chattering mouth, a large powerful tongue stirring and sucking, venting the anger the girl had brought to him.
He dominated, squeezing all the space in Vanessa's mouth, even stealing Vanessa's breath until her face was red from not being able to catch her breath, and Ethan backed away, biting hard on Vanessa's bottom lip.
"No... Don't, it still hurts down there" Vanessa held down Ethan's hand that was going to reach into her shirt, luckily they were in the penthouse garden and no one was there to see!
...
On the other side of the room a cynical Lily Chambers is throwing a fit, "What is it about this bitch that has Ethan so wound up? Wait, why does that girl look so familiar?"
Lily Chambers flips through the photos of Natalie Rivers and remembers and realizes that she looks a little bit similar to Natalie Rivers, especially the mouth and nose part.
After discovering this key point, Lily Chambers thought of an incredible idea, could it be that Ethan still can't let go of Natalie Rivers, and especially found a double to put in front of him?
No way! Anyone who stood in her way of becoming the matriarch of the Blackwood family would have to die!
Since the last time Vanessa's money-hungry nature was exposed, Ethan Blackwood investigated whether his own uncle Marco Blackwood had any private dealings with Vanessa and found that there were no abnormalities.
Instead, Lily Chambers had connections with Marco Blackwood.
"Boss, Marco Blackwood has privately entered into a strategic cooperation with the Chambers family, that land in California they have secretly taken, should we ...." Luca Bianchi handed the file to Ethan Blackwood.
Ethan Blackwood sneered, "That land in California is the bait put out by the Esposito family, why bother to be that fish."
"Boss, the Chambers family sent an invitation for Lily Chambers' birthday party, to apologize for the last time Lily Chambers trespassed on the Blackwood Group, you and Miss Monroe are invited to go together." Luca Bianchi handed Ethan Blackwood another delicate envelope in his hand.
"It seems to be an opportunity to probe me, they've sensed my attitude towards Lily Chambers and are afraid that I'll learn about Marco Blackwood's collaboration with their family." Ethan Blackwood reaches out and takes it, his eyes filled with coldness as he taps the fingers of his left hand on the desktop, "What was the point of calling Vanessa Monroe over there though?"
"Has Vanessa Monroe been anything unusual lately?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary..." Luca Bianchi was about to say a few more words when he was suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door, speaking of the devil
"Boss, here's a file brought up from the 13th floor saying it needs to be dealt with urgently today." Vanessa knocked on the door
"Come in." came the cold hard voice of Ethan Blackwood alone.
"Boss, the file is here for you" Vanessa approached the desk and put the papers down before she was ready to turn away.
"Bianchi, get Miss Monroe's costume ready in advance for Lily Chambers' birthday party the day after tomorrow."
Ethan Blackwood's sudden decision caused Luca Bianchi to freeze for a moment, "Okay, Boss."
Vanessa, who had already walked to the door, turned back on reflex as soon as she heard her name and looked confused, "What birthday party? Can I not attend the... Can I not?"
To be honest, this kind of seeing-the-world scene is completely incompatible with Vanessa's state of being a small citizen for her whole life, in case something goes wrong, it's a large-scale social death scene.
Besides, she had heard the name of the evil female match, and after offending her last time, going to her birthday party this time would not end well.