Free Web NovelChapter 217: Joan
Editor: Henyee Translations
"Are you shocked to see me? You didn’t expect us to meet again so soon, did you?" Eric continued before Owen could speak.
Owen instinctively frowned. "Why are you here? Is what happened the past two days related to you?"
"President Owen, what are you talking about? What has it got to do with me?"
"Bring that surveillance video over." Owen glanced at Eric and said nothing more. He turned to the marketing manager.
"Yes, CEO." The marketing manager nodded and handed the surveillance video to Owen.
"Come see if this person is you," Owen said as he pointed out the person who appeared in the surveillance video to Eric.
Eric didn’t expect Owen to have a surveillance video. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled quickly and said, "He’s so tightly covered. How would I know who it is? I can’t tell."
"It’s okay. If you can’t tell, someone else can."
"When will the police arrive?" Owen asked the marketing manager.
"I’ve already reported it. The police are on the way. They’ll be here soon," the marketing manager said with a nod.
"Eric, I’ll give you a chance. You aren’t able to do this alone. Who’s backing you? If you say it now, maybe I can consider pleading for you when the police come later," Owen said while glancing at Eric again.
"President Owen, what do you mean? I just came to see the press conference. Why did you call the police? I’m going to sue you for slander," Eric said in panic when he heard that Owen had called the police.
"It’s okay, Eric. When the police come later, you can sue me for anything. It’s just that with the surveillance video and your appearance at the press conference, it’s hard not to wonder what you did."
"President Owen, you can’t accuse me for no reason. Don’t I have the freedom to come to the press conference? Besides, I’m Miranda’s ex-boyfriend. Is it wrong for me to care about her?" Eric became more and more agitated as he spoke. He leaned in front of Owen.
"What are you doing? Stop him." The marketing manager saw that Eric was agitated and was afraid that he would hurt Owen, so he quickly instructed the bodyguards to stop Eric.
"Eric, for the last time, if you tell me who’s behind you, then I’ll think about pleading for you later, or else I won’t wait here with you anyore since I have something to do." Owen glanced at the time again and prepared to leave. freёwebnovel.com
"Wait a minute! I’ll talk," Eric said while glancing at Owen’s back.
"Who is it? Tell me." Owen stopped and turned to him.
"It’s Miss Joan."
"Joan? What does she have to do with it? How do you know her?" Owen was surprised Eric had mentioned Joan. Clearly, he hadn’t expected her to be the one who had instructed Eric.
"President Owen, even you didn’t expect this, did you? But the person who instructed me was indeed Miss Joan. Do you remember the first time we met at the resort? That day, Miss Joan said that she would give me two million to tear you and Anita apart."
"So I sent Anita many messages. I thought it would be easy to get Anita back, but I didn’t expect her to reject me the few times I went to school to look for her."
"The last time, I was really too angry, so I took a video at school. I was going to use the video to blackmail you. I didn’t expect Miss Joan to want me to post the video online, but President Owen didn’t give us a chance." Eric looked at Owen after saying that.
"What basis do you have for what you’re saying? Why should I believe you?" Owen said again while listening to Eric.
"President Owen, you can choose not to believe me. You can get someone to investigate. How can I do these things alone? Besides, I don’t know anything about your company’s new product launch. I don’t know how to make Miranda’s fans attack Anita online. If Miss Joan didn’t tell me what to do, how could I have done it?" Eric said as he looked at Owen.
"Besides, don’t you know that Miss Joan has always liked you? Or do you know that she likes you, but you haven’t kept a distance from her? Aren’t you afraid that Anita will misunderstand?"
"Eric, what I do has nothing to do with you. I’m talking about the video back then. I let you off the hook, but now, you’ve done something like this. Do you think I’ll let you off?"
"President Owen, what do you mean? Didn’t you just say that if I tell you the truth, you’ll help me plead in front of the police?" Eric said in panic as he listened to Owen.
