Chapter 22 Doubt My Capabilities
After stepping out of the hospital, Matthew helped Tianna get into the car. Neither noticed paparazzi lurking nearby.
Standing at the hospital entrance, Levi watched the car drive off into the distance. Then he pulled out his phone and made a call. “Look into
Randall Duarte.”
Whoever hurt Tianna would end up miserably.
Meanwhile. Tianna sat in the passenger seat, watching the surveillance footage on her phone.
She had already asked Bobby to pull out the building’s security footage and saw the sniper. But he was wearing a mask and a hat, and she couldn’t identify him, which bugged her.
“What exactly happened today?” driving, Matthew asked, his tone more solemn than ever.
She briefed him about Randall and then
nothing to worry about. He’s desperated, “Matthew, you’ve got
The fact that he has made such at
reckless move shows I’ve already made him feel threatened.”
“You’re the one being reckless, OK?” Matthew glared at her. “What if something had happened? How do you expect Mom and Dad to react?”
“Nothing will happen…”
“I’ll call Deven later, and he’ll handle Randall. Stay out of this.” Matthew didn’t work at Radiance Group, but the eldest brother of him and Tianna, Deven Bennett, was the group’s general manager, second only to Gordon.
Matthew believed that if he left it to Deven; Tianna wouldn’t be in
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danger.
Tianna, however, was displeased. She pulled a long face. “Matthew, are you doubting my capabilities?”
“Tia. L…”
“Matthew, when you insisted on entering showbiz, Dad didn’t approve. Back then, what did you say?” she said while staring into his eyes, not giving him a chance to look away.
Matthew fell silent. Back then, he argued vehemently, stating that Gordon couldn’t stop him from pursuing his dreams.
With a complicated expression, he glanced at Tianna and sighed, “I’m just worried about your safety.”
“I know. But if I give up because of such a minor setback, how can I inherit Radiance Group in the future?” She didn’t sound reproachful. She continued, her tone flat, “Matthew, I know you meant well, but if you protect me too much, you’ll only end up harming me.”
Matthew’s face instantly turned pale, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
After quite some time, he said, his voice muffled, “Fine. I won’t meddle.”
“Thanks, Matthew.” Tianna was relieved. She hated to see her first major task at the company ending in failure.
Soon, they went back to the Bennett’s manor. Stepping out of the car, Matthew suddenly thought of Levi and asked, “What’s your relationship with Levi?”
“Just friends.” Tianna presumed that she and Levi could be called friends.
Levi had helped her several times, and his life was at risk today because of her. Honestly, she felt quite bad about it.
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Yet, Matthew didn’t believe her. He glanced at her suspiciously and. repeated, “Just friends?”
“What else could we be?” she retorted.
“The way he looks at you suggests something else.” Men always understood each other a bit better.
She glanced at him and took a glass of water from a servant. “You’re
verthinking it.”
She suspected that Levi had ulterior motives for approaching her.
Yet. Matthew could tell Levi was up to something after only meeting Levi once? That was highly unlikely.
“Anyway, just stay away from him.” For some reason, Matthew simply
didn’t like Levi. At first glance, he found I
didn’t like Levi. At first glance, he found Levi cunning. He didn’t want to
see Tianna get played.
Tianna didn’t argue with him. She nodded and said perfunctorily, “Yeah, yeah, OK.”
Then she went back to her room and checked her emails. Bobby had sent her the information on the woman and the boy in Randall’s villa.
The woman’s name was Mariyah Murillo, and she used to be… the
assistant to the director of the Purchasing Department of Radiance Group.
Randall really had a thing for dipping his pen in the company ink.
The boy’s name was Joseph Duarte, and he was eight.
Apparently, Joseph was the son of Mariyah and Randall..
If Alyvia knew this, how would she react?
Tianna sneered and continued reading.
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Upon seeing the assets under Mariyah and Randall’s names, she was shocked.
Randall was so greedy.
The two had assets worth tens of millions of dollars, not including properties and overseas investments.
With an icy expression, she logged out of her email and was even more determined to take down Randall. Also, she’d make sure he gave back every penny he embezzled.
She thought of Alyvia, unaware that at the same time, Alyvia was talking
about her.
“How dare you talk to me like this? Do you still have feelings for Tianna?” Alyvia’s eyes were red as she questioned Melvin, furious.
It was supposed to be a nice weekend, and they agreed to eat out. Yet the second Melvin showed up, he had been so impatient and irritated.
Melvin was annoyed. Hearing her words, he didn’t bother explaining. “Stop being unreasonable, OK? I just want you to ask Mr. Duarte why I didn’t get to cooperate with Radiance Group this time.”
Alyvia was displeased and said with a snort, “That’s the way cooperation. is. It doesn’t always work out.”
“Before meeting Mr. Duarte, we managed to cooperate just by having you pass on messages. How come it didn’t work out now that I’ve met him?” He found something was off
Pursing her lips, she panicked a bit and tried to shift the blame to him. “Then you should seriously think about what you did. Perhaps you did something wrong and upset my dad, and that’s why he doesn’t want to work with you.”
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Frowning, Melvin tried to recall carefully but came up with nothing. “I can’t think of anything. Could you go and ask him for me?”
“I don’t want to…”
“Via, we’re about to get married. If my family company thrives, you, as part of the family, will look good, too,” Melvin coaxed her gently.
Tempted. Alyvia hesitated for a second before heading to the restroom. “Fine. I’ll call him.”
Smiling. Melvin nodded. Once Alyvia’s figure disappeared from his sight, his smile vanished. He pulled a long face and downed his glass of wine in
one go.
Perhaps it was his imagination; he always felt that after he divorced. Tianna. everything seemed to start going wrong.
Several clients said they wanted to cancel the cooperation for no reason. Also, he had been trying to collaborate with Radiance Group several times, but each attempt failed. He used to be so glorious in the past, but
now…
Layton once said that with Tianna around, the Jimenez family would only get better and better.
But since Layton had never said why, he had never taken Layton’s words seriously, figuring Layton had been swayed by Tianna.
But now….
He started to wonder.
Was Tianna really his lucky charm?
