Chapter 841



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Liam thought Royce was here to visit him, so he even slightly felt something fantastic had just dropped into his lap, but he never expected Royce to simply walk past him and approach Nora in long strides.

Liam was stunned.

When he turned around, he saw the man, who was at the top of the company, ask, “Miss N…. Miss Lisa, why are you here, does the lady know?”.

Liam “…”

The handsome, perky boy was completely stunned.

He looked at Royce in disbelief.

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He gulped.

Miss Lisa, ma’am, why was he speaking to her so politely, as if her position was above his?

The only person Royce addressed as ‘Ma’am’ was the head of NTT. Why was he asking Lisa about her?

Liam’s thoughts were in chaos. He couldn’t understand what was going on.

He stared at Royce and then at Nora. For a moment, it seemed to him that he was dreaming.

Nora sighed a little as soon as she saw Royce.

It looked like she would no longer be able to hide her identity in front of Liam.

She frowned slightly. First she nodded slightly to Royce, indicating him to wait a moment. Then, he looked at Liam and said, “Please keep my identity a secret.” Liam nodded without saying a word.

Then, Nora looked at him again and asked, “So, can you let me talk privately with Royce?”.

Liam: “!”

He looked at Royce.

When Liam first entered the company, he had seen Royce up high. He was surrounded by people as he walked past Liam. He hadn’t even given him a glance.

At that moment, Liam had told himself that he had to work hard to move up in the department and become Royce’s subordinate. And become someone like Royce!

But the goal he was striving for in life instead stood humbly in front of Lisa with a respectful gaze. In fact, the man, who had never even given him a glance before, was giving him a somewhat ingratiating smile right now.

Liam knew that this was all because of Lisa.

In his trance, he nodded and entered his house.

After closing the door, he could no longer hear what Lisa and Royce were saying. However, at this distance, he could still see Lisa saying something to Royce in a low voice and Royce nodding repeatedly.

This huge role reversal made Liam duck his head in disappointment.

He was an honest man, so he wanted to climb higher by his own efforts. Even when Fred was bullying him the other time, he hadn’t felt anything and had merely thought that was something a man should do.

But at this moment, seeing Lisa’s sudden transformation from someone who needed his help to someone who was on top, he couldn’t help but sigh. In this world, a person’s social status was simply too predisposed to change.

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“Don’t tell my aunt.” ordered Nora, in an extremely cold voice.

Royce gave her a wry smile. “Miss Nora, this… if the mistress finds out, I’m afraid I’ll be punished.”

Nora said, “All right. I’ll have Cherry make it up to you when that happens.”

“Okay! Then it’s all right. With Miss Cherry around, there will be absolutely no problem with the lady. However, what are you doing here, Miss Nora?”

Royce had come especially for Nora.

One was his boss and the other his future successor. He didn’t want to offend either of them.

But if he informed his boss right away, Nora would undoubtedly be upset, so it was imperative that he come to ask for instructions and also to get an assurance from her.

Royce was very astute. Cherry’s importance to his boss was incomparable to that of the others.

At this question, Nora said, “You don’t need to worry about my business. Just make sure you do your job well and that will be enough.”

Royce immediately lowered his head slightly in deference. “Okay.”

Then, he looked at Nora and promised, “I will definitely handle Professor Myers’ project well, I won’t let anyone block his funding. And Liam too. I will also promote him when the time comes. Miss Nora, do you plan to create your own team in the company?”.

The successor would surely need a new team, so Royce had misunderstood.

Hearing this, Nora looked to the side.

Liam was standing in front of the window and looking at her with a complicated expression. However, the searing look of idolatry in his eyes was impossible to hide.

That was what a young man who had just graduated from school should look like: full of hope for his career, wrapped in passion and dying to stand out in the world.

Nora thought about how Liam stuck by Rene’s side and never abandoned her. She also thought about how she had done special research on Liam’s background because she was worried that he had brainwashed Rene and was emotionally manipulating her, but then she discovered that he had a clean family record.

From kindergarten through college, there were photos from every stage of his life. There was no way anyone could fake that.

So, after a moment’s thought, Nora replied ambiguously, “You can try to put a little more effort into preparing him.”

Liam had a good heart and was a good person.

He had even dared to stand up for her in college. From that, you could see that the young man did have the passion to achieve. People like him were capable, so it would also be beneficial for NTT to train and groom him.

Royce nodded at once. “No problem.”

After the two came to an agreement, Nora instructed Royce not to disturb her if there was nothing important to attend to. Only then did Royce slavishly leave.

After Royce left, as Nora was about to enter her house, Liam suddenly opened her door and stepped out. He looked at her blankly as he said, “L-Lisa… um…”.

He wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to put it into words. In the end, he just said, “About the incident with Fred the other time…. Thank you!”

He had finally understood. It wasn’t his luck that something had happened to Fred, but that it had been Nora who had tipped off the company.

Nora looked at him. Suddenly her lips curved into a smile and she replied, “You’re welcome. You can let Rene accompany my children more often.”

Liam: “…”

He thought about what he had just said about her not needing to thank him and that it would be enough if she spent a little more time with Rene. Liam’s face suddenly began to burn. He scratched his head and smiled naively at her.

The naive young man couldn’t help but always think that he was the hero of the world and that he was fortunate enough to be appreciated by his boss. Only now did he realize that his real fortune had been meeting Nora.

After Royce left, he got into the car.

Just as he was about to leave, he noticed Fred approaching.

Mrs. Long was still living here for the time being. Not only had her son suddenly lost his job, but he could no longer find employment in the industry. She had nowhere to go for the time being. So Cindy, the landlady, had given him a few more days to find new housing before moving in.

Nora didn’t have much to say about it.

After all, Mrs. Long was busy looking for work, so she no longer had time to bully Cherry. It wasn’t as if Nora was satisfied only after she had backed them into a corner.

Fred’s job search had also been very difficult. At NTT he was already a senior executive, so now that he was back to being a lowly employee, there weren’t many companies willing to hire him. Even if there were some that were willing, they offered a very low salary. He wanted to return to NTT, but was told that he had offended someone.

Who had he offended? He had only punished Liam recently, but he had already looked into the young man’s family background a long time ago. There was no way he could have such connections.

When he came back all dejected and despondent, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Royce’s car, which stunned him on the spot.

It was Royce!

He was a company leader who was above all but one!

Why was he here?

Could it be that…

Fred swallowed hard and walked into the garden. When he did, he happened to see that Nora had not yet entered his house….

For the last two days after his return home, his mother had pointed to Nora’s door and complained to her. She said that the woman, who had just moved in, had bullied her. She had told her a lot of things, like how she was taking care of three children even though she was alone.

Fred had been busy looking for work, so he hadn’t had time to give them trouble yet. But today she planned to make trouble for them.

But when she thought of Royce’s car, the stunned man said, “Royce was here for you?”

Nora: “?”

She raised her eyebrows.

It didn’t matter that Liam had discovered her identity because he would keep the secret for her, but Fred and Mrs. Long were not good people. If they found out, Nora would no longer be able to keep her identity a secret.

But Royce had just come out and she was in the garden….

Nora looked to the side. When she saw Liam, she pointed calmly at him and replied, “I was here for him.”

Liam: “!”

Fred was already looking at him.

At the look on his former supervisor’s face, Liam swallowed saliva. After a while, he nodded his head and pretended to say calmly, “Yes, he was here for me…”.

Fred was totally dumbfounded. He suddenly thought about how he had been fired just as he was about to punish Liam.

He was even told that he had offended someone he shouldn’t have. Didn’t he mean Liam precisely?

Therefore, he reacted very quickly and rushed over. He said: “Liam… no, Mr. Martin, you know what they say about friends starting out as enemies. We just got off on the wrong foot, that’s all. I’m sorry for what I did to you in the past. Should I get down on my knees? Forgive me! I can’t find a job now and my family will go without food next month! I have old people and children in my family…”

Liam: “…”

He looked at Nora alarmed and unsure.

Seeing that he was silent and looking at Nora, Fred looked at her as well. He thought about what Mrs. Long had done and hurried to say, “Miss Lisa, I’m sorry, my mother only bullied you because your younger sister wants to move in here. She wanted to rent the house you live in, that’s why she wanted to kick you out. I’ll apologize to her, okay?”.

Nora had already known this for a long time, so she didn’t flinch.

At that moment, Mrs. Long also arrived home. With her phone in her hand, she ranting as she walked.

“If you’re not coming, why did you text me that you wanted to? You asked me to rent a place for you and even said you wanted to live with me. I almost chased my neighbors away because of you. Now you’re telling me it wasn’t you? That you didn’t send me any messages? Ha, how can that be? My chat messages are all here.”

Fred was dumbfounded. He looked at Mrs. Long and asked, “Mom, did she say she’s not coming anymore?”

Mrs. Long was furious. “Yes! I thought she was coming today, so I called and asked where she was, but now she says she never sent me any message asking me to rent a house for her! Has she gotten clumsy with age?”

“Mom! How could you get something like that wrong?” Fred was flabbergasted. To rent that house, he had offended someone he shouldn’t have and even lost his job!

“No, Fred, I didn’t make a mistake! It’s your aunt who’s being unreasonable! I’m serious, look! The chat messages are all here!”

Mrs. Long hurriedly pulled out her phone and handed it to Fred.

Just as Fred was about to look at it, a slender hand suddenly reached over.

Nora stared at the chat messages on Mrs. Long’s phone. Two days before her arrival, Mrs. Long had received a message on her phone asking for help in renting a house.

After that, the person chatted with her every day and pressed her about the house.

But Nora could tell at a glance that the tone of these chat messages was different from previous messages! Her phone had been hacked!

Nora’s eyes narrowed.

She had never thought such things were mere coincidences.

Someone had to be up to no good behind the scenes.

But who was it?

She picked up Mrs. Long’s phone and entered her own house.

Mrs. Long cried out in anguish, “Hey, what’s wrong with you, are you stealing my phone!”

But before she could continue, Fred stopped her.

After Nora entered the house, she pulled out her own phone and easily hacked Mrs. Long’s phone. Then, through text messages, she began tracking the other party.

She wanted to know who was plotting against them. And what his target was.

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