Chapter 268 His Purpose
“Grandpa, if you have nothing else, I’ll be leaving first.”
“Wait a minute.” Arthur placed a document on the table. “I need you to reply to the overseas branch regarding the market expansion plan.”
“Just let Frankie handle the integration.”
“Jean is the legal officer there.”
Justin frowned and took the document after a moment. “I see. I’ll send a message back there when I have time.”
As he watched Justin leave with the document, Arthur’s expression became more complicated.
At that moment, Dennis hurriedly rushed in from the outside. “Old Mr. Burton, this…”
The skinny man on the ground had fainted at some point. His face was a cruel sight to see—it was bruised and was even stamped with a footprint. Justin had always been ruthless, and no one in the Burton Family could compare to him in this department.
Arthur cast him a sweeping glance as he ordered, “Call Jason back.”
“Now?”
“Immediately.”
“Understood.” Dennis didn’t dare to tarry, so he immediately contacted Jason. He was eavesdropping by the door earlier. If Jason really sent someone to hurt Justin, he would definitely not be able to get through Arthur.
“Master Jason, Old Mr. Burton wants you to return here.”
“I’m not in Riverdale today. Let’s talk about it another day.”
As the phone was on speakerphone, Arthur could hear everything. His expression darkened as he immediately roared at the phone, “You aren’t in Riverdale? Where are you?”
“I went out to handle some things. Don’t ask.”
Suppressing his anger, Arthur asked, “When will you come back?”
“Within two weeks, maybe. A batch of shipment just arrived here, so I’ll hang up first. Take care of yourself, Dad.” Saying that, Jason immediately hung up.
Arthur was going red with anger, and he slammed the table. “Doesn’t that make things obvious now? If he wasn’t feeling guilty about something, why wouldn’t he dare to come back?”
“Old Mr. Burton, you haven’t found out the truth yet. You should wait for Master Jason to come back.”
Arthur’s expression turned serious. “Have someone to go and find out what this b*stard has been up to recently.”
“Understood. I’ll get to it immediately.”
On the other end, Rachel answered Julian’s call. As soon as he left the villa, he gave Rachel a call.
“I saw Justin at the villa. Did you two come back already?”
“Yeah.”
Rachel opened the glass door leading to the balcony and walked out as she said into the phone, “Was there a family dinner at the summer villa today?”
“I wouldn’t consider it a family dinner. It’s merely an excuse to get everyone together and ask about recent events, then organize and exchange the resources at hand with each other. I hate going to these events the most. If it weren’t for my mother… Forget it, I don’t wanna talk about it.” Julian rarely mentioned Sue in front of Rachel.
With such an unreasonable mother, even he himself felt disgusted.
Rachel understood what he was getting at. “Old Mr. Burton must have called Justin over so urgently because of me.”
“I was just about to tell you this. Things have gotten complicated. I saw Justin’s bodyguard tying someone up in the parking lot. Was that person sent by Jason?”
“Yeah, probably.”
“It seems that he’s going to question Old Mr. Burton about this. Jason is in trouble.”
“What do you mean?”
“Jason and Justin don’t get along, and Old Mr. Burton has been doing his best to mediate between them. After all, one of them is his son and the other is his grandson. The knife cuts both ways. Now it only depends on who will make the first move… I overheard from outside the door.” At this, Julian’s voice became solemn. “Justin said that the people that were sent by Jason wanted to kill him.”
Jason’s mistake was that when he sent someone to kill Rachel, he did not consider that Justin would also be present, putting them in a precarious situation. Now, no one could tell who exactly he was trying to kill. As long as Justin insisted on it, and the evidence was all there, Jason wouldn’t be able to argue against it.
Rachel’s hand tightened slightly around her phone. “Justin is quite clever for making that move.”
With this, Justin could get rid of more than half of Jason’s power and stabilize his position as the president of the Burton Group.
On the other end of the phone, Julian asked, “Have you ever thought that he might’ve said that to protect you, or divert Old Mr. Burton’s attention?”
“I have, but this can’t be his purpose. Isn’t covering up the truth that Jason is here to kill me a simple matter that isn’t worth mentioning for him at all?” Rachel instantly dismissed the act of kindness with a sentence. “It’s in his best interest to blow things out of proportion and get rid of Jason.”
As a man who could divorce himself and marry the daughter of his enemy for the Hudsons’ Six Ancestral Formulas back then, the most important thing to him was always profit. For him, feelings were just another part of his boring life. The only thing that could truly make him scheme with all his heart was profit and only profit.
Julian asked, “Then, what are you going to do next? I don’t think Jason would stop at this.”
Rachel replied, “Didn’t Justin want to drive a wedge between the father and son? Then let’s give him a hand.” Let the flames burn a little more vigorously.
After hanging up, Rachel was unable to fall asleep for a long time. When she was alone, she was not afraid of dealing with anything, but with two children by her side, she was worried that if she pushed Jason too far, he would do the same thing he did six years ago. She wasn’t too worried about Charlotte as she was by Justin’s side, but Samuel…
When Justin got home, the door of the children’s room on the second floor was half-closed, a faint light peeking through. He opened the door a little and saw Rachel sitting by the bed, tucking Samuel in.
Perhaps a breeze had blown when he opened the door, as Rachel raised her head suddenly and saw him standing by the entrance. She gestured for him to stay silent before getting up from the side of the bed and coming out.
“Did you just come back?” Closing the door, Rachel asked.
Justin hummed in reply. “I’ll take care of the issue with Jason. You don’t have to worry too much about Samuel’s safety. Worry about yourself instead. Be careful when you’re commuting to and from work.”
Rachel nodded. Suddenly, she asked, “Have you eaten yet?”
“No.”
“I’ll cook some pasta for you.”
Hearing that, Justin jolted a little. As he watched Rachel’s figure heading downstairs, his cold features warmed, and he immediately followed.
Rachel prepared a bowl of spaghetti, which she was the best at.
“Does it taste all right?”
“It’s perfect. It would be even better if I can eat this tomorrow.”
“I might not be free tomorrow.”
“What’s wrong?”
Rachel replied, “I have to go to the construction site tomorrow. The project invested by Burton Pharmaceuticals has been going on for a while, and there has been a problem with Phase Three Land. Can you accompany me?”
“Of course.” Justin agreed in an instant.
“I’m not getting in the way of other matters, right?”
“No, the investment by Burton Pharmaceuticals is a matter of the company anyway. You are responsible for your work, so I, the boss, must cooperate with you. How could I let you handle it alone?”
Justin set down his fork and said with a serious expression, “If you encounter any troubling matters like this in the future, just look for me.”
Rachel smiled at his words, but her eyes were a little sad when she lowered her head.
