Chapter 119
After leaving Simon, Marina went straight back to the Bailey family.
When the servant saw Marina return, she quickly took over Marina’s coat respectfully.
Then the servant hung the coat in the wardrobe beside them.
“Where’s Jessica?” Marina asked.
“Miss Rodriguez has been with Mr. Moore for the past few days,” the servant explained.
“Peter Moore?” Marina frowned slightly.
“Yes, Mr. Moore said that Miss Rodriguez is now his secretary. To work conveniently, she will be staying in his apartment for the next period of time,” the servant said.
After Marina heard this, her expression couldn’t help changing.
Then, she took out her phone and gave Peter a video call.
The moment the phone rang, the call was answered almost immediately.
“Marina!” When seeing Marina, Peter became more attentive.
“Shouldn’t you be busy in the company now?” Marina glanced at Peter in the video.
He crossed his legs on the desk and leaned back in the chair behind him leisurely.
This was definitely not Peter’s attitude at work.
Peter had been lazy since he was young. Each time he entered the company, he looked like a man with deep. hatred.
“I’m in the office, Peter replied.
“Then why are you so relaxed? Will the company be closed due to you again?” Marina narrowed her black eyes.
“Marina, how can you look down on me like this? I can guarantee that in the next quarter, the company’s profits will definitely double!” Peter’s face was full of confidence.
Marina looked at him inquiringly, but she asked him no more questions.
Anyway, though Peter muddled along sometimes, he still knew what was proper to do.
Marina was calling for the sake of Jessica.
“Just now, the servant at home told me that Jessica is now your secretary, right?”
“That’s right, Marina. I now understand that none of the people around you are ordinary. You have really given me a big gift! Why didn’t you tell me that Jessica was so capable when we were in Solemwood?” Speaking of Jessica, Peter became even more excited.
“What do you mean?” Marina did not quite understand.
“Jessica has a photographic memory!” Then Peter excitedly told Marina the whole story.
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Marina couldn’t help falling silent after hearing what he had said.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you know that?” Peter noticed the change in Marita’s expression.
Marina shook her head.
Jessica had never mentioned it to her before.
“Jessica didn’t mention it to you, did she?” Peter was a little surprised.
He had thought that Jessica must have told Marina everything about herself, for Jessica worshiped Marina so much.
“Jessica has never been good with people. When there are too many people, she will become especially nervous. She can’t even speak clearly. Even if she has a photographic memory, she won’t be qualified to be your secretary.” Marina said in a firm tone.
She brought Jessica to Janeborough because she hoped that Jessica could live a good life.
“I’m not enslaving her. She was the one who said she wanted to work. It was also she who said she wanted to overcome her inability to deal with people. I’m helping her, Peter quickly explained.
“She asked for it herself, didn’t she?” Marina was surprised to hear this.
Marina knew that Jessica would not interact with anyone if she could.
For so many years, she hadn’t improved in this respect.
Why did she suddenly have this idea?
“That’s right. Jessica told me that she wanted to become someone who could help you. Marina, tell me the truth. Is there some unknown emotional entanglement between the two of you?” Peter deliberately lowered his voice.
Marina was speechless.
She shot a glare at him.
Though there was a cell phone screen between the two of them, Peter felt a chill run down his spine.
He quickly straightened his body and cleared his throat. “I was just… joking. Just joking.”
“Since it’s Jessica’s own request, I won’t say anything else. However, you have to remember that you can’t let her suffer any harm. Otherwise, I’ll skin you alive!” Marina enunciated each word clearly.
“Don’t worry! I will definitely protect her well,” Peter immediately replied.
After hanging up, Marina went straight to the second floor.
She checked Lambert’s injuries.
“Your recovery is better than expected. In another week, you’ll be able to try to get out of bed and walk around,” Marina said.
“I’ll finally get out of bed. I feel as if I would be crippled if I continued to lie down like this,” Lambert said with a faint smile as he leaned against the headboard.
“That you are recovering from your injuries now will enable you not to suffer sequelae in the future. You’ll have to persevere for another period of time.” Marina knew that Lambert was someone who couldn’t stay idle.
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It was already not easy for him to have lain in bed for so long.
“By the way, I heard from Grandpa that someone had come to propose you, right?” Lambert looked at Marina with a gossipy expression.
Marina was speechless for a while.
“It’s best not to gossip too much when you’re recuperating.” Marina covered Lambert with the quilt again.
“It is because I have been too bored. I heard that the man is willing to marry into our family, isn’t he? He is the head of the Hernandez family. I’ve interacted with him a few times before. He’s a powerful man that no one can see through.
“But now, he is willing to marry into the Bailey family for your sake. In that case, the Hernandez family will be yours in the future, too, won’t it?
“It seems that in all these years, there has never been anyone who can be the head of two families. Is our Marina going to be a pioneer?
“The genes of you two are so strong that the children you will have will definitely be very powerful.
“You deserve to be my younger sister. You either don’t fall in love, or you fall in love with a powerful man.” Lambert rubbed his chin and looked proud of his younger sister.
Marina was thinking about what to say.
“Aren’t you thinking a little too far ahead?” Lambert even thought about her children
“Am I thinking that far? He has already come to make a marriage proposal. When Mom and Dad come back, you can get engaged first. Then you can get married at the end of the year. And I will have a nephew next year.” Lambert had already calculated the progress.
Marina was silent for a while.
“I remember that when someone came to propose marriage in the past, you guys always said no. Why did you guys give consent this time?” Marina sized up Peter by narrowing her eyes.
“Have you and he made a deal that I know nothing about?”
“Marina, what nonsense are you talking about? Without breaking my bottom line, I’ll do business by unscrupulous methods. However, you’re my biological younger sister, how can I use you as a deal?
“Besides, even if I wanted to, Grandpa wouldn’t agree, right?” Lambert said sincerely.
Marina stared at him with her half–closed eyes for a moment, making sure that she hadn’t seen any clues in his
eyes.
Only now did her face relax slightly.
“However, do you really believe that Simon will marry into our family?” Marina stared at Lambert leisurely.
