Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 275

Chapter 275

In fact, Joyce had been busy for the past few days.

She was in charge of the administration and logistics of Solace Corporation. Although much of her work could be passed on to other people and was considered an idle job, Joyce still needed to deal with certain important matters herself.

Moreover, there was chaos within Solace Corporation recently. Public opinions on the Internet kept appearing because someone within the company obviously did it. Otherwise, the article would not be so detailed.

Joyce was also afraid that Christopher would not be able to cope with things in the company. Even if the former had nothing to do, she would stay in the company every day and discuss with the Public Relations Department how to deal with online public opinion.

When Joyce got home at night, she had to look after Winnie.

Even after Winnie returned from the hospital, she was still not recovering. She could not even go downstairs, so Winnie could only rest in bed.

Moreover, Winnie could not bear to leave Zachary. Thus, the family could only set up another bed in Zachary’s room.

Sofia and the nurse cared for Zachary and never left his side, even for a moment.

It had been nearly a month since Winnie last saw Kendrick. In addition, this time, she was very sick, and the latter did not even show up to check on Winnie. She gradually became suspicious and asked about Kendrick from time to time.

But of course, with Winnie’s current situation, no one dared to tell her. They could only stall it day after day. Everyone was hoping for Winnie to recover so that by the time she heard the news of Kendrick’s accident, she could handle it. At night, Christopher had a business meeting. He asked directors from several banks out for dinner.

After learning about Solace Corporation’s situation recently, Christopher realized that Solace Corporation did not have much money at all. The company had spent all its money on various projects outside. However, starting in the last two years, many projects were not doing well.

It was either Solace Corporation Romdale Branch that delayed the project, which caused the return of funds to be slow, or the company lost the money it invested, causing losses.

Solace Corporation was now in a situation where they were robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Kendrick was still around, he had good relationships with all the banks.

Hence, there was basically no problem with getting a loan. However, things were different with Christopher. The outside world knew what had happened to Solace Corporation. With the recent public opinion that appeared, banks were naturally. not confident in the new Acting Chairman. No one dared to loan Christopher any money.

Late at night, after being asked to drink a lot, someone helped Christopher get into the car.

“Mr. Solace, are you okay?”

The person who asked Christopher was Kendrick’s assistant, Harvey Walker.

After completing his post-graduate studies, Harvey started to work for Kendrick. He was older than Christopher by more than a decade, so Layla arranged for Harvey to help Christopher with his work.

Christopher sat in the back seat with his eyes closed and his brows furrowed. He was obviously very uncomfortable, which was why he did not answer Harvey’s question. Christopher loosened his tie irritably, and there was a hostile expression on his face.

All night long, the bank directors beat around the bush. They made things sound nice but still refused to lend Christopher money. They gave him a lot of excuses. It was evident that they did not take Christopher as the Acting Chairman seriously.

Since young, Christopher had always been the center of attention. He would receive compliments everywhere he went and did not need to ask for anything he wanted. Other people would take the initiative to send whatever Christopher wanted to him. There was not a time when Christopher needed to beg in a humble way.

However, the world is a real place.

It was true that everyone would hit a man when he was down. The Solace family had lost Kendrick; so naturally, no one would take a useless man like Christopher seriously. Unfortunately, at that moment, Christopher was just like a monkey in the zoo. Everyone just wanted to watch a show and see how he would end up.

Seeing that Christopher did not say anything, Harvey did not ask any more questions.

Harvey saw everything that happened during the dinner that night. In his eyes, Christopher was a golden boy and had always been a prideful person. Even though he was being teased during dinner, he still had to smile. How could Christopher endure it?

It was considered a miracle that he held it back and did not lose his temper in front of the bank directors.

Harvey closed the door, returned to the passenger seat, and ordered the driver,

Jack, to send Christopher back.

By then, it was already early in the morning. The road was empty, and only a vehicle would occasionally speed past them.

Christopher closed his eyes and rested in the back seat. He had drunk too much liquor. Thus, he was experiencing stomach cramps, and his head was dizzy and painful. Whenever Christopher opened his eyes, he would feel dizzy. He raised his hand and pressed his stomach while gritting his teeth.

Harvey drank a lot, too, mainly to help Christopher. After getting in the car, the former also closed his eyes to rest.

Jack was the only one driving seriously.

Suddenly, the car turned abruptly. Christopher was flung to the side and hit the right window. Before he realized what was going on, he heard a bang. Immediately afterward, he was hit hard once more.

In an instant, Christopher sobered up.

He raised his hand, touched his forehead, and opened his eyes to look at his hands. Christopher’s fingers were dyed red. He looked up and saw that the airbag had come out. Jack shook his head hard. He was obviously somewhat dizzy from the crash.

The windshield had shattered, and the car hood had flown open.

The car had hit a wall on the side of the road.

“Mr. Solace, are you okay?”

Harvey was knocked unconscious for a moment. When he returned to his senses, he could not care less about his injuries and turned around subconsciously to check on Christopher.

Christopher pressed the wounded part of his head and sat up. His expression darkened, and he answered, “I’m fine.”

After that, Harvey checked on Jack’s situation. It was similar to his situation. There were some scratches on Jack’s skin due to the broken pieces of the windshield. There were no life-threatening injuries.

After making sure that Jack was okay, Harvey looked around. The lane was quiet as if nothing had happened.

“What’s going on?” Harvey asked Jack.

Both Harvey and Christopher closed their eyes to rest just now. Hence, they did not know how the car hit the wall. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

When Jack returned to his senses, he looked at the quiet streets around him. He could not help but suspect that he had an illusion just now. However, he still told Harvey and Christopher truthfully, “A car coming from the opposite direction was

about to hit us. I could only hit the wall to avoid it.”

Jack wondered if the other driver had too much to drink and was driving directly at them as if the driver did not want to live anymore. At that time, Jack had no time to react, so he could only turn the steering wheel sharply. Just as he was about to hit the wall, Jack slammed on the brakes, but it was too late. Due to the momentum, the car still hit the wall.

After listening to Jack’s explanation, Harvey then came back to his senses and exchanged looks with Christopher. However, neither of them spoke.

After a long silence, Harvey contacted someone and got another car to send Christopher back while he and Jack stayed to deal with the rest of the matter.

It was already two o’clock in the morning when Yuliana returned to the Solace residence.

Yuliana had not been sleeping well recently. She would wake up even at the slightest signs of activity in the residence.

She knew Christopher had returned, but after waiting a while, she still did not see him enter the room. Yuliana lifted the blanket and went downstairs to look around. Then she saw him in the lounge. Yuliana saw that Christopher had found a medicine box somewhere and was clumsily trying to apply medications to his wound.

Yuliana stood there quietly and did not walk over to him.

Christopher could not control his hand because he was not thoroughly awake. He would either miss the wound or apply too much pressure, causing it to hurt. At that moment, Christopher’s frown deepened.

After a while, he noticed something. Christopher lifted his head and saw a figure standing under the dim light.

Only then did Yuliana walk over to him. She saw the wound on Christopher’s forehead. It looked like he was scratched by something. However, it was not a deep wound. The length of the cut was a bit long. Yuliana glanced at the clothes on Christopher’s body and saw that his white shirt was stained with a few drops of blood.