Joey Linderman shook off Vivian Linderman's hand with a sneer. She lifted her eyebrow and said," I'll do whatever I want. It's none of your business."
"You..."
Hearing it, Vivian immediately got angry, "You want to go back on your promise? Don't forget that you've sworn, if you break your promise, you'll be punished by God."
Joey laughed disapprovingly, "Punished by God? Ha ha, if it works, how many times you've already been punished? But don't worry. I haven't said anything yet. However, whether I'll say it or not. When will I say it. That depends on me. Therefore, don't bother me later."
"You... Fine. You win."
Vivian had been so angry that she trembled. "Since you are unreliable, give the 5% shareholding back to me then."
Ben Hawk had been calling her since this morning and she dared not answer it. She dared not meet him as well when Ben came to the outside of her house in the afternoon. Vivian sat on the sofa alone. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was a losing deal. Once Joey broke her promise,Vivian would lose a lot.
As expected, it turned out that Joey hadn't kept her promise. Vivian couldn't stay calm any more.
Hearing Vivian's nonsense, Joey couldn't help shaking her head and said, "I've got the shareholding. Do you think I'll give it back to you? Why are you getting more and more stupid? How idiotic the words you said were."
"Joey Linderman!"
Vivian had already been too angry to say a word. Gnashing her teeth, she felt like choking Joey.
"Calm down!"
Joey smiled faintly, "Samantha doesn't know anything about it now. It's not good if she sees you this way."
Facing Joey like this, Vivian suddenly found that she was so weak. She had to admit that she was no match for Joey. Joey could easily annoy her with only a few words and made her could not fight back at all.
Taking a deep breath, Vivian helplessly watched Joey and asked, "Tell me what do you want on earth?"
Vivian was fed up with being fooled with. Now, she just wanted Joey to say the words. Vivian would rather pay all the price to get everything solved once and for all, if she could make it.
"What do I want?"
Samantha, Martin and Joey all happily enjoyed this dinner; while it was tasteless for Vivian. What was more, she was frightened each time when Joey talked with potential meaning.
After they finished the meal, Joey was about to leave. Samantha asked Martin to drive her back. That was what Martin intended to do as well, so they left together.
Joey gave Martin the hotel address. Martin, however, didn't drive her to the hotel directly. He drove her in the city round and round.
Seeing that Martin was about to say something but stopped at last for several times, Vivian finally couldn't resist asking him,
"Martin, do you have anything to tell me?"
After knowing that Samantha was her mother, Joey also treated Martin well than before. He was her younger brother after all, half brother though.
However, it was only her that knew all of those. Martin totally had no idea.
Martin seemed to pluck up the courage. Having used to be flippant, he looked at Joey seriously more than ever and said, "I do have something to tell you. I would like to ask...if you are willing to be my girlfriend?"
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