Ruth had tested so many dirty tricks on Ezra over the years that he had generally figured out their tricks. Many of his intimate and ambiguous videos with women were secretly taken by them, but in fact, Ezra was just being polite and greeting them.
Of course, there was no shortage of women deliberately running into his arms, or Diana bribed some women to get close to him and then asked the person arranged by Diana to take pictures, thus hyping the negative image of his private life.
Fortunately, he was capable enough, no matter how Diana smeared him, the leaders of the company and Roman did not kick him out. Most of the top executives of the company cared about their interests, and saw the huge progress Ezra had brought to the Canuli, so even though Diana and Ruth encouraged several executives to mess with him all day, Ezra was still in power.
When Ruth suddenly knelt down, Ezra's first reaction was to doubt if it was Ruth's little trick.
Ruth saw Ezra's guard and quickly explained, "I'm not playing any tricks. I'm just begging for your help."
Ezra raised his eyebrows and looked at Ruth, waiting to see what she could say.
Ruth knelt on the ground, stooping. She said in tears, "I know I can't escape this time. I don't hope you will let me go. I just wish that you can take care of my son."
Ruth cried harder, trembling, unable to make a single word.
She had wanted her mother to bear all the charges, but everything changed so quickly. Anna's letter testified all her charges.
"You're the only person who can help me. I'm so sorry that my mother and I have done a lot of things to hurt you over the years. You know, once I go to jail, my husband will definitely file a divorce, and soon my mother-in-law will find a new woman for her son. I don't care about that. All I care about is that my son will suffer in that family."
Her husband and mother-in-law loved her son very much, but once Ruth went to jail; once her son had a stepmother if the woman had another child, Ruth didn't have to think about how miserable her son would be.
Thinking of that, Ruth wailed. She grabbed Ezra's trouser leg and begged, "Just this one little favor. Please don't let my son die in their hands. When I get out of prison. I'll leave here with him and never disturb your lives again. Please, Ezra. Please."
Looking at Ruth like this, Maisie turned around. She could also see through what kind of life Ruth's son would face. As a mother, she felt sad and heartache for that child.
Ruth knew that her husband would marry her because of her name. Although her husband also expected her to be in charge of the Canuli, he preferred that she would always have the backing of Canuli.
If Ruth had recognized her own abilities early and enjoyed everything Ezra had created, how could her marriage and child have come to such a miserable state? Naturally, Ezra would not sympathize with Ruth. He stepped back and pulled back his trouser leg and mocked, "How dare you beg me for help?"
Over the years, as an accomplice to Diana, she had done a lot of bad things to him. And now she was here begging the victim for help? That was ridiculous.
Ezra caught a glimpse of Maisie's expression and immediately hugged her by the waist and said to Ruth, "I'll give them some projects and let them remember you and not kill your son for the time being."
Ruth's husband was just a rich lost cause, who was just excellent at playing with women. When he married Ruth, he also took a fancy to Ruth's family background.
Now that he wanted to divorce Ruth, he just saw that Ruth would not have any future to get the right to inherit Canuli. So he turned to hook up with another woman with stronger family background.
If Ezra gave them some business, they would be grateful and would be nicer to that child. But Ezra still told Ruth, "But you should keep your words. Leave here when you get out of prison."
Ruth was moved, crying loud again, "Thank you, thank you."
"I will, I will. I don't wanna live here anymore."
Ruth was already socially dead in Riverside. She would take her son to a place where no one knew them and live a simple and mundane life. She would never take such painstaking efforts to plot against others.
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