CHAPTER 313 FASHION SHOW

"We have appeased the buyers. But this incident will surely leave a dent in the Lancaster Group's reputation. In fact, many media outlets were already there and doing a live broadcast before I arrived," Henry sipped his tea and replied.

Yvonne's eyes widened. "So that means the incident has already been disclosed to the public?"

Henry hummed in response.

Yvonne frowned. "That's pretty quick. How did the media catch wind of it?"

"It was a tip-off." Henry's eyes turned frosty.

"By who?" Yvonne looked at him.

Henry's expression hardened. "Joe found out that the manager in charge of developing the villas was related to the spy who had stolen some confidential information from the company. Both of them fled immediately after the incident and no one could track them down. Who else could they be aside from the enemies of Lancasters?" This belongs to .

Yvonne drew a sharp breath. "So, that manager deliberately embezzled the material fund and developed the villas poorly with inferior materials just to damage the Lancaster Group's reputation?" "Yes, they stole the money and achieved their goal.

They really killed two birds with one stone." Henry set his teacup down on the coffee table heavily.

Yvonne looked at the few drops of spilled tea and sighed inwardly. "Henry, it seems like that old man wants to slowly destroy the Lancaster Group."

Henry pressed his lips together. "I won’t let him get what he wants."

"The Lancaster Group took quite a huge loss, right?" Yvonne looked at him.

Henry narrowed his eyes. His face turned gloomy but h e remained silent.

It was as she said-the Lancaster Group did make quite a huge loss. The embezzled fund was more than a hundred million dollars and they still had to rebuild the villas. From the way things were going, they wouldn't be able to meet the scheduled launching date. This meant they would need to compensate the buyers and that would be another one hundred million dollars.

With all these added up, they made a loss of several hundred million dollars. The other shareholders of the group were already in a panic.

"Henry, are you okay?" Judging from his silence, Yvonne could already guess that the Lancaster Group had really suffered a huge loss. Otherwise, Henry wouldn’t show such an expression on his face.

Henry took a deep breath and replied tiredly, "I’m okay."

Yvonne was still a little worried. "Such a huge loss, will Grandpa..."

"I haven't told him anything about it. I asked Frederick not to tell him too." Henry massaged the bridge of his nose.

Yvonne lowered her gaze. "But how long can you hide i t from him?"

Henry pressed his lips. "For as long as I can. Grandpa will be extremely upset if he finds out about it now. I'll settle this matter as soon as possible and recover the losses. I won't be able to join you for tomorrow's fashion show."

"It's alright, I can go by myself. Take care of the serious matters first and don't worry about me," Yvonne waved her hands and said with a smile.

She was happy enough that Henry could at least remember his promise of going to the fashion show with her when the Lancaster Group was going through troubled times.

Besides, she wasn't an immature person either. She understood that the Lancaster Group was his priority a t a critical time like this.

"I'll make it up to you next time." Henry reached out and pinched Yvonne’s nose.

Yvonne slapped his hand away. "That hurts!"

Henry chuckled, "Have you done reading that?"

He pointed to the book on her lap.

When he went off to shower, she picked up a fashion design book to read. 1

"Not yet." Yvonne held the book up and showed him that she still had more than half to read.

However, Henry snatched the book away, snapped it close, and threw it on the coffee table. "Stop reading that, it's time to rest."

He pulled her up by her hand.

Yvonne couldn’t beat him, so she had no choice but to follow him upstairs.

The next day, Henry left early as expected.

After breakfast, Yvonne turned on the TV in the living room and was going to watch some random program. As soon as the TV was turned on, Henry’s flawlessly handsome face popped out on the screen unexpectedly...

"Isn’t that sir?" Sue was surprised to see Henry on TV while she was mopping the floor.

Yvonne didn't answer her. Her eyes were instantly glued to the TV screen.

"Looks like a press conference." Sue pointed out.

Yvonne nodded. "Yes. It should be a press conference about the villa incident yesterday. The collapse was reported by the media that put a dent on the Lancaster Group's reputation. As the CEO of the Lancaster Group, he has no choice but to provide an explanation to the public.”

"How despicable!" Sue dropped the mop with an indignant look on her face. "Just what grudge does that old man have with the Lancasters? Why must he use such an underhanded trick?"

Yvonne smiled upon hearing this. "Who knows what grudge he has? We will only know once we figure out his identity and catch him."

"How long is that going to take? The old man hides like a rat-no one could find him. Even the two traitors who betrayed the Lancaster Group and rescued Dominic Conrad couldn't be found. They really hide themselves well," Sue pouted.

Yvonne pondered for a few seconds while rubbing her chin. "Actually, there may be a way to find Dominic. I think as long as we can track him down, we will surely be able to track down that old man."

"How?" Sue was extremely curious.

Yvonne squeezed the remote in her hand. "Capture Jacqueline and use her to force Dominic out. Since Jacqueline is his daughter, I think Dominic would probably care."

"That's a good idea." Sue's eyes instantly lit up as she urged, "What are you waiting for, madam? Tell sir about it!"

"I'm afraid Henry won’t use that method." Yvonne shook her head with a cryptic look on her face. "He

still cares about Jacqueline for a reason, so he probably won't listen to me. I think he must have thought of this method too, but it's for that reason that he didn't want to do things that way.”

Sue felt rather indignant to hear that. "Sir can be really inconsiderate sometimes. Is the Lancaster Group more important or Jacqueline Conrad?”

Yvonne lowered her gaze. "Don't say that, Sue. I'm sure Henry knows what he’s doing. I'm just really curious about that one reason he still cares about Jacqueline. Do you know, Sue?” 1

The last time she asked Henry, the man refused to tell her.

That made her feel quite bothered.

He was always hiding things from her.

"He has another reason to care about Jacqueline?" Sue scratched her head in confusion. "What are you talking about, madam?”

Emotions flashed across Yvonne's eyes and she forced a smile. "Never mind about that."

It seemed like Henry really kept it to himself very well. Even Sue didn't know anything about it.

"Alright then." Sue nodded and stopped asking when she saw that Yvonne was reluctant to talk about it.

Yvonne turned off the TV, put down the remote in her hand, and stooped down to pick up the mop on the floor before handing it to Sue.

"Alright Sue, it's about time for me to head out." She pointed to the pendulum clock in the corner.

Sue knew that she was going to the fashion show, so she didn't stop her and just saw her off the villa. 1

In the car, Yvonne held the fashion show tickets in her hands tightly. Her face was flushed from the excitement that filled her heart.

She never thought that she would be able to go to the show so soon.

All this was thanks to Henry.

With that grateful thought in mind, Yvonne carefully returned the tickets into her bag then took out her phone. With a few presses, she quickly made a call.

The phone rang a few times before it was picked up.

Yvonne didn't even give the person on the other end o f the line a chance to speak. "Hey, are you out?" she asked quickly.