Ice and Fire

Chapter 845 Caught By Selina (Part Two)

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Lawrence arrived at the JC Group's building. As he stepped out of his car, he caught a glimpse of Mary

standing not far from him. There was no sign of surprise or remorse on his face. Oblivious of the girl, he

walked past her and went straight inside the building.

"Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, please give me a minute. I have something for you," Mary pleaded as

she sprinted forward and grabbed Lawrence's arm. She attempted to defend herself.

The arrogant man stopped, engrossed in thought. Here was the JC Group, and all the staff knew him.

Once his employees saw Mary badgering him, there would be gossips throughout the company. He

didn't want to get in trouble because of that woman.

He glanced sideways at Mary. "What's up?" he asked coldly.

"Umm, don't believe that woman. It isn't what you think. I am not a wretched woman. Please believe

me," Mary uttered incoherently. She was so nervous that she didn't know what to say.

"What are you trying to say? Do you mean our meeting yesterday?" Lawrence asked. He wasn't

interested in Mary's matters. But since it had something to do with Aria, he wanted to know more about

that incident.

"No," Mary replied, shaking her head. "That woman's name is Aria Liu. She is just a bitch. She is mean

and poor. Please stay away from her."

Lawrence turned to transfix his furious gaze on Mary. "Mary Han," he called out nonchalantly.

Upon hearing Lawrence call her name, Mary responded immediately. "Yes?" she replied obediently.

"Would you still be willing to marry me if we didn't have a wedding ceremony, you couldn't get my

property and I didn't announce our relationship overtly?" Lawrence asked abruptly.

His words left Mary stunned. This wasn't the marriage she had long expected. 'How could it be a

wedding without a wedding ceremony? How could I become a rich lady if I can't get his property? How

can I show my friends that I got married to the most brilliant man in the world if I have to keep our

marriage from others?' she wondered with a hesitant expression.

Lawrence waited for five minutes but he didn't receive a reply from Mary. "Leave now. It's over," he said

coldly, looking away from her.

"Please don't be mean to me," Mary refused to leave. She tightened her grip on Lawrence's arm and

unwilling to let him go. "Mr. Lawrence, I really like you. Please don't push me away," she pleaded with a

pitiful look.

Lawrence broke free of her grip and then looked towards the four security guards. "Drag her away. She

is forbidden to enter here," he commanded with a stern look.

"Yes, Mr. Lawrence," they answered at the same time.

Lawrence watched the security personnel approach Mary and drag her away from him and outside the

building. He walked straight to the building, thinking to himself, 'Did Mary do this to you, Aria? Now I

have avenged you.'

When he arrived in his office, Lawrence phoned his secretary, Polly. "Come to my office now," he said

coldly.

"Okay, Mr. Lawrence," she answered politely.

Soon Polly knocked on the door and came in.

Standing in her boss' office, she asked politely, "What can I do for you, Mr. Lawrence?"

"Gabe Han has a daughter called Mary Han," Lawrence began curtly.

Polly recognized the name, and replied, "Yes, I knew her."

"She pushed a cleaner down in a shopping mall. I need all of the cleaner's information," Lawrence said

without mentioning Aria Liu's name.

"Okay, I will," Polly nodded. She had learnt that Lawrence asked the security to send Mary away. She

assumed her boss wanted to investigate this because of Mary.

"I'm sure you know what to do, don't you?" Lawrence asked as he studied Polly. Among all the

assistants, he believed that Polly was the most competent one. She always did a good job and never

disappointed him.

"Got it. I will investigate it secretly," Polly replied.

"Good," Lawrence said satisfied.

Polly bowed to him, turned around and left his office.

The moment she walked out, Lawrence's phone rang. He took out his cell phone and gave the ID caller

a glance. He furrowed his brows as he saw the name flashed in the monitor was Greg's. He was

expecting Aria. But he thought it would be a bit early for her to call.

Lawrence hesitantly picked up the phone.

"Hello, Lawrence, it's me," Greg's voice resounded from the other end of the line.

"What's up?" Lawrence asked coldly.

"Umm, I need you to do me a favor," Greg replied calmly.

"What is it?" Lawrence asked, his brows meeting on his forehead. He didn't like the idea of doing any

favor for anyone except for this best friend. He had decided to turn Greg down but a thought came to

mind. 'He's asking for my help, so he'll owe me one in return. When Polly gives me the information I

needed, I might need him to do something for me. Now that he took over the XS Hospital, I can get him

to help me instead of asking his father- Fred Xiao, ' he pondered.

"It's complicated. Are you free today? I want to talk to you in person," Greg proposed in a pleading

tone.

"I will finish up after 3:00 this afternoon," Lawrence agreed.

"Oh, good. I will send you the address later," Greg replied immediately.

Lawrence hung up the phone. When he was about to put it aside, he found an unread message and This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

immediately checked it.

It said, "Mr. Lawrence, the cleaner has been sent to the XS Hospital. She is good."

Lawrence put down his phone, and started going through the piles of files on the desk.

Before an hour had passed, his office door was opened.

He felt slightly annoyed, wondering who dared disturb him at work rudely. The more he thought, the

angrier he got. Before he threw a tantrum, the sight of the figure took him by surprise.

Mike stormed into the office. Without taking a look at Lawrence, he launched himself straight to the

sofa.

Selina emerged into the office. She gave Mike a momentary glance before fixing her eyes to Lawrence.

"We need to talk, Lawrence," she said with a sullen look, resting her eyes on the young man at his

desk.

Selina settled herself on the sofa as well.

Lawrence didn't understand the situation. All of a sudden, he remembered that he had a blind date at

8:00 this morning. 'It's 9:00. Is it because of the appointment?' he wondered.

Lawrence stood up from his seat and headed to the lounge. He took a seat next to Mike, deciding to

side with his best friend.

Glaring at the boys, Selina felt anger but didn't know how to handle them.

Lawrence nudged Mike with his elbow. "What's going on?" he whispered.

"We made a mistake. Your Aunt didn't follow you last night. But she appeared at the hotel and caught

me red handed," Mike replied in a low voice. When he spoke, he fixed his eyes on Selina with a

worried look. Lawrence was awestruck on the turn of the events and felt guilty that he put his best

friend in trouble.