Worship The Ground You Walk On

After the K Group and the Crawford Group launched CCU Project in the press conference, Ben received a call immediately. It was from Hanna.

From her shaky voice, he could tell that she was really in a panic.

"Ben, I know it's not a good time to call you, but... I really don't know whom else I can turn to now. I'm sorry!"

She kept apologizing on the phone. She was pretty desperate now.

As Simon proposed, there would be a celebration party tonight, and of course, Ben would attend the party as the head of the Crawford Group.

And now he was waiting for the party and in a good mood, so he just said calmly, "What's going on?"

"It is about my company. I don't know what exactly is going on. The men from the court and the police station are going to arrest the vice president of my company all of a sudden, but Robert has disappeared!" She was agitated and couldn't explain the whole thing clearly.

Ben felt the situation was likely to go badly.

"I will ask Nate to fish for information and update you later," Ben said hurriedly.

Once he hung up the phone, he ordered Nate to gather information about the Lewis's.

Thanks to Nate's expertise and the information network of the Crawford Group, he figured it out very soon.

According to the information, the Vice President Robert Lynn in the Lewis's misappropriated all the circulating funds in the account of the company and ran away after selling all his estates.

He fled to a country that didn't have an extradition treaty and now enjoying an easy life.

But life didn't go easy on Hanna. To help Claudia keep her old house, she had spent all the funds of the Lewis's in bidding for her house in the auction, which annoyed all their shareholders. She had put in a lot of effort to calm them down but still had incurred huge debts.

The misappropriation was not the only bad news for her. Robert also framed her with all his crimes like illegal fundraising and fraud. If she was convicted, she would have to spend a long time in jail. Her life almost got ruined only in a few days.

Hearing Nate's report, Ben couldn't stay calm anymore. He called Hanna back and hung up after speaking only several words to her, but that made Hanna feel relieved immediately.

He said, "Wait for me. I will be back soon."

Besides, he also commanded Nate to assign the task of defending Hanna to the lawyers of the Crawford Group.

Before he left, he had got everything arranged appropriately.

Prudent and resolute.

That was what he was.

When he was talking to Simon after the press conference, Christine noticed that he looked a little bit worried. So she sneaked up on him and heard the conversation between him and Nate, knowing everything about what happened to Hanna.

So she walked fast and stopped Ben without letting Simon know.

"What makes Mr. Crawford so worried? Is there something wrong with a fair lady you know in your country?"

Her words and sardonic attitude ignited his anger.

However, he was taught not to reveal his feelings easily. So he was just looked at her grimly and said, "The Crawford Group and the K Group do have conducted cooperation in the project, but it doesn't mean that I have to report to the K Group about everything I do, right?"

"Of course not! But I do really care about Mrs. Crawford, so I want to ask you a question if you don't mind. What will happen to her, who is seriously ill, if you just go back to your country right now and leave her behind?" she asked him directly.

He suddenly looked gloomy and unpleasant after she mentioned Claudia.

After a few seconds of silence, Christine stopped waiting for his reply and said, "I guess Mr. Crawford has never put Mrs. Crawford into consideration, right?"

She had already read his mind.

To know one's thoughts and secrets by observing his subtle expression was Christine's trick.

Meanwhile, Christine didn't intend to be euphemistic at all, "I also notice that it's quite common to have a spousal relationship like Mr. and Mrs. Crawford in this circle. So maybe we can talk about it frankly." Ben stared at her with colder eyes, "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing. I just want to show you a video."

Then, she took out her phone, opened a video file, and handed it to Ben.

She got a backup for the video Claudia asked her to delete.

Showing this video would do no good to her. Maybe Ben would be annoyed by her and then suspend the cooperation. Christine knew it clearly.

She was touching his sore point after all.

But now, the only thing she wanted to do was to speak up for Claudia.

As a woman, she didn't want to see a dumb woman receiving no love and respect from a man she had been protecting and loving.

"She is your wife and the mother of your child! Maybe the Crawford Group was so influential that she can be taken care of pretty well here, but when you decide to leave her for a while, don't you think it's necessary to at least talk with her about that, Mr. Crawford?"

That was the most basic respect for your wife!

Ben remained silent. He just looking at the screen with his cold eyes, watching this dumb woman walking in the darkness and rain and protecting the medicines in her arms.

That was why she was seriously ill.

That was why she was badly injured.

That was why she got all the scratches on her legs and feet.

It turned out that the attacker only hurt him.

What a dumb woman.

Christine sent the video to his phone and said, "It was me who hired the assailant to attack you. I'm sorry about that and would like to take all the responsibilities. The K Group has nothing to do with it, so please leave it alone."

Then, she turned away and left.

What an unconventional lady. Even Ben was surprised about it.

After a while, he finally caught on to what she said and went downstairs. He got in the car and asked Nate to drive him to the airport.

But on the halfway, he suddenly changed his destination.

"To the hospital."

Nate was surprised, but he didn't ask for the reason and changed his route.

When he arrived at the hospital, Claudia was still in a faint.

Her infirm body had been already racked by a high fever.

Once the attending doctor Mike saw him, he brought him to the office immediately and said, "Mr. Crawford, your wife has a special constitution. It seems like she has been poisoned many years ago and absorbed many toxic substances, leading to slight failure in multiple organs..."

She had little difference from the others when everything was all right, but when she was sick or injured, things would be different.

That was why Ben was fully recovered after a few days, but she was still in a coma.

And that was why when other people caught a bad cold, they could be cured in a week, but Claudia was still had a high fever after so many days.

"Mr. Crawford, your wife needs not only medical treatments but also the emotional one. Maybe you should spend more time with her."

Once Mike finished his words, Ben's phone rang.

He glanced at the screen and stood up, "If her illness can be cured just by my help, why do I bring her to the hospital?"

He said it indifferently and walked away.

Mike lowered his head awkwardly. He tried to say something and raised his head, but Ben had already gone.