Rebecca mocked, "Oh really? What did you overlook?"
"To be honest, I’ve always wanted to outdo Howard Geoffrey in business, so even before you approached me for cooperation, I had already devised a plan to beat Howard Geoffrey. Everything was going smoothly, but because..." Skyler Jones paused, "because I wanted to help you, I was eager for quick success, which caused the plan to fail. This led me to be tied up with matters at the police station during the past two days and unable to get away until this morning... When I found out my plan failed, I predicted that your plan would also fail. But at that time, I was at the police station and couldn’t notify you, and my subordinates tried to reach you but couldn’t get through to your phone. They couldn’t meet you in T City either, so as soon as I got out of the police station this morning, I flew to T City myself. But by the time I arrived, it was too late, Howard Geoffrey was already holding this press conference!" Skyler Jones’s words carried deep regret.
Rebecca shook her head in disbelief, "How could my phone be unreachable?"
Skyler Jones took out his phone from his pocket, dialed Rebecca’s number, and held it to Rebecca’s ear.
Sure enough, there was a mechanical repeating sound from the phone.
Rebecca was stunned, but she had to admit that her phone indeed seemed to have had some issues these past two days and she hadn’t received a single call.
Even though Skyler Jones explained thoroughly, Rebecca still held doubts, "If everything you say is true, then what do you say about you smiling up there with Howard Geoffrey, announcing the joyful reunion of your brotherhood?"
Skyler Jones shook his head, "Becca, you misunderstood... I know what I say next might be cruel to you, but I still want you to know."
Rebecca did not reply.
Skyler Jones slowly released the words, "In fact, I was on stage completely for you... Because if I hadn’t, Howard Geoffrey would have released your sex video to the public."
Rebecca’s eyes widened, "Wha... what?" A sex video?
Skyler Jones then explained the whole situation to Rebecca.
After listening to Skyler Jones’s explanation, unable to control herself, and despite Skyler Jones’s attempts to stop her, Rebecca turned and rushed into Howard Geoffrey’s office.
The bodyguards, seeing Rebecca’s resolute demeanor, couldn’t help but block her at the door.
Rebecca, in fury, kicked at the bodyguards, "Get out, all of you get out!!"
Howard Geoffrey, who was leisurely drinking red wine by the floor-to-ceiling windows, seemed to hear the commotion behind him and spoke, "Let her in."
The bodyguards withdrew accordingly.
Howard Geoffrey turned around, calmly watching Rebecca storming towards him in anger.
Rebecca was filled with rage, but standing in front of Howard Geoffrey, she didn’t show her anger on her face; instead, she stood before him, asking calmly, "So, from start to finish, you didn’t care about me at all. You just wanted to use me to tie up Skyler Jones?"
The answer was already given by Skyler Jones, but she was unwilling to accept it, she wanted to hear it from him, even if she knew she might not be able to withstand it...
Howard Geoffrey curved his lips, "Do you really want to know?"
"Yes, I want you to tell me clearly."
Howard Geoffrey stared at Rebecca for a while before smiling and saying, "When I learned about the rise of the ’Oversky’ Group, I suspected Skyler Jones might be my older brother. I tried various ways to test him, to investigate him, but I still couldn’t find his real information. Yet my intuition wasn’t wrong; there was a natural bond of kinship between us that couldn’t be severed. So I approached you, who had already gone to Y City with Skyler Jones... You might wonder why I sought you out because the first time I saw you happily interacting with Skyler Jones in front of me, I knew that Skyler Jones had his eyes on you. For a man who never cared about anything but rivals, to control his woman meant controlling him. As long as you stayed by my side, Skyler Jones would eventually lose his composure!"
"So... you never thought of coming to Y City for me, you approached me just for Skyler Jones? From your first visit to Y City to find me, to the later times on the island, to canceling your engagement with Christine Quinn for me, it was all part of your carefully crafted plan to keep me by your side and control Skyler Jones?"