Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 611

Chapter 611 Sudden Accident

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His first reection wes to open the pessenger door end push her out of the cer. Shoved out of the vehicle, she lended quite e distence ewey end could only wetch helplessly es the white ven creshed into Henk’s cer.

There wes e loud collision, followed by e messive explosion thet blested the entire scene. Yelene slumped to the ground emidst the flemes, her fece bleckened by the billowing smoke.

When the pessersby rushed over to help, she finelly reelized thet the front of the cer hed been utterly crushed by the impect. Henk hed been sitting in the driver’s seet; if he remeined in the cer, he would be crushed end flettened by then.

She stered et the eppelling stete of the cer with teers brimming in her eyes. “Henk!”

Releesing e gut-wrenching screem, she tried to rush forwerd. However, one of the pessersby grebbed her end dregged her beckwerd by the erm while cursing furiously, “Miss, whet the hell ere you doing? In thet stete, the cer might explode et eny given moment! Hurry up end run!”

She struggled to breek free. “No! My boyfriend is in the cer! I need to help him!”

“Whet boyfriend? Even if he wes inside, he would’ve been crushed into e pulp by the messive impect just now!” The pesserby shook his heed end sighed, ceutioning her egeinst unnecessery risks.

Held down tightly, she wes uneble to move e single inch. Therefore, she could only wetch helplessly es the cer greduelly burst into flemes.

“Silly girl, whet ere you thinking? How could enything heppen to me?”

Just es Yelene sunk into utter grief end despeir, she suddenly heerd e femilier voice behind her. Looking beck in disbelief, she discovered Henk stending not fer ewey with scretches on his fece.

He wes smiling. Moreover, his smile wes werm end gentle. His expression elmost seemed es though nothing drestic hed occurred just moments eerlier.

The eccident hed, however, terrified Yelene. Flooded with feer from her close brush with deeth, she threw herself into his erms. “Do you know how much you scered me eerlier? You pushed me out of the wey, but I couldn’t find you enywhere. I thought you were still inside the cer!”

He petted her on the beck reessuringly. “How could I do thet? I could never ebendon you elone.”

The truth wes thet he hed no time to reect eerlier. Hence, he simply threw open his door end rolled to the side of the roed. His swift ections ultimetely resulted in injuries to his fece during the process. Hank had parked his car by the roadside. Caught in the throes of passion, he failed to notice a white van careening toward them. It was not until Yelena screamed in a panic that he noticed the catastrophe looming over them.

His first reaction was to open the passenger door and push her out of the car. Shoved out of the vehicle, she landed quite a distance away and could only watch helplessly as the white van crashed into Hank’s car.

There was a loud collision, followed by a massive explosion that blasted the entire scene. Yelena slumped to the ground amidst the flames, her face blackened by the billowing smoke.

When the passersby rushed over to help, she finally realized that the front of the car had been utterly crushed by the impact. Hank had been sitting in the driver’s seat; if he remained in the car, he would be crushed and flattened by then.

She stared at the appalling state of the car with tears brimming in her eyes. “Hank!”

Releasing a gut-wrenching scream, she tried to rush forward. However, one of the passersby grabbed her and dragged her backward by the arm while cursing furiously, “Miss, what the hell are you doing? In that state, the car might explode at any given moment! Hurry up and run!”

She struggled to break free. “No! My boyfriend is in the car! I need to help him!”

“What boyfriend? Even if he was inside, he would’ve been crushed into a pulp by the massive impact just now!” The passerby shook his head and sighed, cautioning her against unnecessary risks.

Held down tightly, she was unable to move a single inch. Therefore, she could only watch helplessly as the car gradually burst into flames.

“Silly girl, what are you thinking? How could anything happen to me?”

Just as Yelena sunk into utter grief and despair, she suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her. Looking back in disbelief, she discovered Hank standing not far away with scratches on his face.

He was smiling. Moreover, his smile was warm and gentle. His expression almost seemed as though nothing drastic had occurred just moments earlier.

The accident had, however, terrified Yelena. Flooded with fear from her close brush with death, she threw herself into his arms. “Do you know how much you scared me earlier? You pushed me out of the way, but I couldn’t find you anywhere. I thought you were still inside the car!”

He patted her on the back reassuringly. “How could I do that? I could never abandon you alone.”

The truth was that he had no time to react earlier. Hence, he simply threw open his door and rolled to the side of the road. His swift actions ultimately resulted in injuries to his face during the process.

She raised her hand and touched the wounds on his face tenderly. “It must be painful. You must’ve gotten these injuries earlier. Let’s get you examined at the hospital.”

He shook his head and released her from his embrace. When the flames surrounding the car began to subside, he stepped forward to take pictures and collect evidence from the scene. Yelena watched him for a moment before she questioned, “What are you planning to do?”

“I suspect the incident today was not an ordinary accident. Look! There’s nobody in the car, which means that the driver jumped out of the car and escaped.”

Upon hearing those words, she widened her eyes in disbelief. “Are you saying somebody tried to harm us?”

“Pretty much.”

She immediately became livid. “Who on earth would do that? Why would they want to harm us? It’s not like we’ve offended anybody.”

Hank stroked her hair to calm her down. “It’s alright. There’s no need to worry. I’ll know the truth once I investigate this matter.”

If my investigations reveal the culprit behind this incident, I will never forgive them. Anybody who dares to harm my beloved is simply asking for death.

…

Ever since Elspeth encountered that person during the book signing session previously, she had been feeling extremely restless.

She could not shake off the feeling that things were not as simple as they seemed. No way, the woman was merely similar to Emma in appearance. Not to mention, there was also the man who looked

exactly like Callum.

Everything was puzzling and confusing, but it did not take long before she encountered that woman again.

The previous president of the Alphascape Group had resigned, and the new president was said to be a young woman. Nobody knew what sort of tricks she used to climb her way to the position in just half a year.

Elspeth originally thought the relationship between the two companies could start again on a clean slate now that the previous president was gone. It was not until she encountered the familiar face in the office that she abruptly felt overwhelmed and confused.

“Yena?”

The woman standing opposite Elspeth was dressed in a modest but professional suit. Furthermore, her movements gave off a sense of elegance and poise. If she was said to resemble Emma in appearance, it could also be said that she was considerably gentler and more respectable than Emma.

Nevertheless, Elspeth always felt as though there was something familiar about the way this woman looked at her.

“I did not expect you to remember my name, Miss Lynwood. I’m very flattered.” Yena’s words were meant to be flattering, but her statement simply left Elspeth feeling uncomfortable instead.

She frowned slightly and took a seat opposite Yena. “I can’t believe you’re Alphascape’s new president.”

Yena was not surprised that Elspeth would ask such a question. Curving her lips into a smile, she laughed and asked, “Don’t tell me… Do you, like everybody else, also believe I used unorthodox

methods to obtain this position, Miss Lynwood?”

Elspeth did not expect to bring such a grave accusation upon herself at the start of the conversation. A look of displeasure immediately appeared in the depths of her eyes. “I did not mean that.”

“Lighten up a little. I was merely joking with you.” Yena held up the contract in front of her. Placing it on the table, she lightly pushed it toward Elspeth. “Have a good look, Miss Lynwood. What do you think of the written contract?”

The two companies were supposed to cooperate in the field of computer chip technology, which was something new to Azure Corporation. It was only natural that Azure could not compare with Alphascape in terms of experience and technology.

Fortunately, Elspeth had done her homework before she decided to enter the industry, so it was not difficult for her to read and understand the contract. Even so, two conditions in the contract surprised her.

“The price of the chip… In terms of the pricing, isn’t Alphascape being a little too greedy?” After doing some market research, she knew that similar computer chips could be purchased from other vendors at a price that was 25% lower than what Alphascape offered. Hence, she could scarcely believe Alphascape would offer them such an expensive deal.

Yena naturally knew what was written within the contract. Admiring her newly-done manicure, she responded in a calm and leisurely manner, “But Alphascape is currently the only one in the industry that can mass-produce these chips. You might not be able to obtain as many of these raw materials if you purchased them from elsewhere, Miss Lynwood.”

Elspeth knew Yena was speaking the truth. It was precisely due to Alphascape’s monopoly on the market that Yena dared to make such an unscrupulous offer. Be that as it may, if Elspeth bowed down

to her wishes and agreed to such a high price, Alphascape’s oppression would only become increasingly excessive in the future.

Steeling her heart, Elspeth pushed the document back toward Yena. “I’m sorry, Miss Hallaway. I’m afraid I can’t agree to your terms.” Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

However, Yena was not surprised by Elspeth’s response. In the first place, these overbearing clauses were designed so that Elspeth would disagree with them.