Chapter 19 I’ll Meet Him in My Name
“Valaric… I think I’ve heard the name before.” Gavin pinched his eyebrows and murmured.
“I’ve done some work on this Ms. Dodson.”
Gavin thought his secretary finally got smart and knew to think ahead of him. His eyes lit up.
“Tell me what you found.”
“Nothing.” Derek shuddered and spread out her hands.
“Derek, I think you get your salary this month at the HR tomorrow.” Gavin’s eyes were cold.
“Mr. Sheppard, don’t be angry. I used every means I could, but Ms. Dodson’s file is so confidential. There’s nothing I can do.”
Derek’s face got pale. She wiped her face in fear. “Isn’t it weird? Her father Vinson only has this one daughter with his wife. As a young rich lady, she is so reclusive.
“I’ve searched all the possible social platforms, but in vain. Is she living in the remote woods?”
“Does she have a photo? Let me see.
“Well, I’ve found one with a lot of effort.”
Derek took out her phone and put the phone in front of Gavin.
Gavin took a look and got furious. “Derek, are you trying to piss me
off?”
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Regardless of the low resolution, the girl in Vinson’s arms was around five years old.
What could this photo possibly tell?
“Mr. Sheppard, please don’t be angry with me. This is the only photo of Ms. Dodson I can find on the Internet. It was taken twenty years ago at her mother’s funeral.” Derek thought she was doing such a dangerous job that she needed heart–saving pills with her.
It looked like Valarie was quite young. She was roughly twenty–five years old.
She was at Megan’s age.
Gavin stared at the photo without saying a word. He frowned more.
Why did the girl in the photo look a bit like Megan?
Damn! He had divorced Megan, but he kept thinking about her. He
was crazy.
A maid outside the door interrupted his thoughts.
“Mr. Gavin, Mr. Samuel wants to have a word with you.”
***
In the living room, Louise was lying in Samuel’s arms, sobbing.
She was in her forties, but she wasn’t embarrassed at all when she acted cute and cried miserably to soften her husband up.
“Samuel… My poor sister has barely had any happy times since she married into the Hull family. Now, she has met this…
“She almost cried her heart out when she called me last night. She said
she had no courage to see me anymore. She doesn’t want to embarrass the Sheppard family.”
“That’s not right. We’re about to be family. I’ll help her for sure.
Samuel stroked Louise’s shoulder with his big palm and said extremely softly, “We’ll think of a way when Gavin is here.”
As a goody–two–shoes, Louise drove away Gavin’s mother and completely won Samuel’s heart.
Samuel had no resistance to this kind of woman.
“Father, I’ve heard you want to see me.”
Gavin walked over with deep, cold eyes.
“Gavin, you have to save Stacey and her family.”
Louise used a handkerchief to wipe her tears. She said in a choked voice, “Stacey and her father are both in poor health. Stacey even has no mood for food and becomes ill. Think of a way if you care about her.”
“Gavin, have you found out what happened this time?” Samuel asked and patted Louise as a comfort.
“I have. The news is released by the new general manager of the KS Group named Valarie Dodson.”
Gavin lowered his eyes to avoid seeing how intimate Samuel and Louise were.
In Gavin’s memory, Samuel had never been so soft to him or his mother. Gavin thought Samuel had forgotten his first wife’s look.
“The KS Group… The Dodson family in Capfield?”
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Louise covered her mouth and exclaimed, “They are the richest family in Capfield. How could my sister possibly annoy them?”
“The Dodson family and the Sheppard family held grudge against each other. An ancestor in the Dodson family once made an outh that the two family members couldn’t have marriage. Anyone who broke the rule would be driven out of the Dodson family.”
Gavin didn’t care about it. He was going to marry Stacey, not a daughter from the Dodson family.
But the words kind of frightened him and made him heartache.
“Well, the Dodson family must have been irritated by the news that the Hull family would become close to us after Gavin’s marriage with Stacey. That’s why they tried to hurt us by creating rumors for the Hull Group. They were so vicious.” Louise twirled the handkerchief in her hand in fury.
“Gavin, meet Ms. Dodson tomorrow and talk her out of hurting the Hull Group. This is a matter of our Sheppard family dignity,” Samuel said sternly.
“Samuel, what’s the point of being so serious? Gavin has always been a good boy. He knows what to do,” Louise said softly, pinching Samuel’s shoulder.
“I save the Hull Group just for Stacey. This isn’t about others, Louise.”
Gavin’s eyes were quite cold. He immediately left.
Louise’s face turned pale.
She was Samuel’s wife now, but Gavin still called her by her name. How ironic it was!
“Stop! How come you still call Louise by her name? She is my wife
and your mother, Mind your manner” Samuel stood up and asked in fury
Gavin stopped but didn’t turn around. “You can have several wives, but I only have one mother. You know this. Why push me anyway?”
***
Jason came to Polyergic City to see Valarie. He brought up Gerold and the Hull Group during the dinner.
“Dad knows about your decision. He simply said that if you had enough evidence, then you could do everything to bring them down.” Jason considerately helped Valarie cut the beef.
“Well, Vinson is never loyal to one woman, but he isn’t confused about other things.” Valarie took a bit of the medium well beef. She chewed and narrowed her eyes.
“That’s why all the three mothers love him. Dad has a good character except for the habit of cheating. He has never treated any of his wife badly.”
“Well, who knows their sad stories anyway? You just see the happy side of their lives.” Valarie lowered her eyes and put the fork into the beef.
Jason stared at Valarie’s red eyes and stroked her head to comfort her. “I know you don’t hate them anymore. You just still feel sorry for our mother.
“But Valarie, have you ever thought that Mom might have forgiven Dad long ago?”
“How could she? She just grits her teeth and buries her feelings down. How can a woman bear to see her husband have other women at his side?”
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What she the same? She knew Gavin had someone else in lus mind which they got married, but she was immersed in love anyway. She did everything for Gevin but was discarded by him ruthlessly
Vinson had a mistress, but he still cared about his family. On the contrary, Gavin never saw her in the eve during the three years. Instead, he repeated hurting her most vulnerable part.
She was stupid to love this cold–hearted man for thirteen years.
“Gavin left me alone and didn’t call me these two days.” Jason took a sip of wine
“Well, he is busy cleaning the mess for his lover and her family. He has no time for me”
Valarie swayed the glass in her hand. There was determination and dominance in her eyes.
“Megan is not enough to control him. Well, I’ll meet him in my real name.”
