Only you in my love
Chapter 574 Punish One As A Warning To Others

The CEO of the Magnolia Media Company was called Marcus Zhang. He was in his early thirties and looked quite shrewd. Then again, being the head of a huge company, he was rather sophisticated despite the situation. However, it was the first time he ever had the sense of panic. He had been sweating all the way, trying to think about his options on how to save his company.

Vicente had threatened him in person that Marcus could no longer in this business. Marcus hoped that Vicente would be magnanimous and would not let him go bankrupt and lose everything in the process.

After hearing the recording last night, Marcus had some misgivings. He also thought about the possibility that Vicente and Nina had gotten a divorce. However, after investigating the situation, he found that there was no sign of their divorce, and so he agreed to release the recording.

Marcus thought that although Nina had a strong background, it was still she who cheated on Vicente. He was certain then that if Vicente knew about it, the count would definitely deal with her. However, Marcus didn't expect that Vicente would deal with him instead. Because of that, Marcus felt very regretful of his actions. If it weren't for his greed and if only he had handed the recording to Vicente first, then it wouldn't have happened.

Then again, this was all because of this intern named Lynda. Marcus shouldn't have listened to someone else's persuasion and agreed for her to stay. As a result, he was jinxed.

Feeling regretful as well, Lynda followed Marcus obediently. Her face was pale, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone or anything around.

That morning, instead of getting praised, Lynda had received a scolding by her colleagues and the CEO.

Now, she was nervous as if she already knew what would happen to her next. She wanted to just run away countless of times, but her fear made her legs tremble from the idea.

After all, there were a lot of maids and bodyguards everywhere in the castle. Even if she wanted to and even if she had the courage to, she still wouldn't be able to escape. If she did happen to run and get away from here, she would be spending her whole life in hiding. Lynda did that because she wanted to be a permanent employee at the company. However, she didn't expect that Vicente would side with and stand out to speak for Nina. Moreover, she didn't know that they had already divorced.

Walking in the solemn castle, Lynda felt like she was a prisoner being escorted towards the dungeon.

Lynda didn't know how to face her consequences or whatever they might be. Moreover, she did not know how to face her good friend, Cali, after what she had done to her.

The news started to spread like wildfire, and for certain, Cali must had guessed that it was Lynda.

"Lynda!" Marcus suddenly stopped to turn around and shout at her. "When we get there, make sure you apologize. Don't cause any more trouble."

Hearing the scolding, Lynda was so frightened that she could only nod in response and didn't even dare to say a word.

When they entered the living room, the first thing they saw was a maid kneeling on the floor. Marcus guessed that she was the other woman in the recording, the one who told Lynda about what she saw at the airport. Marcus looked around, and there were two people sitting on the sofa-one had a gentle face, while the other had an obvious gloomy face.

He looked at the basket of fruits on the coffee table and found a kitchen knife shining with cold light.

Looking at the knife, Marcus started to feel a chill around his spine. He was so nervous that his palms started to sweat. The kitchen knife looked like a butcher's knife, ready to strike him any time soon. Unconsciously, he touched his neck as if trying to protect it from getting sliced.

As soon as they entered, the eyes of both men raised at the same time at Marcus and Lynda. Their cold eyes felt like a stab for Marcus, making him feel weightless in an instant as if he had fallen into hell.

Being in the entertainment industry, Marcus had seen many people before. He knew at a glance that the man with the cold look on his face was not just a regular man. After all, the man was able to sit beside Vicente, and his eyes were as sharp as the kitchen knife of the table. Marcus assumed that this must be Nina's boyfriend.

Even Vicente looked like she had respect on the man.

Before he could faint in fear, Marcus wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and said with respect, "It is my pleasure to meet you, Count Nangong. I brought the intern who gave me the recording. This is Lynda Jiang, and she came to apologize to you." Hearing Lynda's name being mentioned, Cali, who was kneeling on the floor with her head lowered, raised her head and looked at Lynda with nothing but resentment.

Lynda gasped as soon as she met Cali's eyes. Half of Cali's face was red and swollen, and the corner of her mouth was still bleeding.

Lynda covered her mouth and said, "Cali, I'm really sorry." She then lowered her head in panic as tears started streaming down her face.

Lynda's knees started to tremble as she knelt down with a thump. "I am sincerely sorry, Count Nangong. Please, this had nothing to do with Cali. She didn't know I was recording. I swear, she knew nothing. Please don't blame her. Don't hit her anymore. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." Her heart was full of guilt and regret as she started to apologize. She lowered her head and was about to kowtow to atone for her sin. Vicente turned to give a look to a maid, who understood and walked over to Lynda to stop her from kowtowing.

"Lynda, the floor in my house is very expensive. It will be really troublesome for me to change it if you make it dirty, don't you think? As for Cali, she slapped herself," Vicente said in a gentle tone, and there was no hint of blame at all.

"What?" With tears still streaming down her cheeks, Lynda turned her head and stare at Cali's red and swollen face in disbelief.

Cali's eyes met with Lynda's. At that moment, the tears she tried hard to hold finally came out of her eyes, rolling down on her red and swollen face.

"Lynda, I regarded you as a good friend of mine. I told you everything because I trusted you. I thought that you'd be able to give me some advice. It didn't matter even if you weren't able to give me any solution. You listened to my restlessness, and I was already satisfied with that. But..."

Cali stopped and started to cry. She felt heartbroken and angry that Lynda had betrayed her, and that she was wrong about trusting her.

"I am really sorry, Cali. It's just..." Lynda wanted to explain her side, but the more she thought of what to say, the more selfish she sounded.

"I can't believe it. Did you secretly record, clip that audio, and post it online just so you could become a permanent employee? You're so selfish! Have you even considered that you'd be hurting me by doing so?" Cali sniffed and sobbed angrily.

Lowering her head, Lynda kept crying and couldn't make herself say anything more. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

She knew that she was going to lose her best friend. From the moment she told Cali to wait so that she could record their conversation, she knew about the possibility of losing Cali.

In the end, her greed dominated her, and she still did so.

Because of what she did, Lynda could not refute any longer.

Marcus cut in and said, "Count Nangong, I have brought the culprit here in front of you. I also sincerely apologize to you and Princess Nina. I humbly ask for your forgiveness about this matter."

"Forgiveness? How bold of you to ask that from me! If you hadn't agreed in the first place, then the audio would not have been released, right? You should also take responsibility of your own actions. No, the whole Magnolia Media Company should be responsible for it," Vicente said with a smile.

Marcus started to sweat in panic. "What do you want me to do, Count Nangong? No, what can I do to make you forgive me and forget about this? Whatever it is, I will promise you that I will do it."

"Easy. I'll just make you go bankrupt in three days' time." Vicente paused and thought about it for a while before adding, "Actually, no, it won't need to take three days."

Vicente stood up and walked over to Marcus, who began trembling more with fear. "Relax. Stop being nervous. Didn't you say that you weren't afraid of anyone threatening you? Where's the courage? Why are you trembling?"

Marcus almost knelt down in front of Vicente when Vicente patted him on the shoulder. "I really didn't know that you and Princess Nina have divorced. I swear!"

"Well, it's not your fault."

"Yes, yes! It's not my fault!" Marcus's eyes immediately lit up with hope.

Vicente gave him a mischievous smile. She learned from John that she should punish one as a warning to others, so that no media outlets would dare to provoke her easily in the future.

This was a good opportunity to alert those who planned to oppose her.

"However, I won't let you go that easy. Just take it as a small punishment. I believe that with your strength and courage, you will definitely make a comeback, won't you? Well then, since you already sent her to us, you can now go back for the time being." Feeling relieved that he could leave, Marcus left dejectedly.

Kneeling on the floor with her head lowered down, Lynda knew that it was her turn to be judged, but she didn't have money or the status, so she wondered what Vicente would to do her.

While Lynda was thinking nervously about all the possibilities, Vicente's voice could be heard once more, but it was not directed to her.

"You can deal with her yourself." Vicente looked at John and then turned at Lynda with sympathy.000000