{"id":1146,"date":"2026-09-28T21:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-480\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:03:40","slug":"my-sweetheart-480","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-480\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 480"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 480<br \/>\nMy Sweetheart novel Chapter 480<\/p>\n<p>At the Bridges Group&#8217;s president&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, sunlight shone through the glass, but the man was covered in cold air.<\/p>\n<p>The cigarette flickered at his fingertips. Reece puffed hard on his cigarette and thrust one hand into his trouser pocket. His eyes were cold.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he turned his head and kicked away the assistant next to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where&#8217;s Julian? What&#8217;s the situation with HY Group now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Bridges, Julian has been taken over to the police station by Joseph&#8217;s men for interrogation. The HY Group is now in disarray and is an empty shell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The assistant practically rolled out of the room, not daring to stay for a second.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bridge was too frightening.<\/p>\n<p>After a while, he picked up the invitation sitting on the table and dialed Ella&#8217;s number, &#8220;Get changed into your dress and wait for me at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, Kathy received a call from Joseph. She was still in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight the Joseph&#8217;s Group was hosting a celebration dinner and Joseph was coming to pick her up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t be going. I&#8217;ll be on duty later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll inevitably have to drink. If I get drunk, who&#8217;s going to take me home?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kathy froze. Joseph wasn\u2019t a &#8230; good drinker.<\/p>\n<p>At least the image of him getting drunk last month was still vivid in her mind.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing full well that Joseph had said that on purpose, Kathy was still worried.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I haven&#8217;t prepared anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got you ready. Come out, I&#8217;ll wait for you at the door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wait, I&#8217;ll go and find someone else for a shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was half an hour later that Kathy came rushing out. It was already a little late.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy had just put on a light make-up in the washroom. Joseph looked at her fair face and a glimmer of amusement showed in his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where&#8217;s the dress?&#8221; As she got into the car, Joseph kept staring at her, and Kathy&#8217;s face was getting redder and redder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll take you to change when we get to the hotel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Half an hour later, the limo pulled into the six-star hotel owned by the Joseph&#8217;s Group.<\/p>\n<p>They got out of the car, but there was a sudden rush of reporters around them. There were flashing lights all over the car park.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph frowned and put his arm around Kathy. John had arranged for some bodyguards to come over immediately.<\/p>\n<p>But by now Joseph and Kathy could not move an inch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Joseph, may I ask about your brother&#8217;s identity? Is he really an illegitimate son, as the former chairman of the Joseph&#8217;s Group said today?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Joseph, did the former chairman slander Julian so that you could successfully inherit the Joseph&#8217;s Group?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard that Julian was arrested today. Did you report it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kathy subconsciously looked at Joseph as the reporters kept asking questions, but he remained indifferent.<\/p>\n<p>Raising his hand, he blocked the camera from approaching repeatedly, &#8220;I have no comment about Julian. But he has misappropriated funds from the Joseph&#8217;s Group during his tenure. As the man in charge of the Joseph&#8217;s Group, I will pursue this matter to the end!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joseph&#8217;s aura was intimidating, and his tone was even colder. After he finished speaking, the journalists did not dare to speak out for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>The make-up artist and the assistant had long since gone out. The suite was silent, and only the sound of their breathing could be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy felt weak. Joseph always had a way of flirting with her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very late. Aren&#8217;t you going down yet?&#8221; Kathy pressed against his chest. She was really afraid Joseph was going to make love to her now.<\/p>\n<p>He was like a wolf in heat at any moment &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Joseph&#8217;s eyes were deep. At the moment, Kathy looked like she was naked to him even though she was wearing a dress.<\/p>\n<p>The lust in his eyes was spreading.<\/p>\n<p>But Kathy had already pushed him away hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yuck, you ate all my lip gloss.&#8221; Kathy walked over to the dresser. She had to put on lip gloss again.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph leaned over. He held Kathy&#8217;s slender waist from behind as he kissed her shoulder delicately, &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m going to eat your lip gloss first, and then I&#8217;ll eat you when I&#8217;m done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joseph!&#8221; Kathy glared at him both in shame and annoyance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, let&#8217;s go down.&#8221; Joseph smiled and took Kathy&#8217;s hand in his.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first time the two had attended a party together, and many people knew Kathy&#8217;s status. However, it had not been made public that the two had been married and divorced, so to many people, Kathy was simply Joseph&#8217;s girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>In the ballroom, Kathy saw a number of familiar faces. Johnson, Lincoln, and Joseph were all friends. They came over in their suits to give a toast.<\/p>\n<p>Sue did not come over because she was pregnant. Men had to socialize, so Alexia, who had followed Johnson over, went out for a walk with Kathy in the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of them was fond of these social gatherings. Instead, they felt more comfortable in a quiet setting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Had I known there was a good show at the Joseph&#8217;s Group today, I would have gone.&#8221; Alexia laughed.<\/p>\n<p>What Julian did at the Joseph&#8217;s Group today had been edited into a different version of the video that went viral online. 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