
"Yetoo."
A loud slap landed on Helena's cheek. Dizziness and ringing ears make it almost fall if his hands do not reach the wall that is on his right.
"Why did you reject Mr. Zo's proposal? Didn't I tell you that's the only way to save our company?" The voice of a man about 60 years old echoed in the hallway of a hotel near the restaurant on the 2nd floor of a famous hotel in the city of S.
Helena lifted her head while holding her cheek which felt numb due to the slap of the man. "Dad, I can't marry her. He deserves to be my father. I'm going to find a way to save our company" Helena said in a low-key statement.
"Why are you going to help our company? Selling yourself?" hardik The man who was in front of Helena.
Helena did not dare to look at her father and could only look down. "Dad, I'll work even harder. As long as I earn a lot of money, I will do it, even though I do not sleep, but marry Mr. Zo, I cannot. The old man is married and I don't love him anymore."
Helena's father chuckled. "If you don't want to marry Mr. Zo, why don't you just marry Sean? He has everything. We won't have any trouble if you marry her."
Helena raised her head with a helpless look on her face. "Dad, I can't marry her. Da doesn't love me. There's already another woman he loves."
Hearing the rebuttal from Helena continuously, Helena's father grew increasingly angry. "Basic fool. Put your brains on!" Helena's father is seen tapping Helena's head many times with her index finger.
"If he doesn't love you, make him yours. No matter what she loves another woman. I told you a long time ago, just trap him and sleep with him, then you'll be able to marry him. Why don't you ever listen to me?"
Helena tried to remain patient in the face of her father's anger. "Dad, I'd do anything for anything other than that. All this time I've been living up to my father's wishes, but I really can't frame Sean. From the beginning, he was very good with me. My career could be like the present with his help. How can I repay his kindness by betraying our friendship. I do love him, but I can't do such a dirty thing, let alone he's so good to me."
Helena's father's face turned red with anger. "Then what about our family? You want to see our company go bankrupt and become a beggar on the streets! We raised and spent so much money on you that you could one day help us. Not keep fighting me."
"Dad, I can't do something like that. Sean and his family are so kind to me."
Helena's father exhaled his chest. "Then marry Mr. Zo. Although he was old, he also had a lot of money. He can help our company not go bankrupt or if not just ask Sean for help. You said your relationship was very good. Even rumors of you dating have been heard in the city of S. Why not take advantage of your closeness with her?"
Their relationship is good. If it was before Sean got married, maybe Helena could ask Sean for help, but now it's different. She is married to Claire. He didn't want to drop his pride in front of Claire.
"Dad, please don't force me this time. I don't want to marry Mr. Zo and I can't get Sean involved in our family business. Just let go of Daddy's company. I can still work as a model. I will support all of you. I promise to work very hard so that you don't live hard, "please Helena with a compassionate face.
Helena's father was upset. "Basic is useless! It's a waste of me raising you in luxury, but you can't even do a little thing like this. I'm not going to let go of my company. If you don't want to ask Sean for help, I will still marry you to Mr. Zo. If you dare to fuck around. I'll sell you to a big boss who has a lot of money."
Helena immediately knelt at her father's feet to plead with her palms together. "Dad, please don't do that. I'll find another way to save your company. Give me 2 weeks."
Helena's father brushed off Helena's hand that was holding her sleeve. "Can't! Even if you sell yourself, it won't help my company. Marry Mr. Zo. He promised to help our company if you marry him."
"Dad I don't want to" said Helena, shaking her head strongly
"Don't argue with dad. Getup! We'll see Mr. Zo again in his room. Do what you have to do. If you need to seduce him so he wants to give a big injection of funds in our company." Helena's father tried to wake Helena up and drag her from the hallway to the elevator.
"Dad, please. Don't force me. I don't want to marry Mr. Zo." Helena tries to let go of her father's hand, but can't.
As they were about to arrive in front of the elevator, Helena noticed Wild standing near a room not far from the elevator. Helena could only duck, pretending not to see it could and could only follow where her father was pulling her.
"Wait!" Wild's resolute voice managed to stop Helena's father's footsteps and made her turn around and look in wonder at him.
"Young man, are you talking to me?" Helena's father was seen staring at Wild with an unhappy face.
Wild stepped closer to Helena and her father. Before answering Helena's father's question, Wild first looked at Helena's face after it looked back at her father. "Where are you gonna take him away?"
Helena stared at Wild for a moment then threw her face to the side. "No."
After hearing that, Helena's father looked towards Wild back. "Young man, this is none of your business, so it's better not to interfere with my business."
Wild looked calm, but his eyes became sharp. "If I help your company matters. Are you gonna let go?" Wild looked at Helena's father after that staring at Helena who looked to be staring also at him with a surprised face.
"What do you mean?" asked Helena's father with a confused face.
"Don't you say you need funds? I can give it to you, but let Helena go. Don't bother him anymore."
Helena's father's face was getting confused. "Don't play games with me. You better go. I'm in a hurry." Helena's father turned around and pulled Helena's hand back. "Come, meet Mr. Zo. He must have been waiting in his room."
As she was about to step up, Helena's father was held captive by Wild. "Wait a minute!"
"Don't interfere in my business" Helena said before her father got angry, but too late, Helena's father had already turned away with an angry face.
"If I dare...."
"This is my business card. Look first so you know who I am." Wild handed Helena's father his card before Helena's father could vent his anger.
Helena's father looks at the card in front of her and turns to Wild.
"You'll be sorry if you don't see it" Wild continued, moving the business card in his hand.
Slowly, Helena's father's hand began to loosen, she then grabbed the business card proffered by Wild and upon seeing it, Helena's father's pupils enlarged. "CEO City Corp., Wild Jeferson." Helena's father read with a business card in his hand.
"So you're the son of the Jeferson family, the owner of City Corp who's from town A?" Helena's father looked at Wild with a surprised face.
"Right," Wild replied with his flat face.
Helena's father's face instantly turned friendly. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were Wild Jeferson. I've heard your name a lot, just never seen your face. Again I'm sorry."
Of course Helena's father knew who the Wild family was just by hearing her name. Wild's father was famous as the most influential person in A city and their company ranked first in A city a level higher than Claire's father's company.
Wild looked lazily at Helena's father hearing his words. After finding out who she was, Helena's father's attitude instantly changed to senanh. "How was my offer?"
Helena's father smiled broadly. "Of course I won't reject it. How can I refuse the goodness of your heart." Helena's father then turned to his son, "why didn't you tell me from earlier that you knew young master Jeferson. We don't have to bother seeing Mr. Zo if you tell me from the beginning."
Helena was silent, not responding to her father's words. He looked towards Wild with a confused face. They weren't close, didn't even know each other personally, but why would he help her.
"You can contact me about your company matters," Wild said reasonably flatly, "now, can I take Helena with me?"
Helena's father nodded quickly while smiling broadly at Wild. "Of course you can. Please just take her."
Helena's father turned to his son, "Helena, since Young Master Jeferson is willing to help us, then you must behave well with him. You're finally useful too. Remember, don't touch him. Do whatever he wants. Smile her. This is the only way if you don't want to marry Mr. Zo" whispered Helena's father in a slightly suppressed voice.
Helena could only remain silent, without being able to reject her request. "Mr Jeferson, please take him. No need to rush. You can spend your time freely" Helena's father said as he pushed Helena towards Wild.
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