At this moment, Jeff had just arrived at the company.
Yesterday, he and Victoria Lang had a few drinks at a Japanese restaurant near Crimson Ridge Estates, but nothing happened between them, and they quickly went back to work.
"Hello, Mr. Sterling."
"Hello, Mr. Sterling."
The company's employees all greeted Jeff respectfully.
Just then, Jeff received a call from Brandon Harper.
Jeff frowned and answered the phone.
Brandon: "Jeff, come to Grandma's house right now! I've found evidence that you're selling watches!"
Jeff said, "I'm very busy. I don't have time."
Brandon said urgently, "Jeff, are you too scared to come? We've already invited the person who bought your watch to our home. If you have the guts, come over and confront him face to face!"
Jeff found it strange. He hadn't sold any watches at all. Where did Brandon find the witness?
Brandon added, "It won't take you more than a few minutes. Ms. Lang is at the company this morning and doesn't need your protection. Hurry up and come."
Jeff originally didn't want to go to the Harper family again, but he didn't want them to mistakenly think he had stolen their things before leaving.
"Fine, I'll go and resolve this matter, so you won't keep bothering me."
Jeff hung up the phone and then said to Rachel Brooks, "Secretary Brooks, you can drive, right? Take me to Sterling Heights Villa."
"Yes!" Rachel Brooks immediately put down the documents in her hand, took the car keys, and took the initiative to press the elevator button for Jeff, leading him all the way to the underground parking lot.
Rachel Brooks was Victoria Lang's personal secretary, earning a monthly salary of eight thousand dollars plus commission, and owned an Audi A3.
This time, Rachel Brooks drove Jeff in the company car, a Mercedes-Benz S600—the kind of car business executives usually drove. This car was typically used to attend events or pick up and drop off executives and clients.
But Jeff didn't like the car; it wasn't suitable for someone his age. He would find time to buy his own car.
Rachel Brooks sat in the driver's seat, and Jeff sat in the back seat. Throughout the journey, Rachel Brooks drove very steadily and quickly and would occasionally steal glances at Jeff through the rearview mirror.
"It's so infuriating! Why do the bosses always have to sit in the back?"
Rachel Brooks felt wronged. She had recently been thinking about resigning from Ms. Lang's team and becoming Jeff's personal secretary, which would give her a better chance to get closer to him.
Thirty minutes later, Jeff arrived at Sterling Heights Villa and drove all the way to the gate of the villa where Old Madam Harper was located.
At this moment, Brandon Harper, Jessica Harper, Emily Harper, and others were standing at the door waiting for Jeff.
Upon seeing the boss's car worth over two million dollars, the group was stunned for a moment.
Then, Rachel Brooks got out of the driver's seat and quickly walked around the front of the car to the back seat on the other side to open the door for Jeff.
Then, they watched Jeff get out of the car, dressed in a suit.
"Secretary Brooks, wait for me here," Jeff instructed Rachel Brooks as he buttoned up his suit jacket.
"Yes." Rachel Brooks bowed and nodded respectfully.
Then, Jeff walked toward the door of the villa.
When Brandon saw Jeff, he burst into laughter. "Hahaha, Jeff, you're such a good actor! You're acting like a CEO, even having Secretary Brooks drive and open the car door for you. Tell me, how much did you pay her?"
Jessica crossed her arms, highlighting her good figure even more. "Who doesn't know that you're Ms. Lang's dog at Horizon Group? What are you pretending for?"
Jeff was already used to the taunts from Brandon and Jessica, but to his surprise, Emily didn't say anything to insult him this time.
Jeff glanced at Emily with some surprise, only to find her looking at him with a smile!
"Hehe, Sophia is right. Jeff went to Horizon Group so that he could one day achieve something to show me. Today, he deliberately acted like a successful person, which just confirms Sophia's guess!"
Emily naturally felt that Jeff was faking it, but she gradually understood why Jeff was faking it.
He wanted me to respect him! Emily thought.
Looking at Jeff, Emily thought smugly, Jeff, I've got you all under my control! It's good that you're divorced now. I can find someone of equal social standing to marry, and then I'll keep you as my backup plan!
A brilliant idea popped into Emily's mind.
These days, most goddesses have more than one backup boyfriend.
Emily used to look down on doing this, but since all the girls around her did it, she was gradually influenced by them.
Jeff, unaware of Emily's thoughts, stopped looking at her and instead turned to Brandon, saying:
"Stop talking nonsense. Where are the witnesses you mentioned?"
Brandon said smugly, "It's inside. Come in with me."
Jeff followed Brandon into the villa.
Jeff had visited this villa more times in the past three years than Brandon and the others, so he was very familiar with it.
However, Jeff was taken aback as soon as he entered the door.
Inside the door stood nearly ten slovenly dressed, tattooed or scarred men with fierce eyes!
These guys looked like thugs.
"Strange, how did they get in?"
Jeff walked in curiously, when suddenly a guy with dreadlocks, who didn't look like a decent person, walked toward him.
"Brother Jeff, we meet again," the man said.
Jeff glanced at the other person. "When did we meet before?"
The man said, "You forgot? A couple of days ago you came to me to sell watches, and I gave you five million dollars. I'm your Brother Gage!"
Brandon sneered, "Whether Riverforge is in chaos or not, it's up to Brother Gage! Every high school student knows Brother Gage, how could you not? I bet you're just pretending not to know him because you're too scared to admit you sold the watch to him!"
Hearing Brandon's praise, Brother Gage proudly raised his head.
Jeff couldn't help but find it amusing. "Whether Riverforge is in chaos or not, it's up to Brother Gage to decide? Heh, is Carmelo Anthony your idol?"
Jeff had heard this phrase before. The original phrase was "Whether New York is in chaos or not, Melo decides." Here, "Melo" referred to Carmelo Anthony, an American NBA player and gang leader nicknamed "Melo."
"So what if it is...!" Brother Gage didn't expect that Jeff could tell who his idol was as soon as they met.
Jeff laughed and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I just suddenly remembered that I used to play basketball with Melo and LeBron when I was in the United States."
Between 2003 and 2006, Jeff happened to be in the United States. In order to give Jeff an athlete's physique, his family often arranged for him to train with some professional players.
However, Brother Gage didn't believe it. "You're such a braggart! Aren't you from the village? I bet you have trouble even leaving the city, let alone going abroad?"
"Enough! Stop arguing!"
At this moment, Old Madam Harper suddenly came out of the inner room, holding a poodle in her arms.
"Jeff, I must punish you with family discipline today!" Old Madam Harper thought fiercely.