Chapter 182 Despicable Means


    There was anger in Lydia’s eyes. When Bertie mentioned the urban construction project, she guessed


    what Bertie wanted to say, and bluntly refused, “You are dreaming!”


    In the eyes of Leo, there was also a dangerous cold light. When Rob was asked to hand over the urban


    construction project to the L Group, he thought about this possibility.


    The other half of the Emerdale River renovation project was in the hands of the Stewart family. If each


    earned their own money, that’s fine. They were afraid that the Stewart family would be greedy and


    wanted to grab the urban construction projects of the L Group.


    Unexpectedly, it really happened. He even grabbed it in front of him.


    In addition, Leo just wanted to ask Bertie something personally. He did not expect Bertie to take the


    initiative toe to him.


    Rejected by Lydia, Bertie was not surprised or angry at all. He smiled thinly, “Ms. Henderson really


    doesn’t want to think about it? Give us the urban construction project, and the L Group can gain the


    friendship from the Stewart family. You will have a bright future.”


    Saying that, Bertie stretched out four fingers, and his face slightly darkened, “Give you four billion, and


    sell the urban construction project to me. This money is enough to make your L Group sessfully


    listed. Don’t be ignorant!”


    Marcus, who was behind him, and rich princelings attached to Stewart and Wilson’s family also


    Four billion was an astronomical sum for ordinary people and even 90% ofpanies, but for a


    wealthy family like the Stewart family, it was just a drop in the bucket and was not worth mentioning.


    What they wanted to see was how the first female president in Emerdale became meek and


    subservient to them.


    However, Lydia was still unmoved, and she even sneered, “No matter how much money you give, I


    won’t sell you the urban construction project.”


    She was a person with a long-term vision. Afterpleting the urban construction project, the revenue


    would be more than four billion.


    Seeing the determined look on Lydia’s face, the cold look in Leo’s eyes also dissipated.


    Unfortunately, it backfired.


    A cold look finally appeared in Bertie’s eyes, but he was still not angry. He suddenly looked at Leo,


    “Who is this?”


    A cold light shed in Leo’s eyes. Just as he was about to speak, Lydia preemptively said, “He is my


    husband.”


    “Oh, he is the one who took away your innocence, disappeared for five years, and left you widowed for


    five years.”


    The speaker was not Bertie. It was Marcus of the Wilson family.


    He pretended to look at Lydia in surprise, then he pointed at Leo and said, “Ms. Henderson, you are


    the first female president of Emerdale, how could you marry such a bastard? Which of the men in the


    room is not better than him? Could it be that he is a tough guy that can make you realize the joy of


    being a woman? Hahaha...”


    While speaking, he did not forget to tease the two young women who were holding his arms around


    him.


    Lydia’s pretty face was sullen and she scolded in a cold voice, “Please show some respect to my


    husband.”


    At this moment, Leo put down his wine ss and suddenly said, “Before I get angry, you’d better line


    up and apologize to my wife one by one. Otherwise, when I get angry, you won’t be able to leave.”


    All the young masters were startled, and then burst into shockingughter.


    “What did you say? I didn’t catch it. Who can’t go if they want to?”


    “You said you will be angry, let me see how you are angry?”


    “It’s just a jerk who has relied on Lydia to survive until now. How he dares to speak madly!”


    They cursed andughed, and no one took Leo’s words seriously.


    Only Bertie knew a little bit, so he didn’t go to offend Leo. Instead of that, he turned to Lydia and said


    without a smile, “The president of the dignified L Group actually married a jerk as his wife. I think you


    don’t want it to be known by everyone in Emerdales, right?”


    Lydia’s face darkened, “What do you mean?”


    “Ms. Henderson, I have your handle in my hands. I advise you to listen to me and hand over the project


    obediently.”


    Bertie drank all the fine wine in the ss, and gave Lydia a sideways nce, as if the winning ticket


    was in his hands.


    Lydia’s inner unease became even more intense, “What’s the handle...”


    Bertie threw a cellphone to Lydia, “Watch the video.”


    Lydia pressed the y button in confusion. After a while, there was a blushing sound from the box.


    Lydia nced at it. Soon her face became pale and her whole body trembled slightly. She bit her lip so


    hard that red blood flowed out of her mouth.


    Leo felt something was wrong. He immediately took a look at the cellphone.


    At first nce, his face changed slightly.


    It’s a three-minute video set in a dark warehouse where a man and a woman are tied together.


    The man was ragged and covered in blood, like a mad beast.


    The woman’s voice was crying, both painful and desperate. She wanted to escape, but she couldn’t


    escape. In the end, she closed her eyes as if resigned, and shed two lines of clear tears.


    The whole video came to an end with the woman’s desperate and painful cry. After watching this video,


    Leo also looked up stiffly, looking at Lydia who was on the verge of breakdown.


    Yes, the man in the video was Leo five years ago, and the woman who was tied up was Lydia.


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    With red eyes, she grabbed the cellphone and quickly deleted the video.


    Looking at the despairing Lydia, Bertie smiled lightly, “Ms. Henderson, you should be very familiar with


    this video. If I release this video, what will happen to you?”


    As soon as these words came out, Lydia’s pupils shrank immediately, and her body trembled even


    more violently.


    Leo’s eyes were already full of killing intent, and he said in a deep voice, “How did you get this video?”


    “It’s none of your business.”


    Bertie said slowly, “You just need to know that I hold the secrets of the two of you. Just do as I say,


    otherwise, you will be at your own risk.”


    Lydia quickly came to Bertie with tears of humiliation in her eyes, but she still begged in a voice that


    was almost begging, “No, don’t let the video out.”


    “Then it depends on your performance.”


    Bertie’s eyes were full of ruthlessness, and he suddenly said loudly, “Now, kneel down for me!”


    The current situation has exceeded Leo’s expectations for a while, causing his eyes to be shocked and


    his heart to suffer to the extreme.


    What happened in the warehouse at the Emerdale Pier five years ago was Lydia’s lifelong nightmare.


    Unexpectedly, there were still cameras shooting at that time, and it even gave Leo a head-on.


    He couldn’t figure out how Bertie got the original video, and who filmed it all in secret and silently.


    Everything, like an invisible, shrouded Leo.


    When Leo was shocked, Lydia had already bent her knees and was about to kneel slowly.