Chapter 290 - Coercion 2

The elevator arrived. Beverly raised her head and looked over, her face turning pale again.

Harold walked ahead poker-faced. Beside him was Matthew. On the other side stood Elsie and Emily. When they came out of the elevator and saw Beverly and the others, Elsie was shocked and fearful. However, Emily seemed to be innocent as if she did not know what had happened. She glanced around and when she saw Maury, her eyes lit up and she smiled at him.

Maury was grieved. It was like retribution. He had done something wrong, so the punishment went to him.

Matthew strode over and asked, "What happened? Neither you nor Eliot are here. I heard you call Harold to come up, so I came to take a look."

Emily knew what would happen upstairs. But Elsie rarely showed her filial piety today. She heard that Matthew was going to the top floor, so she supported him and followed him up. She didn't expect to encounter such a scene.

At this moment, she probably felt so regret.

Maury wanted to save some face in front of his father and waved his hand, "No big deal, let's go down first."

Eliot lowered his head and remained silent.

Beverly did not dare to look at Matthew. She lowered her head and did not say a word. But her hair was messy and her clothes were torn to pieces. Most importantly, she was slapped twice on her face, and the red finger traces were still conspicuous on her face.

Room 2099's door was wide open, and the jackets inside were still scattered. There were traces of fighting on Daniel and Maury's faces.

Seeing this, Matthew inferred what had happened.

He hit the ground with his walking stick and scolded, "Bastard! How dare you to do so and disgrace the Britts!"

Beverly cowered.

Elsie suddenly walked forward and forced a smile, "Mom, aren't you discussing business with Mr. Daniel? What's going on? Why is there a fight?"

Hearing this, Beverly suddenly regained her mind. Just now, she saw Maury and was so frightened that she forgot to retort. Now that Matthew saw it, she couldn't get a good end anyhow. She might as well just refuse to admit and pass the responsibility to Lily.

She calmed down and raised her head towards Matthew and said, "I am discussing the market distribution plan for next year. His wife misunderstood and made a scene. I've said it before." She smiled and held Maury's arm, "Think about it. The annual meeting is coming soon, so how can I do so at this juncture, right? It is obvious that someone has misunderstood."

In front of Matthew, Maury didn't want to make things worse and didn't say anything.

However, Lily immediately shouted when she heard Beverly's words, "Misunderstanding? What a big misunderstanding!" She reached out and snatched the report from Eliot's hand, "You're telling me this is a misunderstanding?"

She kept looking at Elsie. She had just called Beverly Mom, then she must be Elsie, that illegitimate daughter. She was probably addlebrained. The more she looked, the more she felt that Elsie and Daniel's appearance resembled each other.

She stared at Elsie with a vicious gaze, causing her to shrink back in fear. Elsie didn't know why that person looked at her like that.

Matthew was too old to see clearly from afar. He only felt that this piece of paper had caused everyone's facial expression change. He immediately sensed the importance of this piece of paper. He stretched out his hand and said, "What is it? Let me take a look."

Lily was just about to hand it over.

"This is framing! Don't frame me with such forgery! I can sue you for slander!" Beverly took the report over and tore it into pieces.

Lily was almost startled by her.

When she got it, she doubted whether it was real or not. But she was infuriated the moment she saw this report. She had wanted to ask him in person, but she didn't expect to see him with Beverly. No matter true or not this report was, Daniel definitely cheated on her.

Lily took a few deep breaths and said, "Alright, you said this is fake, right? Well, since you two are here, let me ask you in person."

Beverly felt things would get worse, so she immediately interrupted her, "Go back your home and ask him. Don't waste our time. We still have the annual meeting to participate, and we still have to give a speech on stage."

Daniel interrupted, "It's fake! It's definitely fake! It's impossible that she and I ..."

Beverly was afraid that he would say something disadvantageous, so she interrupted him, "Mr. Daniel, go home and mind your own business. Since we are in a cooperative relationship, we are not afraid of being misunderstood. After you explain the misunderstanding to your wife, we will talk about the cooperation."

Daniel answered quickly, "Okay, we will talk about it when we get home." As he said that, he dragged his wife and was about to leave.

If Maury hadn't received that photo or seen the report before coming here, perhaps Maury would have half believed in Beverly.

But now, he did not believe a word of Beverly. However, he did not retort in front of Matthew.

Although Matthew was old, his mind was not muddled. He had been silent for so long and didn't interrupt when he heard Beverly talking. When Daniel was about to leave with his wife, Matthew finally spoke.

"Since you're a partner, Harold, invite them downstairs to have a drink. Our annual meeting will also begin just in time."

Daniel stiffened. He had indeed come with the idea of participating in the annual meeting of the Britt Group. But he couldn't stay any longer in current situation.

Moreover, his wife was still here.

"Mr. Matthew, Mr. Maury, I'm sorry, I have something else to do...." When he was just about to reject, he heard Maury say, "Well, Harold, find two good seats for them."

This was a blatant coercion.

Beverly was afraid that another chaos would be caused, so she urged, "Then let's go down first.." And she gave Daniel a hint.