Pampered by the Demon

Scarlett jumped with one leg to open the door, and it was the delivery man outside.

“Ms. Lauren, there is a package for you. Please sign for it.”

Scarlett was confused. She took the package and signed.

It was a medium-sized cardboard box, but she did not remember that she had bought anything.

Scarlett went back to the room and opened the box. Seeing the letter E on the box, her eyes lit up with joy instantly.

If not for her foot injury, she might even jump up happily.

It was a lite version EF SLR camera!

There was also a note inside, with Mike’s handwriting on it.

There was also a cartoon pig on it.

It said, “To Piggy: a comforting gift for your injury out of carelessness.”

Scarlett made a face. It should be called “compensation” instead of a “comfort gift”. After all, she got hurt because of him!

But above all, it was a lite version EF camera!

It was not that Scarlett could not afford it that she didn’t buy it before, but it was because, at that time, all she was thinking was how to please Mike and be a qualified Mrs. Abraham.

With the camera in her hands, Scarlett felt like she had been reborn. She grabbed it in surprise and fiddled with it a few times. How could a lite version be so good?

A few minutes later, Mike saw Scarlett’s latest post on Timeline.

It was a close-up picture of a plant with her comments.

“Today’s camera manufacturers are really doing a great job. A lite version can manage to take a photo of ultra-definition. Marvelous!”

Scarlett seemed to enjoy the gift very much.

Mike put down his phone and relaxed with satisfaction.

His phone rang.

“Mike, what are you doing? Why did you ask me to put our company’s luxury version camera into the shell of a lite version one? The luxury version costs tens of millions while the lite version only costs tens of thousands! This is a waste of treasure!” Ben Ellison’s bright voice came from the microphone.

Ben was Mike’s close friend.

“Don’t be so long-winded. I’ve already paid for it.”

Mike couldn’t understand why Scarlett would be so glad to receive such an inexpensive gift.

He had given her a lot of expensive jewelry, but she never seemed to really like them. This time, she was indeed happy.

So, it was very important to know what Scarlett truly wanted.

“If you want to put the camera back into its original shell, just call me. I’ll assemble it myself, and it will definitely feel better than it does now. By the way, are you giving it to your wife?” Ben remembered that Mike had said that Scarlett was a fan of photography.

“Yes.” Mike smiled.

He planned to deal with the work at hand quickly and take Scarlett abroad for a one-week vacation. She had just received the camera and must be eager to take many photos.

“Next time when we hang out together, bring her out. We have long wanted to see the living Mrs. Abraham.”

“The cooperation between the Abraham Group and EF next month will be canceled.”

Mike’s eyes flickered with dissatisfaction as he calmly hung up the phone.

As the president of EF, Ben was confused when Mike suddenly hung up the phone. What did he do wrong?

“Mr. Ellison, we usually don’t use the word ‘living’ to describe a person who is alive.” Ben’s secretary, who had been standing beside him the whole time, said. Ben groaned with resignation.

How could Mike be so sensitive?

He was just joking. Did Mike have to overreact like this? The cooperation project was worth more than a hundred million! Why was he so self-willed?

Scarlett was in a good mood for the whole day. This “lite” version camera made her very excited.

If her legs hadn’t been wrapped up like a mummy, she would have gone out to take a photo of nature, or even Mike.

Mike’s figure was very perfect and looked good in the photos.

Only then did Scarlett realize that she should call Mike and thank him for his gift.

Perhaps, she could also make his favorite soup and take it to his office. Mike seemed to be very busy recently and often stayed up late.

Scarlett was thinking about how to pay Mike back and was about to call him.

Just as she was pressing the button, the doorbell rang again.

“Coming!” After seeing the person outside through the peephole, Scarlett suddenly did not want to open the door.

It was Allen!

Why was he here?

Allen’s showing up made Scarlett depressed immediately. All her good mood was ruined.

After he asked her to steal the plan from Mike, Allen made two more calls a few days later. Every time, Allen urged her to go back to the Lauren’s.

Scarlett had already made up her mind not to do as Allen asked, so she deliberately dragged on and refused to reply. In the end, she even turned off her phone so that she would not receive any calls from Allen.

It never occurred to her that he would come here to look for her!

“Open the door. I know you’re inside!” Allen kicked the door.

Scarlett pretended she couldn’t hear anything.

Allen knocked and kicked on the door harder.

Scarlett had to open the door in order not to bother the neighbors.

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Allen slapped Scarlett in the face. Scarlett reached out her arm to block him, and he hit her elbow. She took a step back and hit the cabinet.

“Just say what you want.” Scarlett supported herself, and the phone in her hand was knocked to the ground by Allen.

She did not notice that the call had been put through.

“Hello?” When Mike saw that Scarlett was calling, he picked up the call, only to hear Allen’s voice.

“I’m here to ask you have you made up your mind to do what I asked you to do!” Allen was anxious to death these days.

After he had beaten up Scarlett, shares of the Lauren Group plunged greatly.

There were supposed to be two more months for Scarlett to think, but now Allen couldn’t wait for so long.

“I couldn’t find a chance.” Scarlett lowered her eyes and tried to find an excuse.

She had to stall for time.

It was only a matter of time before the Lauren Group collapsed. As long as she held on until that time, Allen would be completely desperate, and she would be able to get rid of him.

“Don’t make excuses! The news of you going to the banquet with Mike yesterday has already spread. He loves you so much, how could you not find a chance?”

The front pages of the major media were all close-up photos of how Mike holding Scarlett in his arms and dancing with her. It was hard not to know.

“He was drunk and didn’t know what he was doing. Even if it were another woman, he would do the same thing.”

Scarlett didn’t think that what she said was an excuse.

“Did you forget your mission and have a second thought because that Richard had come back?” Allen asked.

“What Richard?” Scarlett’s heart skipped a beat nervously.

“The second son of the Cowan family, Richard Cowan!”

“How did you know about him?” Scarlett thought that she had concealed her teenage feelings for Richard well.

“You really are still thinking about him!” Allen said angrily.

“How can the Cowan family compare to the Abraham family? I don’t care if you still like Richard or even want to elope with him again as you did back then. As long as you do what I asked you to do, I won’t stop you!”

“What are you talking about?”

Scarlett felt disgusted and disappointed.

Allen gave birth to her, but he never treated her well. He never gave her any affection that a father should give a daughter. How could he ask her to do things for him after being indifferent to her for so long?

“Don’t deny it. I’ve always known your feelings for Richard. Your mother told me everything. She said that you almost followed him and left the Lauren’s. If she hadn’t suddenly fallen ill, you wouldn’t have agreed to stay and marry Mike!”

The conversation between Allen and Scarlett was all heard by Mike through the phone.