The Amazing Strike Back: Mommy Wants To Revenge!-Chapter 374: He Approached with the Gait of a Beast

Chapter 374: Chapter 374: He Approached with the Gait of a Beast

Anna Thornton originally wanted to sleep with the two little ones, but later decided to return to her own room.

The next day’s shooting task is quite heavy, and she has a habit of sorting out her lines the night before.

After taking a bath, she soon heard footsteps in the corridor outside her door.

The floor of the second floor of Sterling Residence is wooden, and the person approaching didn’t deliberately lighten their steps.

Hence, Anna Thornton could hear clearly, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, heading towards her room.

As if foreshadowing, here it comes, here it comes, he strides with beastly steps towards her.

When Conrad Sterling pushed the door open, he found Anna Thornton already sleeping with her back facing him.

That didn’t stop the man from coming in, lifting the quilt, and getting into bed.

Anna Thornton: "..."

She smelled a strong smell of alcohol and couldn’t help but wrinkle her nose, glaring at the man above her: "Conrad Sterling, there’s no need to pretend you’re drunk."

Anna Thornton knew the man’s alcohol tolerance.

Alcohol couldn’t possibly make him drunk unless he intended to be.

And Conrad Sterling didn’t want to be drunk, he was just looking for an excuse...

Anna Thornton knew what he wanted to do, having tasted the sweetness yesterday, a man’s beastly behavior is either once or countless times.

Yet she still wanted to resist a little; Conrad Sterling had already started to loosen his tie.

It seems tonight is destined to be a sleepless night of wits and courage...

Since Finn Grant decided to undermine things, he acted quickly this time.

Especially waiting in the crew for Anna Thornton to finish, saying he wanted to take her someplace.

Anna Thornton had been dog-tired recently, if there was a midnight car race getting caught in the police station, she definitely wouldn’t get involved.

Finn Grant repeatedly assured her he wouldn’t drink and drive this time, saying he didn’t even have a license. Not allowing Anna Thornton to refuse, he directly opened Anna Thornton’s sports car and sat inside, reporting a club address to her.

"Don’t you want to know what conspiracy Conrad Sterling and Ethan Hawthorne have?"

Anna Thornton knew Conrad Sterling had been very busy recently.

No matter how busy... he couldn’t stop the man from sneaking into her room at midnight.

But what Finn Grant mentioned was that Conrad Sterling and Ethan Hawthorne had ’a conspiracy’.

Ethan Hawthorne has been quite prominent lately; he seems to have not accepted new dramas for a while, moving around in the financial circle. Since Mason Hawthorne repeatedly got into trouble, first because of an impure relationship with a star causing massive social public opinion, later getting involved in a homicide lawsuit, and unable to get out.

Old Master Hawthorne couldn’t bear it but had to tearfully sever family ties, pushing Mason Hawthorne out to take the blame.

No choice; if it were just entertainment scandals, the Hawthorne family could still use their power and connections to suppress it.

But getting involved in the case of the community fire, most of the responsibility for the deaths of a family of three wasn’t anything else, it was because of inadequate community security measures, and lacking proper fire facilities and passageways.

Back when this project was constructed, it was Mason Hawthorne who made the decisions. For the sake of profit, he did everything possible to minimize public space. Just for such petty gains, entirely ignoring resident safety. As a result, it led to a fatal incident, and the remedy the Hawthorne offered wasn’t reflection and fire awareness enhancement, but money to suppress the matter.

After the news broke, all the residents of the Hawthorne group’s properties were agitated, launching strong protests and demands for accountability.

After all, no one wants to live in a building where even safety can’t be ensured, and corporate leaders ignore human lives. House prices are already so expensive now; ordinary people spend their lifetime savings to buy a house just to have a safe place.

Countless people were cursing Mason Hawthorne as a crooked businessman; critically, the Hawthorne family also develops high-end properties. The Hawthorne Group being the giant in this sector, having built up its status over years now shaken precariously by public opinion; this is shaking the foundation of the Hawthorne Group.

Therefore, at this time, pushing Mason Hawthorne out to bear the responsibility and take the blame is the best and wisest choice by the Hawthorne family.

Now Mason Hawthorne’s lawsuit is still ongoing; the frequent exposures of black material about the Hawthorne Group online are all borne by him, likely leading to imprisonment.

Anyway, this Hawthorne heir is considered done for.

At such times, the Hawthorne family needs to launch a new person to take charge.

Ethan Hawthorne is just at this time, actively moving in financial circles.

He was originally born a star, and the fan base over the years laid a good foundation for him to salvage public opinion.

Moreover, Ethan Hawthorne is quite capable; the recent series of measures he proposed indeed mitigated the Hawthorne Group in the midst of the public opinion storm.

However, from Anna Thornton’s interactions with Ethan Hawthorne, that man is nothing more than a lecherous idiot, maybe a little better than Mason Hawthorne, but not much more.

Ethan Hawthorne is absolutely impossible to save the currently troubled Hawthorne family by himself.

There must be an expert instructing behind the scenes so that Ethan Hawthorne could quickly emerge in Hawthorne at such a time.

Anna Thornton indeed also wanted to know what purpose President Sterling had for helping Ethan Hawthorne.

After all, only by knowing each other well can she... sabotage them!

Anna Thornton drove to the club Finn Grant mentioned, and learned at the entrance that Young Master Hawthorne had booked the place for the day.

Recently, Ethan Hawthorne had been trying to gain public sympathy by lamenting his hardships over the years; first striking out alone in the entertainment circle after leaving the Hawthorne Family, and now, assuming crucial responsibilities amidst family crises, all to win fan sympathy and support.

He feigned exhaustion and diligence in public, even releasing multiple announcements about being a workaholic who collapsed and ended up in the hospital, but in private, he was still living a life of indulgence.

As Anna Thornton observed the models entering and leaving the club, all heavily made-up and long-legged, each wearing knee-length trench coats with nothing but bare legs beneath, as if it was pre-arranged.

It seemed like it was a swimsuit party!

Anna couldn’t help but click her tongue twice in admiration at Ethan Hawthorne’s good fortune.

"Conrad Sterling is also here today. Tsk tsk, President Sterling is quite lucky!" Finn Grant whispered purposefully into Anna Thornton’s ear, "It’s a traditional private party for the second-generation rich of Aethelgard. Want to take a peek inside? I can take you."

As Finn Grant spoke, he slightly bent his elbow in front of Anna Thornton.

Although he wasn’t particularly close to Ethan Hawthorne, nor did he think much of him,

he knew the ways of such private parties. — As long as you’re here, you’re my ’like-minded buddy’!

So, Anna Thornton snuck in with Finn Grant.

It was truly a pool party, and the scenery inside the club was even better than outside.

Once they got in, Finn Grant suddenly placed a hand in front of Anna Thornton’s eyes: "Don’t look!"

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"Lest it sullies your eyes!"

"Young Master Grant, you might be mistaken. I’m not some innocent girl; I’ve been to such places plenty while abroad!"

Besides, overseas tycoons play even crazier and more thrilling games.

Anna Thornton pushed away Finn Grant’s obstructing hand, just in time to see a swimsuit-clad beauty being pressed by a man against the edge of the shallow pool area, followed by a bra pad floating up from the water.

Hmm... the domestic scene is relatively conservative.

"Indeed!" Finn Grant suddenly withdrew his hand, recalling, "I heard you once had a mafia gun pointed at your head, forcing you to attend a party of a certain international luxury fashion brand kingpin. And you ended up kicking him into the pool at the party, holding his head underwater for five minutes; he almost drowned, didn’t he?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"You know about that?"

"I happened to be on a business trip to the USA and heard about it," Finn Grant explained.

In fact, Anna Thornton was more famous abroad than at home.

Of course, that’s talking about the past! Now, Anna Thornton’s domestic fanbase is not to be underestimated!

"What happened afterward?" Finn Grant asked, curious.

"He didn’t die."

"Of course, I knew that." Finn Grant wasn’t asking about that.

The luxury brand family is quite renowned abroad; if she’d really drowned someone, Anna wouldn’t be standing here intact.

"He just swallowed a few gulps of water and caught a cold. But later on, I did a little ’work’, turning his ordinary cold into acute pneumonia, and he ended up hospitalized for almost half a year. He’s still not fully recovered and has lingering issues," Anna continued.

Finn Grant: "They didn’t come seeking trouble with you?"

"What trouble? Later on, his family patriarch and I became friends, and I was invited to attend many gala events sponsored by their family. The lingering effects of his acute pneumonia prevent him from smoking or doing drugs for the rest of his life; their patriarch couldn’t thank me enough."

"Impressive!"

What more could Finn Grant say but praise?

This woman, Anna Thornton, the more he knew, the more interesting she seemed to him.

Finn Grant suddenly anticipated: "So if you see Conrad Sterling later, frolicking with a bunch of swimsuit-clad beauties, will you give him a kick into the pool too?"

Anna Thornton glanced in the direction Finn Grant pointed: "I won’t!"

First of all, Conrad Sterling doesn’t have such a big belly to flaunt; his abs are quite firm.

Secondly, Anna couldn’t picture Conrad Sterling chasing a group of women around the pool with a lecherous grin.

If she ever did see that, she’d definitely pull out her phone to take a picture as evidence of adultery.

Then figure out a way to divorce! Extort! Increase the alimony!