Falling For My Ex's Uncle - Chapter 192: Chapter 192

Alex received a phone call and left in the middle of the night. Although he walked lightly, I still woke up when he closed the door.
After waking up, I could no longer fall asleep. I turned on my phone and wanted to browse it before sleeping. However, the first message I saw was about the Herrera family.
Herrera Group was involved in a vicious scandal, and the incident was about Rosemary, their adopted daughter.
Rosemary's personal information and family background were exposed. Her parents died, and the Herrera family adopted her.
As for the death of Rosemary's parents, there were many rumors outside. Although the Read family was not particularly rich, Rosemary's father, Latham Read, and Kayden founded a biotechnology pharmaceutical company together.
Unexpectedly, Rosemary's parents met with an accident when the company was finally turning losses into profits.
Misfortunes never happened alone. Someone died after taking drugs sold by their pharmaceutical company. Kayden had no choice but to sell the company to compensate the victim. Later, he returned the money to the Read family.
Unexpectedly, ever since her parents died, Rosemary had returned to the village with her grandparents and was almost raped by a bachelor there.
At that time, Rosemary was only eight years old.
When Kayden learned that, he was furious and beat up the bachelor. Then, he brought Rosemary back to the Herrera family and took her as his adopted daughter.
Since then, Rosemary, who had suffered from autism after seeing her parents die unexpectedly, became even more ill.
However, under the care of her adoptive mother Amanda, Rosemary's condition also improved significantly.
Unexpectedly, Rosemary, who had almost recovered, encountered a lunatic while shopping. Fortunately, she had the help of a kind-hearted citizen. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Later, Rosemary tried to commit suicide because of that lunatic.
With great difficulty, she recovered again after treatment. But unexpectedly, Rosemary killed someone at the party held by the Herrera family.
Originally, it was not a big deal. After all, Rosemary was mentally ill, and the man was a rapist. His death was not worth pitying.
However, public opinion spread to the Herrera family people. Many people believed that Rosemary had suffered mental attacks from the Herrera family. Some netizens even revealed that the Herrera family had ulterior motives when adopting Rosemary.
Back then, even if the pharmaceutical company caused someone to die, they had medical insurance.
The netizens said the Herrera family adopted Rosemary to seize all the Read family's assets. Moreover, some people suspected that the Read family's accident back then was the work of the Herrera family people.
Many enthusiastic netizens also exposed the ill-gotten gains of the Herrera Group. They forcibly demolished houses, beat up civilians, and colluded with officials.
The center of public opinion immediately changed from Rosemary to Herrera Group.
Looking at the densely packed words on the phone, I fell asleep again.
The moment I opened my eyes again was when I was woken up by the sound of Marvin's phone call.
"Did you find Ivan?" I asked.
"Laurel, wake up." Marvin sounded anxious on the other end of the phone.
I rubbed my sleepy eyes and yawned. "What happened?"
"What happened? Herrera Group's stocks fell drastically. They lost hundreds of millions of dollars overnight."
I narrowed my eyes. "Does this have anything to do with me?"
"Have you forgotten that you're Alex's wife? If your annoying husband goes bankrupt, will you be in debt?" Marvin asked.
I smiled coldly. "It's so early in the morning. Can't you wish me something good? You already said that he's an annoying husband. I signed it when we registered our marriage. I can't take a single cent of the Herrera family's assets."
On the other end of the phone, Marvin was silent for a long time. "Laurel, are you stupid or something? But even if you're stupid, you're lucky. That's good too. Even if the Herrera family goes bankrupt, it has nothing to do with you."
"Bankrupt? You're overthinking it." I sat up and said weakly, "It's just hundreds of millions of dollars. It shouldn't be a problem for the Herrera family."
"Laurel, don't you know that when the tower falls, everyone will kick it?" Marvin was silent for a few seconds before continuing, "Actually, the Parks family's collaboration with the Herrera family was a trap. It was all to swallow the Herrera family.
"The Parks family used the marriage with the Herrera family to get the Herrera family to sign the project developed in Nifelheim City. If the Herrera family can't fork out the money to invest in it in time, they will have to pay a sky-high compensation."
Hearing this, my heart skipped a beat. I finally understood the true meaning of Alex's words yesterday. The game had just begun.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to the Herrera family. We'll talk about it when we meet later," I said.
"Okay." Marvin agreed.
After hanging up, I splashed cold water on my face and instantly sobered up.
When I walked out with my bag, I saw Sophina walking up to me with dark circles under her eyes.
"What happened to you? Did something happen at home?" I asked.
"No, " Sophina said. "I'm not afraid of them finding trouble with my parents. This will never happen. Everyone in our neighborhood is afraid of my parents. Do you know what those rich people are most afraid of? They're afraid of local ruffians and rascals who aren't afraid of death."
Sophina shrugged and continued, "Coincidentally, my parents are those people. Coincidentally, they were trying to find someone to raise their son for them. You know what? My mother is pregnant again. It's said that this child is a boy. It's as if there's a throne to inherit at home."
I was stunned. I didn't expect Sophina's family to be like this.
Before I could say anything to comfort her, she smiled nonchalantly. "It's not a big deal. After all, their older son is useless, and, understandably, they want a new son."
"Then what did you do last night?" I frowned slightly. "You should go get some sleep. Look at you. It's scary if I bring you out."
Sophina pouted. "I had a nightmare last night. Laurel, can I sleep with you tonight?"
Hearing Sophina's words, my heart skipped a beat. I wondered if Alex stayed to keep me company because he was worried that I might have nightmares after seeing that inappropriate scene yesterday and experiencing the kidnapping.
"Alright, you can sleep with me tonight," I said.
"What about Mr. Herrera?" Sophina's expression changed again and again. She shook her head. "Forget it, I... I'll go get some sleep. Laurel, are you going out?"
"I need to take a statement about yesterday's kidnapping," I replied.
"Then I'll go with you. I'll be worried if you go alone." Sophina looked at me nervously.
I reached out and patted her shoulder gently. I knew I wouldn't push her out even if something dangerous happened.
So I said, "It's fine. Marvin will come and meet me."
Sophina's dull eyes instantly sparkled as she smiled at me. "With Mr. Adams around, I can rest assured. Alright, I'll go get some sleep."
I went downstairs and saw that Marvin had found a second-hand Mercedes-Benz from somewhere. He was leaning against the door with a cigarette in his hand. The moment he saw me coming out, he hurriedly put out the cigarette in his hand.
Just as I was about to ask him to smoke less, he beat me to it and said, "Rosemary wants to see you."