Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 825 - 426: Extra Story: Playing Dirty 1_2

Marie nodded, "Not in the past two days, but today Daddy called me when you were in the shower."

Christine Quinn propped herself up against the headboard, "Really?"

"Yes... Daddy told me he’s going to be back a few days late."

"Oh."

"Mommy, what’s wrong? Why are you asking about Daddy? Weren’t you the one who didn’t want to think about Daddy?"

Christine gave her daughter a glance, "Little smarty, Mommy wasn’t thinking about your Daddy."

"Then why did you ask if Daddy called me? Hasn’t he called you in the past few days?"

"You little rascal... Go to sleep, Mommy’s tired, sleeping now."

"Alright then..."

The next day.

After Marie went to school, Christine Quinn, feeling bored, sat in the living room watching TV.

No one expected that when she turned on the TV, a piece of news being broadcast stunned her.

"Breaking news, in recent days, it’s been widely speculated within the Oversky Group that its CEO Skyler Jones intends to transfer shares of Oversky... The news is still being verified, but it’s said to be leaked by a senior internal employee, and the reliability is extremely high..."

It took a while for Christine to regain her composure, leaning back against the sofa.

Skyler Jones suddenly withdrew from the L.A. project, and now the TV rumors he’s selling Oversky...

What’s happening?

Rumors have a basis, could something have really happened to Skyler Jones?

But he just called Marie last night, so he should be fine.

Christine felt quite unsettled.

While part of her wanted to call Skyler to inquire about the situation, another part felt it was not her place to be concerned about his affairs...

After struggling internally for a long time, Christine decided not to call Skyler Jones.

No matter what’s happening with Oversky, Skyler Jones surely has the capability to handle it, and even if he can’t, Geoffrey would help him, there’s really no need for her to worry.

Thinking this, Christine put her mind at ease and continued to idly watch TV.

What Christine couldn’t foresee was that by evening, the issue had escalated.

Skyler Jones’s secretary unexpectedly accepted a media interview, confirming the news of him selling Oversky.

At that moment, Christine couldn’t remain calm any longer.

Even though she and Skyler had no marital ties, she still cared about him; after all, he’s Marie’s father, and she didn’t want to see him in trouble.

Christine finally decided to call Skyler Jones.

When the call connected, Christine sighed in relief, and softly spoke, "Hello..."

His tone seemed unchanged, "Hmm."

"Are you still in L.A.?"

"Hmm."

"Oh... The thing is, Jonathon told me you withdrew from that new L.A. project."

He still responded with a light "Hmm."

Christine’s brow furrowed slightly, "Is something wrong with Oversky? I saw on the TV news that you’re going to sell Oversky."

"It’s nothing, just tired."

"So you really intend to sell Oversky?"

Skyler Jones’s silence implied consent.

Christine shook her head forcefully, "No way, you valued Oversky so much, you once said you’d make it bigger and stronger..."

"Do you have anything else?"

"Uh, I..." His voice felt inexplicably weary, and at this moment, he seemed strangely aloof towards her.

"If there’s nothing else, I have some things to handle, hanging up now."

"Ah?" Christine hadn’t had a chance to say anything else before the dial tone signaled he’d ended the call.

Christine put down the phone, standing by the window in a daze.

She didn’t know why, but after talking with him she should’ve been relieved, yet his weary voice gave her an inexplicable sense of unease.

Something is definitely wrong...

What exactly is causing him to want to sell Oversky?

That night, Christine tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

After thinking it over repeatedly, Christine decided the next day to go to Oversky and find Skyler Jones’s secretary Ernie.

Since Skyler Jones was unwilling to tell her what’s happening, she could only ask his secretary.

Ernie would definitely know why he suddenly wants to sell Oversky.

Early the next morning, Christine arrived at Oversky.

Because her divorce with Skyler Jones hadn’t been publicly announced, people still respectfully referred to her as "Mrs. CEO," and so she easily got to see Ernie.

Ernie was very respectful when meeting her, his head lowered, asking softly, "Mrs. CEO, do you have business at the company?"

"I’m here to ask about the sale of Oversky."

"Oh..."

Christine asked seriously, "Is this true?"

Ernie nodded, "Yes... It’s an order directly from the CEO, and I’ve officially announced it publicly."

Christine furrowed her brow, "Do you know why your CEO suddenly made this decision?"

"I don’t know... I’m just following the CEO’s instructions."

"Then when will he be back?"

"I don’t know that either, the CEO has postponed the trip, and hasn’t told me when he’s coming back specifically."

"Alright then... Thank you, Ernie."

Leaving Oversky, Christine appeared somewhat dejected.

As she was about to hail a taxi back to the villa, someone called her phone.

Seeing it was Rebecca Quentin calling, she smiled and pressed the answer key, "Hello..."

"Sis, something’s happened..."

"What is it? Don’t scare me."

"Mr. Jones had an accident surveying the project site in L.A. He fell from a height, and it’s serious, he might need amputation... But Mom and Howard Geoffrey only found out about this a few days ago."

"What?"

While major news outlets and newspapers were widely reporting the news of Oversky’s CEO Skyler Jones about to sell the Oversky Group, Skyler Jones was leisurely reading the newspapers in a top-class hotel in L.A., filled with exciting headlines with his charming photos.