The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 119: Thank You

Chapter 119: Thank You

"What bad news?"

Ronnie showed the congressman a high definition photo of his son in the driver seat and the woman lying on the road in a pool of blood.

"Damn it!" Edward Garses cursed.

"He also knows that his driver’s license was confiscated so Jun Jun was driving without license at the time of the accident. Who we are dealing is not simple."

"What does he want?"

"He is asking you to compensate the victim with one million on top of the medical fees."

The congressman banged the table with both hands.

"Can you check the identity of the victim? Does she has a backer? Election will be in six months. If her backer is my opponent and if this gets out I’ll be doomed." The congressman’s eyebrows met each other

"On it Boss. Give me a few hours."

Ronnie got busy with the laptop. After an hour he was done and reported back to the congressman.

"The victim is very ordinary boss. They are very poor. She is working as a waitress at a small restaurant in First Avenue while her husband is a construction worker."

"So who is helping them?" The congressman was baffled.

King of Aces reported to Erik that someone was investigating Jessa Pison and her husband. Erik pondered for a while. Aryana might be implicated so he instructed King of Aces to introduce himself as someone the congressman unknowingly offended.

"Boss, the mysterious man sent another email." Ronnie showed the laptop to the congressman.

[Just in case you wonder who I am, I am someone you offended in the past and caused me to lose money. I took pity at the victim so I randomly chose her as the beneficiary of my revenge.]

"Someone I offended in the past?" The congressman frowned. "Who could it be?"

"Boss, that’s a difficult question to answer. You have offended a lot of people..." Ronnie stopped halfway when Edward Garses glared at him.

"It seems like you do not want your job anymore."

"Boss, I did not say anything." Ronnie pleaded.

The congressman just stared at him coldly. "Settle this matter using Garses Foundation and make sure Jun Jun does not come out of the house in the next two weeks."

"Boss, you know how your son is. He only listens to you."

The congressman was exasperated.

"Tell the driver to bring the car in front. I’ll go home. Be sure to settle everything today."

...

Aryana clocked out at 5:00pm. She told Erik that she will visit Jessa in the hospital. Even if Erik was displeased about it he cannot say no to Aryana. He let a driver send her to the hospital and assign a bodyguard to secretly guard her.

Aryana visited Vince at the general ward but she found out that he was discharged.

’That stupid man, so stubborn.’ she muttered to herself. She went to find Alex at his office and inquired about Jessa’s surgery.

Aryana looked around Alex’s office. It was big and the furnitures were classy. She only thought that Alex was an ordinary doctor. She discovered later that he was also the managing director of the hospital and his parents were major shareholders.

"Erik’s friends are exceptional people but how could he summon Alex just like that? Alex seemed to have high regards for Erik" Aryana was talking to herself.

"What did you say Aryana?" Alex who just entered and went to sit on the chair behind the wooden table said.

"I just wanted to know about Jessa’s surgery. When is the schedule of the surgery?"

"Tomorrow morning at 8am. Her scans were reviewed by a few neuro surgeons and they concluded that it will be difficult to remove the clot but the best surgeon of this hospital volunteered to take up her case. Coincidentally he was free tomorrow."

"That’s great! Thank you so much for your help Alex." Aryana thanked him sincerely.

"You are Erik’s wife so you are like a sister in law to me. It is my duty to help you."

"Thank you again. I will not keep you. I know how precious your time is."

Aryana left Alex’s office and went straight to the fifth floor. She found Vince sitting on the chair and his head was on the bed.

When she opened the door, Vince lifted his head."

"It is you Miss Jones. My mother went home for a while to get some clothes." Vince stood up and offered her the chair. He sat at the edge of the bed near Jessa’s foot.

"Aryana thank you so much for your help. The surgery is scheduled tomorrow and a representative from Garses Foundation told me that they will shoulder all medical expenses. Indeed you are our angel." Vince’s eyes reddened.

Aryana nodded slightly.

"What are your plans? Have you applied for leave from work?"

Vince looked sad. "They fired me because of the kidnapping. I found some restaurant nearby who needed janitors. I can work part time and then take turns with mother to watch over Jessa.

There are also restaurants that are in need of a delivery guy but unfortunately I already sold my motorcycle when Jessa was first admitted." Vince regretted that he sold his motorcycle but he has no choice at that time.

There was a knock at the door and after a few seconds a tall burly man entered.

"Is this the room of Jessa Pison?" He asked Vince and then his gaze landed on Aryana.

’What a beautiful woman.’ He thought to himself. His gaze lingered on Aryana and she felt uncomfortable.

"Yes, it is. I am his husband!" Vince stood from the bed and blocked Aryana from the man’s line of sight.

"Congressman Edward Garses has learned about the situation of your wife from Rissa who was here earlier. He took pity on her and is giving you this check for 1.2 million. The 200,000 is to refund the downpayment."

Vince was flabbergasted. 1.2 million is very big amount for him. There is no such thing as free lunch. He was waiting what will be his conditions.

"The only thing he is asking of you is for you and your family to speak well about him during election."