Volume 3: My days in a college fraternity Chapter 125 You can always trust the methods of a jerk
Sophia stood by and handed Holly a tissue with sympathy. Holly took the tissue and choked up and said thank you to Sophia. Then she sat in front of Tommy with a painful expression and continued, "Tommy, I can't stand it anymore. I'm going crazy."
"So if you had been my girlfriend, you would have gone crazy even faster. That's why I chose Renee." Tommy stood in front of Holly, gently placed her head against his belly, and then gently stroked her long hair:
"Look at Renee. She has cooperated with the other party obediently for the fourth time in three days. She is not affected at all. The other party has no interest in digging deeper into her. Everyone knows that my beautiful, lovely and simple girlfriend is completely unaware of what Actor Company has done. She firmly believes that Actor Company is just helping others. How perfect."
"I can accept being followed by unknown people, calling me late at night, searching through garbage, etc., but now... they have dug up my experiences in high school. Every high school student has his or her own high school life, but that should be a personal memory. I don't want others to know about it and turn it into a public memory." Holly's voice was filled with pain and entanglement:
"Do you know that feeling?"
"I know." Tommy looked ahead calmly, his hands stroking Holly's soft long hair: "I know there will be this kind of pain."
Holly closed her eyes and whispered, "You'll understand me, right?"
"You mean you understand that you have contacted the other party and are ready to meet with them without a lawyer to ask them how they can help you keep your privacy?" Tommy said with a smile, "I advise you not to do that, Holly. The only condition for them to help you keep the secret is that you tell them everything you know about Actor and help them complete the witness testimony they want. Other than that, there is no chance to convince them."
Holly had closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of the moment, but now she opened her eyes and slowly moved her head away from Tommy's body. She looked up in shock at Tommy, who was looking down at her and giving her a warm smile: "How did you know?"
Tommy took two steps back, sat on the desk, leaned forward, clasped his hands in front of him, and looked at the shocked blonde opposite with a smile: "What makes you think that if you meet with the other party, I will forgive and tolerate you? You have contributed a lot to this company, and I am very grateful to you, Holly, but I hope you understand that there are some things you can't try."
"How did you know? I asked you how you knew I was going to meet with the other party without telling the lawyer!" Holly's tone became heavier, staring into Tommy's eyes, and asked loudly: "How do you know everything! Answer me! You are eavesdropping on me? Right!"
Tommy took out a cigarette and handed one to Holly. "No, don't worry. I'm not wiretapping you. I won't make that mistake right now. It's illegal to wiretap anyone without authorization. I can't break any laws right now. Besides, this is a lawsuit between two companies, not a spy war between the United States and the Soviet Union."
After hearing Tommy's affirmative tone that he did not eavesdrop, Holly's expression eased a lot. After hesitating for a moment, she took the cigarette and said, "You haven't told me how you did it yet?"
Tommy didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Sophia and waved at her. Sophia rolled her eyes speechlessly and walked out of the garage, leaving only Holly and Tommy inside.
After Sophia walked away, Tommy laughed at himself and said, "I don't know how she did it. All I can say is that maybe this is Ms. Delia Keyes's method. I don't know whether the investigating detective wandering around here is from Lotus or Actor. I only know that unless you are sure that the other party is from Lotus, if you rashly agree to any question from the other party without knowing their true identity, Delia may get the news that you may betray Actor and then inform me. Then I will come forward to resolve this potential risk."
"You mean to say that half of those bastards out there who are driving people crazy are probably hired by Actor? You use the same methods on your classmates, companions, and friends as you do on your opponents?!" Holly roared when she heard Tommy's words:
"We've worked so hard for Actor Company, and all we get in return is being stalked and harassed 24 hours a day, and all we get in return is a loyalty test from a bastard like you!"
"No, no, no, I'm not worried about your loyalty, Holly, I'm not worried." Tommy picked up the lighter, lit it, and handed it to Holly's lips: "You won't betray me and Actor because of those little things. I never doubt it."
Holly lit up the cigarette, and after hearing what Tommy said, she lowered her head and laughed at herself: "I don't have confidence myself, otherwise how could I agree to meet with the other party? Don't be too optimistic, Tommy, don't have too much confidence in me."
"Of course I have full confidence in you, Holly. I can even give you strength so that you can fight against the other party's dirty tricks." Tommy looked at Holly tenderly:
"Remember that you founded a women's organization on campus? Remember that each of you four received a sum of money? If the other party gets any testimony from you four that is unfavorable to Actor, you will not only destroy Actor, but also your own future. In court, Delia will tell everyone that you founded that organization behind my back, took advantage of my trust in you, swindled the company's donations, and then took the donations for yourself..."
"Asshole! You made me do all that!" Holly raised her hand to slap Tommy when she heard what Tommy said, but Tommy grabbed her wrist and slapped her in the face with his backhand, making a crisp sound!
Holly was stunned by the slap in the face. Maybe Tommy had said too many nonsense about respecting women and helping women recently, which made Holly forget that this bastard never had the label of respecting women in his bones, and only had the four words "profit first" in his bones. Now, this slap in the face reminded her again.
"You're the fucking co-founder of Actor! Co-founder! Bitch! And at this juncture, you're actually worried that a small matter like the man who slept with your cousin in high school will damage your fucking reputation? What serious consequences do you think will happen if the other party knows this news? The outbreak of the fucking Third World War? Let me tell you! Nothing will happen except making you scared!" Tommy stared at Holly fiercely and growled in a low voice:
"I thought you were a smart woman, Holly. I always thought so, but your performance really disappointed me. You may be smart, but you don't have a big heart! Your cousin knows, your family knows, but what can they do? As long as we deal with Lotus, you can go home with money, and even use money to make your cousin willing to accompany you to ravage her poor boyfriend! But because of you, if Actor loses, guess what will happen? Your shit will make you a recognized bitch in your hometown. This is inevitable. Then you will be ready to say goodbye to Stanford University and go to jail for suspected tax evasion. After you get out, you can find an entertainment company as a mid-range girl or work in a strip club with your face. This is your best outcome, and that's if I forgive you! Am I too gentle, giving you the illusion that there will be no consequences for betraying Actor? Be realistic, girl!"
"You had already calculated everything that would happen. You registered a women's organization in my name, and then tricked the four of us into sharing the money..." Holly looked at Tommy and said in a sad voice, "From the beginning to the end, you didn't trust anyone at all..."
Tommy stared at Holly. "These are all the other party's methods. They are just using these disgusting shits to destroy your nerves! Until you can't stand it anymore and choose to surrender! Do you think litigation is just the lawyers on both sides arguing in court? No, this is the happiness that rich people enjoy. They can use money to force us poor people to learn to betray in front of money, learn to surrender in front of money, and learn to kneel in front of money! When you think that those shits are covered up by the other party because of your surrender, it's the opposite! You will only find that you have lost more! Now think carefully, what the hell can you gain by betraying Actor! Keeping a teenage fun thing for you that doesn't need to be kept secret and no one cares about it?!"
"You are right, but... under the constant torture from the other party, that worry will be infinitely magnified." Holly rolled her eyes a few times and came to her senses: "But their methods are far worse than yours, Tommy Hawke, you succeeded in making me sober. Even if I was not sober, I would still worry about betraying Actor and being sent to prison by you. From now on, you don't have to worry about me leaking secrets."
"It's not that I don't trust you! I just know too well how you little cuties who have never seen the real world will react when you encounter these shocks, so I'll use the same method in advance to tie you to me! After you get through this level, you will fucking realize why you almost gave up Actor because of that stupid threat!" Tommy pointed at Holly with a cold look:
"The secrets that those people can easily find are not secrets at all! If they can find them, it means that the secret has been known to others, and there is no point in insisting on it! And I have already helped you to retaliate against the other party crazily. I guarantee that at this time, the people of Lotus Company will suffer more pain than you. We just want to torture and destroy each other until someone on the other side can't stand it anymore, and we find the real weakness of him, and then turn him into our important witness! This is the evidence collection investigation in the United States! Otherwise, why do you think there are many cases with conclusive evidence, but the plaintiffs eventually withdraw the lawsuit? Because they can't bear the pressure!"
Holly took a drag on her cigarette, gave Tommy a self-deprecating smile, and asked, "Did I disappoint you?"
"If I'm disappointed, I won't slap you." Tommy calmed down and opened his arms: "I hope that disappointing people will never happen to you. Come here, come to daddy, let me put some ice on your face."
"Do the people at Lotus have this kind of experience?" Holly lowered her head, flicked the ash off her cigarette, and finally threw the whole cigarette away. Then she threw herself into Tommy's arms, hugged Tommy's shoulders tightly, and said with almost gritting her teeth: "Tommy, I don't want to betray our Actor, but this kind of torture and the constant wavering between betrayal and persistence is too painful... Promise me that you will return this pain to the people at Lotus many times over."
Tommy patted Holly on the back: "You can always trust the methods of a jerk."
