My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 1104: Resistance

Chapter 1104: Resistance

Camille and Ayan stayed behind to keep the old Simpson company atthe hospital for lunch. The food was plentiful, but it didn't suit the oldSimpson's taste. He preferred bland food with less oil and salt, sonormal-tasting food had no flavor to him. However, he had a weakpalate due to his age, so he ate mild-tasting foods.

After careful consideration, Ayan suggested to the old Simpson: "Thefacilities in this ward are very complete. How about I have my auntcome over and prepare three meals a day for you? This way, there willbe one more person taking care of you."

To cheer up the old Simpson, Ayan also prepared many flowers andplants on the balcony of their living room. To help pass time for him, hebought several types of watermelon seeds for him to plant as well -calling them "Cami and Timmy's favorites."

Of course, the old Simpson was delighted by this idea! That afternoonCamille and Ayan left him alone so that they could attend to their ownaffairs since he did not have much free time available anymore;between planting melons and tending his garden.

As time passed by in hospital life became easier for The Old Simpsonas he adapted slowly but surely. This put Camille after sending Fletchera message about how things were going they left together from hisroom.

They walked hand-in-hand through hospital corridors until they reachedan employee-only elevator leading down directly into an undergroundparking garage where Kian waited inside with their car ready.

Once seated inside Kian's car Camille still held onto Ayans hand whileleaning her head against his shoulder asking quietly: “What did you talkabout with Dr. Ellis? Is Grandpa doing okay?"

Ayan tightened his grip on her hand while lowering his voice severaldegrees before responding: "Not really... otherwise my parents wouldn'thave suddenly changed plans bringing Grandpa back here from HanceCity... living in rural areas has better air quality which is good for healthespecially when away from city smog or other stressful situations likework or family business matters related to The Simpsons... it'll be betteroff if we can keep all those issues out of sight & mind giving grandpapeace-of-mind which is important right now.”

Hearing Ayans words made Camilles heart sink because although shewasn't related by blood she felt close enough towards The OldSimpson who treated her kindly ever since first laying eyes upon herCamille's relationship with her grandfather was stronger than any bloodrelative, and it was irreplaceable. She couldn't bear to hear Ayan'swords about his condition. "Don't worry," Camille said to Ayan."Grandpa is a good person, and he has always been kind. God willsurely protect him, especially since we are all here with him." Ayansmiled faintly in agreement.

After dropping off Camille at work, Ayan returned to Simpson Groupwith Kian. On the way back, Kian mentioned a phone call he receivedearlier from Jenson regarding Preston's attempt to gain informationabout the project through architects he had recruited.

"He doesn't just want to secure his position on the project,” Ayan saidknowingly. "He wants to secure his position at Armstrong Corp bygetting rid of Horace once and for all.”

Kian questioned Preston's logic in trying to push out an investor likeHorace who had already put money into the project while workingalongside Mr. Armstrong himself.

"If the Armstrong family were truly that powerful,” Ayan replied coolly,“they wouldn't have treated their own daughter so poorly.” Heexpressed disdain for Brody's behavior towards those who helped himbut ended up causing them trouble for his own benefit.

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Ayan had already made up his mind. If he really used Preston to dealwith Horace this time, he would let everyone in the Hance City businessdistrict know what kind of person he was and that he couldn't betrusted. Even if they were currently cooperating, when it came topersonal interests related to him, he wouldn't hesitate to kick them out.He squinted his eyes, and his deep gaze was full of coldness.

After a while, he spoke to Kian: "He's currently cooperating withPreston. He should also know that someone like Preston is notcompletely trustworthy. So he must have left himself a way out. Youneed to replace out what that is and cut it off as soon as possible. Since hewants to scheme against others, let him taste what it's like beingschemed against."

He felt that working with Preston was a very smart choice, so Ayanwould use this opportunity to make him taste the bitterness of beingschemed against.

Kian nodded in agreement at all of Ayan's words before saying: "ShouldI tell Jenson everything according to Preston's wishes? Let him behappy for now by following his ideas?"

"Well, a person can only become completely complacent after reachinga certain level of success," Ayan replied sarcastically about Prestonbetween the lines. After all, normal people couldn't fall down and getback up again in the same place several times over; but upon closerinspection, Preston had already fallen quite a few times before gettingback up again- just like an indestructible cockroach.

The more Ayan thought about it, the deeper the mocking smile on hislips became. After returningto Simpson Group, his busy afternoonbegan.

As for Camille, she arrived at the company just as Sienna was chattingwith her assistant designer. The assistant mentioned one name-Crystal.Camille walked into Sienna’s office and heard those two words. She toofroze slightly, because she felt like she knew this name. She had heardit before, and even knew who this person was!

She frowned at Sienna who seemed focused on their conversation, andasked:"What are you guys talking about?"

Sienna finally snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Camillespeak, and waved towards her."You're here!" She patted the seat nextbeside her desk,"We're just chatting. Crystal, you remember, right? Sheseems like she has also signed up for this design competition!"

Under Sienna's guidance, Camille asked who Crystal was. However,she was surprised to hear that Crystal had also entered the designercompetition. After all, one needed a designer qualification and alreadypublished works with some achievements to participate in such acompetition. Despite Crystal's excellent skills and talent, she did notmeet the requirements for participation.

Camille looked at her male assistant and asked: "Did Crystal enter aswell?"

The male assistant nodded lightly and said: "Yeah, my roommate toldme last night when he went back to school. He is in the same class asher so I don't think it's fake news."

Camille nodded in response but couldn't help wondering why they hadfought for this assistant position if Crystal could participate in the designcompetition anyway.

However, Sienna mentioned that since Crystal had good backgroundand ability, it wasn't surprising that she could enter such a prestigiousdesign contest.

Camille casually asked: "Did they change the rules of the contest?"After her assistant left to get some materials from Yessica, Camillespoke privately with Sienna for a few more minutes.