America 1982

Sophia stood beside her and handed Holly a tissue with sympathetic eyes.

Holly took the tissue, choked and said thank you to Sophia, then 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 become my girlfriend, you would have gone crazy faster. That's why I chose Renee." Tommy stood in front of Holly, gently put her head against his belly, and then Gentlely stroking her long hair:

"Look at Renee, she has cooperated with the other party four times in three days without being affected at all, and the other party has no interest in her at all. Everyone already knows that my beautiful, lovely and innocent girlfriend has no interest in Actor. The company is completely unaware of everything it does, and firmly believes that Actor is just helping others, how perfect.”

"I can accept being followed by unknown people, calling me late at night, rummaging through the trash and so on, but now... they dug out my experiences in high school. Every high school student has his or her own high school life, but that It 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 full of pain and entanglement:

"You know that feeling?"

"I know." Tommy looked forward with a calm expression, stroking Holly's long hair with his hand: "I know there will be this kind of pain."

Holly closed her eyes and whispered, "You'll understand me, right?"

"You mean that I understand that you have contacted the other party and are planning to meet with the other party without a lawyer to ask how the other party can help you protect your privacy?" Tommy said with a smile in his voice: "I advise you to best It's better not to do that, Holly, the only condition they can help you keep secret is that you tell 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 this moment of tenderness. At this time, she opened her eyes, slowly moved her head away from Tommy's body, raised her head and looked in shock at Tommy, who was looking down and giving her a warm smile: "How did you know?"

Tommy took two steps back, sat on the desk, leaned forward, crossed his hands in front of him, and looked at the shocked blonde girl opposite him with a smile: "What makes you think you are meeting the other person?" , will I forgive and tolerate you? You have given a lot to this company, and I am very grateful to you, Holly, but I hope you understand that there are some things you cannot try."

"How did you know? I asked you how you knew that I was going to meet with the other party without telling the lawyer!" Holly's tone increased, staring closely into Tommy's eyes, and asked loudly: "How do you know everything? !Answer me! Are you monitoring me? Right!"

Tommy took out a cigarette and handed one to Holly: "No, don't worry, I didn't spy on you. I won't make such a mistake at this time. It's illegal to spy on anyone without authorization. I can't violate any rules now." The law, not to mention that we are a litigation issue between two companies, not an agent war between the United States and the Soviet Union."

Hearing Tommy's affirmation that he was not monitoring, Holly's expression softened a lot. She hesitated for a moment and took the cigarette: "You haven't said how you did it?"

Tommy did not answer hastily, but looked at Sophia and waved to 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: "I don't know how to do it. All I can say is that maybe this is Ms. Delia Keys's method. I don't even know that she is wandering nearby at this time." Investigating whether the detective belongs to the Lotus Company or the Actor Company, I only know that unless you are sure that the other party is from the Lotus Company, if you do not know the other party's true identity and you rashly agree to any questions from the other party, Delia may obtain it. You are likely to betray the news of Actor Company, and then inform me, and then I will step in to solve this potential risk."

"You mean those bastards out there who are driving people crazy, probably half of them are employed by the Actor Company? Do you use the same methods to your classmates, companions, and friends as you do to your opponents?!" Holly heard what Tommy said , the whole person suddenly roared:

"We have worked so hard for Actor Company for so long, and in exchange for being followed and harassed 24 hours a day, what we got in return is you, bastard, testing our loyalty!"

"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 or the Actor because of those little things. I never doubted it.”

Holly lit the cigarette, and when she heard Tommy's words, she lowered her head and laughed at herself: "I don't have any confidence myself, otherwise how could I agree to meet with him? Don't be too optimistic, Tommy, don't have 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 with gentle eyes:

"Remember that you founded a campus women's organization? Remember that each of the four of you got a sum of money? If the other party gets any testimony from the four of you that is not good for Actor's company, you will not only destroy Actor. , and ruined her future. In court, Delia will tell everyone that you established that organization behind my back, used my trust in you to defraud the company of donations, and then took those donations for yourself. have……"

"Asshole! You asked me to do all that!" After hearing what Tommy said, Holly raised her hand and wanted to slap Tommy, but Tommy grabbed her wrist and slapped Holly's face with his backhand. , making a crisp sound!

Holly was stunned on the spot by this slap. Maybe Tommy talked too much about respecting women and helping women during this period, making Holly forget that this bastard never had the label of respecting women, only The words "profit comes first", now, this slap reminded her again.

"You are the fucking co-founder of Actor! Co-founder! Son-in-law! And at this juncture, you are worried that your reputation will be damaged by something as trivial as sleeping with your cousin's man in high school? Do you think the other party What serious consequences will there be if you know this news? Will the world break out into a third fucking world war? Let me tell you! Nothing will happen except to make you scared!" Tommy stared at Holly fiercely and lowered his voice. roared:

"I thought you were a smart woman, Holly. I've always thought so, but you fucking disappoint me. You may be smart, but you don't have a big heart! Your cousin knows it, your family knows it, they know it. So what? As long as we take care of Lotus, you can go home with your fucking money, and even use the money to make your cousin willing to accompany you to ravage her poor boyfriend! But because of you, if Actor Company loses Drop, guess what will happen, your little shit will make you a recognized * * in your hometown, this is inevitable, and then you are going to prepare to bid farewell to Stanford University because you are suspected of tax evasion and other crimes. Go to jail, and depending on your face when you come out, you can find a mid-range girl in an entertainment company, or work in a strip club, which is the best end for you. That is only if I forgive you! I am too gentle, let you Are you under the illusion that there will be no consequences for betraying Actor Corporation? Be realistic, girl!"

"You have already calculated everything that will happen, registered a women's organization in my name, and then deceived the four of us into stupidly dividing the money..." Holly looked at Tommy and said in a sad voice: "From beginning to end, You don't trust anyone at all..."

Tommy stared at Holly: "These are the other party's fucking methods, just to use these disgusting shit to destroy your nerves! Until you can't bear it and choose to give in! You think the lawsuit is just about the lawyers of both sides in the court?" Speaking eloquently? No, this is the happiness that rich people enjoy. They can use money to force us poor devils to learn to betray in front of money, learn to yield in front of money, and learn to kneel in front of money! When you think those bullshit are because of When you surrender and the other party helps you cover it up, it's just the opposite! You will only find out that you have lost more! Now think carefully about what the hell you can gain by betraying the Actor! Keeping a secret for you is totally useless Interesting things about adolescence that need to be kept secret and no one will pay attention?!”

"You're right, but... under the other party's constant torture, that worry will be infinitely magnified." Holly rolled her eyes a few times and came back to her senses: "But their methods are far worse than yours. Tommy Hawke, you succeeded in making me sober. Even if I am not sober, I still have to worry about betraying the Actor and being sent to prison by you. From now on, you don’t have to worry about me leaking the secret."

"It's not that I don't trust you! I just know very well how you little cuties who have never seen this real world will react when encountering these shocks, so I will use the same method in advance to tie you to me! After you get through this, you will fucking find out why you almost gave up being an Actor because of that stupid threat!" Tommy pointed at Holly with a cold look:

"Those secrets that people can easily find are not secrets at all! If you can find them, it means that the secret has been known to others, and there is no point in insisting on it anymore! And I have already helped you to madly retaliate against each other, I I guarantee that at this time, the people of Lotus Company will only suffer more pain than you. We will torture and destroy each other until someone on the other side is unbearable and we find the real sore leg, and then turn him into our important one. Witnesses! This is the evidence collection and investigation in the United States! Otherwise, why do you think there are many cases where the evidence is clear and conclusive, but the plaintiffs finally withdraw the lawsuit? Because they can't bear the pressure!"

Holly took a drag on her cigarette, smiled self-deprecatingly at Tommy, and asked, "Have I let you down?"

"If you are disappointed, I won't slap you." Tommy calmed down and opened his arms: "I hope that this kind of disappointment will never happen to you. Come here, come to Dad, let me help Apply ice to your face."

"Do those people from Lotus Company have this kind of experience?" Holly lowered her head, flicked the ashes, and finally threw the entire cigarette away. Then she threw herself into Tommy's arms and hugged Tommy tightly. He raised his shoulders and almost gritted his teeth and said: "Tommy, I don't want to betray our Actor, but the feeling of torturing you and constantly making you waver between betrayal and persistence is too painful... Promise me to turn this pain into Give it back to the people of Lotus."

Tommy patted Holly on the back: "You can always trust the methods of a bastard."

Second update~