Mr. Pretentious: Miss Valerius, He is Begging for a Title-Chapter 178: Master Ford Didn’t Touch Her at All

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Master Ford Didn’t Touch Her at All
Eleanor Valerius’s eyes trembled slightly.
She knew that Sebastian Ford appearing here was no coincidence.
Hiding for several days, even though Damian Lowell hadn’t mentioned it, she could guess that the Ford Family was looking for her.
Sebastian clearly knew she would come to expose Mrs. Croft’s crimes.
But now, she was unsure what Sebastian was thinking.
Today, she needed to stay connected, so she turned on her phone and stiffly clicked on the message he sent.
[I am more capable than Damian Lowell, you chose wrong.]
Staring at the words, it was as if Eleanor could hear Sebastian’s cold and sinister tone in her ear.
She bit her lip, holding her breath, watching as Mr. Croft and Mrs. Croft stood beside Sebastian, still basking in their moment of glory.
Behind the successful business deal lay women forced into being commodities.
If she couldn’t expose this to the public, that pink room in the beauty salon would be a nightmarish hell for more girls.
Eleanor understood Sebastian’s warning.
Even with the painstaking plan she and Damian had to fight back, all it would take was one word from Sebastian to render it futile.
The next moment, Eleanor directly called.
She saw Sebastian answer.
"I’m in the corridor on the second floor. Will Master Ford come see me?"
With over half an hour to the press conference, if she couldn’t resolve Sebastian’s threat.
Today would result in Sebastian’s retaliatory punishment for capturing her, impacting every brave woman who stood up to testify.
"Alright."
Sebastian’s voice responded to her with a low tone.
After that, Eleanor got up and walked towards the second floor.
The Sinclair Family bodyguards protecting her saw the Ford Family bodyguards approaching and did not stop them as it was her decision.
Sebastian approached slowly, a cigarette between his fingers, feigning composure.
At that moment, the Ford Family bodyguards stopped facing the Sinclair Family bodyguards.
Staring at each other in confrontation, the tension seemed ready to erupt.
Eleanor stood in the shadow where light and dark met, watching Sebastian approach like he was shattering the darkness step by step.
When her panicked breaths encountered his dominant presence.
The fear she expected didn’t come; instead, a familiar yearning pulsed in her chest.
Turns out, while she was hiding from Sebastian, she was also missing him.
This ridiculous love-struck mind!
Until Sebastian’s tall figure stopped in front of her, enveloping her with his dangerous coldness.
Eleanor tried to speak but, smelling the smoke, suddenly coughed twice.
Sebastian’s eyes flickered imperceptibly; he put out the cigarette.
As the smoke dissipated, his gaze scrutinized the reencountered Eleanor.
It had only been two or three days since he last saw her.
Yet the longing was more overwhelming and uncontrollable than he imagined.
However, her complexion looked worse than before, leaving his confinement should have made her happy, right?
After calming her breath, Eleanor found Sebastian still not speaking.
She paused, deliberating and tentatively asked, "Master Ford, are you going to cooperate with the Croft Family?"
"Heh, let me see how you behave, then I’ll decide."
Sebastian’s voice sounded cold and hard, though he was restraining his emotions.
Upon hearing this, Eleanor frowned, sighing. The thing she feared most had happened.
"I don’t want the Ford Family to cooperate with the Croft Family."
"I also don’t want you to escape from me with Damian Lowell."
"..."
Sebastian seemed to question calmly.
This explanation, Eleanor couldn’t help but speak impulsively.
"I just want equal freedom. If you let me go, I wouldn’t have to escape this way."
She thought Damian would blow up the villa to save her.
But Sebastian’s eyes held an unyielding anger, unforgiving of her deceit with a fake pregnancy test to leave with Damian!
Even these days, Damian, using the Sinclair Family’s cover, had hidden Eleanor away.
His beloved was taken; how could he not retrieve her?
"Was it my fault?"
Sebastian coldly questioned back.
Eleanor Valerius raised her eyes with neither humility nor arrogance and replied, "I am not wrong, I am not an object to be manipulated by others. I just want to have my freedom. Master Ford, I beg you not to disrupt the Croft Family’s affairs; if you’re angry and wish to punish me, can we discuss it privately?"
"You love to coax me with sweet words."
Sebastian Ford squinted his eyes, as if considering with a half-smile, and said, "However, I have the time to wait for you to come back willingly."
He was not in a hurry now because he had already laid a comprehensive trap waiting.
He didn’t want to imprison her out of control; he wanted her to return willingly!
After speaking, Sebastian Ford didn’t even touch her, turning around and leaving.
Eleanor Valerius did not expect that Sebastian would agree.
Compared to his last imprisonment, his current gentleness frightened her even more.
...
The press conference was imminent.
Eleanor Valerius finally received good news from Damian Lowell at the police station.
At this moment, Mr. Croft and Mrs. Croft were being interviewed by ers.
Sebastian Ford sat in the front row, lazily waiting to watch Eleanor Valerius’s big show.
At that moment, Eleanor Valerius raised her hand and stood up, her voice soft yet firm.
"The Croft Family’s project claims to be for the development of Aethelgard, but Mrs. Croft used the beauty salon under her name to imprison and groom young girls, engaging in sexual bribery. The girls rescued after the recent salon fire are proof.
I want to ask Mr. Croft, for such a large collaboration project announced today, how many women’s lives were exploited to seal the deal?"
Eleanor Valerius openly exposed the scandal on the spot.
The entire venue was shocked because it was not the first time they heard about the Croft Family’s suspected involvement in sexual bribery.
Ivy Valerius’s suicide and Eleanor’s outcry cracked open a chasm in the dark inferno.
Mrs. Croft’s smile froze as she saw Eleanor Valerius causing trouble; she immediately signaled the security to take action.
However, all the security personnel were blocked by Ford Family’s bodyguards.
"Nonsense! You have no evidence; this is baseless defamation, and I will sue you for libel!"
At this moment, Damian Lowell and the police arrived on the scene simultaneously.
"Ms. Mindy, we have received joint s from over ten people, accusing you of using fake contracts at the beauty salon for long-term illegal confinement, drugging, and mentally controlling young girls, coercing them into sexual bribery deals.
It’s also linked to several cases of young girls’ mysterious disappearances. The police have opened a major investigation, and we ask you to come with us for further inquiry."
At the same time, Damian Lowell presented legal documents.
"Ms. Mindy, on behalf of Jade and over ten victims, I am filing a lawsuit against you."
With the testimony from the police and a lawyer, the journalists on the scene, who had already received inside information from Eleanor Valerius, began to aggressively question the Croft Family’s senior figures about their alleged crimes.
"Husband, save me..."
Mrs. Croft pleaded with panic-stricken expression for help.
In front of everyone, Mr. Croft faced a choice between his company’s reputation and his wife’s downfall.
"Mr. Croft."
Sebastian Ford stood up lazily, hinting with his words as he quietly reminded, "I’m also very curious whether you were aware of what your wife has been doing. If the Croft Family is involved, the Ford Family will reconsider any future collaborations."
Shocked by these words, Mr. Croft immediately pushed Mrs. Croft away, pretending to be righteous and said, "I had no idea about this! Mindy, after all these years, I didn’t expect you to be such a malicious woman!
I will divorce you, and the Croft Family will cooperate with the police investigation, exposing the dark network of the beauty salon. You made a mistake and shall receive due punishment and lessons!"
In times of adversity, a couple would part their ways.
Abandoned by the Croft Family, Mrs. Croft was handcuffed by the police and escorted away.
As she passed Eleanor Valerius, Mrs. Croft gritted her teeth in hatred.
"You bitch! Just wait!"
"I will be there to see you sentenced to prison."
After Mrs. Croft was taken into the police car, Eleanor Valerius smiled with relief.
She avenged her second sister and saved all the girls.
However, Mrs. Croft was not the only villain; there were other well-connected socialites incriminated, and the real mastermind, Regina Jennings!
But Eleanor Valerius was shocked to find the police investigation did not include Regina Jennings.
How did Regina Jennings escape the justice system?!
At this moment, Eleanor Valerius received a message from Chloe.
"Sister, I’ve been discharged from the hospital. See you soon."
Eleanor Valerius was struck by lightning; who took Chloe away?!
In the next instant, her panicked gaze fell across the crowded room to Sebastian Ford.
Sebastian was looking at her too, staring at her and Damian Lowell with a sinister look.
He smiled dangerously and made a small beckoning gesture with his finger.
Eleanor Valerius was nearly breaking down; was it Sebastian Ford who captured Chloe to threaten her into returning?!