Chapter 195: Jumped to His Death
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Flynn Davis was naturally aware of the grudges between Lucas and the Huttons. Looking at Lucas’s face, he said carefully, “Mr. Gray, I’ve heard of Dave Lewis, whom Oliver Harvey mentioned today. But as far as I know, Dave Lewis is only someone in charge of a branch company of the Huttons. This time, he actually interfered with the Stardust Corporation. There must be someone else behind this. You must be careful!”
Lucas narrowed his eyes. “You don’t have to worry about the Huttons. I’ll handle them myself. Just take care of the affairs of the Stardust Corporation here in Orange County.”
Davis understood what Lucas meant and hurriedly acknowledged. “Yes!”
Just as he was feeling worried and wondering if Lucas was displeased with him, he suddenly heard Lucas say, “You did a good job dealing with Oliver Harvey today. Don’t worry. As long as you are loyal to me and do your job properly, I won’t mistreat you.”
Flynn was overjoyed to hear this. Lucas hadn’t only given his approval and affirmation of his actions, but he also considered him one of his people. This was a great gift!
The reason Lucas was willing to make Flynn work for him in the beginning was that he had gotten hold of some evidence against him. While Flynn was working for Lucas, he was often anxious and on tenterhooks, fearing that Lucas would one day abandon him.
Now that he had earned Lucas’s approval, Flynn was as happy as a lark!
But at this moment, Flynn’s secretary, James Denning, who had always been reliable and composed, hurriedly came in. Before he could even catch his breath, he said to Flynn, “Mr. Davis, I just received a piece of bad news. Oliver Harvey… is dead!”
“What?!” Flynn sprung up abruptly, and his jaw dropped in disbelief.
“Didn’t he just leave the office alive and well? Why did he suddenly die? How did he die?” Flynn asked with a sullen expression.
“After Oliver Harvey left the office, he stayed somewhere for a short while before going to the roof of the commercial building across from us and jumping off. He fell to his death and landed near the entrance of our company. Before he died, he also yelled something…” James’s forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he was still coherent in his speech. But when he was about to reveal Harvey’s last words, he hesitated.
“What exactly did he say? Tell me quickly!”
“He said… he chose to jump to his death all because you forced him to, and he also said lots of nasty things detrimental to you and the Stardust Corporation. There are already reporters outside,” James finally answered truthfully.
Flynn’s heart immediately sank.
The terrible things that Harvey said before his death would undoubtedly bring tremendous trouble to the Stardust Corporation.
If those reporters, who were just in pursuit of clout, were to make up things and spread rumors, the Stardust Corporation would face public criticism and sink into controversy.
Oliver Harvey wants to ruin the reputation of the Stardust Corporation and mine even at the cost of his own life, huh?
What should we do now?
Flynn was flustered and at a loss for what to do.
At this moment, Lucas, who was sitting in front of the general manager’s desk, said calmly, “Let’s call the police first.”
James was shocked. Only then did he realize that there was someone else in Flynn’s office—the chairman who rarely appeared!
As Flynn’s secretary, he naturally knew of Lucas’s identity. But Lucas rarely appeared in the office, and even if he occasionally came, he would speak directly to Flynn. So James didn’t have many opportunities to talk to the young and mysterious chairman.
“Mr… Hello!” James was unsure if Lucas wanted to reveal his identity yet, so he could only address him with a vague term.
Flynn ordered gloomily, “Hurry up and do what Mr. Gray instructed.”
James hurriedly turned around to go and call the police.
Lucas glanced at Flynn. “Since this matter has blown out of proportion, the incident that happened in the conference hall just now can’t be covered up anymore. The police may summon you for investigations anytime soon, so go to the police station now and take the initiative to cooperate with their investigation.”
After thinking about it briefly, Flynn understood what Lucas meant. Since Harvey had claimed that Flynn forced him to his death before he jumped off the building, the police would definitely investigate Flynn, especially since something like that happened in the conference hall. Instead of being taken away passively by the police, it would be better to take the initiative to explain the situation clearly to them before that happened.
“Yes, Lucas. I’ll go to the police station and cooperate with the investigation. Well, as for the office…”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll have someone handle it properly,” Lucas said with composure.
After hearing this, Flynn no longer worried about anything. He bowed to Lucas before leaving the office.
After Flynn left, Lucas immediately called Jordan. “Investigate carefully who Oliver Harvey met or spoke to after leaving the Stardust Corporation. Find out about the situation of his family and his finances too.”
“Yes, Lucas!” Jordan immediately acknowledged without asking the reason.
Indeed, Lucas suspected that there was something fishy about Harvey’s death.
According to Flynn’s account, it seemed that Harvey was terribly afraid of death and definitely wouldn’t end his own life.
Besides, it was also said that Harvey’s son was about to get married soon, so it was even unlikelier that he would choose to end his life and abandon his family now.
The only possibility was that someone found out that his plan had failed and threatened him with something during the brief period of time after Harvey left the Stardust Corporation. Then he forced him to take his own life so as to smear the Stardust Corporation.
It seemed that it wasn’t hard to guess who the instigator was.
Lucas smiled coldly with an indifferent gaze. “Since you want to attack me, let me see how tough you are!”
After calling the police, James spoke to a few reporters outside and then immediately returned to the general manager’s office, only to discover that Flynn was surprisingly no longer here. Lucas was the only one here.
“Call Charlotte Carter and tell her to come to the chairman’s office,” Lucas ordered indifferently.
“Yes… I’ll get to it at once.”
Even though Flynn wasn’t here, Lucas was the chairman of the Stardust Corporation, so he dared not be negligent.
Soon, Charlotte came to the chairman’s office.
She was feeling extremely anxious and had no idea why the chairman, who had never appeared publicly in the office before, would ask to see her. But when she saw the familiar face sitting before the chairman’s desk, her anxiousness and worries immediately turned into extreme astonishment.
“Lucas? Wh-what are you doing in the chairman’s office?”