Chapter 1405 Reaping The Rewards

In the garden, Carlos was sitting on a chair and enjoying the fresh air when he overheard two servants
talking.

"Did you hear? Miss Shen volunteered to make breakfast," one servant said.

"I know. I even saw it with my own eyes. She dismissed the kitchen staff to the living room," the other
replied while sweeping the floor.

"Well, do you..."

Carlos could not hear the rest of the conversation. He was stunned. 'Cherish volunteered to make
breakfast?' he thought. 'Is it possible she caused the commotion there just now?'

With that thought, Carlos rushed as fast as he could to the kitchen. Could something bad have
happened to Cherish? His heart began pounding against his chest. He was worried.

Cherish was no longer in the kitchen when Carlos got there. He was about to go to her room when he
found her sitting in the living room.

He strode over and barked, "Are you insane? What were you doing trying to cook in the kitchen? Do
you even know how to do that?"

Cherish was tending to her burns when Carlos started yelling. She raised her head to look at him in
confusion.

Seeing her in a daze, Carlos could not help yelling some more. "You little fool!"

He pulled Cherish up, turned her around, and examined her carefully. Other than the burns on her
hands, she was fine. Carlos was able to relax a little.



"Are you hurt?" Carlos asked after noticing the open first aid kit on the table. He spoke in such a
worried voice that even he himself did not recognize.

Cherish could only stare blankly at Carlos' distraught face.

'Why is he so upset? Is it just me or does he finally care?' she thought.

"Cherish, are you hurt?" Carlos asked again when Cherish did not answer.

'What happened to her? Can she not hear me?' he wondered.

Carlos waved his hand in front of Cherish's eyes but she still did not respond. He cursed under his
breath and took out his phone to call for help.

Cherish finally blinked. "I'm... I'm fine. I wasn't hurt," Cherish murmured while suppressing the joy in her
heart.

She sat back down.

Looking at her burns, she winced and then realized that her shoulder was throbbing.

Seeing this, Carlos sat beside her and asked, "What is it? Where does it hurt?"

He still did not recognize the caring tone he used, but he could not deny that he was worried for
Cherish.

"I think I hit my shoulder on something back there," Cherish replied.

"Let me see."

Carlos started rolling up her sleeve and found a bruise on her shoulder. He gently pointed at it. "Here?"



"Yes," Cherish nodded.

Her bruise burned against Carlos' touch.

Carlos then called the family doctor and asked him to come over.

Leah had heard about the accident and was on her way to see Cherish when she saw her and Carlos
in the living room. She stopped and observed.

Seeing the nervous look on Carlos' face, she smiled with relief.

She had thought previously that Carlos did not care about Cherish, but now it seemed that she had
been wrong.

She turned on her heels and went in the other direction, giving the two some privacy.

At Scott's apartment, Taylor had come over to administer Scott's daily treatment. Louis sometimes
came to observe and watch over Scott.

Carlos and Cherish were planting flowers in the garden when Sam arrived at the Li family's house. He
had come to bring Nora's ashes to Carlos.

"Cherish, that's not deep enough," Carlos said, looking at the hole Cherish dug.

"What are you talking about? Of course it's deep enough," Cherish refuted.

"Sir, someone wants to see you," the butler announced. He was followed by a man.

Carlos turned to look at the newcomer. He first asked Cherish to go back to her room before leading
Sam somewhere quiet.



"My boss wants you to have this, Mr. Li," Sam said solemnly. He handed Carlos a wrapped black
parcel. He opened it to reveal an urn.

"Is this... Is this Nora's ashes?" Carlos reached out with trembling hands and accepted the urn.

"Mr. Ke knows that Nora meant a lot to you, so he wants you to hold on to her ashes. He hopes that
you will remember this kindness," Sam answered. Carlos stood still for a long time.

He just stared at the urn in his hands.

Then, he suddenly turned around and staggered into the house, his shadow cast long on the marble
floor.

Sam was left standing there. The butler saw what happened and approached him.

"I apologize for Mr. Li, Mr. Shen," the butler said.

"It's all right. My work here is done. I should return to my boss." Sam smiled gently.

"Let me walk you out." The butler showed Sam out and watched him drive away.

At the office of the HT Group's CEO...

"Carlos has the ashes, sir," Sam reported. He was standing in front of Jacob's desk with some
documents in his hands.

"These are the financial statements of this quarter. Please have a look."

After setting the documents on the desk, Sam watched Jacob turn around in his chair.

"What about the other things I asked you to deal with?" he asked.



"Already solved. Several shareholders of the KING Group have agreed to cooperate. Now we just need
them to sign the contract."

"Great. Arrange the contract signing. It has to be done as soon as possible so as to avoid anything
unexpected,"

Jacob said, putting down the pen in his hand.

"Consider it done, sir. Anything else?"

"That's all for now. Thank you." Waving his hand, Jacob dismissed Sam.

After Sam left, Jacob stood in front of his office's French windows and looked down at the city. A smile
spread across his face.

On the day of the contract signing, Jacob took his men to the appointed hotel. It had been half an hour
past the appointed time, but the shareholders of the KING Group had not shown up.

"What happened? Why haven't they arrived?" several company shareholders behind Jacob whispered
in confusion.

A few more moments later, Jacob checked his watch. It had been an hour, but there was still no sign of
the shareholders of the KING Group.

Sam was also beginning to worry.

"Mr. Shen, can you please call them? Maybe something has happened," one of the shareholders urged
Sam.

Glancing at Jacob, Sam nodded at the shareholder and quickly stepped out of the VIP room.


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