He Saved His First Love, I Ruined His Firm

Chapter 4

Early the next morning, Julian did exactly what he had said he would.

He froze the company credit card under my name and also refused to reimburse the medical expenses of the fourteen crew members I had taken out.

Soon, an internal notice from him spread throughout the industry.

The notice stated that I was "in a poor psychological state, with extremist tendencies, and that all my maritime team-leading activities were suspended."

After that, he had someone deliver a document to me.

As long as I signed it and agreed to transfer the Blue Hole slot to Nina, he would restore all my benefits.

My phone vibrated.

He had sent a long text message.

Julian: I'm doing all of this to make you calm down. Nina needs healing, and you need to grow up. As long as you admit your mistake, I will continue paying the crew's hospitalization fees. Marina, don't disappoint me.

When the hospital called, the captain's medication suspension notice was lying in my palm.

The nurse's voice was very soft.

"Mrs. Lawson, if the fees are not paid soon, the crew members will be discharged from the hospital today."

I stared at that notice for a long time.

So it turned out that he did know I could feel pain.

He simply knew too well that the people I could not let go of the most were those who had lived and died alongside me.

That was why he dared to stop paying their hospitalization fees.

He was certain that, for their sake, I would bow my head first.

I called the butler, Lewis Jagger.

"Lewis, mobilize the highest-level medical team and take over the treatment of all my crew members. Also, activate the Deep Blue family blockade order."

After hanging up, I sat in front of the vanity and carefully applied exquisite makeup.

I used the makeup to hide my deathly pale sickliness.

The pain pump was hidden inside my gown, its thin tubing pressed against my waist and abdomen.

The doctor reminded me in a low voice, "Miss Shaw, you can only last two hours at most."

I nodded.

"That's enough."

Then I changed into that deep blue embroidered gown.

That gown symbolized the highest authority in the field of ocean exploration.

Julian, the reckoning had only just begun.

The launch conference for the Blue Hole route was packed.

Julian wore a crisp, custom-made suit and held Nina's hand affectionately.

Standing before more than a hundred media outlets, he looked flushed with success.

"This journey to the Blue Hole is meant to help Nina heal from her psychological trauma. At the same time, it is also an important step for Lawson Rescue Group as it enters the international deep-sea sector."

Nina leaned shyly against his shoulder.

Just then, the doors of the venue were suddenly pushed open from outside.

The bodyguards of the Deep Blue family lined up on both sides.

Accompanied by Lewis and the attending doctors, I slowly walked into the venue.

All the cameras instantly turned toward me.

When Julian saw how I was dressed, he was visibly stunned.

Very soon, he tightened his brows and strode down from the stage.

He lowered his voice, his tone anxious, yet still carrying his usual gentleness.

"Marina, don't make this impossible to fix. If you go back now, I'll approve the crew's medical expenses immediately. You know I could never bear to truly hurt you."

Nina also looked at me timidly.

Her eyes were red, and her voice trembled.

"Marina, if you really hate me, I can choose not to go to the Blue Hole. But please don't gamble with the crew's medical expenses just because you're angry, all right? They trust you so much. How can you bear to let their medication be stopped?"

The moment she said that, the surrounding media instantly grew restless.

It was clearly Julian who had stopped paying the crew's medical expenses.

But coming from her mouth, it sounded as if I was using the lives of fourteen crew members to force Julian to bow his head out of jealousy.

She raised her hand to wipe her tears, her voice even softer.

"I know you feel terrible. But the crew members are innocent. You can't stop caring about them just because Julian saved me first."

Only then did I finally look at her.

"Nina. With your talent for twisting the truth, you really should write accident reports for Lawson Group."

Her face turned pale.

I looked straight at Julian.

Those eyes of his seemed affectionate, but in reality, they were cold to the extreme.

Then I took a deep blue badge from my bag.

On the badge, the sea god's trident was carved.

The media present instantly gasped.

A reporter cried out in shock, "That is the token of the head of the Deep Blue family!"

Julian's expression finally changed.

"How do you have that?"

I looked at him calmly.

The next second, I suddenly raised my hand and slapped him hard across the face.

His face was struck to one side.

He looked at me in shock, as if he could not believe I had really hit him.

I ignored his shock and continued, "Julian, did you really think you could go to the Blue Hole without me? I now announce, in the name of the highest authority of the Deep Blue family, all of Lawson Group's Asian deep-sea routes that rely on authorization from the Deep Blue family are frozen immediately. From today onward, Lawson Group will be permanently blacklisted from all cooperation with the Deep Blue family."

Julian's entire body stiffened.

I gave him no chance to breathe.

With my other hand, I took out a bloodstained medical diagnosis report and slapped it hard against his chest.

"Didn't you say you had to prioritize protecting the weak? Julian, you protected them very well. You personally caused the death of the child you had begged for for three years."

The color instantly drained from his face.

"Impossible. Marina, you're lying to me."

I smiled, then took out another sealed document.

"Then would you like me to read the paternity test report to you in public too?"