The Bodyguard System

Johnson residence, Clifford's study room…

Clifford did not say anything as he looked at the information that had mysteriously appeared within his computer. He had been previously browsing through several business deals that his companies were involved in, when suddenly, an email popped up.

He checked the email, only to find that the sender of the email was anonymous. Nonetheless, due to the curiosity that he was having towards the contents of the email, he decided to see what it was.

The email was blank, as it did not have anything. But according to the title of the email, it said, 'Way out'. That was all that was there in the email, other than Clifford's email as he was the receiver of the email.

Clifford frowned, and was just about to close the email as he thought that it might be a prank, when suddenly, he noticed something. It seemed that there was a file that had been attached to this email.

He clicked on the file, and the file was immediately opened. The title of the file was actually Anderson Sonani. Clifford could not help but think that perhaps Anderson wanted to prove the reason why he was eligible to marry Scarlet.

Despite that, he decided to go through the information anyway. But, he was completely startled when he read the contents of the file that he had opened.

The document consisted of several things that were completely against Anderson. It was not just words, but instead, there were images and even videos that were part of the file.

Just to be sure, after looking at the images that were within the file, Clifford went ahead and played the videos. And, his expression turned as he went through the videos.

All the videos and the images presented to him were all about Anderson. It was Anderson together with different young ladies, with each lady having a photo of her own together with Anderson.

In total, Clifford had counted up to 12 photos, and six videos. Even though the images and the videos did not possess and explicit content, but nonetheless, from the way that they were intimate with each other in the videos or the photos, it was enough to be able to give Clifford the information that was required.

He did not say anything, and immediately called for his wife. His wife Lynette was also present within the residence, and so, she came over in just a little while. And when she went through the file as well, she could not help but feel furious.

Previously, even though she was not happy with an arranged marriage for Scarlet, she had no choice but to agree to that. They had done their own investigation, and had managed to get the information that Anderson was not that bad of a young man.

He might not be the ideal candidate that they would have wanted Scarlet to have as a marriage partner, but nonetheless, at least, he was quite good. But now, looking at the images that were provided in front of them, they could not help but feel that they had been played.

"I did not expect that even though we have not been in the first tier cities for a while, we would actually be fooled by such a young man." Lynette suddenly commented.

Clifford could only sigh. He was looking at the information that had been sent to him by an anonymous person, not sure what to do. As he was wondering on what he was supposed to do, Lynette suddenly spoke again.

"Don't tell me that you are not thinking about canceling the engagement between my daughter and this scum? This time, no matter what, I'm not going to allow my daughter to be married to such a scum." Lynette said as she looked at Clifford with a serious expression pasted on her face.

"Of course I don't want my daughter to be married in such a way, and not to such a young man. I want her to experience the same thing that we did, but I know that it was only due to luck that the two of us met, and our backgrounds are all good as well.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But it will be asking for too much for the same thing to happen to Scarlet. After all, we are in a small city right now, which makes it extremely difficult to be able to find someone that truly loves her, and is from an influential enough background to be accepted by the Johnson family." Clifford said all these words with a pained expression on his face.

He had managed to meet with Lynette during the time that he was still in Rezi city. The two of them fell in love with each other, and considering that the two of them came from two influential families from the first tier cities, nobody was against the marriage between the two of them.

For something like that to be able to happen two times in two different generations, it required immense luck. But that did not seem to be something that was on Scarlet's side at this moment. After all, her behavior was not related to anyone that seemed to be interested in getting married anytime soon.

Both Clifford and Lynette did not see any problem with that, as they thought that she was still young, considering that she was still in her early twenties. So, they thought that she would just continue causing trouble for a while, before finding someone that she would love, and get married.

The involvement of the main Johnson family was something that they had already expected, but they had still hoped otherwise. But their hopes came crashing after the main Johnson family sent the information that Scarlet was to be engaged.

The two of them did investigation about the person that was supposed to be betrothed to Scarlet, and found that he was not that bad. At least, to the two of them, as compared to their other siblings, this young man was better than the candidates that had been selected for the others.

"I understand what you are trying to imply. But this time, even if I have to go against my own family, I'm not going to allow my daughter to get married in the same way that all the others in the family have been.

It is simply because of things like these that the two of us decided to come to a small city, so that we can build our own future. We didn't want the future of our children to be decided just like that, especially if it is the worst decision, something that might lead to their entire life being a nightmare." Lynette did not relent.

Clifford on the other hand felt helpless. It was not that he did not care about his daughter. But he understood that it was going to be difficult for him to be able to convince his father, the current leader of the Johnson family, to allow Scarlet to find love.

But looking at his wife, he could immediately tell that she had already come to a decision. It was going to be impossible for her to accept the marriage between Scarlet and a person that she did not approve of. So, as a husband and as a father, he decided that he was going to be with his family.

As for the family rules and the others, he no longer cared. Right now, the only thought in his mind was to make sure that neither his wife or his daughter were harmed.

"I understand. Don't worry. I will try as much as possible to make sure that Scarlet is no longer going to be engaged to someone that she doesn't want. Instead, I want her to find someone that she loves." Clifford said with determination.

"You don't have to try, you have to do it. No matter what, you have to make sure that this happens. I'm not letting my daughter's life to be ruined. Who can guarantee that the next person that the family is going to find for Scarlet is not going to be worse than this?

The only thing that the family really cares about is the future of the family, and the sons of the family. As for the daughters within the family, they are being treated as dispensable items, a way of increasing the family's connections.

The two of us did not end up in the same situation, and I don't want to see my daughter falling for something like that. I want to see my daughter happy. And you, as a father, you have to do the same." Lynette said.

Clifford had never seen Lynette acting like this before. This was the very first time that he had seen her behaving like this, but he understood. She was a mother, and she felt the pain of a mother. So of course, she would not want to see her daughter suffering.

That was the reason why he decided to support her in whatever decision that she was going to make. Even if they had to go against their own family, he would do that. That was for his daughter's future.

"Then what about the one that sent us the information? What would be their aim, and who could they be?" Clifford suddenly asked after a moment of silence.

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"I don't know who it was that sent this information, but we can try investigating. Still, they have good intentions, even if they have another thing that they want to get from this. At the end of it all, they have saved my daughter." Lynette responded.