A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1181

John stayed calm and said, "Yeah, I am."

Cordy realized with a start then and snorted coolly, "So you were playing me? Was it that fun?"

"You must have misunderstood, Ms. Sachs. I wasn't avoiding you, but my schedule was packed full and your visit had been sudden," John said before beckoning at Randy. "Please show Ms. Sachs my schedule for the day—"

"I don’t mean today," Cordy growled through her teeth, working hard to make herself stay calm.

She was willing to believe that John did not have time the whole day, since he would definitely be very busy with his company, which was expanding into multiple territories simultaneously.

What she wanted to ask was something else instead. "You deliberately arranged for the shopping center to reshuffle the leases, didn’t you?"

"It was deliberate, yes," John admitted.

"You."

"But that's not an orchestrated effort against you."

at him, so he turned to Randy again. "Bring our project

"Yes, Mr. Levine."

away to fetch it, panting heavily as he returned. John took it and held it out to Cordy. "Please take a look, Ms. Sachs. It's the background analysis, plans, and intended effect

look, took the document, and

was a trade secret, but she had no reason to refuse when John

combed through it, but everything about the invitation to tender was comprehensive, from its factors to

change after the reshuffling,

profit would spur anyone to get it

long time before

off,

"The deadline for the tender

him. "This

it isn't," John replied solemnly. "This is corporate action and the fruit of labor of the many individuals

as well, so I must ask

cool glare at him before turning to

Sachs is furious, sir. Everything would go down in flames if this is

him a look, but he was getting impatient too, since he knew all too well how much his boss