A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1188

Cordy was actually confident.

Having built a partnership with Gareth Bryant, he naturally had to defer to her. As such, he was basically going through the motions when he showed up here.

Moreover, she had looked into the competition as well, but the only side that might compete was Gareth, and no one else had any chance of winning.

That was why her confidence showed during her presentation.

Two hours later, after everyone presented their proposals, the results were announced on the spot.

To no surprise, Cordy retained the best spot in KPW Shopping Center, extending the contract for ten years this time.

That basically meant she did not have to worry about her flagship outlet in the immediate future.

Still, John politely offered a handshake after agreeing to the partnership. "Congratulations, Ms. Sachs. Here's to a fruitful partnership."

Cordy merely stared at his hand hesitantly and did not take it.

John did not seem to feel embarrassed by that and simply lowered his hand.

as a way of greeting, he promptly

he did, able to feel how distant John was toward

he left, the other business owners also filed out

heard someone joking, "Your CEO's really busy, Martin—he came late and left

has really been busy lately, but today..." Randy

tell me. Are those wedding bells I'm hearing? Though I heard through the grapevine

Randy said, lowering his voice mysteriously. "His girlfriend came early in the morning to see

else realized with a start.

understanding," Randy said, quickly defending John just then. "It's been a while since he was dating, but he still has a lot of work to do every day...

send us

"That's a promise."

among the crowd as they left the building, chatting openly about John's

John ended up hooking up with his

And here she thought...

tastes, and John probably had no idea what that

blind date was young

her car and headed back to her

Robin was giving a report along the way, he noticed that she was clearly not paying attention and called

I'm a little tired. If you don't

me keep you up, Ms.