Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 181

She suddenly shot a glance my way with her clever almond–shaped eyes. Without following up on her comment, I turned to Timothy and explained, “You were there when Rainbow Capital laid out the terms of collaboration. If there’s anything you’re not happy with or want to add, now’s your time to speak up.”

Timothy gave me a quick once–over and said coolly. “Those terms aren’t exactly alluring: they’re pretty lackluster if you ask me.”

Well, what can I say? The big shots always march to the beat of their own drum.

After all, Timothy’s got the clout to do as he pleases.

Trying to smooth things over, I softened my tone and asked, “So, Mr. Temple, what kind of terms are you looking for in a collaboration?”

Looking somewhat annoyed, Timothy rolled his eyes at me and said, “You’re sick as a dog, and you still want to get involved in this mess? What, is Rainbow Capital so desperate they have to squeeze every last drop out of you as a partner?”

evoe

His flicked to Hogan for a second; the dig at him couldn’t be more obvious if he tried.

our business without even starting the collaboration? Is this the usual

“Seems like Mr. Zade isn’t really keen on collaborating,

cool as a cucumber, flicked his cuff and said, “Rainbow Capital is always sincere about collaborations, but we’re also very choosy about our partners. Mr. Temple’s terms are decent. but they might just not

ton of bricks, and they momentarily

expected Hogan to pull a boomerang after all

“we can still talk about

need.” Hogan cut me off and stood

not leaving any room for

Mr. Zade has some urgent business. Don’t worry, we’ll discuss it back at

over with Mr. Temple. You know how crucial he is to the project as the

was both a hint and a

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is key to the project’s success; it can’t

things as they were, what was I supposed to do now?