Facade of Love

Chapter 141 I Will Get Iddy to Marry Me

I had not even started to ask when Zoe blurted out, “Yvette, guess what I heard? There are a bunch of new projects kicking off in Lake City, Down in Southern City, the city hall’s marked off a chunk of land for themselves, planning to move there. Come next spring, they’ll break ground, and right now, they’re gearing up to call for bids.”

New projects?

I took a beat, eyeing her curiously. “Where’d you hear that?” Lake City was not exactly sprawling, and Scott Corporation had been a fixture for decades. Despite recent hiccups, we were usually clued in on the local buzz. If there were fresh projects brewing, we should’ve caught wind of it way earlier, yet, here I was, just as in the dark as Maxwell. It threw me for a loop.

“My uncle told me,” Zoe piped up. “He’s got a gig at city hall. I was over for dinner last night, and he started chatting about the project funds. It got me thinking about when Maxy said he wanted to hook Scott Corporation up with some projects, so I made a point to meet up and fill you in.”

She finished her spiel and glanced over at Maxwell, her face all lit up with a crush that she could not quite hide.

Maxwell, looking a bit overwhelmed by her googly eyes, quickly shifted his gaze to me and said, “If she’s got this opportunity, we should definitely throw our hat in the ring for these projects.”

I nodded, turning back to Zoe. “Did you catch when the bids are going out?”

shook her head. “Nope, did

in. “It’s a public tender by the city hall, so they’ll announce it. We just need to

feeling a

my silence and asked, “What’s bothering you?”

whispers about it from Zoe now, which makes me think someone’s already got their hooks in

brow creased. “I hadn’t considered that.

were only so many eggs to go around. Getting your hands on one? That was all about

spiel was just a smokescreen to make the process look legitimate to those

on the outside.

Zoe “Hey Zoe, could you do us a solid and dig up the details

out who’s running the show for this

I’ll check with my uncle,” she replied.