Facade of Love

Chapter 333 Startled

I was speechless. I grabbed a piece of paper from the desk and threw it at him, saying, “Just shut up. Your mind is in no way cleaner than mine, and if we’re looking for reasons here, maybe he just has too much money and doesn’t care about these billions of dollars.”

“Hah!” Maxwell replied with just a chuckle, then ignored me and gestured toward the door. ‘ Get lost. We can’t continue this conversation.”

I did not want to waste any more words on him either, so I rolled my eyes at him and returned to my office to continue working.

With so much work at Scott Corporation, and with me arriving late, I could not leave the office at the usual time. In the evening, my mother called to ask when I would be home for dinner. I told her not to wait for me as I would not be going back.

She grumbled a bit but did not press the matter further.

By the time everyone else in the company had gone home, I was alone in my office, going through some documents. I was so engrossed in my work that when the phone suddenly rang, I was startled and even broke into a cold sweat.

I picked up my phone and saw that it was a call from Charlie. I suppressed my rising anger and answered the call calmly, saying, “Hello, Mr. Yates?”

man on the other end of the line furrowed their brows

I was indeed a bit annoyed. However, he seemed incredibly perceptive to be able to

The voice on the other end of the

more at ease after dispelling my fears, I replied, “No, but I’m not hungry. What’s the matter? You didn’t call just to ask if I had dinner, did you?”

end of the line. “Where are you? I’ll

and said, “No need, I’m really not hungry. Don’t bother. By the way, why did you suddenly add two clauses to the contract?”

nothing. In projects like this, as long as nothing goes wrong, it’ll be fine. But if something does happen, it could lead to financial ruin.

a joint collaboration, and if something goes wrong, you’ll bear all the responsibility. I don’t want to take advantage of you. I didn’t notice this contract

take advantage of Charlie in this way. At first, I had not paid much attention to it since Maxwell had not specifically pointed it out, but if he thought that Scott Corporation was taking advantage of the situation, it could not be good. Regardless of whether I considered Charlie a friend or

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to worry about this. It fundamentally doesn’t affect me or you. Don’t overthink it. And in essence, it’s not really taking advantage of anyone.