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?”

the other end of the line

and I was indeed a bit annoyed.

the other end of the line was soft and

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?”

came from the other end of the line. “Where are you? I’ll come over and take

Don’t bother. By the way, why did you suddenly add two clauses to

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. I added the clauses

responsibility. I don’t want to take advantage of you. I didn’t notice this contract issue before, but now that I’ve seen it, I don’t agree. Let’s set up a meeting with our respective lawyers another day and renegotiate

it out, but if he thought that Scott Corporation was taking advantage of the situation,

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You don’t need 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. Don’t make me out to be so noble. I just hope that our cooperation will make you trust me wholeheartedly, so in a way, it’s a little trick of mine. If you