Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 565

Halley had been to college, for heaven's sake. Basic common sense, especially regarding something as crucial as contracts, should have been second nature to him. "I've been swamped lately, you see, with this new project. There wasn't a contract template to follow, so... I forgot to include the breach clause when drafting it." And when he got ghosted by the other party, he didn't even see it coming.

His first thought was about their lack of integrity and respect for someone else's hard work. Talk about being...

Naive.

Or rather, too honest.

Roseanne, on the other hand, immediately wondered about the compensation.

But...

"Do you have to draft the contracts yourself?"

Halley's face twisted in embarrassment. "Normally, no... My partner used to handle all that. I was more on-site. But then, two weeks ago, he wanted out..."

Halley, bless his heart, couldn't convince him to stay. He had to bite the bullet and pull most of the already tight funds from the company's cash flow to pay him back his initial investment. Roseanne raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you consider calculating the losses?"

"...Losses?"

the business together,

"Of course!"

by the same token, shouldn't losses be shared

clearly not doing well, and losses were inevitable. It made no sense to return the principal investment as if

in losses that

partner up with you in a heartbeat if it meant I could

Halley was speechless.

You just didn't want to ruin

damages for breach of contract, just returning the investment

at all," Roseanne asserted firmly. "My bro is just too generous, that's

my college roommate. We got along so

thought his closest ally would walk away

higher. So, I don't blame him.

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