Revenge Of The Jilted Bride

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Chapter 207

"Sure, Mrs. Sinclair, Ray replied and nodded respectfully. At fir, he felt a bit awkward letting Ophelia drive herself, but he got used to it.

Eric in the passenger seat stayed indifferent.

Ray opened the car door, and before Ophelia could get into the driver's seat, he grabbed Eric by the back of his collar and shoved him into the backseat. He said. "What a handful The car started, with Eric and Ray sitting stiffly in the back.

In the office, Nate was dabbing the sweat off his forehead with a bandkerchief, gulping down water with his other hand, and gasping for breath. He'd been running around all morning, exhausted.

"Why are you guys back so early?" Dan asked casually as he walked out of the office. Both he and Ben were in the engineering department, while Nate and Cody managed projects.

Dan thought, "Nate's coming back early means either everything goes smoothly, or it doesn't. And his expression says it doesn't go well."

"Don't even bring it up, Cody sighed as he slumped into a chair. He said, "I spent the whole morning getting kicked around like a soccer ball. They kept saying this wasn't enough or that it was wrong. It's so odd because all the documents were supposedly complete." Nate caught his breath and said in a half-joking tone, "It went smoothly for me-so smoothly that they sent me right back. They called to say I had missing documents, and now we can't proceed to the next step."

"Do you think it's because our company is small, they're deliberately stalling us?" Cody asked as he looked at the two.

"There's nothing we can do about it. That's the downside of a small company. We have to make a few more trips," Nate said. wiping his sweaty face, which was as red as a steaming furnace.

It was only May, but when the sun was out at lunchtime, it still got really hot.

Nate gulped down half a bottle of water.

was heard even before she stepped in. "You all have worked hard," she

what they were holding and walked over,

straight-cut pants. Even in flat shoes, she exuded

who were a bit restless and anxious because of confusion, gradually calmed down, especially Nate and Cody

exactly what's going on." Ophelia got straight to

explaining the whole morning's events to Ophelia,

thought for a moment. He said, "I

Chapter 207

three of them turned

that our company hasn't built good relations with

was about the same height as Opliclia and was the kind of person

actually be

no one was going to help. "Ms. Spencer, this is your first

had no choice but to

you don't have connections and don't

or two weeks, and these two plots? Forget it. We might not start construction until the end of the

planned to take all the necessary documents in the afternoon and visit

take some effort. In the afternoon, Ophelia, along with Cody, headed to the Urban Development Bureau in the southern district. Dennis, sitting on the couch and sipping coffee, casually remarked, "Didn't you come here this morning? I told you your paperwork isn't complete. That land plot can't be developed properly. There's nothing I can do even if you

at Ophelia a moment longer, then he quickly looked down and took another sip of coffee. He said, "I told you you need

that, Ophelia handed over the feasibility study report. She said, "Mr. Miller, with all the responsibilities you manage daily, it's normal

also need a project initiation document." Ophelia kept a smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes. She gestured to Cody. Cody promptly handed over the project initiation

a couple

everything at once, she planned to give him only what he asked

closely in front of her. She thought. If he isn't intentionally

take a look, Dennis said, not even bothering to give them another