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.

entered the company when she overheard their conversation. Her voice was heard even before she

what

high-quality khaki shirt and straight-cut pants. Even in flat shoes, she

restless and anxious because of confusion, gradually calmed down, especially

me exactly what's going on." Ophelia got

Cody took turns explaining the whole morning's events

thought for a moment.

Chapter 207

of them turned

our company hasn't built good relations with the government departments. There are lots of hidden rules

looked quite shrewd. He was about the same height as Opliclia and was the kind of person who would come

might actually be true, Cody

people from the government. Without connections, no one was going to help. "Ms. Spencer, this is your first time starting a real estate company, isn't it?" Dan asked, phrasing it like a

no choice but

power. If you don't have connections and don't maintain good

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

had a point. She planned to take all the necessary documents in the afternoon and visit Urban Development

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 come

another sip of coffee. He said, "I told you you need a feasibility study

She said, "Mr. Miller, with

initiation document." Ophelia kept a smile on her face, but it didn't

gave a couple of

didn't plan to hand Dennis everything at once, she planned to give him

he isn't intentionally giving us a hard time, then pigs might as well

said, not even bothering to give them another proper glance. Not to mention paying