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.

conversation. Her voice was heard even before she stepped in. "You all

three saw Ophelia, they all put down what they were holding and walked over,

in flat shoes, she

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

going on." Ophelia

Cody took turns explaining the whole morning's events to

chin and thought for a moment. He said, "I think I've figured

Chapter 207

three of them turned to

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

same height as Opliclia and was the kind of person who would come up with new ideas as

that might actually be true,

done, one really need some connections. Especially when dealing with these people from the government. Without connections, no one was going

no choice

in a higher position, you've got the power. If you don't have connections and don't maintain good relations with them, it

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

the necessary documents in the afternoon and visit Urban Development Bureau personally to figure out what was

a small, unknown company being treated differently, then it would 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 come to me!" Ophelia said, "Mr. Miller, I know the problem lies with us, which is why we're here to ask you exactly what paperwork we need to

then he quickly looked down and took another sip of coffee. He said, "I told you you

the feasibility study report. She said, "Mr. Miller, with all the responsibilities

Ophelia kept a smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes.

a couple of soft

plan to hand Dennis everything at once, she planned to give him only what he asked for, curious to see what he would say

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

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