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"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.

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

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

shoes, she exuded an aloof and tall presence, giving people the feeling of looking

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

on."

turns explaining the whole morning's events to Ophelia, leaving out no

and thought for a

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of them

relations with the government departments.

kind of person who would come up with new

know, that might actually be true, Cody

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,

had no choice but

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

Forget it. We might not start construction until the

take all the necessary documents in the afternoon

couch and sipping coffee, casually remarked, "Didn't you come here this morning? I told you your paperwork isn't complete.

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

She said, "Mr. Miller, with all the responsibilities you manage

said, "I'm not through yet. You 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 document with both hands. He said, "Mr.

couple of soft

give him only what he asked for, curious to

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

leave it here, and I'll take a look, Dennis said, not even bothering to give them another proper glance. Not to

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