Chapter 435 Join Hands
Johnson’s matter had caused a sensation and had a terrible influence.
After all, he was an authority in this industry, and no one dared to challenge him. Now someone suddenly told people that his authority collapsed overnight, which was a collapse of faith.
Abel was also under a lot of pressure. After all, he was the vice president of the Perfuming Association, and he had a lot of responsibilities.
Just as he was about to pack up and go back to Washington to sort out the situation and see how to respond and counterattack, Ingrid came again.
“Why are you here again? I thought I had made it clear last time.”
He was clear about her purpose, but he didn’t want to get involved. He was really not interested in
her.
“Yes, I also thought that after these two days, you should have figured it out,” Ingrid said with a meaningful smile.
“Really?” Raising his eyebrows, Abel lowered his head to pack up the documents on the table.
“There’s nothing to pack up. It’s just a pile of waste paper. You can see that Silvia is not easy to deal with. I knew it when I fought with her for the first time. Although she looks weak in normal times, in fact, she is very tough and vicious. She’s even worse than me. She dares to set up Mr. Stewart. What else won’t she do?”
In fact, although Abel didn’t like Ingrid very much, what she said did make sense to him.
He didn’t expect Silvia was so difficult to deal with. He had thought that with the power of the Perfuming Association, Silvia would surrender if he put a little pressure on her. But he didn’t expect that she would almost destroy the whole Perfuming Association.
There had been a mess in the Perfuming Association recently, and everyone felt that they were in danger. No one wanted to be caught on the spot, and no one knew who exposed the secrets that they thought were unknown to all.
“If you want to deal with her, you have to join hands with me.” Ingrid tried to persuade him again.
“You?” Abel glanced at her and sneered, “With all due respect, the Petersen Group can’t protect itself, right? The police are still investigating you, and the quality monitoring bureau is also investigating this matter. Do you think that with a few fake photos and videos, you can make her take the blame and the Petersen Group will not be responsible for it?”
“Even if the Petersen Group is responsible for it, it is only a small part. At most, it is due to carelessness in hiring people and poor supervision. At that time, there will be general manager of the Petersen Group admitted the crime. What’s wrong with it? The Petersen Group is a big and
powerful company, and it can go through this and rise again. The Petersen Group is a big and most powerful company in the world, isn’t it?”
Abel knew. Of course, he knew that! But he knew Ingrid’s purpose too.
“If it’s really as easy as you said, you don’t have to come to me.” He smiled, “And as far as I know, the Petersen Group is not in your hands. They don’t want you to be the successor, no matter whether it is Declan or your father. The reason why you come to me and even throw yourself at me is not that you like me so much, but because you have a crush on those behind me.
“You want to use the power of the Halpert family to increase your confidence and force Declan to hand over the control of the company to you. Am I right?”
He was completely right.
Ingrid replied with a smile, “Yes, what you said is right! But you also need a wife to help you, Mr. Halpert. There are many more descendants in the Halpert family compared with the Petersen family. Do you have a better choice than me? But the Petersen family is different. Not to mention. your generation, the following generation has grown up. Are you sure that your father will be willing to hand over the family business to you? You are such a disobedient son!”
What she said sounded serious, but it was true.
The situation of the Halpert family was beyond ordinary people’s imagination. In particular, there
were many
descendants from several generations. They competed with each other for property and family business.
Although Abel didn’t have much desire for the family business, he would never give it to others.
He climbed to his position in the Perfuming Association, regardless of his family’s objection. In fact, he was doing this to create another path.
In the eyes of the Halpert family, perfuming might not be a popular career, but Abel firmly believed that as long as this industry developed well, it would be a very vigorous and promising industry. It hadn’t fully realized its full potential in America, and there was still room for improvement.
Now he was the vice president of the association. As long as he could be the president for another two years, he would be the leader in this industry. At that time, there would be many disciples of him, and it would be no problem for him to do business or other things then.
Of course, there was another more important thing. In the association, he was able to get in touch with the political leaders. It was good for both him and the Halpert family.
People in the Halpert family didn’t understand. They just thought that he didn’t want to have a serious career and was obsessed with women’s stuff all day long.
They didn’t understand his ambition.
“If I cooperate with you, what can you bring to me?” Ingrid talked about what he could bring her. But what was the other way around?
Hearing this, Ingrid was very happy. “It’s obvious. If we are together, with the power of the Halpert family, the Petersen Group will be mine. Similarly, if 1 control the Petersen Group, then in the future, you will also get the strongest support of the Petersen Group as my husband! If we work together, what can’t we achieve?”
Abel frowned and thought for a while. He didn’t refuse her directly as before.
To be honest, it was indeed a big temptation.
“Moreover, if the Petersen Group is in my hands, I’m confident that I can make it bigger. Not only can I deal with the current scandals, but I can also kick Silvia out of the industry. At that time, if you don’t want to see her, you can make her disappear. If you still want to use her, she will naturally come to you. No matter what, I won’t stop you and will respect your decision. Okay?”
Ingrid patted Abel on the chest and looked at him with her charming eyes.
Her words seemed to have magic, making him… unable to refuse.
Abel hesitated for a moment and then held her hand. This time, he didn’t shake off her hand but
pulled her into his arms.
Unprepared, Ingrid directly bumped into his arms and clung to him. She raised her head, with a touch of shyness on her face, and slightly closed her eyes.
Abel hesitated for a moment, lowered his head, and kissed her beautiful and dangerous red lips.