True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 181

As Hobson felt the cold dismissal in her voice, his scalp tensed with a foreboding chill.

It was a clear, blinding warning to shut up!

While he was still frozen in shock, Winnie smoothly sidestepped him, yanked open the rear car door, and hopped in.

Just as she was about to close the door, Hobson’s towering frame squeezed in after her.

Forced to scoot over, Winnie shot him a look that would be more at home in a hospital’s psych ward. The driver, catching the silent tiff in the rear–view mirror, hurriedly turned to explain,

“Mr. Bryant, I drive for Mr. Patterson. He needs Ms. Bryant’s help with something, and I’m supposed to get her to him, right away.”

The mention of Mr. Patterson initially didn’t register with Hobson, but when he realized the driver was referring to Drake, his eyes bulged with surprise.

The Pattersons and Bryants had their connections, sure, and Drake and Horace were chummy, but… since when was Winnie so chummy with that devil?

Her hasty departure earlier had clearly been prompted by a message from him.

They were exchanging contact info now?!

He didn’t even have Winnie’s number!

He couldn’t even get her to share Master Winner’s contact for a custom crystal commission, and here she was, racing off at a single buzz from someone else.

Hobson felt an inexplicable pang of irritation. After all, he was Winnie’s family!

Winnie, oblivious to the whirlwind of emotions Hobson was grappling with, simply implored after the driver’s explanation, “Can you get out now, please?”

Initially, Hobson had the impulse to bolt at the knowledge that this was Drake’s vehicle. Drake was notorious for disliking others in his car. But now that Winnie seemed so keen to “shoo” him away, he was stubbornly planting his feet.

unless you agree to get Master Winner to craft that crystal

to Winnie for a response, and the driver’s pleading eyes followed suit. Mr. Patterson’s business was not

met the driver’s gaze and then glanced at Hobson

she settled into her seat, pointedly ignoring Hobson. He, seeing her refusal to yield, decided to dig in

pulled out his phone and texted her that he

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Chapter 181

housekeeper or

her usually graceful face twisted with displeasure for a moment before she threw her hairbrush and a new doll to the floor in a fit

system alerted her, “Hobson has declined your request once, resulting in a loss of

and the system

loss of even one point was a bitter pill for Amber to swallow. She had spent years cultivating the image everyone adored, painstakingly

rules, any refusal of a request, no matter how trivial,

Even getting one point was a struggle!

without ever demanding anything, partly to show she wasn’t after the Bryant’s

dream of asking Hobson

seeing Hobson tailing Winnie like a puppy had triggered a fear in her that he might end up like Springer, running after Winnie, which was why she had messaged him against the system’s rules, hoping he would return.

yet, Hobson had rejected her! For

what had changed. Everything had been fine before, so why were people turning on her all of

had caused Amber such distress. He gazed out at the retreating landscape, his brow furrowed in thought,

but when he turned to speak, he saw Winnie sitting with

angle, he could just make out a slight dark circle under her

She got

one at home, and having to share a room

choices, but ultimately chose to keep his

they reached a developing area on the outskirts of the

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