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.

get Master Winner

Hobson looked to Winnie for a response, and the driver’s pleading

the driver’s gaze and then glanced at Hobson before saying,

that, she settled into her seat, pointedly ignoring Hobson. He, seeing her refusal to yield, decided to dig in his heels as well,

he was tied up

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the housekeeper or Abdul for

stood by the window, watching Hobson follow Winnie into the Game car. She read the message Hobson sent and her usually graceful face twisted with displeasure for a moment before she threw her hairbrush and a

“Hobson has declined your request once, resulting in a loss of 1 point of

had been stagnant for a while, and the system advised Amber to intensify her pursuit of

one point was a bitter pill for Amber to swallow. She had spent years cultivating the image everyone

to the system’s rules, any refusal of a request, no matter how trivial, would result in a default deduction

incredibly unfair. Even getting

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

never dream of asking

like Springer, running after

yet, Hobson had rejected her! For Winnie, no

fathom what had changed. Everything had been fine before, so why were

out at the retreating

wanted to ask Winnie what Drake wanted with her out there, but when he turned to speak, he saw Winnie sitting with

under her eyes. It didn’t look too bad thanks to

She got

show she was filming? Sure, no bed was as comfortable as the one at home, and having to share a room with two others must

choices, but ultimately chose to keep his mouth

ride continued in silence until they reached a developing area on the outskirts of the city. Hobson recalled his uncle mentioning the government’s plans for a new development

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