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

driver’s

glanced at Hobson before saying,

settled into her seat, pointedly ignoring Hobson. He, seeing her refusal to yield, decided to dig in his heels as well, only remembering to reply to Amber’s message as the car

phone and texted her that he was tied up and couldn’t make it, suggesting

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watching Hobson follow Winnie into the Game car. She read the message Hobson sent and her usually graceful

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

the system advised Amber to

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

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

Even getting

in the Bryant family without ever demanding anything, partly to show she wasn’t after the Bryant’s wealth and partly because of this exact system rule,

of asking Hobson for

might end up like Springer, running after

Hobson had rejected her! For

been fine before, so why were people turning on her all of a sudden?

gazed out at the

but when he turned to

could just make out a slight dark circle under her eyes. It didn’t look too bad thanks to her youth, but Hobson guessed she hadn’t slept well

She got

the one at home, and having to share a room with two others must be a pain. That’s what

internally at her choices, but ultimately chose to keep his

of the city. Hobson recalled his uncle mentioning the government’s plans for a new development

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