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 to craft

and the driver’s pleading eyes

met the driver’s gaze and then glanced at Hobson

ignoring Hobson. He, seeing her refusal to yield, decided to dig in his heels as well, only remembering to reply to

he was tied up

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the housekeeper or Abdul for help.

read the message Hobson sent and her usually graceful face twisted with displeasure for a moment before she

once, resulting in a loss of 1 point of affection. Please be cautious in your invitations.”

the system advised Amber to intensify her pursuit of him.

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

refusal of a request, no matter how trivial,

that was incredibly unfair. Even getting one point was

had lived 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

of asking Hobson for anything.

end up like Springer, running after Winnie, which was why she had messaged him

rejected her! For Winnie,

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

message had caused Amber such distress. He gazed out at the retreating landscape, his brow furrowed in thought, “Aren’t we

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

under her eyes. It didn’t look too bad thanks to her youth, but Hobson guessed she

She got

the reality 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 be

internally at her choices, but ultimately chose to keep his mouth shut.

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

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