A Graduation Gift

Lionel stared at the contract sent back by Amanda with his lips pursed and eyes fierce. He clutched the paper so tightly that it crumbled in his hands, his veins popping out of his skin.

"What the hell! We've already started the project! And now they want out? I'm sure Rufus has interfered with this! I can't believe they'd rather pay the liquidated damages than let us take charge of this project!"

Lionel couldn't contain the anger and shouted relentlessly. He was so furious that his secretary, who just entered the office carrying a bunch of documents, got completely frightened. She didn't dare say a word to him.

Tang Group was in a terrible situation. If they couldn't find a financial support soon, they would be compelled to fire the employees and cut the expenses even to maintain the general headquarters' work.

When Rufus was still a part of the company, he had gotten many branch offices built. At the time, it was also an important and unavoidable expansion of Tang Group. After all, his plan was to make it a public company in the future. But now, it looked like all of those things were intentionally planned by him to lead the company to doom at the very sight of a crisis.

No doubt, he had made Tang Group bigger and much more powerful than it had ever been, but for what? To abandon it? The company now rested in Lionel's hands, who as everyone knew was not capable to handle neither the business nor the pressure it brought along with it.

Lionel gritted his teeth, thinking Rufus had planned all this deliberately. Now, he wasn't willing to help them at all, despite the company being on the brink of bankruptcy. Lionel hated him, but at the same time he knew there was no one else who could save the group.

To add to the misery of Tang family, a lot of rumours about them had started to circulate recently. People were accusing Horace of being indecent, saying he had done some uncandid things to reach where he was today. Because of that, they didn't even have a reputation good enough to take a loan from a bank.

Cassandra had told him she would help him to persuade Rufus, but there was no news from her. Lionel wasn't even sure about whether she was trying for real or not.

his secretary's frightened face, and couldn't help but furrow his

"What's the matter?"

there was no one

this critical moment, he had no one to talk to or make any plans with. He was convinced

secretary mumbled in fear, then continued, "one of our old clients has been

she put the documents on his desk, with an awkward, terrified look on

him there is no Manager Qin in the company

anger, punching his desk, making the things on it shake. The wrath was evident in his eyes.

long time ago. He didn't expect the clients

right? Can't we hire her back?" the secretary asked hesitantly.

Lionel would answer but she needed to

ex-wife, and also had a relationship with Rufus. For all she knew, she could be scolded for even bringing up

weak since Cassandra left. No body could deny

in silence, struck by

agreement with Cassandra when they got divorced. She had kept all of them, never creating a problem. Even when she designed for the