Love At The Right Price

Chapter 44

Tamara impassively retracted her hand, concealing the raging resentment inside her with a calm expression.

“Mrs. Hardy, I’m afraid that you don’t even deserve to stand here if we were to take our personal relationship into consideration, so it’d be best that we remain in a business relationship.”

The smile on Lily’s face stiffened and she countered, “Tamara, what does that supposed to mean? It has been five years since then. Are you still holding a grudge against us?”

Upon hearing her words, Tamara nearly broke into laughter. It’s the resentment that has been keeping me alive up until now.

At that thought, she responded with a cold, stern tone, “Since President Hardy isn’t prepared to talk about the collaboration, let’s not waste each other’s time. I have something else to attend to. I shall take my leave first.”

“Stop right there!” Lily, who finally couldn’t hold back her temper, tightly grabbed Tamara by her wrist.

“It has been five years since, yet you are showing your temper here and now? I wonder how much you can do when you are now in the territory of the Hardy Family! I haven’t even settled scores with you about the incident at Springvale Place!”

snarled and darted a look at the secretary, who

sign the agreement today. Otherwise, things will

remain calm. She couldn’t possibly come unprepared when they finally

a casual look, but she completely overpowered the other woman with her presence. It was apparent that

threat or a kidnapping? I never thought that the renowned Hardy Group would stoop so low to the point of using this underhanded means just to get the

so she had never experienced such humiliation before. Plus, after the incident where Tamara degraded her, she had long been wanting to take action on Tamara. Now that the woman was in the Hardy Group, coupled with the fact that Lily had Evan on her side, there wasn’t

sound echoed throughout the office, but the person who had been slapped was

Lily’s red swollen face instantly turned into a hideous grimace. Her stunning eyes widened as she growled, “You… How

scoffed at that. “Only an idiot wouldn’t resist when

realize that Evan wasn’t even looking at her. The

Lily’s last shred of rationality collapsed under

knife on the desk