The Mysterious Billionaire

James paused for a moment before replying, "Mr. Dawson, they've successfully bid on that piece of land. I think..."

Joseph sneered. "Successfully bid? Ha! They only succeeded because of underhanded means. You just have to send the evidence of it…", Joseph sneered.

James knew that Joseph made up his mind.

Hardy was definitely going to suffer a loss this time. "Mr. Dawson, haven't you always been at peace with Hardy? Why…"

"That guy and Liam collaborated and stole my woman. I can't just swallow this anger. If I don't get my revenge, I might die of anger," Joseph let him know his plan to get revenge.

James found it somewhat amused, "Mr. Dawson, regarding Miss Anderson, you can..."

"Don't mention her. I am someone that will take revenge if I have to. I'll respect her if she wishes to be with Hardy. So don't ever talk to me about this again. By the way, go and transfer one billion dollars to Bobby. And let him give it to Paige."

"What do you mean?"

"The breakup fee!" Joseph said indifferently.

Since Paige chose Hardy for the billion-dollar collaboration, he was going to transfer the same amount to her and go their separate ways.

When Paige and Abbie entered the room, Liam and Anthony were already there.

Liam's face stiffened when he saw Abbie walked together with Paige.

The reason for him to invite Hardy for lunch was that he wanted to get an invitation to the cruise gathering for Sophia. But now that Abbie was here, how could he ever ask for it?

Abbie saw his expression and guessed that he was uncomfortable. She smiled and said, "Is it alright if I come unannounced, uncle?"

"No! Sit here, Abbie!" Liam forced a smile and introduced her to Hardy. "This is Abbie Cook, and he's Mr. Anthony."

"Hello, Miss Cook!" Hardy greeted her politely.

"Hello, Mr. Antony!" Abbie smiled and sat down. Paige then sat next to Abbie.

Because Abbie was here, Liam could not ask for the invitation or even talk about anything else. So he just ate quietly.

Paige and Abbie both loved eating, but Paige did not have much appetite after seeing Joseph that day. So she didn't eat much.

On the other hand, Abbie was eating ravenously without being ladylike.

Hardy was a little stunned as he watched her eat.

After the meal, Abbie brought Paige away, saying that they had to meet up with another friend. She didn't give Liam a chance to do anything weird.

They then walked to the parking lot. Hardy's assistant walked down the car and handed Hardy two gold-sealed invitation cards.

Hardy smiled and passed the invitation cards to Abbie and Paige. "I will be holding a cruise party tomorrow night. I hope Miss Cook and Paige can make some time for it.

"Thank you for your invitation, Mr. Anthony. We will be there on time!" Abbie accepted the invitation.

Paige was not interested in the party, but since Abbie already accepted it, she did not refuse.

Seeing Hardy handed them the invitation cards, Liam coughed slightly to remind Paige.

Paige ignored his hint. Seeing how she ignored him, Liam had no choice but to grab this opportunity himself. If he didn't grab it now, he might lose this chance forever. So he put his dignity aside and asked, "Do you have any more invitation card, Mr. Anthony?"

"Mr. Anderson, this party is only for young people," Hardy said subtly.

"I'm not the one who wants to go, I have a friend that wishes to join." Since he personally asked for one himself, Hardy couldn't ignore him. So for the sake of Paige, he gave Liam an invitation card.

Liam took the invitation card and left in glee. Once Abbie and Paige got in the car, Abbie started to complain about him.

"Why did your dad behave this way? Doesn't he feel embarrassed? What does he need it for, anyway?"

"He wants to give it to his mistress's daughter", Paige sneered.

"Sophia Martin? She has such a infamous reputation now. Why would he let her join this party? What is he thinking?" Abbie asked in surprise.

"I don't know. I don't understand what's going on in his mind, anyway. Just ignore him. I'm not the one getting embarrassed, anyway."

Abbie drove to the fish spa to show Paige the handsome guy that she was talking about. However, she didn't see him there, so she asked the manager about it. Then, she found out that the handsome guy was not working there anymore.

Abbie was a bit depressed. "Why did he suddenly quit? I remember him saying that he liked working here."

"Maybe something happened."

"What could be the matter? This is infuriating. I should have asked for his phone number if I knew that this would happen." Seeing Abbie left with Paige, the manager made a phone call.

"Mr. Davis, I have done as you said. Miss Cook has already left." Michael, who was on the other end of the line, held the phone up while looking at the document in front of him.

After hearing that, he said, "Alright. Give that guy a sum of money and ask him never to return to B City."

After hanging up the phone, Michael rubbed between his eyebrows and thought for a moment. Then he continued sifting through the documents.

Since she couldn't see that handsome guy from before, Abbie was in a bad mood.

Besides, she couldn't go out shopping because Aiden deactivated her card.

Paige gave her a card, but she didn't take it.

"No, I have to find my brother and ask him to reactivate my card."