The Protector

“I’m a bit offended, Zoey.” Harry smiled ruefully, “How could you forget about your own family?”

“Grandpa, I…”

“You should have come to me instead. The Lopez Group could work out something for you. You know it’s well within our means to take on that Ecological Park project of yours.”

“I could even provide the startup capital for your project!” said Harry seriously.

“I bet there’s going to be some conditions attached to it?” Levi drove straight to the point. “Or you wouldn’t be so kind as to provide the funding.”

He had seen through the ulterior motive for Harry to fund the project.

“Good, I like to deal with smart people.” Harry grinned, “It’d save me a lot of my time.”

His words prompted Samuel Robertson, who was sitting next to Harry, to pass over the contract to Zoey.

“Take a look at this, Zoey.”

Zoey immediately studied the contract when they passed it to her.

The content was straightforward.

The contract stated that Lopez Group would get up to ninety percent of the profits for the Ecological Park project for providing the funds to Imperial Meadows Limited.

sent Aaron into a fit of

too cruel to ask for such a huge

felt that Harry had never regarded him as

days’ time, the project would be automatically annulled if you can’t come up with the funding.” Harry’s grin was sly and pernicious, as if he was trying to lure the bait to the hook, “You would end up without a cent once the project was annulled. But if you accept our funding, you’d still get a ten percent cut out of the profits. That would translate to quite a

the funds that you need before the

the funds she needed for the project. This would only leave her with no other options

family the biggest winner with a whopping ninety percent of the profits.

true, Aaron.” Henry chipped in, “We should work together since we’re family. Let’s share the

I’ll leave you guys alone

Zoey

to their terms, Zoey?” Aaron and Caitlyn persuaded, “At least there’s still something left on the plate for us. You should know better that your chances of getting the funds are almost as good

words almost swayed Zoey to put her name down on the contract. But she held

sign it!” Levi was

Zoey! I’m sure that I can secure the funding

before Zoey could fumble out a reply, “Don’t give me that crap again! Do we hold

she eyed Levi skeptically. She did not have complete faith in

shrugged, “Since we have three days left to go, why don’t we hang on till the last day to see if we could pull in some investments?” he suggested, “It’s still not too late to

“Sounds like a plan!”

work