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.

a fit of

cruel to ask for such a huge chunk of the

never regarded him as his own son, but just

it, in three 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

you’re confident to pull in the funds

pretty sure it was nigh impossible for Zoey to secure the funds she needed for the project. This would only leave

make the Lopez family the biggest winner with a whopping ninety percent of the profits. Even Mr. Jennings could

Aaron.” Henry chipped in, “We should work together since we’re family. Let’s share the profits instead of having the cake all to

leave you guys alone to

company left Levi, Zoey and her parents to

left on the plate

her name down on the contract. But she held back and

it!” Levi

secure the funding you need

could fumble out a reply, “Don’t give me that crap again! Do we hold you responsible if we lose that hundred million? I firmly believe we

was in a dilemma as she eyed Levi skeptically. She did not have complete faith

till the last day to see if we could pull in

“Sounds like a plan!”

work with