When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I gave him a faint smile. “Oh, so it belongs to your wife? Seems like I’m the one who had overthought. But I do hope to meet your wife one day.”

Just then, the elevator arrived, and Derek changed the topic, ushering Ashton into the elevator. When we reached the destination, he excused himself and went away.

Ashton glanced at me and said, “You’re normally a quiet person, but you’re surprisingly chatty with Derek just now. Did he offend you before?”

I shrugged nonchalantly and found myself a seat to sit. “Not really, but he did infuriate me before. I really dislike him. He abandoned his wife and his child, and yet he still had the nerve to say that the company belongs to his wife. What a jerk!”

He looked at me curiously and asked, “How did you know about his background?”

I pursed my lips. “His ex-wife is Linda, and she is a single parent. He does not have a wife at all, so it was all lies. He was the one who owns the company. Hmph, I swear I’ve never seen such a corrupt person.”

As I continued to badmouth Derek, Ashton gazed at me amusedly.

Suddenly, Rachel came over and passed a document to Ashton. When she saw me sitting beside him, she furrowed her brows, displeased with my presence. She probably thought that it was inappropriate for me to observe the tendering process.

After he looked through the document, he looked at her and asked, “Is Motha Group a

to be an investment company, but it has changed into a small company recently, managed by

would be their representative

surprised that Ashton would ask more about the company. “It’s the daughter of the former chairperson, Scott Webster. Her name is Hailey Webster. She is still quite young. Rumor has it that she took over the deteriorating company not long after her father passed

deep

competent at work, so it was not a surprise that she could manage the entire tendering process without Ashton’s guidance. Hence, he did not

was about to fall asleep when a young lady with

about her, but it was hard not to notice an adolescent who looked about seventeen years old presenting on the stage as all the other

dress, looking a little gloomy. She stood on the stage, swept a glance over the audience, and started to present

audience. An expert in construction tendering would probably comment that her proposal did not have any points that stood out, so it was rather boring and

low-spirited and had an air of melancholy around her, like a dead soul in a living body. I did not know why I would

as soon as she ended her presentation. Nonetheless, I could not help but stare at her as she walked past me. Noticing that someone was

cold; there was not even a hint

a big company, after all. Hence, many corporations were eager to win the bid as a deal signed with the Fuller Corporation would guarantee a huge profit to