s equally
val from headquarters, but no one had told he
t toward a sofa tucked into the far corner of the ha
e man raised his eyes and scanned the crowded
rtbeat sudden
unreadable. More than that, he carried a quiet author
n the corner, he was so ridiculously handsome th
sing actor brought along by wealthy spon
d that he was actually th
a truly powerful
guests at the banquet suddenly s
lifted his eyes and said something with a faint, knowing smile. A moment
ard as excitement
the very man nearly every powerful bus
h him, the Ashton family's business wou
fluential figures have to treat
that made Waylo
him everywhere, he started forward and said
together slightly, bu
've heard so much about you. I've personally overseen this partnership from the beginning and made s
the floor before Waylon could c
ion stiffened. "
ceptable?" Damien glanced at him coldly. "Is this th
face as he hurriedly bent do
t even bother wiping it away. Instead, he began
as wrong with
prepared according to w
The financial projections in Appendix Three are seven percenta
around toward Natalie, anger and accusation
sion. "I... I have no idea. Weren't you th
y snapped, "You w
second a problem appears, your first instinct is to blame
at once, not daring
d always arranged for Natalie to negotiate with Dominic
he could admit he hadn't even bothered reading it. No
." Waylon lowered his head. "I hope you'll
rled the wine in
m made his attitude obvious. He wasn'
e a painful concession. "To show our sincerity, the Ashton G
ing ridiculous. "RL International has plenty of companies willing to work with
chest t
ning to walk away from t
't let th
projects months ago just to concentrate its manpower an
s out on billions in expected profits. Every cent invested i
areholders certainly
ott, please give me one more opportunity. If you're willing to co
brow. "Whatever I
replied withou
he waited to hear what Damie
ention drifted toward something nearby, a
f sight and immediately no
e. "I'll finish that enti
o drink can end badly, and I have no interest
orcing me. I'm choosing to drink i
ed up the bottle, tipped his head back,
face. "Why are you just standing here? You know Waylon c
r. "Did you even think b
t are you talking about? I'm tel
quietly
ded even the most obvious
e's the one who made the mistake. The whole point is to prove to Mr. Elliott that he's taking
r in confusion. "
Mr. Elliott look like he's intentionally humiliating Waylon. You'd be putting Mr. Elli
t if Waylon actually finishes that wh
ng this because you don't want to drink for him
ghed inwar
rently wasn't enough for Vera
rue that she didn't
berately altered the contrac
s of her own hard work become a gift to a cheating
, Vera pressed her again, sayi
re the one who came here as his plus
Actually... maybe you're right. If either of us inte
watching, Waylon was still for
aked from the corners of his mouth and ran down onto h
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