As my mood was ruined after meeting Sylvester, I stood outside my apartment for a long time without opening the door. I wiped my face, trying to keep myself awake, but my mind was in a haze. I did not know what was going on either. "Wanda?" A familiar voice sounded behind me, and I turned around to look. "Neil?" It seemed like it had been a long time since I saw him. He came up to me, a warm smile on his face. "What's wrong? I saw you standing outside your apartment for a long time without going in." "I feel a little weak." I leaned against the door, pursing my dry lips.Neil looked at me, anxiety flashing across his face. "You don't look too good. Are you ill?" He felt my forehead as he said that. His hand was cool, and it felt good. In the next second, however, my gaze went dark. I lost consciousness after hearing Neil call my name.When I woke up again, I found myself on the bed in the room with a towel on my forehead.I quickly sat up and looked around. It was wi

Nibel sounded leisurely when he spoke, "How could that be? I did it to help you."I started the car and slowly replied, "Don't tell me you sold so many shares and companies in order to accumulate cash for me to have the capital to fight against the Yards."I only heard a snap of his fingers over the phone before Nibel's smug laughter followed. "That's right. How very smart of you. Shouldn't you be thanking me, President Lane?"I just smiled. "I don't believe you threw away so many shares just because of me.""My dear Miss Wanda, I think you underestimate the Yard family's might. You small businesses can't afford to go up against their family alone. What's more, they have Grant Corporation's partnership now. You have to prepare for far more than what you imagined. I announced the news today to let the Yards know how much capital we have!" I seemed to come to an understanding after listening to what he said. Nibel was forcing the Yards. Even if the Yard family did not plan to bet

The day of the bidding had come.As I was the representative, I was seated in the front, while Shannon and Tyler were behind me. Silas was just three seats away from me, and he looked confident as usual. Yet it was this confidence that annoyed me a little.Silas smiled at me like he was provoking me. "President Lane, you’re early today." In an attempt to gauge his thoughts, I asked back deliberately, "Aren’t you early too, Chairman Yard? From the looks of you, you look like you're determined to win the development rights to North Courts?" "Who knows? I resign myself to fate today." Silas sighed in response and shrugged his shoulders.I was confused when I heard that. He did not seem like someone who would say something like that, so there must be a deeper meaning behind it.I turned back to look at Shannon and Tyler who were behind me. Why was Marius not here yet?"Where's Marius?" I asked ShannonShe tapped on her cell phone and replied, "I tried calling him, but no one

Back at Green Orange, I still had not snapped out of what happened earlier and sat in my seat in a daze. Shannon's curses filled my ears. "Just what the hell did Marius do? It's much too contriving even for him to betray us temporarily to help the Yards."What do you think Marius was thinking? Could he be mad because of his one-sided love?" "Shannon." I could not really listen to any more of it and opened my mouth to stop her. Shannon looked at me. As if understanding what I was feeling, she just sighed and stopped.I could not figure out why Marius would do this either. "Let's put this matter aside for now. It's a foregone conclusion. Since we've now obtained the development rights to North Courts, we'll make the best use of it. The land is still very valuable despite it being higher than the market price. Fortunately, we stopped the loss in time since the Yards had no intention of continuing to raise the price."Tyler was right. If the Yards had continued to bid, the conse

"shouldn't you apologize for barging in so suddenly, President Lane?" Silas looked at me with sharp eyes.That gaze of his was clearly mocking me.I gulped, my throat feeling itchy. I was unable to utter a word for a long time.The people present included Silas, Marius, Sylvester, and some others who I did not know.Wait, if they were celebrating here, how could Theo not be present?Just when I thought of this, Theo's voice came from behind me. "Apologies for my tardiness." I closed my eyes. What one feared would eventually make its appearance. His arrival had been quite coincidental. Theo walked past me and entered the room, taking a seat at his place. It was only then that I realized that their seats were particular to each other. Theo was able to locate his own without even looking for it. "How long do you plan to drag this out, President Lane?" Silas' voice sounded again. I pursed my dry lips. Beside me, Shannon tugged on my sleeve as if signaling me to leave immediate