Chapter 213
Not daring to ask further questions, Chris hurriedly replied, "Okay, I''ll do as told right away." As the
head of the Mendelson Family, Frank called the shots in not only the Mendelson Family but also the
Mendelson Group; all the other members of the family couldn''t overpower him. However, the
Mendelson Group was much better than before after it was being handed over to him. Since everyone
was able to make money, they were naturally even more satisfied with him.
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After ending the phone conversation with Chris, Frank stared at his cell phone for a moment. In the
end, however, he didn''t call Kendall.
Meanwhile, Kendall was unaware that the two big shots had taken action to support the Parker
Corporation. At this moment, she was waiting for Kelly and Leonel''s arrival at the hotel''s entrance.
Kelly had told her over the phone that they''d arrive in 20 minutes, but she didn''t see them after waiting
for half an hour. Just when she took out his cell phone to call Kelly, she saw Kelly pulling up slowly in
her Maserati that was followed by a ck Mercedes-Benz.
She parked her car at the hotel''s entrance, upon which the security guard immediately came over and
reminded Kelly politely, saying, "Sorry, miss, no parking is allowed here." He pointed at the entrance to
the underground parking lot, signaling her to park her car there instead.
However, Kelly exited her car and tossed her car keys to Kendall. She said in an imperious tone,
"Kendall, help me park the car in the underground parking lot."
Kendall caught the car keys Kelly had tossed to her, only to toss them back to her. "I''m not a parking
valet." She had promised Dn not to drive anymore, or he''d make her sit in his car and touch the
steering wheel all night.
It was enough to make Kelly look somewhat displeased. However, seeing that her car had blocked the
way of the cars behind hers, she gave Kendall a dark look. Then, she got back into her car and drove it
into the underground parking lot.
Several minutester, Kelly and Leonel walked out of the underground parking lot together while
chatting andughing.
Kendall went up to them and greeted Leonel with a smile, saying, "Hi, Mr. Dawson."
When he saw Kendall, his smile became even more visible. He stretched out his right hand, wanting to
shake hands with her.
This wasn''t their first time meeting each other. Still, out of courtesy, she stretched her hand to take the
proffered hand.
As they shook hands, Leonel held Kendall''s hand as he was reluctant to release it. Not only that, he
even caressed the back of her hand. It was very clear that he was taking liberties with her.
A hint of anger shed across Kendall''s eyes. For an instant, she wanted to yank him with all her might
and threw him over her shoulder. However, she suppressed her anger soon afterward. Pulling her hand
out of his grasp with a smile, she made an inviting gesture to him, saying, "Mr. Dawson, this way,
please."
Leonel thought that Kendall understood tacitly what he had hinted at earlier. His smile deepened and
he strode in.
He was the general manager of Prestige Electronics, which was one of the subsidiarypanies under
Coleman Empire Holdings, so the lobby manager of Dynasty Hotel recognized him. Seeing hime
in, he made a special effort to walk up to Leonel before greeting him and chatting with him for a while.
While the two men were chatting, Kelly secretly whispered to Kendall, "Kendall, I hear that the sales
personnel of otherpanies are very active, so you''ve to try harder. I see that Mr. Dawson has taken
quite a shine to you. Just have a couple of drinks with him and have sweet talks with him so that we
can take the opportunity to make him agree to coborate with us."
Kendall wasn''t stupid, though. Hearing these words, she frowned slightly and asked in a whisper, "Are
you telling me to sell my charms?"
"It''s not like you have to do anything for real. You just have to have a couple of drinks with him and let
him touch your hand at most. It won''t kill you to let him hug you."
If it weren''t for Kendall''s great patience, she''d have pped Kelly across the face a long time ago.
Kelly continued, "Don''t be angry. If you want to keep your footing in the workce, you''lle across a
lot of these social engagements and unspoken rules. If you can''t adjust yourself to it, you can quit your
job, head home, and continue to be the second daughter of the Parker Family." Then, seeing that
Leonel and the lobby manager had finished chatting, she gave Kendall a gentle push without giving
Kendall the chance to speak, asking her to take them to the private room Kelly had reserved.
Suppressing her inner displeasure, Kendall took the two of them to the private room she had reserved
in advance. After entering the room, she asked the waiter to serve the dishes she had ordered
beforehand.
Soon after that, the dining table was full of all kinds of exotic food. There were also a few bottles of
good wine. After filling everyone''s sses with wine, Kendall raised her wine ss and said to Leonel,
"Mr. Dawson, thank you for honoring me with your presence today. Here''s a toast to you."
He raised his wine ss with a smile, but he didn''t clink sses with her right away. Instead, he said,
"Kendall, what''s the fun in clinking sses like this? Come on, let''s cross arms with me so that you''ll
drink from my ss and I''ll drink from yours. That''d be interesting." In other words, he wanted to drink
with her by linking arms and drinking from each other''s sses.
Kendall felt that Leonel was extremely impatient today. They had met only a few times before. During
the past few times, he had been polite without doing anything outrageous to her. Today, however, he
asked to drink wine with her before they even started eating. She and Dn hadn''t even drunk their
wine with their arms intertwined like this ever since they were married.
"Kendall," Kelly said, reminding Kendall to satisfy Leonel''s demands.
Kendall took Leonel''s wine ss away from him and shoved her wine ss into his hand. After that,
she threw her head back and downed the ss of wine in a heroic manner. Then, she turned the wine
ss upside down, showing him that there wasn''t even a drop of wine left in the wine ss. "Mr.
Dawson, I finished the wine in your ss." She looked at him with a smile. "It''s your turn now."
Leonel had a half-smile on his face. "Kendall, you''re not following the rules."
Kendall''s smile faded, and the look in her eyes became frosty as she stared at Leonel silently.
He wondered if he was hallucinating, but he couldn''t help feeling that the look in Kendall''s eyes at this
moment was a bit like that of Dn''s. "Fine, I''ll drink it, but Kendall, since you didn''t do as I asked, you
have to drink two more sses of wine as punishment." Instead of asking to drink with her with their
arms intertwined, he asked her to drink two more sses of wine.
She immediately took the wine bottle and filled her ss with wine. Then, she finished the ss of
wine in one gulp.
After drinking three sses of wine in a row, she blushed a little, but she still had a sober look in her
eyes. When he saw this, Leonel praised, "You can hold your liquor pretty well." With that, he finished
his ss of wine as well.
Kelly casually took a sip of her wine. She was sitting across from Leonel, who purposely sat right next
to Kendall. "Bon appétit, Mr. Dawson," she said.
Leonel picked up some food for Kendall with a smile.
Kendall thanked him, but when he picked up food for her again, she declined it, saying, "Thank you, Mr.
Dawson, but I''ll help myself."
Kelly purposely pushed her bowl toward Leonel lest he felt embarrassed. She said, "Mr. Dawson, don''t
keep taking food for Kendall. You have to look after me, too."
"Yes, yes, yes." Leonelughed heartily. Taking advantage of the situation, he ced the food Kendall
had declined into Kelly''s bowl.
Kelly gave Kendall a warning look without anyone noticing, but Kendall sneered inwardly. Kelly is
teaming up with Mr. Dawson to set me up, eh?