Chapter 406


    Chapter 406


    Even as he patted Zack on the back, Chris was watching for Wendy’s reaction-seeing that there was


    none, he presumed that she was just asking casually. Breathing a sigh of relief, he chuckled at her.


    “Really? Are you getting jealous like a teenage girl at your age?” Wendy raised a brow. “And I guess


    you’re an expert on young girls?” “You’re just giving me rope to hang myself, huh?” Chris retorted as he


    returned Zack to her.” That said, you’ll always be a young girl in my perspective.”


    As Zack put an arm over Wendy’s shoulder and leaned on her, she smiled. “You really shouldn’t listen to


    hearsay all the time. Don’t you know how I feel toward you? It’s been years, and you should start


    believing in me.” Despite her smile, Wendy felt cold inwardly. Are all men geniuses when ites to


    deception? Did he not feel guilty at all when he said something like that?


    ***


    Within the Ford Corporation offices, everyone in the meeting room was afraid to make a sound.


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    Weston was frowning as he listened to a proposal presentation, and there seemed to be a chilling


    pressure weighing down on everyone around the conference table. After all, everyone could tell that


    Weston was upset. “Who’s the head of the strategy department?” he asked icily after the presenter was


    finished. While everyone around the table was fidgeting nervously, a middle-aged man slowly rose to his


    feet. “… Mr. Ford, is there a problem?”


    “‘Is there a problem? I should be asking that, don’t you think?” Weston snapped, and flung the papers in


    front of him at the man. “None of this makes sense. What did I pay you for?!”


    It was natural that there was a gap in work effectiveness between the branch in Fern City and the


    headquarters at Ahn City. The employees there were naturally under the impression that they could get a


    passing mark by posting the same numbers they didst year, and naturally did not expect that Weston


    could be so demanding. “I’m sorry, Mr. Ford. There may have been a mistake with the initial


    budgeting…”


    “Save it-I don’t need excuses. Just submit a new proposal before next week. I want results.”


    With that, Weston rose to his feet.


    Ben quickly issued further instructions before following Weston out of the meeting room.


    “Mr. Ford, we have another appointment soon. I don’t think we can make it back to Stardust Mansion


    tonight in time…”


    “Yeah,” Weston replied. “Just remind me to call her when she’s done.”


    They would be sitting around a dining table by then, and there was a chance that Weston would get too


    busy. As such, he should give Ste a head’s up so that she would not have to keep waiting alone back


    home.


    “Yes, Mr. Ford,” Ben said, and whipped out his phone to double-check the schedule for the rest of the


    day.


    He tapped on the usual chat group by reflex, and paused when he saw a particr image. He quickly


    looked up at Weston, but he had no idea if he should mention it.


    Weston stopped in his tracks and turned toward him. “What is it?”


    Ben hesitated again, and then said, “You should look at this, Mr. Ford…” He tapped on the image to


    show Weston.


    Weston frowned, and scowled the instant he looked at the screen-he promptly grabbed the phone and


    erged the image.


    He noticed right away that it was Ste, and it was a picture of her taking a fall. While he was under the


    impression that she was filming, he then saw that her cuts and bruises were not fake.


    Tapping out of the image, he saw that it was Guinevere who sent it, and the caption was:


    [The dedication of this extra! She leaped off from this end of the cliff, and was dangling off a cable for


    hours without protective gear! It really is hard to make money these days!) Naturally, it was only avable


    from Ben’s ount…