Chapter 344
“So this is how things are right now—six months ago, we started work on the Green Palms Project and
things had been going perfectly fine until this morning, when I was told that the budget for the project
was embezzled. The police haveunched an investigation into this incident.
The contractor appointed toplete the job was just a shellpany and the director is no longer
contactable; so far, the police haven’t apprehended anyone but news of this has already gone out to
the public. The Green Palms Project is a major project and we have already pre-sold many units. Right
now, our phones are ringing off the hook from all the phone calls made by these clients. If we can’t fill
this deficit and continue with the construction works on the project, then we will be facing a huge
Cameron broke out in cold sweat upon describing the situation to Myra. This had happened all of a
sudden without prior warning, which was why they were caught by surprise and werepletely
unprepared.
As soon as Myra heard Cameron’s words, she looked at Tony instinctively and she couldn’t help but
recall the words he had spoken to her the other day. She tried hard to calm her racing heartbeat and as
shemented lightly, “President Stark, do you mean to say that you want me toe up with the
money to fill the deficit?”
Cameron took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face. “Myra, I know that you’re definitely not
who you were before. Of course, if you were toe up with the money, then there will be incentives
for you from thepany. Half of the profit from the project is yours to keep and I’ll leave the Stark
Group in your hands too.”
He’s only going to offer me fifty percent of the profit from the project? Myraughed out loud all of a
sudden. “President Stark, ording to your words earlier, this news is public knowledge. Obviously,
even if you approach the bank for a loan right now, it would definitely be rejected, yes?”
Currently, it took a lot of effort for Cameron to keep a calm expression but his tone of voice remained
quite warm. “Myra, this time, you’re the only one who can help thepany. Surely you wouldn’t want
thepany to suffer any losses? After all, your mom put in a lot of effort into building up the
“The losses are inevitable. Previously, you ignored my advice and insisted on using up all of our
avable cash flow to invest in those two projects with the Walton Group. Right now, you’ve got a
problem with insufficient cash flow and a budget deficit issue. Soon, it won’t be just the Green Palms
Project that will face the issue of a budget deficit; this will be a problem for the wholepany
too. By then, a majorpany like ours will most likely flop from this tiny incident.”
Cameron felt quite embarrassed and stung by Myra’s strong words. However, he remained quite
stubborn in his thought that the Walton Family’s two projects were beneficial to them; one of them
would result in a huge profit while the other one was beneficial in terms of building up their reputation.
Every businessman would have taken that into good consideration. Besides, the Walton Family had
granted them a bigger share of the profit. It was just unfortunate that the project had hit a snag halfway;
as such, the money he had kept aside as an emergency cash reserve became totally insignificant.
“Myra…” Cameron gritted his teeth and there was a sh of annoyance in his eyes. However, his tone
of voice was the same as he sounded frantic and quite anxious. “This will be a lesson for us and I
promise there won’t be another incident like this anymore. This is a critical period right now so we need
to first resolve the problem and stop all the rumors. Otherwise—”
“Tony—” All of a sudden, Myra interrupted Cameron’s words. She ignored Cameron and turned toward
Tony. With a smile on her face, she looked at the man who was currently toying with her sleeve. “Would
you be willing to help mee up with the money to fill the Stark Group’s deficit?”
Initially, Cameron felt quite upset at being cut off by Myra but upon hearing her words, he realized that
she was seeking help from Tony, so that bit of unhappiness he felt faded immediately. He waited
patiently on the line with bated breath as he listened to their conversation. Soon after that, he heard
Tony say in a low and indifferent voice, “I’m not interested in helping fill that deficit.”
Immediately after Cameron heard that, he didn’t care whether they could hear him on the other end
and he yelled out frantically, “Director Hart, Myra’s mother put in a lot of effort to build the Stark Group
into how it is right now. If thepany flops, I’m sure she wouldn’t be able to rest in peace. Besides,
Myra will be quite unhappy too.”
Tony must have heard his words because right after that, Cameron heard him ask Myra, “If I don’t do
this, will you be unhappy about it?”
Myra shook her head na?vely. “Why would I be unhappy about it?”
Right after that, Tony took Myra’s phone and replied to Cameron, “Did you hear that?”
Cameron clenched his teeth angrily as soon as he heard that. This vile couple is obviously taking me
for a ride! Out of immense anger, he immediately hung up the call without saying another word.
Myra couldn’t control herughter upon hearing the engaged tone ring out from her phone. Just
then, she pretended to put on an annoyed look and she raised her eyebrows at Tony before retorting
fiercely, “My mother’s never going to rest in peace! I can’t believe you rejected my request to help fill
the deficit for the Stark Group! I thought you said you love me? It must be a lie! You’re a big, fat liar and
I’m not going to talk to you anymore!”
Tony chuckled deeply in response. He then tugged on Myra’s hand but she made to fling his hand
aside; her actions resulted in himughing louder than before and he suddenly pinched her cheeks.
“Naughty girl! Do you really mean it?”
Myra felt quite embarrassed by his action of pinching her chubby cheeks. Due to her pregnancy, she
had gained a lot of weight both around the waist as well as on her cheeks. When he pinched her, his
actions further emphasized her chubbiness, which felt quite ugly to her. She hastily buried her head
into his chest. “Stop pinching my cheeks; I look ugly!” Soon after that, she raised her head to look at
him.
The man in front of her maintained his perfect figure. As heid there, his broad shoulders and tight
bottom were quite prominent; paired with his wless face, Myra couldn’t help but feel a sense of
mncholy. Out of annoyance, she pinched him hard on the waist but ended up feeling the pain in her
hand herself. Last night, she had just seen his body and obviously knew how well-toned and powerful
the abs she had just pinched were. She was gradually losing her pretty looks whereas he maintained
his handsome appearance. This is so unfair!
As soon as she realized that, Myra buried herself deeper into Tony’s arms but this time, she purposely
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turned around and showed him her back. There was a stark difference between their looks and she
couldn’t help herself from feeling upset about it.
Tony looked at her pouting lips andughed out loud. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her
into a tight hug. Then, he gave her a kiss on her forehead. “Fine, then. If you want me toe up with
the money then I’ll do it for you, and I’ll even risk Grandpa’s wrath to give you the Hart Group if that’s
what you want. You can have everything!”
This silly man! Myra pursed her lips and there was a hint of shyness that shed across her eyes.
Although he would asionally sweet-talk her in the past, she felt herself drowning in his sweet and
affectionate tone right now.
Gosh, I’ve be weirder and weirder even since I became pregnant. I can’t believe he yed along
with me though it was just an intentional little outburst. Myra’s lips curved into a sweet smile as she
pondered over that.
Standing not too far from them, Sebastian was tending to his nts; he had seen the two of them being
so lovey-dovey the whole afternoon. With a frown, he muttered to himself, “They’re so indecent!” Then,
he snorted before heading back into the house to look for Lisa.
…
After Cameron hung up the phone, both Rachel and Kris, who were standing by his side, asked
anxiously, “What did she say? Did Myra agree toe up with the money? How about asking her for a
loan? Once we resolve this crisis, we cane up with the money to repay her. We shouldn’t have to
be too courteous with her; we’re family, after all, but we shouldn’t take advantage of her too!”
Cameron’s expression turned darker as soon as he heard their words. Myra’s attitude clearly indicated
that she wasn’t going to lend a hand this time. She’s no daughter of mine!
Just then, Rachel signaled to Kris. With a sigh, thetter said, “Dad, don’t worry too much. I’ve pleaded
with Gideon to help us with this problem and he promised to consider it. If necessary, I’ll head over to
the Walton Group’s newpany to talk to him.”
Cameron’s face finally brightened slightly. Indeed, Kris is the only daughter who’s on my side when I
need her. He clenched his teeth and promised, “Don’t worry, Krissy. I will take good care of you and
your mother in the future. Once all this is over, I’ve decided that I’ll hand over ten percent of my shares
in the Stark Group to you—it’s time for you to learn how to run the ce.”
As soon as Kris heard that, there was a surprised look on her face. Perhaps it was because Cameron
was a difficult person to please all this while, so this serious promise made by him right now was quite
overwhelming for her. She nced at Rachel and clearly saw the tedness in her eyes as well. Soon
after that, her mother shot her a look.