Chapter 97
Amelia felt ashamed of her blunder and lowered her head in embarrassment.
Terence felt irritated and sumbed to smoking one cigar after another until the office was
shrouded in heavy smoke and the ashtray overflowed.
Amelia coughed uncontrobly, and she opened the window to clear the air. She urged Terence to
smoke less, but her words fell on deaf ears.
At that moment, a knock sounded on the office door, and Zyler entered.
"Dad, why are you smoking in here again?"
He coughed, choking on the thick smoke.
Terence extinguished his cigar and stood up.
"Zyler, how did it go?"
"Here. Have some water first before you tell us," Queenie offered him a ss.
Zyler took a sip of water and said, "He refused to see me."
That night at Luxent Hotel, Adrian was also forced to leave after Lily was ousted. This left Adrian
feeling embarrassed and furious, leading him to sever ties with the Bourne family.
Zyler waited for two days, hoping to give him time to cool down before attempting another visit.
However, Adrian still refused to meet him.
"How could this be? Don''t people operating in the ck market prioritize money above all?" Terence
questioned.
Desperate times called for desperate measures. They wouldn''t choose to work with those in the
ck market unless the situation were dire.
"It was because…" Zyler recounted the incident at Luxent truthfully.
Queenie''s expression darkened immediately.
While those in the ck market might prioritize money, they were also proud individuals who valued
their pride above all else.
It was no wonder Adrian was furious. He was kicked out by Luxent. It was akin to a p in his face.
But Queenie also gleaned a significant piece of information. Hera had hooked herself up to
Dous.
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"Hera! It''s her again!"
Queenie clenched her teeth in anger.
A thought then crossed her mind, and she sneered, "A country bumpkin will always be a country
bumpkin. She could do nothing else but pester Bernard''s personal assistant!"
She wondered if Hera thought she could escape scrutiny by attaching herself to Bernard''s assistant.
She felt that destroying Hera would be as effortless as crushing an ant.
Zyler felt a strange difort hearing her words.
"With things getting to this point, we can only pay Raven a hundred times the price," Terence
concluded.
"Amelia, you handle it. It''s best if Raven solves our problem by tomorrow. The fools in ourpany
won''t hold out much longer."
Despite all the trouble, not a single penny was saved, and they ended up offending others. Queenie
was further disappointed in Amelia.
However, the thought of Raven''s power sparked another idea in her mind.
"Give me Raven''s contact. I''ll handle this personally," Queenie demanded.
"But..."
Amelia looked at Queenie in surprise.
Amelia was the one who negotiated with Raven, securing the deal at a hundred times the original
price. If she could finalize this deal, the credit would be hers, and the shareholders would regard her
more favorably.
Yet, Queenie sought to take credit for her daughter''s achievement at this critical moment.
"No ''buts''. Isn''t my authority greater than yours?"
Queenie red at her.
Amelia felt resentful but stillplied.
"Yes. I''ll send you the contact information right away."
Hera stayed with the Everetts over the National Day long weekend.
On the first day back to school, Hera felt her phone constantly buzzing at the breakfast table. She
nced at it.
It was a message from Piglet saying, "Raven, the Gaskell family has agreed to pay a hundred times
the price! However, this time, it was Mrs. Gaskell who contacted me. Should I ignore her for a while
and then pretend to reluctantly agree?"
She replied, "No need."
"True. It''s better to receive the nine-figure sum sooner. I''ll agree to her offer immediately," Piglet
texted.