Chapter 401


    Chapter 401


    Remus replied, “Their engagement is something that our families have agreed on long ago. If Nichs’


    attitude bothers you, you may rest assured. I’ll give him a lecture so that he won’t hurt Hayley.” When


    he heard Remus’ words, Maxwell pretended to think about it for a moment. Then, he feigned reluctant


    eptance. After Maxwell left afterward, Remus immediately called Tobias with a scowl. “Give the


    orders for ourpany to sever all business dealings with Timothy Reinhart’spany at once.”


    Tobias hesitated for a moment on the other end. Then, he asked, “Dad, isn’t that a bad thing to do?


    And besides, Nichs will probably be angry if he learns about this.” “If he’s angry about it, tell him to


    come to me!” Remus ordered before hanging up the phone right away. Tobias had no choice but to


    order his assistant to do as Remus had said. Since he was thepany’s chairman, he could give


    orders without notifying Nichs, thepany’s president. That afternoon, Tobias’ assistant went to


    Timothy’spany. “President Reinhart, I’m here on behalf of ourpany to express our interest in


    buying out the patent for the tracking system from you. We’ll buy it at triple the amount of our previous


    investment, so I guarantee you that yourpany won’t be getting the short end of the stick.” He


    handed to Timothy the patent transfer agreement prepared by thepany.


    “As long as you sign the agreement, this check will be yours,” he said while producing a check with


    many zeros on it and putting it onto the table. However, Timothy wasn’t tempted by the offer. The


    tracking system was his and Henry’s brainchild. Naturally, they had to keep hold of the patent in order


    to make more money. As for their previous coboration with Nichs, it was firstly because they didn’t


    have enough starting capital and secondly because doing so would be a win-win situation for both


    sides. But now, he was being asked to give up the patent, which he would never do. He refused almost


    without hesitation, saying, “Sorry, but we’re not going to sell the patent.” With that, he had someone


    show the assistant out on the excuse that he still had work to attend to. After returning to his office,


    Timothy thought about what had just happened, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt


    something was wrong. He took out his phone and called Nichs, asking, “Nichs, isn’t our


    coboration going well? Why did you have someone buy out the patent for the tracking system?”


    Nichs was dumbfounded by the question on the other end of the line. After a moment, he said with a


    frown, “I didn’t order anyone to buy out the patent for your system.” “But your father’s assistant just


    came to me, saying that you guys want to buy the patent,” Timothy replied before giving a brief ount


    of the conversation just now. Nichs’ good-looking face was extremely sullen when he finished


    listening to Timothy’s story. Obviously, this has to be Grandpa’s doing. “I got it. Don’t worry; the patent


    is still yours, and nothing will happen to our coboration. I’ve got something else to do, so I gotta go,”


    he said. With that, he hung up and stood up from his executive chair all of a sudden before storming


    out of his office in a huff. Edward was just about to report on his work, only to be startled when he


    bumped head-on into a fierce-looking Nichs in the hallway. “President Sawyer…” he said gingerly,


    but Nichs left with big strides, as if he hadn’t heard Edward. Then, Nichs barged straight into the


    chairman’s office with a loud bang. With a frosty expression, he stood furiously in front of Tobias’ desk


    and questioned, “Why do you want to buy out the patent for Timothy’spany’s project?” Standing


    behind him was Tobias’ secretary, who looked at a loss for what to do. Tobias’ expression remained


    unchanged or rather, he had predicted long ago that Nichs woulde over to question him. After


    motioning his secretary to leave with a wave of his hand, he slowly replied, “This is your grandpa’s


    order.” “Why?” Nichs’ voice turned even chillier. Tobias raised an eyebrow slightly while looking up at


    his tall son before him. “Do I have to tell you why? Your grandpa said that your ties with the Reinharts


    must be severed, even if it means that the project will be shelved.” Unsurprisingly, Nichs’ expression


    looked as ck as thunder upon hearing this. Seeing his response, Tobias stood up and came out from


    behind his desk. Standing before Nichs, he patted him on the shoulder and persuaded in a grave


    tone, “Stop opposing your grandpa, okay? He’s too frail to bear it, and besides, no matter which of you


    wins, in the end, the Reinhart siblings will be the ones who lose and get hurt. You have to understand


    that a project isn’t as valuable as the Stone Family to him.”All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.