Chapter 31


    Chapter 31 It Was Never My Idea


    ‘Jameson stole the ring and took the liberty of proposing to you with it. That was never my idea.’ After a


    long deliberation, Pierre finally made up his mind to send Meredith the message.


    Although his frankness would definitely break thedy’s heart in a cruel way, he still figured that telling


    her the truth was the better way to deal with this mess since he knew he was a terrible liar.


    The man then continued to sit in his car and smoked while brooding on the matter in a preupied


    manner. Meredith has always replied to my every message almost instantaneously, even though I have


    never done the same in return. However, she seems to be taking longer than usual to reply to my text


    this time.


    Even after waiting for a long while, she still hadn’t replied. Well, maybe she feels awkward and thinks


    it’s better not to bring it up. So, that’s probably not a bad thing for both of us either. At the thought of


    that, Pierre tossed the cigarette butt out of the car window and drove off.


    Meanwhile, Meredith and Megan were still arguing with each other over the former’s phone that was


    dropped into the toilet bowl. “I’m not gonna pick it back up from that ‘pit’,” Meredith said. “Come on! I’m


    getting married soon, so I don’t wanna get jinxed. Furthermore, I’m going to be aughing stock if


    people hear about this.”


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    Deep down, Meredith was sure that her sister would never reach her hand into the toilet bowl for her


    phone, but even so, she wasn’t willing to do it herself. Of course, her reason was exactly the same as


    Megan’s.


    “Why don’t you get the maid to pick it back up?” Megan chuckled and added, “But are you sure you still


    want that phone, Meredith? It’s been down the ‘pit’, after all.”


    In fact, that phone was her own personal one, which she had specially bought because of Pierre. Thus,


    there was nothing else in it besides her contact with Pierre. Megan’s right. I’m not going to use that


    phone anymore even after it’s been taken out of that ‘pit’.


    After all, I only bought this phone because of Pierre, so it must never be tainted and dirtied. “Fine then!”


    After the maid retrieved the phone from the toilet bowl, Meredith directly threw it into the trash can.


    The next day, Meredith had her assistant create a backup of all the information within her phone, only


    to realize that it had been damaged by the water too much to do that. Therefore, she had no choice but


    to send her phone for repair. She was adamant on recovering the data within it, so she kept begging


    the technician to get it repaired.


    In the meantime, Rnd was troubled by an issue that revolved around hispany. As the new


    season was about to arrive, Yard Group had to renew its contract with its suppliers. Since the


    company’s business was about fashion and clothing brands, they needed to constantly reorder


    materials, such as fabric, buttons, threads, and many other essories.


    At the same time, Finneas’ Lake Corporation hadn’t worked with Yard Group as frequently as it did,


    though the prices they charged were undeniably one of the cheapest ones over the years. Even so,


    Rnd’spany was barely holding its own in the recent years due to its unsatisfactory business


    performance.


    In fact, Yard Group had been suffering from difficulties selling out its clothes, which led to an overstock


    of inventory in the warehouse. Although they had swiftly counteracted the problem by reducing


    production, their suppliers were forced to increase their prices since the raw materials ordered were


    now lower, resulting in the increased cost of production.


    Because of that, Yard Group was forced to mark up their prices when they put their clothes on the shelf


    for sale. As a result of that, they displeased their customers and inevitably found themselves trapped in


    a vicious cycle. Therefore, Rnd was worried about his contract renewal with the suppliers.


    At that moment, Megan happened to walk into the study and noticed Rnd’s furrowed eyebrows.


    “What’s wrong, Dad? You’re frowning so much that your forehead is covered in wrinkles!”


    “Hey, you’re thepany’s designer, so can you show a little concern about thepany’s prospects?


    It’s time for us to renew our contract with the suppliers. Look at their prices! They are even higher now


    than they were in thest season!”


    Rnd then mmed the document onto the table, which Megan took and flipped through. The prices


    are indeed higher, but I guess that’s because our purchase amount from them is much lower now.


    “Come on, Dad! You can’t me our suppliers for raising the price. Look how much you’ve only


    ordered. How do you expect them to give you discounts for that small order?” Megan threw the


    document back onto the table.


    “What do you know? In fact, this seems a lot to me! We haven’t been doing well in sales for the past


    two years! I wish you could take a look at our warehouse for yourself! We barely have enough space


    left to keep those clothes.”


    Rnd sighed and continued to say, “Once you’re done with your wedding, please work more on the


    designs for the next season! I want to see some improvements!”