Chapter 160


    “Alright, here’s the deal if all goes well, we can ink the contract today,” Patricia chimed in, “Let’s lock in


    the n before someone else snaps up our talent. Once we nail down the n, where’s he gonna go?


    Later on, just throw a bit moremission his way, smooth things over, and all will be well.”


    Don looked at her for a good while, as if making up his mind about something big, and finally nodded in


    agreement.


    “Okay, fine. If you’ve got your eye on something, I’d have to pull down the moon for you if that’s what


    you wanted, right?” Patricia cracked up. “You sure have the gift of the gab. If Brandon had half your


    sweet talk, I wouldn’t be worrying my head off all the time.”


    Don just smiled and didn’t reply.


    He headed over to Patricia’s office that afternoon and they got the contract signed.


    Truth be told, the main contract was already signed when Brandon approved the project design.


    Brandon held the reins of the project, but to avoid a head-on sh with Daniel and Patricia, on the


    surface, they were still in charge for the time being. Hence, there was also a side contract prepared to


    sign with them, and it stipted that in case of any disagreement, the terms of the main contract would


    prevail.


    Patricia, being familiar with the folks involved, didn’t scrutinize the contract too closely, assuming it was


    based on the original agreement, so she signed and stamped it without much fuss.


    Walking out of Patricia’s office, contract in hand, Don gave it a flick with his finger.


    “Thest person who didn’t rate our designer has grass growing over their grave that’s nearly two


    meters tall now, and here you


    Don shook his head with a chuckle, wondering whether to credit Sophia’s stealth or just chalk it up to


    the others’ frailty – one by one, they were all lining up to get a face p from her.


    Brandon’s case had been an ident with no malice intended. He hadn’t even nned on mentioning


    the designer’s name. Today, though, there was a bit of intent behind it.


    Previously, Don was indifferent towards Patricia, even somewhat reserved out of respect since she


    was, after all, Brandon’s mom. But today, Patricia, with her know-it-all, been-there-done-that attitude,


    and her talk about how it’smon for small-timepanies to just hang a director’s title on anyone


    Don wasn’t too fond of that.


    Although Patricia was a bit rough around the edges with her words, she didn’t nitpick too much over the


    design proposal.


    Maybe she was just too fond of Sophia’s work and feared that giving too much feedback might scare


    her away. After signing the contract, Patricia shot Don a WhatsApp message, telling him to proceed


    with the construction ording to the original n, no changes needed.


    Patricia didn’t have any objections, but Brandon was a different story.


    After leaving Patricia’s office, Don made a beeline for Brandon’s to discuss any tweaks he might have


    for the Zenithan-style resort project design.


    Brandon was ready and pulled out the proposal from his desk, tossing it to Don.


    Don looked it over, and while the general direction remained the same, there were numerous small but


    tedious details to be adjusted, including some aspects of the buildingyout and color schemes,


    requiring back-and-forthmunication and fine-tuning.


    After reviewing it, Don couldn’t help but close the proposal. “How about you just talk to Sophia directly?


    Some of this stuff might not be clear why it’s changed. It really needs some face-to-face discussion.”


    Brandon, flipping through a report, didn’t even look up. “No need, hand it to her, she’ll get it.”


    Don looked at him skeptically. “Does she really get where you’reing from, or is it that you don’t


    want to deal with her?”


    Brandon, still preupied with his paperwork, replied, “The condition for her taking on this project is


    that I’m not involved and there’s no work-rted contact between us.”


    Don got it. He hadn’t been fully aware of why Sophia was reluctant to interact with Brandon, but after


    seeing Patricia’s attitude. towards Sophia that day, he could totally understand Sophia’s side of things.


    Patricia, deep down, had zero respect for Sophia, and it was tantly obvious.


    She couldn’t even be bothered to keep up appearances.


    Don figured Daniel was probably the same, just a bit more subtle than Patricia. Otherwise, Patricia


    wouldn’t have the audacity to


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    look down on Sophia.


    “Have you ever seen how your parents interact with Sophia?” Don asked abruptly, changing the


    subject.


    Brandon stopped what he was doing and looked up at Don.


    Don grinned. “With your busy schedule, I’m guessing you haven’t really noticed.”


    “Patricia was at your ce today?” Brandon quickly connected the dots and asked with a frown..Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.