Chapter 0007

Carol thought. “Why don’t you just rob them, then?”

“You’re deliberately making this tough for me, aren’t you? You want Magnifique to sign a deal that only gives them 30% profit? Their president would be crazy to sign it.”

Kieran raised his chin smugly and narrowed his eyes. “If you don’t think you can settle the contract, resign. There’re plenty of other people who’re better than you.”

It became clear to Carol then that Kieran had still not given up on trying to chase her out of Abner Corporation.

Even though she had wanted to leave a long time ago, she could not offer a good explanation to Gordon Abner, Kieran’s father. Why else would she stay to be Kieran’s punching bag every day?

But she did not want to be chased out either!

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to seal the deal.”

No matter how difficult it would be, she would seal the deal.

As Abner Corporation’s vice president, Carol was known as a strong woman.

Some who were well-informed also knew that she was Kieran’s wife in-name.

Those who were not in the know and had never spoken to her before, however, did not know that she was married to Kieran.

Hence, they said that she used her looks to seal all the major deals for Abner Corporation.

Louis Lebouf, the infamously perverted president of Magnifique, was especially aware of that rumor.

Carol knew him too, and she was going to use it to seal the deal.

That was why she decided to have the person-in-charge of Royal Court—the place where they had their meal—to send in a few beautiful ladies to keep Louis company after eating.

But Louis did not let Carol escape. He kept toasting her.

“Miss Carol, you’re young and accomplished. You managed to become Abner Corporation’s vice president at such a young age! You surely have a lot of experience when it comes to leading projects and doing your job.”

He intentionally leaned into Carol’s space at the mention of “doing your job” and pressed his huge stomach against Carol’s side.

Carol cursed Louis in her heart, but she forced herself to smile and gave the women a look to come over.

But Louis sent them away impatiently.

“Can’t you see that I’m negotiating with Miss Carol now? Stop messing things up and leave!”

The women did not know who to listen to, so they turned to Carol for guidance.

Since Carol could not make Louis angry, she had them leave.

When they were left alone in the room, the perverted old man revealed his true colors.

He stared at her with lustful eyes and said, “Miss Carol, Abner Corporation might be really influential in Northvale, but it’s not right for you to step all over small companies like us. We’re investing the same amount of money, but you’re offering us only 30% while Abner Corporation will keep the other 70%? We should be splitting the profit 40/60 at the very least, don’t you think?”

He then grabbed her hand.

Carol wanted to puke.

She quickly pulled her hand back. “Mr. Louis, we’re not stepping all over Magnifique. Think about the accounts. Without us, you wouldn’t be able to cooperate with a real estate company as big as Skycity, which means that you wouldn’t be able to get even those 30% without us.”

Louis hesitated, then said, “You’re right. But you’re not the only big company in Northvale. We don’t need to sign a contract with you.”

He took her hand again and gave it a squeeze. “But, if you do well tonight, I might consider relenting.”

That was an obvious hint.

Carol forced a smile. “Don’t worry, Mr. Louis. I’ll be sure to do well tonight.”

Since he was insistent on it, she would resort to Plan B: pretend to relent and talk after he signed the contract.

“Patience. We can sign the contract after we go to our room.”

Louis grabbed Carol by the waist and steered her out of their room.

A few other men had just finished their meal in the room next to theirs.

Titus was among them. Since he was shot a few days ago, he did not drink a drop of wine.

Boaz Wright was beside him and teased him. “God must really like you, huh? Ten people came for you, yet you managed to survive. I’m impressed!”

Sirius Roland, another friend of Titus’s, said, “Who the hell do they think Titus is? They only sent those small fries after him! They’re only good enough for a warm up. If they hadn’t ambushed Titus, he would’ve killed them all.”

Then, he saw a man and a woman come out of a room in his peripheral vision. He could smell impending drama and said, “Look, isn’t that Kieran Abner’s wife?”