Ethan waved his hand, clearly reluctant to comply. “Miss Iris, I know that you’re at odds with Miss Winifred, but allow me to say this, please don’t think of trying anything funny on this project. If something serious happens, you can’t afford to shoulder the consequences.” After that, Ethan turned to leave. “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear this today, but I don’t wish to see this happening again. Otherwise, don’t blame me for reporting to the president about you.” Ethan left without looking back. However, when he reached the exit, Iris started chuckling behind him. Her laughter made Ethan’s scalp feel prickly. “Ethan Lynch, you old fart, better not refuse a gentle offer in favor of harsh punishment. I know full well what you’ve been doing in the company all these years. Stop trying to act self-righteous in front of me. If I didn’t have some information on you, would I have come to ask you for help?” Ethan’s expression faltered as he turned to look at Iris. He realized that this wom
At that moment, Tyr felt like he had just been stabbed in the most delicate part of his heart. His mother-in-law had actually pawned her dowry away just to buy her daughter a car. “I’ll get the bangle back tomorrow,” said Tyr. Winifred smiled bitterly. “Do you think it’ll be possible? My grandmother’s family background is quite strong, so her mother’s dowry is of some quality. I heard that her bangle was worth around tens of thousands twenty years ago. After keeping it for so many years, it must be worth at least a hundred thousand now. I don’t have that much money with me at the moment. But thankfully, I have a huge project on hand right now, and the produced items have been handed over progressively. Soon, the Smith Group will be paying us, so let’s think of something when that time comes.” Tyr chuckled in his heart. By the time you get the money, that bangle might be gone. The next morning, after Tyr had sent Blair to school, he gave Jade Laurell a call. Through Jade’s conne
Tyr and Winifred were baffled. Did the older generation measure a car’s status by its size? Helen, too, looked unhappy. Tyr, I asked you to buy a huge car, and you got this instead? Plum scattered the melon seed shells on the ground before noticing how similar the Benz logo was with their Mitsubishi’s. She raised her voice and started mocking again, “Helen, your son-in-law is really practical. Look at how similar our car logos are. They’re both tridents. But look at mine, they’re all thick as bamboo leaves while yours are needles.” As Tyr and Winifred stood aside, they felt the blood in their veins freeze. Helen, instead, was stomping her feet in anger. “You trash, why can’t you do something this simple correctly? This is so embarrassing!” Helen left in a fury while Winifred and Tyr quickly chased after her with a dumbstruck expression. Back home, Helen was angry for a long time. Winifred had wanted to explain to her but was stopped by Tyr. After a while, Helen’s anger seem
In Winifred’s eyes, Joseph Zea had always been a capable and courageous elder. Furthermore, in these past six years, where the entire Zea family, close or distant, had scorned her, only Joseph was decent to Winifred and had given her family a lot of assistance. Hence, Joseph was an elder whom Winifred respected very much. Now that Joseph’s factory was on the verge of closure, Winifred could never just stand by and watch. “Fourth Grandpa, I’m sure you’ve come to me because you’ve heard that I was in charge of the collaboration with the Smith Group, right?” “Yeah.” Joseph nodded. “Winifred, if it weren’t because I have nowhere else to turn to, I wouldn’t be so shameless and come to look for you. The project you’re doing now should exceed ten million every month on orders. So, Winifred, can you outsource a small portion for my factory to do?” Winifred was silent for a moment. Seeing how haggard her Fourth Grandpa looked made her heart ache. “Fourth Grandpa, I don’t have any problems
The matter with Joseph Zea was just a small interlude that was soon forgotten. As for whether or not Joseph’s factory would close down, nobody cared. Even if Winifred really wanted to help Joseph, she did not have the means to. The Zea Group no longer had any compassion! Work-life continued, and compared to before, Winifred was more hardworking than ever. The first few batches have been successfully handed over to the Smith Group, and the Smith Group has labeled their trademark to distribute into the market for sale. The response was great. No matter the quality or style, everything received great feedback. As the saying goes, the first step is always the hardest, with such a great start, everything would be more relaxed from now on. To celebrate how smooth Winifred’s project was going, Tyr had specially made a table full of dishes on the weekend to commemorate this event. In the afternoon that day, the family of five were enjoying themselves over lunch. Perhaps it was because
Winifred did not have any time to defend against Ethan’s chain of attacks. The man had used his resignation to incite human emotions just to achieve his goals. To switch out the person in charge and to chase Winifred out of the company. That way, the accusation about Winifred deliberately importing low-quality fabric for profit was firm. It would be hard for her to explain herself. “That’s right. A person like this should be chased out of the company.” “And whatever feedback from the Smith Group will be Winifred’s responsibility.” “Even if they want to send her to jail, let it be done immediately!” The Zea family management officers expressed their opinions. No one was willing to stand up for Winifred and redress her grievance. Winifred was feeling lost. Who were these people? A lot of these people were her closest relatives. Why did each of them want her dead so badly? “Grandpa…” “Don’t call me Grandpa!” Jorge roared. “This project will temporarily be handled by Iris. Wi
Slap… Ethan gave Helen a tight slap across the face. In an instant, five blood-red fingerprints appeared on her cheek. Helen was stunned. She never thought that Ethan would attack a woman like herself. “You beast, you’re feeling guilty now, aren’t you? I’m going to get you for this!” Having said, Helen rushed toward Ethan like she had gone mad. However, Ethan flashed her a weird smile and took a step back. From behind him, two large, strong men suddenly appeared. Bam… One of the strong men kicked Helen in her stomach. She immediately bent over from the cramping pain. The man pointed at her and scolded, “You cocky b*tch better scram or I’ll kill you!” Helen was frightened. These two men looked like gangsters. In fact, they really were. After Ethan had taken Iris’s bribe and framed Winifred, he already knew that someone would come to his house looking for trouble. Hence, he had spent some money to hire these two bodyguards. Sure enough, they proved to be useful. Ethan lit t
The whole conference room suddenly became quiet. Everyone was looking at the door. Before Tyr, who was Satan himself, Ethan did not dare to play any tricks. Ethan walked over to Jorge and immediately told him the whole story. “President, this had nothing to do with Miss Winifred. It was Iris who had forced me to do something like this. She wanted to frame Miss Winifred. I’m sorry that I’ve disappointed you, President.” All of the higher-ups were stunned. Even Jorge was dumbstruck. If what Ethan had said was true, then Iris was too evil a person. She would stop at nothing to reach her goals, which included bringing harm to the company. “Ethan Lynch, how much benefit did you take from Winifred that you have to slander me like this?” Iris started to panic, but she kept making excuses. “Grandpa, don’t believe him. Winifred must have bought him over. Winifred always handled this project, what does it have anything to do with me? Ethan, I never thought you were the kind of b*stard to l