“My brother’s assistant has saved him heroically, so my brother plans to devote his life to her. It is ridiculous.” Freya said, “Both my parents have approved of it. In fact, the two families are well-matched, but I think two people must have feelings for each other before getting married. Marriage isn’t a game. Oh, forget it. There’s a generation gap between my parents and me, whereas my brother has never gone through it, so he doesn’t understand my good intentions. Hmph. I advised him out of kindness, yet he treated me so coldly.”“Uh… Hasn’t your brother always been cold? Don’t take it to heart,” Ryan comforted Freya.“...That’s true too.”“Darling, after some thought, I’ve decided to cook some noodles. I’ll talk to you later…”Ryan hung up the call.He was hungry, but he just felt the need to let Jessica know about the matter.With that, he quickly dialed Jessica’s number. “Where are you?”“Working overtime.”Ryan was speechless. “Are you planning to dedicate your entire li
The Lynch family and the Childs family soon proposed a schedule for the wedding.Mrs. Childs even had someone pick the wedding date. “I found out that next week, the 15th, is a good day. Let’s set it as the wedding date.”Forrest subconsciously frowned. “Assistant Childs’ legs won’t be fully recovered by then.”“The doctor said she can only walk properly at least after 100 days. That means she’ll only recover at the end of the year. That’s a little too long.” Mrs. Childs paused for a moment before she continued, “Since you both are getting married soon, you can directly address her as Stacey.”“That’s right, Forrest.”Stacey, who was on the bed, summoned her courage to look at him. “Just call me Stacey from now on.”Forrest replied in the affirmative and looked down.“15th it is, then,” Mrs. Lynch responded. She was aware of the Childs family’s concern. They wanted to avoid the problems that might incur a delay, and as Forrest’s mother, Mrs. Lynch was worried that Forrest would
“Please take the patient to the 7th floor for photo taking.”All of a sudden, a nurse stuffed a sheet she was holding into Forrest’s hand. “Wheel the patient there.”“Okay.”Forrest hesitated for a few seconds before gently carrying Stacey onto the wheelchair.With her face stuck close to his chest, Stacey’s face flushed red, and she lifted her head, only to see Forrest’s face that was as cold as ever. He was not even looking at her.She felt dispirited, but she quickly comforted herself.‘Take it slow. I have a whole lifetime to move him anyway.’Given that Forrest was tall and strong, taking Stacey for a check-up was easy for him.…Half an hour later, he took Stacey back.Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Childs almost finished chatting with each other.Forrest had something to deal with after. Hence, he left with Mrs. Lynch and sent her home first. During the journey, Mrs. Lynch complained, “You should stay there to spend more time with Stacey.”“There’s some work to deal with in the
“I’ll come over right away. Inform them that I’ll have a video conference with their president later.”With that, Forrest rushed to the company.As soon as he got there, the secretary ran over. “President Lynch, bad news. Inez Corporation also called and said they received news from the US to cancel their contract with us. They’re pulling out of our cooperation last-minute. Inez is one of our largest domestic customers. Orders from them are worth two billion annually.”“How did Inez receive the news so quickly? Did the company leak it?” Forrest asked in a cold voice.“That’s impossible. Only a few members of the upper management know about it. Nobody else knows anything, and the executives won’t harm their own interests either.”“I’ll contact the US.”Forrest hurriedly walked back to his office and made a video call with President Smith in the US.A middle-aged man in his forties soon appeared on the other side of the screen. “President Lynch, I know you want to inquire about th
“I’ll think of a way. Meeting adjourned. Also, this must stay between us. It’ll be even more troublesome if it causes other customers cancel on us now.”… After the meeting, Forrest went to Jerry’s conference room.Jerry massaged his temples. “When you go to Shelltown, you must find out who is behind this no matter what. We’ve taken all our funds to expand Lynch Corporation this year, and we’re at a crucial period for development. If something goes wrong, our family will have to go back to Melbourne with a huge debt. We can earn the money again even if we lose, but... we can’t embarrass Freya.”“I know.”Forrest secretly clenched his fist.Back then, the Snow family looked down on them, but he stood his ground and chose to come to Canberra. The first reason was for the sake of his career, and the second was because he wanted to build up the Lynch family’s name. He could not let the Snow family look down on them.Now that Freya was dating Ryan, the Lynch family had to work harde
“I have something going on right now. We can meet at Idle Cottage at 9 p.m.”Jessica’s bland voice came from the phone.Forrest nearly smashed the phone in his palm. What he hated most in his life was Jessica’s calm and natural appearance.She was just as indifferent even when they broke up.“Je—”“Goodbye.”The call ended with a beep.Forrest’s eyebrows were fiercely furrowed together, and his eyes were full of anger.However, he could only take a deep breath.No matter what, this matter had to be resolved.…The original plan was to fly to the States, but Forrest informed the company to suspend the plan. He first rushed back to Canberra.It was already 8 p.m. by the time he arrived.He hurried to Idle Cottage.In the courtyard was a small bridge and pavilion. The environment here was quiet.“Mr. Lynch, this is the private room reserved by President Snow.”The waiter brought him to a private room facing the pool.Inside was a tea room, sofa, and dining table.He sat
“Why are you doing this?”Forrest’s eyes were sharp. His forbearing tone revealed a rage that seemed to be able to tear her apart in the next moment. “Jessica Snow, I know you’re very powerful now, but you can’t bully people to this extent. Rodney had it coming to him. He was the one who discredited and hurt Freya. He ignorantly went against the executive council—”“It’s not because of Rodney. I’m not that unreasonable.”Jessica interrupted him. Her pretty eyelashes lifted upward slightly as she said, “I heard you’re getting married?”Forrest suddenly froze.An absurd reason flashed through his mind. “You’re doing this because I’m getting married?”“You can’t marry Stacey Childs.” Jessica pursed her delicate lips and spoke word by word, “Marry me and I’ll let Lynch Corporation go.”As soon as the words left her mouth, Forrest fiercely tugged her arm and pulled her up from the chair.She was caught off guard. Her head hit his cold, hard chest painfully.However, before she coul
Jessica’s long eyelashes quivered.When her eyes glistened with tears, she hurriedly lowered her head. Her tone was as calm as ever when she spoke again, “Really? You can think whatever you want, but think about Lynch Corporation. You can come to look for me anytime after you figure it out, but you’d better not be too late. Or even I won’t be able to help you.”Then, she swatted away his arm and walked straight toward the door.“Jessica Snow...”Forrest was furious and grabbed her shoulder again from behind.When he grabbed her, he realized how thin and soft her elbow was.“Let me remind you.” Jessica turned around. “If Lynch Corporation falls, do you think the Childs family will still agree to let their daughter marry you? Also, it’s useless even if you get Ryan and the executive council to help. My word is final in the business world. In addition, your sister has just started dating Ryan, so you’ll probably be too embarrassed to keep asking Ryan for help, right?”Then, she lef