Chapter 1460

Sydney’s expression darkened when Fern rejected her request. “Why? You’re being such a hypocrite. You were lying to me when you said that you won’t have a private relationship with him!”

Fern felt slightly exasperated when she was faced with Sydney’s hostile and unreasonable demeanor. She no longer behaved gently and courteously like she usually would. “I can’t do anything if you don’t trust me. If I really quit this project, won’t that mean that I’m really having an affair with him? Besides, I’ve already accepted this task. There’s no reason for me to step down.”

Sydney stared at her momentarily before saying, “Fine, you can continue working on this project. After this project, don’t accept any more projects from Newton Corporation, alright?”

Fern thought about it for a while before saying, “The company handed the project over to me. I don’t have a right to choose what projects to take on.”

“You should have the right to reject a project, right?” Sydney asked in a slightly dir