Chapter 1212


    Meanwhile, in Xante’s office.


    Corinne sat at Xante’s desk. She looked through financial reports for the past six months and thetest


    project status updates.


    Xante had ordered a cup of warm milk for her, and she took it to Corinne after getting it from her


    secretary. “Here, drink this. The reports can wait.”


    “Okay. Thanks.” Corinne’s eyes never left theputer screen while she sipped her milk.


    At that moment, Xante’s phone rang, so she walked off a little distance to pick it up. Her expression


    was riddled with mixed feelings after she hung up. “Umm… Boss?”


    Corinne kept her eyes on theputer screen. “Yes? Speak!”


    Xante pushed up her gold-rimmed sses. “Someone from Holden Group just called.”


    “And what did that person say?”


    “The person in charge said that Mister Jeremy is very happy with the building we’ve designed and built,


    so they’d like to work on a project with us again. They have a new project in Southbank and would like


    us to take over the construction, so he called to ask for a meeting.”


    Corinne looked up at Xante. “What do you think?”Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay


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    Xante thought this was out of character for thepany. Most of the time constructionpanies


    would have to fight with each other to get projects from Holden Group; rarely would thepany


    bypass the tendering process to deliver an order like this to a constructionpany.


    Especially not when Jeremy had found out about Corinne’s other identity.


    Thus, Xante naturally thought that this could be a trap. “I think we should just decline.”


    Corinne smiled. “We should take the project. I mean, it is money.”


    Xante was a little taken aback. “Boss, are you sure about this?”


    Corinne let go of theputer house, leaned backfortably against the chair, and took a slow sip of


    her warm milk.


    “It’s not about whether I’m sure or not. Holden Group isn’t really giving us a choice, right? Even if we


    turn down this project, they’ll just throw us another project. And even if we turn down all the projects


    they throw at us, what’s not to say they’ll hire us through a third-partypany? If you think about it,


    they’re showing us their hands by contacting us directly, so let’s take them up on the offer. We’ll see


    what to do from there.”


    Xante thought about what Corinne said. ‘She’s right. That Jeremy isn’t an easy person to deal with.’


    “I get it now. I’ll set up a meeting time with the person in charge and see just exactly what they want.”


    Corinne continued to drink her milk while thinking of her next steps. If given a choice, she would not


    have taken this route to go against Jeremy, but since he made the first move, there was no use hiding


    from him anymore.


    ‘Jeremy knows Xante, Aaron, and thispany are the people and things I care the most about, so


    he’ll try to take them away from me first,’ thought Corinne. ‘Oh well, let’s see just what he’s trying to


    pull.’


    Xante walked off to the side to make a call to the person in charge when someone knocked on the


    office door twice.


    Corinne thought it was one of the employees who hade to deliver some files. Without thinking, she


    told them toe in.