Chapter 87 Just Make Up Your Mind
Nightfall.
Amanda Jewell worked overtime in the company until late at night, and the lights in the office building were gradually turned off.
“Knock knock.” Someone knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
“Why are you still here? It’s almost eleven o’clock.”
Hearing this, Amanda looked up and saw Joleen Lewis leaning against the door with a bag on her back. “I still have some stuff to read before I leave. You should go back first.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll stay with you for a while.”
With that, Joleen walked in and put down her bag. “It’s already so late, I’m worried about you going back alone.”
Amanda chuckled. “Why? Are you afraid that my ex-husband will take revenge on me?”
“You can still laugh? How many times has it been since you broke up with him? It’s the third time, isn’t it? Halley doesn’t have any ability, but he still cares about his reputation. This kind of person can do anything if he’s forced into a corner.”
“That’s why I didn’t force him into a dead end.”
Joleen didn’t understand, “What do you mean?”
Amanda closed the folder and stuffed it into her briefcase. “Let’s go. We’ll talk while walking.”
The office building was just one street away from Amanda’s place, and she and Joleen were on their way back.
Joleen asked, “You mean, when you were in the Sean Group, you had plans to let Jake Sean buy over the Sean Group? Why?”
“When I took over the Sean Group, the debt was already very serious. In fact, being bought is the best way out. But you know, the Sean family cares about their reputation, and they always feel that Jake Sean has bad intentions.”
“Jake didn’t have any good intentions either, did he?”
“He just wants to prove to the Sean Family that the Old Mr. Sean made an error in judgment at that time, and he can revitalize the family by himself. This is not harmful to the Sean Group. Halley Sean can’t support a company at all. He doesn’t have the ability.”
“So, selling the shares to Jake is a way out for the Sean family. Are you stupid? What are you thinking about the Sean family at this time?”
“Not entirely. Their lives and deaths have nothing to do with me. It’s just that I managed the Sean Group by myself, and I also spent effort into it. I don’t want to see it be ruined.”
Amanda took a deep breath and then slowly let it out. Looking back at the years of hard work in the Sean Group, she grew up with the Group.
The two chatted while walking, and it didn’t take long for them to reach the ground floor of the building.
Joleen replied, “Here we are. I’ll be heading back.”
Amanda asked in surprise, “It’s already so late, but you’re still going back? Why don’t you stay with me? It’s not like I don’t have your room.”
Joleen smiled, “Didn’t I tell you already? I can’t sleep well if I switch beds often.”
“Pretentious!”
“I’m leaving.”
Looking at Joleen’s back, Amanda suddenly remembered that Joleen was talking nonsense when she had a fever the other day, so she immediately stopped her. “Hey, Joleen.”
“What’s wrong?”
“There are good men everywhere. Don’t limit yourself.”
Joleen said disdainfully, “Think about what happened between you and Mr. Byran. Why are you still in the mood to care about me?”
Amanda was taken aback.
Joleen had already walked far away, yet Amanda was still standing at the entrance of the building.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.
After a long time, the evening wind blew, bringing a trace of coolness.
“Ah-Choo!”
She sneezed and came back to her senses. Hurriedly, she wrapped her coat tightly around herself and entered the room.
Since the founding of Safe Home Real Estate, Amanda had been very busy with the company’s affairs for half a month.
It was the weekend. After working for half a month, she finally had a good rest for half a day.
Amanda turned on the TV and cooked instant noodles.
An interview about the Byran Group suddenly appeared in the news. Iverson had a serious expression on his face.
Suddenly, Amanda caught sight of him and was stunned. She felt that the man on TV was very strange. In her impression, the man was not as cold and distant as he appeared in the news.
“Knock, knock…”
The sound of the doorbell brought her back to reality.
“Is that Amanda Jewell?”
“Yes, I am.”
The courier handed a box to Amanda and said, “Please sign this.”
“Thanks.”
As soon as Amanda signed her name, the courier apologized. “I’m sorry. We sent someone to deliver an express delivery, but it was delayed for more than half a month. It was only delivered today. Did it delay your business?”
Amanda didn’t think much of it. “It’s okay.”
She usually had a lot of express deliveries. Even if she missed a few messages, she wouldn’t find out. Of course, she wouldn’t care about this kind of thing.
The express delivery from more than half a month ago?
She couldn’t remember anything she had bought.
At this time, there was a burnt smell in the room. Amanda suddenly remembered that there were still instant noodles in the kitchen pot. She quickly put down the package and rushed into the kitchen.
There was already smoke in the kitchen.
“Cough cough…”
She was really impressed with herself. She almost burned the kitchen by making instant noodles.
At Ducco Airport.
The driver picked up Iverson Byran and Jamie Tarry, who had just returned from a business trip.
In the car, the driver said, “Mr. Byran, Mrs. Old Byran said that she would take you directly to the family home for dinner.”
“What’s wrong? Why would Grandma want to see me?”
“It’s nothing. Miss Ginos is here. Also… Miss Ginos’s parents happened to be in the country in the past two days, so they came to visit Mrs. Old Byran today.”
Iverson frowned slightly. “Tell grandma that I have a dinner party tonight.”
The driver was stunned for a moment. Seeing Iverson’s impatient face in the rearview mirror, he did not dare to continue to persuade him.
“Mr. Byran, the Development Bureau is urging the project in the old city area. I think they want the Byran Group to take full charge of the project and don’t need any other contractors. After all, the Byran Group is fully capable of finishing the project.”
Jamie hesitated before saying, “What do you think…”
“Tell them that the Byran Group doesn’t have enough staff for the project and that they can’t start work before the New Year.”
“Then shall we… continue to bid in public?”
“Yes,” Iverson said. “The results should be out by now, right?”
Jamie handed over a document. “After the selection, these three are the ones with the best conditions to consider.”
Iverson took the file and flipped through it. The words “Safe Home Real Estate” were very eye-catching.
Jamie said carefully, “Do you want me to give it to Safe Home Real Estate?”
Iverson’s face turned serious. “Are you teaching me to cheat in a public project?”
Jamie immediately panicked. “No, that’s not what I meant. In that case, let’s not give Safe Home Real Estate a chance. Let’s kick it out to avoid rumors.”
Iverson’s face turned even more serious, and he said coldly, “The first principle of bidding is to be fair. How long have you worked here? Do you need me to teach you?”
“No.” Jamie’s expression changed and he immediately corrected himself. “Then let’s give it to Safe Home Real Estate. After all, they have the highest comprehensive score.”
“What can a small company convince the Development Bureau?”
Jamie didn’t know what to do and he was about to cry.
“Mr. Byran, do you want to give this project to them or not? Just make up your mind!”
In the past two weeks, Iverson had been on a business trip or on the way to a business trip. He wished that he could be working 24 hours a day, which had exhausted all the staff in his secretary’s office. They were about to have a nervous breakdown.
No one knew better than Jamie that if the culprit still didn’t show up, more than half of the secretary’s office would be forced to resign.