Dear Ex-wife, Marry Me novel Chapter 168

When Ian got a call from Holden, there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. He spoke softly, "I got it, I'll be there once I finish up here."

He'd already helped the Pennyfeather family with their second round of financing, even signed a contract with that woman. The Pennyfeathers should be quiet for a while.

But now they wanted him to come over in person, to show some respect. The Pennyfeathers’ request was too unreasonable.

Ian thought he'd already been patient enough with the Pennyfeathers. He'd only left Greenfield, he didn't leave a divorce agreement behind.

He thought that woman was forced into it, just like him, unwilling.

But when he saw her, he saw blatant admiration in her eyes, unhidden, even filled with ambition. It was off-putting.

He even suspected that their decision to marry might've been her idea.

After all, his grandpa really liked her, genuinely cared for her. Plus, she'd saved his life once. If she showed even the smallest hint of wanting to marry him, his grandpa would've definitely helped them out.

But this kind of help was too forceful, basically pushing him to marry that woman.

Ian was annoyed. He was doing well in the international finance circle, he'd taken over the Raymond Corporation smoothly when he got back to his home country, but he still had to maintain this weird relationship with that woman.

The Pennyfeather family relied on Holden's support, which was too arrogant. After agreeing to Holden, he hung up.

The business partner in front of him kept explaining his viewpoint, checking Ian's expression every now and then. When he saw Ian's face turning cold, he treaded lightly.

"Mr. Raymond, did I say something wrong?"

Ian chuckled, his voice leisurely, "I've read the plan already, it's perfect."

The business partner let out a sigh of relief, and started discussing the next topic.

On the other side, Maja also planned to ditch the Pennyfeathers, even though she was worried about her dad's health. But she needed him to understand that they couldn't always rely on Ian.

Ian had already intercepted the Pennyfeathers' business before. If they really pushed him, they might go bankrupt.

Now that he'd helped them with their second round of financing, the Pennyfeathers should lay low. They should stay away from him, not bother him.

She was not showing up tonight as a wake-up call for Neil, hoping that next time he'd think twice before making such a demand.

But Maja didn't expect that Neil's call would reach Holden.

This made her image in Ian's eyes drop even further.

Maja opened her laptop, organizing the renovation materials she needed. Even though Ian was loaded, she still wanted to save him some money as a way of repaying him, because she owed him a favor.

But, it was still a while before she needed to purchase the wooden floors. She needed to deal with the other materials first.

After contacting each factory's person in charge, Maja was so tired she just collapsed on the table.

She looked through the information she'd recently organized, and found one file at Rosewood Manor.

Not wanting to disturb Maria, she braced herself and got in the car.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Leo Elston at a street corner.

Leo was arm in arm with a woman, casually walking down the street.

Maja was so mad she could feel her scalp tingling. She parked the car, got out, and walked over.

"Leo!"

Leo froze. He thought he'd misheard and almost ran away, but then he remembered the woman beside him, so he forced himself to stay.

"Maja, why are you here?"