Gorgeous Couple’s Sweet Love novel Chapter 121

The tone Benjamin asked in was as if he were talking about something ordinary, or even something he disdained to even mention. I felt funny and asked, "Do you think that I came back to City B just for these boring things?"

Benjamin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you think your son is a boring thing?"

His words got me but I still said indifferently, "My son is all I have left, how can he be a boring thing?"

I thought for a moment and said, "I still remember the eager look on your face when you said you wanted to be a daughter, but unfortunately... well, God decided not to grant you that wish."

He growled, "Shut up!"

I looked at him and asked in surprise, "What are you yelling at me for? I'm not the one who killed her!"

Benjamin looked at me with cold eyes and then opened the car door to leave from my side. Just like when he came... No one can tell him what to or not to do.

After he left, I reached out my hand and covered my heart. I was very nervous, and it was both because of fear and hatred for him.

I turned to leave. I drove back to Joel's apartment and found that he was still awake, coaxing the child. He didn't know what to do.

Puzzled, he asked, "Why did you come back?"

I had no choice but to explain, "Benjamin knows the location of the house, so I can't live in that apartment now. I can only stay with you in the future."

Joel immediately said, "No problem. I will take Neil back to the villa and let grandpa see him."

"Okay," I said, "Thank you, Joe."

"You don't have to thank me. Others may not understand it but I was in the same situation with September. I know how you are feeling right not."

Joel knew very well what September was thinking.

Perhaps Joel felt it was not appropriate to talk about the two of them at the moment, so he changed the subject and asked, "I heard from Kayla that you have decided to participate in the bid of the Weier family. Are you sure about it?"

I shook my head dejectedly. "Not in the

slightest."

Joel was stunned and said, "I thought you were very confident. After all, Laurelie is close to you."

"What are you thinking about?" I stopped him and said in a slightly cold tone, "Joe, I keep friends with Laurelie just because I think that she is a good girl who really treats others sincerely. She is very admirable."

Neil was very quiet in his arms. Joe gently held the child in his arms and said disapprovingly, "I know what you think, but you have to see the reality in some things. Stanley is a man who only cares about strength, not so- called networking or resources. At the moment, the only person who can make it work with him is Laurelie. If you want to win the bid, you have to do it with Laurelie's help. You don't wanna lose, do you?"

I didn't know what to reply, Joel sighed and said, "I can't help you with the bid for the time being, but what I can tell you is that there are three things the Weier is going to look for in the bidders, capability, experience, and imagination. Your company is surely short of the first two, but the last one is up to you to decide whether you can come up with it or not." "I know what I'm up against, but I will never take advantage of Laurelie. I will compose a plan in person. If we do get the bid, I'll unite the Jenkins and the Shears, hence the capability and the experience."

I explained, "I won't take advantage of you for free. When the contract is signed, I'll give both you and the Jenkins each 30% of the benefits."

After staring at me for a while, Joel said with a sudden smile, "I'll be honest and say that I didn't see that coming. It's indeed a good way to get the support of the two families without alerting the enemy." He kept silent and then continued, "You tried your best to conceal your identity as a Shears with the purpose of making you glow in front of people who look down on you with your own ability. But there's one thing I really hope that you can understand before taking any steps further. There's no so-called 'taking advantage' in the business world. At least it is not considered something vicious or immoral, like the way you think about it now. You might use something of mine today but the day I use you will surely come as well."

What Joe said to me was truly enlightening. Only then did I realize how naive I had been.

His words meant a lot, but it didn't mean I could give up on my own bottom line.

Laurelie was different from others. The things that kept her alive were arts, glory, and her obligations to the country.

She and I live in two different worlds.

It was because of Zack that we became friends, I would not take advantage of this relationship to get what I want. Until now, I still remembered the girl who was willing to jump into the sea to save me that day.

So brave and breathtaking!

After Joel left, I sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at the share transfer document that September gave me. With a simple signature, I would own the entire Jenkins business empire.

The Jenkins family was as powerful as the Heaney family. As long as I signed here, I would have more confidence going up against them. But... I smiled slightly and took the pen and signed my name. I took over the Jenkins family temporarily for Neil.

When he grew up, I will return everything to him intact, but the Jenkins family was my most reliable backer now.

This was a gift from September. I understood what she meant. She also knew that I would definitely sign it. After all, the only person she trusted was me. I suddenly remembered how she looked when she was smoking. Her face was so pale that it was terrifying and heartwrenching.

She said that she had less than a few months.

She said that she only wanted to do something meaningful for the rest of her time.

Thinking about how she looked made my heart ache. I wanted to tell Joel about it, but I knew September wouldn't want that.

It was only five o'clock in the morning when I woke up the next day. I got up and wore a black sweater inside and a grey long skirt below. The skirt was very high- quality and looked very elegnant. I put on a black jacket outside.

"After all, we've known each other for many years." I parked my car at a crossroads and waited for the traffic light to turn. Then I said, "I'll give the glasses back to him."

"Well, what do you want to talk to me about?" Zack asked.

"Do you know the Weier bid?"

I paused and explained, "It's a massive project with billions of dollars in it. There are only a few companies on Weier's list and that's a short list. I..."

Zack interrupted me and said softly, "I have heard of it, but Laurelie's father knows my existence, so I don't intend to bid, but the Channings will do their best to help you."

Zack hesitated for a while and said, "The Weier family is not that complicated. It's a yes or a no, no dancing in the middle. It's just a waste of time for me to bid. But if you do get the project, I will give you all the talents in the architecture department of the Channing family, and I will also collect all the information of other companies to you. You can be at ease and do your things. The only family that can compete with you in the end is the Dunn family."

Before the thing started, Zack had guessed the result. He said, "No matter how powerful Benjamin is, what the Weier family wants is a fair game. Em... You have to make Stanley think that you deserve this. You have to arouse his curiosity."

"I heard that the only thing he cares about is capability, but he does things in the most unexpected way. Maybe I will win by surprise. I have a plan in mind, but nothing is for sure."

Do your best and submit to God's will.

Zack sighed. I didn't know what he was worried about. It was after a long time that I learned the Weier family was most reluctant to work with the Channing family ever again. Stanley Weier was so determined that he breached all the contracts that were already signed and willingly paid the compensation. That was also the reason Zack had to hurry back to City B when we were in Roselake.

At that time, Stanley was attacking the Channing family business, but fortunately, he stopped when Laurelie said that his father was being childish.

And Zack had never told me about this.

He just did his best to help me.

He didn't want anything in return from me.

I sent Zack to the company and then turned back. As soon as I entered the company, I let Kayla inform others to hold a meeting.

I formed a ten-men group, consisting of my best men and the experts sent over by the Shears Group.

The purpose was only to bid for the Weier family's project.

In the afternoon, I suddenly thought of Zack. He didn't drive in the morning, so I went to his company to pick him up.

I didn't think I'd run into that pretentious b*tch there.