SWNOVELS Chapter 13
Chapter 13
“I’m sorry for being late!” Emmanuel apologized.
Milani furrowed her brows and stared at Emmanuel for
a while before roaring, “What’s wrong with you,
Emmanuel? I’m not here on a blind date. Why do you
keep showing up everywhere? Leave! I’m here for an
important matter today!”
With that, she wanted to beat Emmanuel out of there.
What I’m here to talk about today will enormously
affect my future! I can’t mess it up!
Suddenly, Emmanuel smiled and said, “It’s such a
coincidence! I’m also not here for a blind date. I’m
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Milani couldn’t be bothered by that, though. If this man
gets away, so will my chance to rise through the ranks!
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My mission today is to lessen the penalty the company
needs to pay!
“Behave yourself, Ms. Zimmerman!” Emmanuel stared
into her eyes and reminded her expressionlessly, “We
aren’t dating! What we have is simply a working
relationship.”
Tch! He’s so pretentious! Milani was fuming, but she
didn’t dare to show it. I know Emmanuel is a lustful
man! Otherwise, why would he go to the hospital to
examine women’s bodies? I don’t know how a
gynecologist became a representative of Terence
Group, but I’m pretty sure he’s just a runner working for
Terence Group. He’s using Terence Group to boss me
around! Ugh! How despicable!
Milani gritted her teeth discreetly before flashing a
smile. “I’m sorry, Mr. Lowe. I was too worked up just now.
Let’s have a discussion.”
Emmanuel couldn’t say no to that, so he sat back
down. After all, I’m here to make sure Cloud
Construction delivers the project on time.
Nonetheless, his ultimate goal was to bring Mackenzie
home to meet his parents.
“Mr. Lowe, what’s your position in Terence Group?”
Milani asked the moment Emmanuel sat down. At the
same time, there was a dubious look in her eyes.
“I don’t have a position for the time being. The
executives of Terence Group have appointed me to
urge your company to deliver the project on time,”
Emmanuel answered truthfully.
At that time, Mackenzie was his superior, and he had
never even been to Terence Group.
Milani rolled her eyes at him discreetly upon hearing
that. So is he merely a third party Terence Group had
employed? Is this his part-time job?
Regardless of how she looked down upon Emmanuel,
he still represented her client. Therefore, she couldn’t
afford to offend him.
“Ms. Zimmerman, on behalf of Terence Group, I need to
formally inform you that the project must be delivered
before the end of the month. Otherwise, it will be
considered a breach of contract!” Emmanuel was
concise and frank.
“Uh...” Milani looked troubled. If Cloud Construction
could deliver the project by the end of the month, they
wouldn’t have appointed me as the project manager.
“What’s the matter?” Emmanuel frowned slightly.
Although he was intimidating Milani, he knew for a fact
that Mackenzie’s goal was to have the project
delivered on time instead of getting paid the penalty.
Hence, Emmanuel wanted to know why Cloud
Construction couldn’t finish the project on time.
Milani’s ego wouldn’t allow her to humble herself, so
she uttered in an authoritative tone, “Mr. Lowe, perhaps
you could tell the person in charge of Terence Group
to extend the deadline by three months. Hm?”
Emmanuel was amused. Does this woman still think i’m
here for a blind date?
“Is that the attitude to have when you’re asking for a
favor?” he asked.
“Um...” Milani bit her lower lip. I hope you’ll be infertile
and never have kids, Emmanuel!
Despite her anger, she had no choice but to squeeze
out a smile. She even tried to seduce him by holding
his hand and saying, “I beg of you, Mr. Lowe!’ TO OR
with you on a date if you can get Terence Group to
extend the deadline by three months.”
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“Let go of me!” Emmanuel demanded coldly.
Milani was seeing red. How shameless can this b*stard
be? Before this, he came to look for me with his family
because he wanted to marry me. Why is he playing
hard to get now? D*mn it!
Although Milani was furious, she let go of his hand at
once.
“Why can’t Cloud Construction deliver the project on
time? What’s the reason?” Emmanuel asked directly. I
need to know the problem, so I’ll know how to fix it.
“Hmph! That’s because there’s a dispute over the land
itself! A group of thugs protects that land, and they’ve
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been
xg whatever is possible to delay our work, and
that’s why there’s a delay in the project!” Milani uttered
grumpily and tried to push the blame on others.
“Is that all?” Emmanuel was surprised. “Cloud
Construction is a big corporation, no? Why couldn’t
you guys deal with a bunch of thugs? Why didn’t you
guys call the police?”
“If it’s that easy, don’t you think Cloud Construction
would’ve settled the issue by now?” Milani scoffed.
As a matter of fact, she knew the leader of the thugs
was a ruthless man in Yeringham. That man had
already threatened to kill the project manager’s family
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members if the company were to involve the police.
That was why the previous project manager was too
scared to do anything rash. After all, no one would risk
the safety of their family members for money.
At that moment, Milani was merely taking a step at a
time and dragging things out. It would be nice to get
paid a few more months of a manager’s salary.
Although she could afford to drag it out, Emmanuel
couldn’t. “Bring me to the project site tomorrow,” he
ordered.
Milani’s disdain grew stronger. So far, Cloud
Construction had already sent out three groups of
legal specialists to negotiate with the thugs, but their
efforts were to no avail. Could a gynecologist possibly
solve the issue? No! However, this loser is representing
the client. If I don’t play nice, he can proceed with the
legal claims against us. If that happens, there goes my
reward payment!
Obviously, she didn’t have the nerve to voice her
opinion.
“I’m sorry, but I have plans tomorrow. I can’t bring you
there. Instead, I’ll get the company’s legal officer,
Sheldon Zophar, to accompany you.” Milani didn’t want
to go to the project site with Emmanuel. He can go and
mess with the thugs all he wants, but I’m not getting
myself involved in this.
Emmanuel couldn’t be bothered by what she had in
mind. All he wanted was to get to the bottom of the
situation and fulfill Mackenzie’s goal.
The following day, Emmanuel took half a day off and
arrived at Cloud Construction early in the morning.
Milani soon appeared with a man with glasses.
“Are you Emmanuel?” The man with glasses was
decisive and frank. “I’m Sheldon Zophar, a legal officer
working for Cloud Construction. Let me be clear about
something. I’m only bringing you to the project site,
and I won’t help you get those people off the land. The
leader of the thugs is Samuel Webber. He’s a big shot
in the underground circle. That’s not someone we can
afford to mess with!”
Emmanuel couldn’t help but furrow his brows when he
realized Sheldon was backing out even before they got
to the project site.
Milani initially wanted to avoid getting involved, but
she couldn’t stop herself from running her mouth. “Are
you seriously going to chase those thugs away just
because you were told to do so, Emmanuel? Do you
have a death wish? Must you risk your life for such a
paltry sum of money?”
Upon hearing Milani’s sarcastic remark, Emmanuel
mocked, “I would rather risk my life for money than to
be a free-loading coward like you!”
“You!” Milani was infuriated, but she had nothing to
defend herself with.
“No wonder Cloud Construction can’t deliver the
project on time. That’s because the company had
employed a useless employee as the project
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manager! Just wait! If you fail to deliver the project, I’ll
make sure you lose your job!” Emmanuel didn’t hold
back on his criticisms. With that, he left with Sheldon.
Milani stomped her feet in fury and cursed, “You’re a
b*stard, Emmanuel! Mr. Webber has a lot of capable
subordinates. I hope they kill you! I’ll dance on your
grave after you die! Ugh!”