SWNOVELS Chapter 160
Chapter 160
“Alright, here’s the deal if all goes well, we can ink the contract today,” Patricia chimed in, “Let’s lock in the plan before someone else snaps up our talent. Once we nail down the plan, where’s he gonna go? Later on, just throw a bit more commission his way, smooth things over, and all will be well.”
Don looked at her for a good while, as if making up his mind about something big, and finally nodded in agreement.
“Okay, fine. If you’ve got your eye on something, I’d have to pull down the moon for you if that’s what you wanted, right?” Patricia cracked up. “You sure have the gift of the gab. If Brandon had half your sweet talk, I wouldn’t be worrying my head off all the time.”
Don just smiled and didn’t reply.
He headed over to Patricia’s office that afternoon and they got the contract signed.
Truth be told, the main contract was already signed when Brandon approved the project design. Brandon held the reins of the project, but to avoid a head-on clash with Daniel and Patricia, on the surface, they were still in charge for the time being. Hence, there was also a side contract prepared to sign with them, and it stipulated that in case of any disagreement, the terms of the main contract would prevail.
Patricia, being familiar with the folks involved, didn’t scrutinize the contract too closely, assuming it was based on the original agreement, so she signed and stamped it without much fuss.
Walking out of Patricia’s office, contract in hand, Don gave it a flick with his finger.
“The last person who didn’t rate our designer has grass growing over their grave that’s nearly two meters tall now, and here you
come.”
Don shook his head with a chuckle, wondering whether to credit Sophia’s stealth or just chalk it up to the others’ frailty – one by one, they were all lining up to get a face slap from her.
Brandon’s case had been an accident with no malice intended. He hadn’t even planned on mentioning the designer’s name. Today, though, there was a bit of intent behind it.
Previously, Don was indifferent towards Patricia, even somewhat reserved out of respect since she was, after all, Brandon’s mom. But today, Patricia, with her know-it-all, been-there-done-that attitude, and her talk about how it’s common for small-time companies to just hang a director’s title on anyone Don wasn’t too fond of that.
Although Patricia was a bit rough around the edges with her words, she didn’t nitpick too much over the design proposal.
Maybe she was just too fond of Sophia’s work and feared that giving too much feedback might scare her away. After signing the contract, Patricia shot Don a WhatsApp message, telling him to proceed with the construction according to the original plan, no changes needed.
Patricia didn’t have any objections, but Brandon was a different story.
After leaving Patricia’s office, Don made a beeline for Brandon’s to discuss any tweaks he might have for the Zenithan-style resort project design.
Brandon was ready and pulled out the proposal from his desk, tossing it to Don.
Don looked it over, and while the general direction remained the same, there were numerous small but tedious details to be adjusted, including some aspects of the building layout and color schemes, requiring back-and-forth communication and fine-tuning.
After reviewing it, Don couldn’t help but close the proposal. “How about you just talk to Sophia directly? Some of this stuff might not be clear why it’s changed. It really needs some face-to-face discussion.”
Brandon, flipping through a report, didn’t even look up. “No need, hand it to her, she’ll get it.”
Don looked at him skeptically. “Does she really get where you’re coming from, or is it that you don’t want to deal with her?”
Brandon, still preoccupied with his paperwork, replied, “The condition for her taking on this project is that I’m not involved and there’s no work-related contact between us.”
Don got it. He hadn’t been fully aware of why Sophia was reluctant to interact with Brandon, but after seeing Patricia’s attitude. towards Sophia that day, he could totally understand Sophia’s side of things.
Patricia, deep down, had zero respect for Sophia, and it was blatantly obvious.
She couldn’t even be bothered to keep up appearances.
Don figured Daniel was probably the same, just a bit more subtle than Patricia. Otherwise, Patricia wouldn’t have the audacity to
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look down on Sophia.
“Have you ever seen how your parents interact with Sophia?” Don asked abruptly, changing the subject.
Brandon stopped what he was doing and looked up at Don.
Don grinned. “With your busy schedule, I’m guessing you haven’t really noticed.”
“Patricia was at your place today?” Brandon quickly connected the dots and asked with a frown..