Zorn watched as Frank left, his lips curling into a sneer. "So, he''s done for tomorrow? Fate is really on my side..." "Rory... Zorn..."


    Gene called out feebly from the toilet just then.


    Zorn and Rory traded a gleeful smile just then but quicklyposed themselves to look worried as usual.


    After Frank took a cab back to Lanecorp, he found Cindy throwing a major tantrum in one of the hallways.


    Picking up a vase, she threw it at Will and screamed, "You promised you''d help Helen get thosend lots! Well, look what you''ve done now, not getting even one after I bragged so much! Do you know how that makes me feel?! I can''t even bear to face Helen!"


    Her outburst was naturally drawing a crowd, even as Will dodge the oing vase.


    He hade to talk to Frank and exin himself, only to run into the crazy bitch who snapped at him before he could say a word.


    He really would have pped her twice if he did not have to keep pretending to be her boyfriend!


    "What''s happening here?" Frank arrived just then, feeling a headache when he saw the mess in the hallway, a seething Cindy and a hugely relieved Will.


    Cindy snapped right then, "Oh, there you are! Didn''t you promise that we''d get thend lots too? So where is it? You men are all the same, all talk and no action!" The stereotypicalment left the men present frowning right then-that was way out of line!


    Will hurried to Frank just then. "Mr. Lawrence I-"


    "It''s fine. It''s not your fault." Frank shrugged. "I have the full picture now. If anything, it''s our fault for having the bad luck ofing up against Gene Pearce."


    Around them, the Lanecorp staff was left gaping when they heard Frank mention Gene.


    Will was even gasping audibly. "Gene Pearce... As in the richest man on the east coast?"


    "The very same." Frank smiled exasperatedly and assured him, "He''s buyingnd on a nk check. It''s only natural that we would lose, and there''s no shame in it. S Most of the Lanecorp staff had been despondent for losing the bid, though they now felt resignation instead since Frank told them someone like Gene was involved.


    "I see..."


    That was when a rowdyughter resounded from one of the offices down the hallway.


    Frank strode up and opened the door to find that it was Kallum, who had been confined there for days.


    He wasughing even as he sat


    behind his chest, pointing at Frank and the others. "Where''s Helen Lane? O I I Well, I don''t see berX either way, I see that you''ve all failed! Three tand lots? You can''t even get one! Are you all really content


    working for garbage like Helen Lane? You''d better n your way out already! Lanecorp is as good as dead! Hahaha..."


    Kallum''sughter really stung, but no one present could argue against that.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    That was when Helen finally stepped out of her office, striding toward Frank''s side.


    Leveling a re at Kallum, she said coolly, "You heard the news yourself. Gene Pearce, the richest man on the east coast, took part in the bid."