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    aze turned icy. “Why do you ask?”


    se, no matter what, Ms. Hulle is still your fiancee, and the Hulles have many cooperative projects Prospectus Technology. Publicly revealing her affair with a male model would be detrimental to both


    ties,” I a reasoned.


    After a moment of silence, Damon replied coldly, “You’re overthinking it. What I’m doing has nothing to do with her.”


    it


    Luca lowered his gaze, not fully convinced. If it weren’t for N, there would be no reason to expose


    “Is there anything else?” Damon’s voice was sharp. All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    It prompted Luca to quickly answer, “No, I’ll head out now.”


    “Mr. Hulle mighte by in the afternoon. Just let him into my office,” Damon said.


    “Understood, Mr. Sumner,” Luca replied.


    Not long after lunch, Patrick stormed into Damon’s office. “Mr. Sumner, is this how you treat Erin? Isn’t it a bit excessive?”


    Damon set down his documents and looked up at Patrick.


    Patrick stomped into the office and mmed the door shut. The anger he felt from this morning’s encounter with the shareholders surged in his chest, almost overwhelming him.


    Damon remainedposed. “Mr. Hulle, please take a seat.”


    Patrick let out a coldugh. “Damon, if you don’t give me a satisfactory exnation today, we’ll cancel all our previous coborations, and mypany will no longer work with Prospectus Technology!”


    He thought this would threaten Damon, but to his surprise, Damon simply nodded. “Alright. If you want to terminate the agreement, we’ll do it your way.”


    Patrick froze in disbelief. “What did you just say?”


    He hadn’t genuinely intended <i>to </i>end their coboration. He just wanted to leverage the situation to gain more from Prospectus Technology.


    Naturally, Damon’s immediate agreement caught him off guard.


    After decades in business, Patrick quickly realized that Damon had been waiting for him to say that.


    “So that’s what you were waiting for! Damon, don’t think I’m afraid of you. You’ve already set Erin up, and now you’re trying to use this to back out of the agreement with Builders Property. It won’t be that easy!” Patrick huffed.


    Damon smiled, but his eyes were icy. “So you know there’s no easy way out. Then why are you


    cooperating with Prospectus Technology while secretly meeting with rk? You don’t think he can cook up anything, do you?”


    Patrick was taken aback, shock shing in his eyes. How did Damon know about his dealings with rk?


    The day after transfer


    turned to the country, he had sought out Patrick. Knowing that Richard intended to to rk, Patrick considered getting closer to him. After all, while Damon was his


    y had yet to benefit from the coboration with Prospectus Technology. Patrick wasn’t sit back and ept that.


    K could reim the Sumner Group from Damon, it would be a boon for Builders Property, especially an terms of potential coborative benefits.


    “Mr. Sumner, let me exin. Your nephew has approached me a few times since he returned, but I only dined with him out of respect for you.


    “I promise we didn’t discuss anything else. You’re Erin’s fiance, my future son–inw. There’s no way I’d help an outsider over my own son–inw, right?” Patrick tried to reassure Damon.


    Damon looked at him with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Is that so?”


    Patrick nodded fervently. “Yes, Mr. Sumner, you’ve really misunderstood me. If you don’t believe me, we can call your nephew in for a confrontation right now.”


    “No need for that. I have a recording that you might find interesting,” Damon said.


    He yed a recording from his phone.


    As Patrick listened, his face grew increasingly dark. Before the recording even finished, he wore an expression of utter defeat.


    Damon turned off the recording and smiled at him. “Do you have anything else to say? Are you going to im this recording is fabricated?”


    Patrick red at him. “Damon, first you have someone leak those photos of my daughter, and now you` pull out this recording. You’re trying to force me to terminate the agreement with Prospectus Technology.


    “I see your family’s tactics clearly now! I agree to the termination, but remember, acting so ruthlessly will only narrow your options!”