Chapter 236



“Okay, but no thank you, Mr. Shawn.” Hayden politely declined, she was intimidated by his words.

‘I would help you’, in other words, meant ‘you should give me something in return’. Whatever it was, Hayden wasn’t interested.

Samuel put his hands in his pockets, he wasn’t angry at Hayden’s rejection, but he didn’t move either. “Those close to me call me Samuel or Sam, Mr. Shawn sounds too formal. If Miss Hayden doesn’t mind, let’s have a drink outside, it’s crowded in here.”

Hayden frowned, his intention was so bold and obvious.

“Excuse me.” Hayden glared at him. Rolling his eyes inwardly, “I’m not free, maybe next time.”

He turned in another direction to walk past him.

But Samuel was quick to block her again. “Miss Hayden, you’re being rude, I’m fine, but I hate being ignored, if you turn me down, you might lose things you want.”

Hayden felt weird about how she had ended up talking to such a weirdo.

“What I want seems unrelated to you, I don’t know if I’ve offended you for you to treat me like this, please enlighten me.”

“You haven’t offended me.” Samuel smiled, “But I like you, don’t you want to do business with the Joann Group? The business is yours if you have a drink with me and I will tell Mr. Wright accordingly. Besides, the making of next season’s uniform for the Porry Group workers is all yours, how do you like it?”

“You like me?” Hayden almost burst out laughing, “Sorry, I won’t change for business.”

Hayden’s face turned cold in an instant, he walked past Samuel and headed in another direction.

Samuel’s voice was heard from behind.

“Miss Hayden, you have one night to consider, come to room 419 at the White Moon Hotel if you change your mind.”

Hayden walked without turning around, she cursed the pervert Samuel Shawn repeatedly inside.

Such a shameless man, he was truly disgusting.

A pair of cold eyes had been watching the whole time.

When he wanted to step forward, Magnus spoke into his wireless earpiece.

“Mr. Beckham, Franklin is on the roof talking to a woman, it appears to be Miss Kidman.”

Joseph raised an eyebrow, his face softening as he watched Hayden turn away from Samuel. “Okay.”

In a room full of people nothing would have happened, but Joseph didn’t like the way that scoundrel was talking to Hayden. And his face turned cold when he thought about this.

Hayden looked for Joseph after getting rid of Samuel. She looked around and discovered he was heading towards the roof, she froze with one hand still clutching her skirt.

Perhaps she had thought too much, he had moved on quite well.

In the middle of the party, the crowd was heading towards the champagne tower where a microphone test sound was heard, Hayden was pushed forward by the crowd.

“We would like to extend our warmest welcome to Mr. Wright of the Joann Group. It’s a pleasure to have him here tonight.”

The organizer was a young man in his mid-thirties, who introduced Bowen Wright to the crowd.

This seemed odd, as well as puzzling, Hayden found Edwina in the crowd, they exchanged a glance and Edwina shook her head implying that she too was puzzled.

Bowen took the microphone and greeted everyone with a smile, “It has been a pleasure to represent Joann Group at this party of the corporations of City S and City N. I was invited by an old friend and I am also here to announce that we need a manufacturer for the uniform of Joann Group workers, I sincerely hope that all the corporations here present will participate in the bidding of this project…”. His speech created a stir in the crowd.

Edwina managed to squeeze in next to Hayden and frowned, “Bowen Wright agreed to deal only with Green Lemon, why offer a bid out of nowhere? Sly fox, he’s too ambitious.”

Hayden also frowned. “I think I know why.”

Edwina dumbfounded, “Why?”.

Following Hayden’s gaze, Edwina saw a man sitting on the couch not far away, acting as if none of this was any of her business, raise his glass to Hayden.

“Samuel Shawn?” Edwina frowned.

“You know him too?” Hayden looked toward Edwina, “He bought me a drink, but I turned him down. He said something confusing, but now I understand the meaning. He must be the reason for Mr. Wright’s sudden change of heart.”

Edwina turned green. “This pervert, who doesn’t know him in S City? He has victimized tons of ladies because he has a powerful father. He is very close friends with Mr. Wright, his father has connections and is well respected in S City, it seems you have offended him.”

Hayden looked concerned. “He’s the one behind it all, this for sure, is there any way to reverse all this, should I go have a drink with him now?”.

“Don’t.” Edwina objected, “I’ll be in trouble if Edison finds out about letting you drink with someone else. We have to think this through, Bowen is a decent businessman, even if he has to bow a little to the Porry Group, he has to give priority to his own company. Worst case scenario, we’ll bid.”

Edwina looked at Hayden, “But the thing is, Samuel might step in again, he has a reputation for being an unscrupulous person.”

Hayden became even more worried.

Luck is not on his side, A successful business will turn to ashes just because a ladies’ man liked him? Ridiculous.

‘White Moon Hotel, room 419.’

Samuel’s voice flashed through Hayden’s mind. Wasn’t the meaning of the number too obvious?

Hayden clenched his fists looking at Samuel’s pervert in the distance. There was nothing to be afraid of, he decided to go and see what exactly he could do.

Joseph walked out of the room once the party was over, a woman with a sexy figure following him in a hurry. “Joseph, wait, it’s not like what you see.”

Violet was running fast, her heels clacking the floor and generating a sound of rapid footsteps.

Magnus opened the door to the back seat, Joseph ignored the voice behind him and entered the car.

The door closed. Violet ran to the front of the car, but was blocked by Magnus.

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