“Not gonna ask me to sit down?” The man looked at Maxwell with a half–smile. “Back when you and Steph went to Groena, I treated you two pretty well.”
The word “please” and the four words “treat well” were especially emphasized.
Maxwell dangerously narrowed his eyes and stared back coldly at him.
There seemed to be an invisible magnetic field between the two, and every time their eyes met, it was like an invisible clash.
The whole meeting room was in a weird vibe.
Someone was whispering again.
“What happened? What did he just mean? Where did that contract come from? Wasn’t it done the proper way?”
“It was definitely through proper channels. Back then, the Humphrey Group couldn’t compete with his family’s consortium. How could they have signed without the other side’s approval? But I heard there was something weird about it.”
“What is it?”
“We didn’t know, we just knew that after coming back from talking about the contract, Stephanie stayed in bed for over a month.”
“Huh? There was such a thing?”
“Yeah, haven’t you realized it yet? Today’s chaos here was because
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Stephanie cut ties with the Humphrey Group. Back when the
Humphrey Group was transforming, Stephanic was the one who stuck with Mr. Humphrey and helped him expand. They were really closely tied back then.”
Estrella was the first to react. She walked over with a smile and led the man to the side.
“This way, please,” Estrella said with a bright, elegant smile. Her eyes were especially bright when she looked at the man.
But the man didn’t move, just looked at Maxwell.
The meaning was clear, he wanted Maxwell to come and ask in person.
Estrella felt a bit embarrassed, but she quickly covered it up and looked over at Maxwell.
“Max?” Estrella asked, confused.
She had heard way too much gossip about Vincent, the Humphrey family, and Stephanie back when she was in Groena, but she had never really known what exactly happened.
Even when she used the Shelton family to pressure Stephanie,
Stephanie didn’t say anything. Instead, she played a bullfight song to mock them.
So, now she was really anxious.
Thinking about it, she secretly turned around and went to the corner to call Stephanie.
But Maxwell stopped her with a glare.
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“So disrespectful?” The man noticed Maxwell’s move and smiled dangerously, “Don’t want to find Steph?”
The man took out his phone.
“It’s okay, I’ll make this call.”
He smiled and looked at Estrella again: “Thanks for the wine you brought for Steph, I really liked that one, and I was just about to ask her what she thought of it.”
Although she smiled at Estrella, Estrella still felt a chill run down her spine.
It was like being watched by a poisonous snake.
But that was it, the man was about to dial.
But before he pressed it, his hand was already grabbed by another hand.
The man looked up and saw Maxwell’s dark eyes.
“Want to stop me?” The man sneered, and put his hand in his pocket.
The next moment, Maxwell felt something pressed against his stomach.
He squinted his eyes, ignored the other’s attempt to stop him, and pushed forward hard. The two stared at each other, face to face, really close.
“Did you know it’s different here than Groena, guns are banned.” Maxwell looked at him and lowered his voice.
But the other person just smiled and still looked at Maxwell coldly
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And I called Stephanie.
“Beep beep…”
Maxwell reached for the guy’s pocket, but the guy didn’t let him and
stepped back to avoid it.