Chapter 165 Getting Stood Up
When Maria heard that, she almost leapt with joy. She asked excitedly, “Really? Looks like Jared isn’t that useless.”
“Hmph! I think that he’s merely relying on the foundations we’ve built previously,” Zayne scoffed, thinking that Jared did not deserve the credit.
“Yeah. If we hadn’t worked on it beforehand, Jared wouldn’t have gotten the contract signed so easily,” Maria agreed as she nodded.
“All right. I’ll pass the contract to Mr. Jennings. He’ll definitely reward me. Perhaps he might even transfer me to the procurement department!”
With that, Zayne went to the general manager’s office happily with the contract.
As he was overjoyed, he entered without even knocking.
Right then, Xavier was in the middle of the call. Upon noticing someone barging in all of a sudden, he ended the call directly.
Xavier’s expression turned grim when he saw Zayne.
Knowing that he had just gotten himself into trouble, Zayne trembled in fear. He raised the contract and declared, “Mr. Jennings, we’ve signed the contract with Cosmic Chemical!”
Since this is an important contract, perhaps Xavier won’t be angry after hearing such news.
However, Zayne was mistaken. Immediately after he spoke, Xavier became furious. “Get lost! Get lost now!”
Then he threw a cup at Zayne fiercely.
Crash!
The sound of the cup shattering into pieces shocked Zayne, causing him to scurry out in fear.
Gritting his teeth, Xavier panted heavily in fury.
He had already known that Jared managed to sign the contract with Cosmic Chemical. Initially, he had wanted Jared to be humiliated there, but Leyton had ended up being embarrassed instead.
The call earlier was from Leyton, who had given Xavier a harsh scolding. Xavier only became associated with Leyton because he no longer wanted to stay with the Sullivan family. As Leyton could use his betrayal of the Sullivan family as blackmail, he had no choice but to endure Leyton’s scoldings.
“Zayne, what did Mr. Jennings say? Did he mention the commission?” Maria asked happily when she saw Zayne return.
“Forget it. I don’t know what’s wrong with him today. He even scolded me!”
Holding the contract, Zayne returned to his office unhappily.
Maria hurried behind and consoled him.
At noon, Jared packed his belongings and prepared to head to the Sullivan residence. After all, he had promised Josephine to dine with William.
“Jared, you managed to secure such an important contract today. Why don’t we celebrate it over lunch? I know a really good restaurant nearby,” Hilda suggested happily.
Stunned, Jared replied awkwardly, “I’m busy this afternoon, so you may go ahead and enjoy your lunch. Let’s celebrate at night…”
Hearing that, Hilda became a bit disappointed. “All right, then.”
Watching as Jared left the office, Hilda felt like there was a gap between the two of them. She could not understand Jared, nor could she manage to capture his heart.
After Jared left the office, he wanted to drive his Ford over. However, he suddenly saw Josephine sitting in a car and honking at him.
Since Josephine had personally come to pick him up, Jared kept his car keys and walked toward her.
“Are you so free that you’ve come to pick me up personally?” Jared asked with a smile after getting into the car.
“I’m just afraid that you’d stand me up. Mr. Grange has already reached. If you don’t go, I’ll be so embarrassed.”
With that, Josephine slammed her foot on the accelerator, and the car sped forward.
At that moment, Hilda was standing beside a window upstairs. She saw Jared getting into a red luxurious car that was driven by a woman. However, as she was too far away, she could not see what the woman looked like. She could not help but feel upset upon seeing Jared leave with a woman.
