Helen caught Frank and asked jealously, “What were you telling that woman?”
“What?” Frank did a double take-was she always this jealous?
Still, he chuckled after some thought. “She was inviting me to some masquerade ball.”
“A masquerade ball?!” Helen scowled, certainly aware of what that meant. “So? Did you say yes?”
“Why don’t you take a guess?” Frank chuckled and quickly fled into the manor.
“Hey!” Helen exclaimed, flustered.
Still, she soon calmed down-she knew Frank, and that he would never go near such places.
After all, he did not take advantage of her even when she was….
Helen flushed, her cheeks burning when she remembered that night.
“Hmph!” She snorted before hurrying into the manor as well.
The manor was filled with people, and everyone was watching one person closely.
Naturally, it was none other than Will Zeller.
He stood on the stairs in his black suit, holding a microphone in one hand and a document in another.
“Everyone, please settle down,” he said. “Thank you for coming despite your busy schedules. Our department has reviewed the tenders everyone submitted, and I will now be announcing the successful tenders.”
That was when Will inadvertently spotted Frank, and he paused for a moment before shaking his head subtly at him.
“Hmm?” Frank was puzzled-was there a problem with Lanecorp’s tender?
“Alright, for the first land lot…”
Will paused, averting his eyes from
Frank as he turned toward a hand
man downstairs, holding out a band and smiling. “It will go to Mr. Woss of Drenam Limited!” S
“What?!”
Frank was left stunned by the announcement.
It was not just Frank either, as the other Zamri bigwigs were shocked too.
“What the hell is Drenam Limited? Never even heard of them!”
“Yeah, are they even a local business?!”
“What the heck? Passing off some major land deeds to some measly company?”
Helen was taken aback, but shook her head exasperatedly soon enough. “I knew I shouldn’t have trusted Cindy-“
“Wait. Something’s wrong,” Frank said.
He looked at Will, who seemed to be deliberately avoiding Frank’s gaze.
Will then looked downward at the crowd and quickly continued,
to Mr. Woss of Drenam Limveget
now, for the second land lot… if goes
“What?!”
“You’re being bribed, aren’t you?!”
Hearing that the second land lot went to Drenam Limited too, the Zamri bigwigs were immediately outraged and protested loudly.
They had never even heard of
Drenam Limited before this, and they took two land lots in an instant?! It was certainly a joke, as even Zamri’s local giants could not best them!
