A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

Chapter 61

Benji took a quick glimpse of his watch and felt his heart skip a beat." Two minutes."

"Hmph." Rickard snorted coldly without showing much emotion.

'Even after such a long time, the person in charge of Lane Holdings still hasn't shown up. I'd like to see whether they'll arrive in the final two minutes or not.'

The man tapped the table lightly with his fingers, which showed that his patience was about to run out.

Finally, just before he completely lost his mind, the door of the conference room pushed open.

"President Lane, you're..." Benji's face was filled with joy, but he stopped instantly before he could finish the whole sentence.

Staring at the person who came in through the door with his mouth slightly open, Benji asked, "Ms. Xanthos? Why are you the only one here? Where's President Lane?"

Renee Xanthos was the person in charge of communicating with him and arranging this meeting, so the two had contacted each other several times.

Renee gave off a sweet smile. "I'm really sorry, but something urgent just came up, and Ms. Lane has to attend to that matter first, so she can't be here for the time being. That's why she's especially asked me to come over to inform Mr. Duval about this."

"But..." Benji frowned.

'We made an appointment, yet this person just changed the plan so casually? Is she trying to make a fool out of us?'

He subconsciously glanced at Rickard.

Sure enough, Rickard's expression had dimmed, and Benji could sense a hint of hostility emanating between his brows.

"Ms. Lane has avoided meeting me a few times. Did something really come up? Or is she doing this intentionally?" Rickard stood up abruptly and straightened his delicate cuffs, his tone turning colder and sterner. "Or does Ms. Lane think that Lane Holdings' business scale is larger than ours and thus, is in the position to make a fool out of our company? Does she regard our company as something that she can use to kill time?"

"That's not Ms. Lane's intention..." Renee let off an awkward smile.

Even though she had obtained Hesper's instruction in advance, Rickard's aura was still very domineering to her. It was such a brief conversation but already she was starting to feel rather overwhelmed. Rickard issued an ultimatum directly, "Go back and tell your president that we'll be here again at the same time tomorrow. If she still doesn't show up at that time, tell her to expect a contract termination letter at any time."

After saying so, he turned around and left, regardless of Renee's reaction.

Benji followed him but then stopped for a split second and said to Renee, "Ms. Xanthos, Mr. Duval has always been a man of his word. If this meeting were to end with the termination of our contract, while the manpower and other resources that we've invested in this project are still trivial matters, I wouldn't wish to see the reputational damage Lane Holdings would suffer, as this would leave an unreliable impression on the public. Don't you think so too?".

"I understand." Renee forced a smile.

After sending them off, she immediately called Hesper and relayed

the complaint...

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On the other end of the phone call, Hesper remained silent for a few seconds before calmly saying, "Okay, don't worry about it."

"Understood." Renee thought for a bit and asked, "Ms. Lane, are you done with what you wanted to do?"

Something had indeed come up and she was not deliberately avoiding Rickard. Not that she minded leaving Rickard hanging.

She stared at the man who was tied up in front of her and put on a faint smirk. "I'm almost done. Maybe."

Hanging up the phone, she stepped forward, stopped right in front of the man, and lifted his frightened face with the heel of her shoes.

This is it. This is the man who almost caused me to lose my chastity three years ago.'

"Now shoot, who was the person who gave you the order three years ago?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. Have you gotten the wrong person?"

The man was sweating profusely from fear. He was surrounded by four or five bodyguards, so it was impossible for him to escape the scene even if he wanted to.

He thought about it carefully; he had done a lot of immoral or even wicked things over the years, but he did not remember offending such an intimidating person. Hesper gave him a cold glare. "Are you still planning to put on an act?"

The man was startled. He immediately knelt on the ground and started begging for mercy. "Ma'am, I really don't know what you're talking about. Perhaps you could give me a hint?"