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Tyson’s blatant gaze made Howard’s eyes narrow. “Mr. Hill, where is your contract?”
“Oh, here it is.” Tyson never took his eyes off Sally as he took out the contract and handed it directly to her.
“Mr. Logan, I know your rules. The contract should first be reviewed by the company’s legal counsel. This young and beautiful lady must be ZK International’s new legal counsel, right?” Tyson said.
Howard’s face was already frosty, and his hand on the sofa tightened into a fist.
“How should I address this beauty?” Tyson directly struck up a conversation with Sally.
In his eyes, Howard would never jeopardize the cooperation between two companies over a woman, so his audacity grew.
He even believed that Howard brought Sally along as a gift for cooperation.
After all, Howard had never been seen with a woman before when going out.
This woman was the first.
Seeing that Howard didn’t speak, Sally reached out to receive the contract.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tyson held her hand
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and even caressed the back of her hand with his fingers.
“Mr. Hill, please have a seat,” Sally said with a smile, withdrawing her hand and taking a step back, increasing the distance between her and Tyson.
At this moment, the chilling aura around Howard had dropped to freezing point, and his tightly clenched fist had turned slightly white.
Alex stepped forward, positioning himself between Sally and Tyson, smiling at Tyson and extending an invitation, “Mr. Hill, please have a seat over here.”
Feeling uninterested, Tyson reluctantly gave up and returned to his seat.
“Sally, look at the contract,” Howard’s cold voice came, carrying a full load of anger.
What was this?
Was he angry because she refused Tyson?
Sally felt a piercing pain in her heart, but she forced herself to open the contract and start her work.
Fifteen minutes later.
Sally closed the contract and spoke seriously, “Mr. Logan, I’m afraid Mr. Hill will need to draft a new contract. I’ve marked the problematic areas.”
Sally handed the contract to Howard.
Howard took the contract, glanced at Tyson, then flipped it open to take a look.
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“Mr. Hill, you should draft a new contract before coming to me for signing,” Howard said directly, throwing the contract on the table.
Tyson wore a displeased expression. “Mr. Logan, your new legal counsel doesn’t seem very professional. I’ve given ZK International an 8% discount in this contract.”
Sally smiled knowingly. “But in clause three of Mr. Hill’s contract, it clearly states that if there is a loss, ZK
International will bear 80% of the losses, indirectly making ZK International pay the Hill Family.”
“What do you know? When has anything from the Hill Family ever suffered losses?” Tyson burst into anger.
Howard’s gaze turned cold, and he stood up. He said in a chilling tone, “Mr. Hill, if you want to cooperate with ZK
International, then draft a complete contract and come back to me.”
With those words, Howard left in long strides.
Sally and Alex followed closely behind.
Tyson, standing still, was seething with anger. His chubby face flushed with rage.
After leaving the hotel, Howard suddenly turned around, pressing Sally against the wall, his face filled with resentment.
This sudden action caught Sally off guard.
She felt the familiar scent of Howard’s cologne so close to her, stimulating every nerve in her body.
“Sally, is this how you behave now? Can’t you even learn to
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Thinking about Tyson touching Sally’s hand just now, Howard couldn’t control his emotions.
He hated this woman to the core, wishing he could tear her into pieces.
But seeing her being taken advantage of, he couldn’t help but feel displeased.
“Mr. Logan, isn’t this the purpose of bringing me here?” Sally looked at him with a smile, her smile not reaching her eyes.
She wanted to pretend as if everything was normal. But her eyes were stinging, and tears welled up, reddening her eyes.
Howard clenched his fist, grinding his teeth in anger. “Sally, in your eyes, am I just this kind of person? Is that why… you silently called off the engagement and left six years ago?”
“Yes, I discovered your true nature, Mr. Logan, that’s why I called off the engagement and left,” Sally said coldly, forcing back her tears, her voice filled with resentment.
“You…”
Howard’s clenched fist was trembling, and he swung it forcefully, aiming at Sally’s face.
Sally instinctively closed her eyes.
The fist swiped across her cheek and landed heavily on the wall.
Howard turned around in anger and left.
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Sally opened her eyes, feeling as if all the energy had been drained from her. Tears uncontrollably streamed down her
face.
She bit her lip tightly, preventing herself from crying out loud.
“Thank you.”
Mia received the documents from the delivery guy, thanked him politely. And closed the door behind him as he entered the house.
“Mia, is the appraisal result out?” Kara approached, leaning in and asking in a low voice.
Scarlet heard the commotion and walked out of the kitchen. “Mia, Kara, did someone knock on the door just now? Who was it?”
“It’s nobody, Scarlet. It was the property management coming for registration.” Mia quickly hid the documents behind his back, afraid of being discovered by Scarlet.
Scarlet didn’t pay much attention and cautioned, “I’ll take care of answering the door in the future. When I’m out grocery shopping or not at home, you two mustn’t open the door, okay?”
“Okay, Scarlet. Kara and I are going back to our room to review and do homework.” With that, Mia grabbed Kara’s hand and led her back to their room.
Scarlet watched the two kids acting mysteriously but didn’t think much of it.
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Back in the room, Kara couldn’t contain her excitement. “Mia, quickly open it and see.”
Mia hurriedly opened the document bag, revealing a paternity test report.
The two of them leaned in, looking at the paternity test
report.
Although they couldn’t understand the data analysis on it, they recognized the result clearly stated on it, “The test confirms a biological relationship.”
“Mia, Rina’s daddy is really our daddy!” Kara exclaimed in surprise, joy evident on her face.
Ever since they exchanged with Rina, Kara had already developed a liking for Howard. During the paternity test, she had been hoping that Howard would turn out to be their father.
Mia, on the other hand, remained more composed, without much excitement on his face. There was a hint of worry as he said, “If Rina’s daddy is our daddy, then why doesn’t he want us and mommy? Why did he choose to have Rina with Rina’s mommy?”
Kara, who was initially overjoyed, couldn’t muster the same enthusiasm after hearing Mia’s words. She fell into deep thought.
“Kara, if daddy doesn’t want us and mommy anymore, would you still acknowledge him as your father?” Mia asked with a serious tone.
Kara’s face darkened, and she shook her head. “I don’t know.”
Both of them fell into contemplation, their faces filled with worries.
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