A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 142

Early Monday morning, Catherine walked into the office, and the moment she took a seat behind her desk, the room door opened.

Staring at her secretary walking inside, Catherine waited for her to close the door before asking, "What is it?"

"You have guests." Her secretary calmly uttered with a look of nervousness on her face.

"Who are they?"

"Mr. Earl and his father, Chairman Herman."

A frown settled on Catherine's face as she spaced out for a moment, focusing on her thoughts about if she should meet Earl or not.

Finally, she let out a soft breath and said, "Escort them to the conference room and tell them that I will be with them shortly."

"Okay, boss." Her secretary replied before turning away.

After she left the room, Catherine groaned out her frustration, wondering if she had made the right choice.

Then she abruptly muttered, "Should I call Rome?"

It took her a while to think her thoughts through. Then she grabbed her phone, stood to her feet, and mumbled, "I don't want to get him involved in more trouble. After all, I can handle this."

The conference room was silent as Mr. Earl waited on Catherine with his father, but there was tension between both men.

A few minutes went by, then the door to the conference room opened, and Catherine walked inside with her secretary beside her.

The moment Mr. Earl laid his sight on her, he hastily stood to his feet as his eyes lit up like a pervert.

"Good morning, Chairman Herman and Mr. Earl." Catherine half-heartedly greeted.

"You actually came. I was a bit doubtful that Miss Catherine would want to see me!" Mr. Earl said, taking a step towards her.

"I came to show respect to Chairman Herman, not because of you. So don't get it twisted."

"If that's the case, then, Catherine, you should know that I have proposed the idea to my father about DreamTeam cooperating with Technology And Co. by taking on our major millions of dollars projects, and he's on board with it!"

Frowning at Mr. Earl, Catherine gave him an icy stare as she said, "There's no closeness between us, so please call me, 'Mrs. Ford.' Also, the fact that you were the one who made this proposal to Chairman Herman, I am turning the offer down."

Then she swayed her gaze to Chairman Herman and stared at him for a second before turning around to leave.

"Mrs. Ford, please don't go just yet." Chairman Herman called out.

Stopping in her tracks, Catherine took a deep breath with her eyelids shut. Then she turned around and stared at him.

"You are a woman of business, and deep down, you know this is a good business opportunity for DreamTeam. I honestly want DreamTeam and Technology And Co. to cooperate." Chairman Herman calmly uttered.

Then he locked eyes with Catherine and said, "So how about we bury past hard feelings and stop being sensitive."

"I am far from being sensitive," Catherine said with a frown. "As you said, I'm a woman of business. So you should know that I'm not going to look at how good the offer is and forget about who's offering it."

Swaying her icy gaze to Mr. Earl, Catherine scowled and coldly uttered, "Ignoring such detail can later be sabotaging for my company, and I don't want that."

Then she turned around and walked out of the conference room with her secretary.

"Mrs. Ford," Chairman Herman called out as the door slammed closed.

Afterward, he glared at his son before standing up from his seat and storming out of the conference room.

A few minutes later, Mr. Earl joined his father in the backseat of his car and shut the door.