Invincible Heir novel Chapter 12

The Perry family courtyard.

Tracy had only just come home, and before she got round to put her slippers on, Sherry was in her face fuming as she asked, “That trash - he went to the office today?”

“Mom, please, I’m dead tired. Can you just stop bothering me?” Tracy said, thoroughly worn out.

With Baron taking on her impossible task, her brow was already blistering with worry. At this point, she really didn’t need more on her plate.

“This is no time to be skulking about!”

Sherry’s bearing was one of complete distress. “I heard it all. Your Granddad offered you a choice in the Perry Clan weekly regular meeting - marry Joker, or somehow find a way to gain collaboration with the Brone Group, or else we’d all be banished. And that piece of trash actually agreed in your place. He’s brainless garbage. It doesn’t mean you have to be! Why aren’t you marrying Joker?”

Tracy had run herself to the ground working connections all day long for her task, but it turned out she couldn’t even set a single foot into the Brone offices. She was plenty fed up already, but now Sherry herself was dredging it all back up again.

“Mom, I’m begging you, let’s just stop talking about this. They’ve got their boot on me in the office. They keep their boot on me when I try to talk business. And now that I’m home, you want to put your own foot down too?” Tracy demanded, eyes rimmed with red as her bottled emotions threatened to break her apart at the seams.

“Our daughter’s been through enough even before she made it home. Give her some space.”

From his seat on the sofa, Terry set down his newspaper, helplessness in his bearing.

Sherry rushed her way into his face, hands on her hips as she raged, “Terry Perry! Do you have any idea the kind of mission she’s taken on? Gaining collaboration with the Brone Group is utterly impossible, and if this goes on, we’re going to be thrown out of the Perry Clan in three days.”

“I’m back!”

In that moment, a cheerful voice rang out, and the bright visage of Yuri Perry swept into the room.

“I’ve got good news for everybody…”

Having just entered the house, she took in the unpleasant atmosphere, from her raging mother to her helpless father to a despairing Tracy.

“What’s this, then?”

Sensitive as always, Yuri made her way to Tracy’s side first, taking her hand in her own. “You all right, Big Sis?”

Tracy shook her head lightly. “Yuri, pick up Lara for me. I’m going to my room.”

“What good news? Your sister just agreed to secure collaboration with the Brone Group, and if she can’t, we’re all getting kicked out of the clan.”

Having released a fair bit of her temper, Sherry calmed down, studying Tracy’s receding back.

“Sis!”

Yuri perked up immediately at Sherry’s words, raced towards Tracy before she could leave, and beamed, “Sis, I’ll get this collaboration business done for you. After all, I’m a part of the Brone company now!”

Life found its way back into Tracy’s previously hollow eyes, and she grasped Yuri by the arms, excited. “You’ve really been hired by the Brone Group?”

Right after her question dropped, Tracy’s expression dimmed again, and she shook her head bitterly. “Even if you’re in, there’s not much you can do to help me. Not as a new hire.”

A twinge of doubt snaked its way into Yuri Perry’s mind, but her heart ached to see her sister in such a state. Still, she put on a determined front and said,“Trust me, Sis, it’ll be fine. My good friend Bonnie is an actual HR manager in the Brone Group, and she’s got decent relations further up the chain. I’ll ask her for help, and we’ll definitely net you that collaboration.”

“That’s great! Thank you, Yuri!”

Tracy’s eyes were shot through with red now. After a full day of trouble over this business, there was finally some good news.

Yuri rolled her eyes impatiently. “You’re thanking me?”