She was reminding Julian to reconsider if he really wanted to go against Barton Group for the sake of someone like Chandler. If he dragged it out until every Barton Group project breached contract and the company suffered badly, the Hales wouldn’t be able to stay untouched, too.
After she said that, Adriana sat back down.
If Barton Group really fell, the backlash and gossip in their business circle alone would be enough to drown Julian, regardless of whether the Skyridge Materials was involved in the breach.
Skyridge Materials and Barton Group had worked together for years.
Suddenly cutting off construction material supply like that would absolutely darnage Julian’s reputation.
And after that, anyone who wanted to work with him would think twice.
It was a matter of shared risk.
Julian’s expression darkened, but he stayed silent.
“Julian, Adriana is right. In this kind of vicious fight, nobody wins. Besides… you don’t actually know Adriana. She is definitely not the kind of person you’ve heard about,” Silas said at the right moment, speaking up for Adriana.
Julian nodded and drank a glass of wine on his own.
“Julian, she’s just a young girl. It hasn’t been easy for her. I’ve heard about her too.” Kathleen was soft–hearted. She held Julian’s hand and sighed. “Don’t be so hard on the poor child.”
Kathleen was kind, and Danielle knew exactly how to move her heart. In the past, she would have taken advantage of that. But this time, she genuinely wanted Kathleen to help Adriana.
That night, Julian stayed through the whole dinner. At the very least, he didn’t leave halfway through.
That alone was already a good sign.
Adriana knew that after this, Julian would definitely look into Chandler and Danielle.
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way.
at night without any destination. She couldn’t see the road ahead treetlights made her chest feel tight with unease.
before leaving that day. Justinitely wouldn’t let her go back and even know whether she had
was supposed to go.
ey on her. For a moment, she had
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mall apartment on Juniper ana said calmly as she loo
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was.
und to look at Adriana.
have nowhere to go, you can stay there for
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ok over the com
on’t have the e
o Barton Gr
ent. You
ve a lot of unfinished matters waiting for me. I Mr. Hale myself right now. If you’re willing, you can
a mid–level employee in the Architecture
so think about it,” Adriana said again.
bring danger into her own house, but she believed
threat to her. So, for Jeremy’s sake, Adriana chose to give her
ightly. She used to be the top executive in the Architecture had to begin as a mid–level execitve.
Danielle, she would have thought Adriana was deliberately making
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things hard for her and humiliating her on purpose. But now, she no longer thought that way.
She understood that Adriana wasn’t only giving her a chance to return to Barton Group.
She was also giving her another chance to climb back up through real ability and shut
everyone up.
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