Seven Years a Fool One Day a Queen (Kristine and Colton) novel Chapter 116

Chapter 116

“Sorry, Eliza, it was my fault before. I apologize, please don’t take it to heart. Let’s not argue about this,” Gideon said, his first genuine apology to Eliza.

But when Eliza heard his apology, her expression was somewhat strange. She reminded him, “Why don’t you read this first?”

Only then did Gideon look at the document Eliza handed him.

The three bold words on the paper stunned him completely.

A lawyer’s letter?!

How could it be a lawyer’s letter?

Eliza said, “Since you’re here, I won’t go out of my way to visit you. Let’s save both of us the trouble.”

Gideon, “…”

Is this even human?

He came here seeking a partnership, not to be sued!

“I still have a meeting to attend, so I won’t see you out,” Eliza said as she took her laptop to the conference room.

Gideon stood there, feeling utterly frustrated.

He couldn’t understand why Eliza was being so harsh.

He took his frustration and went straight to Everest to complain to Calvin.

“He, bro, how can Eliza be so heartless? After all, we’ve known each other for a long time, and you guys dated for seven years. How could she be so cruel? Sending me a lawyer’s letter?”

“Isn’t this a bit much?”

Calvin sighed, rare for him. He pushed a stack of documents to Gideon and said, “She’s treating everyone the same, she sent me one too.”

Gideon, “…”

Still in shock, Medea came in, “Calv, did you call me?”

Calvin nodded and handed her one of the documents he’d just given Gideon.

Medea looked at the document and frowned, “A lawyer’s letter?”

Gideon, “You too?”

“Is it from Eliza?”

“Is she wholesaling them?!”

Medea hadn’t expected Eliza to send her a lawyer’s letter either.

She looked at the contents, realizing that Flying was accused of infringing on ASKHEART’s commercial secrets and illegally stealing their technology, which led to the lawyer’s letter.

Gideon, being an investor in Flying, was also implicated.

Commercial secrets violations were serious business, and if admitted, it would be impossible to continue operating in the business world.

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So Medea quickly denied it. “This is slander!”

Calvin said. “I’ve looked into it. She has a solid chain of evidence.”

After a pause, he looked at Medea, “Didn’t you poach several technicians from ASKHEART to Flying?”

“Well… that did happen…”

“ASKHEART conducted a technical evaluation, and Flying infringed on over 40 technical points. 90% of them are either identical or very similar, which constitutes substantial infringement. So, ASKHEART has sent the lawyer’s letter demanding full compensation for R&D costs and three times the project’s

commercial revenue loss.”

Gideon, now more nervous, asked, “How much is that?”

Calvin sighed again, “Given ASKHEART’s current commercial value, the threefold compensation is conservatively over one billion, and that’s based on their

current value. It could only grow more in the future.”

The office fell silent.

Gideon wondered if he’d be expelled from the family registry tonight.

There’s also the matter with Everup. The contract we signed was beneficial to Apex, but now we’ve breached it. According to the contract, we have to

compensate.”

‘And how much is that?”

‘At least ten billion.”

Gideon collapsed back into his chair.

Between both lawsuits, Eliza could easily earn twenty billion just from fighting in court…

Medea’s face also paled. “What do we do now?”

Calvin thought for a moment and said, “I’ll personally talk to Eliza about Everup. We haven’t made this public yet, so there’s still room for negotiation.”

de paused, a frown forming on his face. “As for Flying, let’s see if we can settle this privately. If it goes to court, many people will get involved.”

On Monday, Fliza went to Enzo’s studio for work, and unexpectedly ran into Medea downstairs in the building.

Medea saw her, and her expression became indifferent. She quickly turned her face away.

ladie whispered to Eliza, “What’s she doing here?”

She’s probably here to see Enzo, Eliza guessed.

This guess was soon confirmed.

Enzo told Eliza that Medea had contacted him through various channels, wanting to discuss Flying’s infringement issues.

But Enzo had rejected her, telling her to directly talk to Eliza

Medea was probably too proud to seek Lliza out directly

So, Eliza hadn’t received any messages.

Enzo asked Eliza how she planned to handle this.

“Going to court is the last resort. It’s time consuming and exhausting. If we can talk it out, we’ll try that. But… she’s not qualified to talk to me!

You mean, Calvin has to talk to you?” Enzo asked. “Will he step in?”

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Eliza’s expression was calm, “It depends on how important Medea is to him.”

Calvin, who cared so much for Medea, should be the one lowering his pride to help her, right?

In fact, Eliza had to thank Medea.

If Calvin hadn’t been clearing the way for Medea, Eliza wouldn’t have been qualified to become a partner with Everup.

And the contract they signed back then had terms that favored Apex and ASKHEART.

So, she was confident enough to send Calvin a lawyer’s letter.

I’m not good at this. You make the decision,” Enzo said, as always, supporting Eliza.

Eliza and Enzo chatted for about an hour. By the time they left, Medea was still there, patiently waiting.

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