The Best Revenge It Wasn't Even Your Child novel Chapter 649

"Mr. Main, I am merely the director of the Eldervale division. I have no right to dictate the terms of the Southeast Expansion Project."

Catherine offered a polite nod, strictly maintaining her professional boundaries.

Gavin sucked in a sharp breath. "I said the deal is dead. Why are you dragging her into this? We're done here. Hang up the call."

He shot his assistant a look.

But the poor guy was far too terrified of Hammer to touch the mouse.

Annoyed, Gavin stood up, marched over to the laptop, and manually severed the connection.

Hammer's furious expression vanished into a black screen.

"Gavin." Catherine tried to intervene, but she was too late.

"Alright, meeting adjourned," Gavin announced to the stunned executives. "Legal, if corporate tells you to draft a contract for the Lee Group, ignore them. Tell them to take it up with me."

With a sweeping gesture, he sliced through the bureaucratic red tape, effectively shutting down the entire initiative, and led Catherine out of the room.

She followed him straight into his private office.

"You spoke to your father yesterday?"

"Yeah. Called him up and argued for an hour, but he's still dead set on getting into bed with the Lee Group. We couldn't agree, so he set up this circus today. I see exactly what the old man is doing. He wanted to put it to a vote to steamroll me."

Gavin threw himself onto the plush sofa, loosening his tie with a frustrated yank. He looked like a rebel without a cause.

"I don't give a damn. I'm not doing the deal!"

Catherine watched him. "Are you tanking this because you genuinely think the Lee Family is untrustworthy, or are you doing this for me?"

"A little bit of A, a little bit of B," Gavin admitted without missing a beat. He held her gaze for a second before adding, "Alright, fine. Mostly B."

In the corporate world, integrity was a nice bonus, but profit was king.

The board member had been right. No matter how slimy the Lee Family was, they wouldn't dare try to scam Golden Horizon.

Catherine sighed. "There's no need for this. A standard business partnership is fine. Geoffrey can't actually do anything to hurt me. Pulling a stunt like this is just going to infuriate your father."

"Let the old fossils throw a tantrum. I don't care."

Gavin waved off the consequences with reckless abandon. "Go back to work. I'll take the heat for this."

But saying nothing felt rude.

In the end, Catherine just set the phone face down on her desk.

Miles away, Lance kept glancing at his screen. He had watched the typing bubble hover at the bottom of their chat.

Then, it vanished. Nothing came through.

"Sir, Belinda and Sophia are here."

Susan called out from the entryway, having spotted the women marching up the driveway. She hurried to unlock the front door.

Lance shoved his phone into his pocket and stood up, just as a blur of motion vaulted through the entrance.

He shot his arm out, stopping the intruder in her tracks. "Wash your hands first. Stop running around like a maniac."

"Ugh, why do you have so many rules?" Sophia complained. She had caught a glimpse of a tiny bundle in the bassinet but got yanked back before she could get a good look.

Belinda had already detoured to the powder room. She emerged, wiping her freshly washed hands, and unceremoniously shoved Sophia aside to scoop Lanny into her arms.