The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1338

"So that's how Rose's family operates. Embezzling all that money and cutting corners, while his daughter parades around town bragging about how their family is about to strike it rich."

"Looks like they thought the Westside Heights Project was going to be their golden goose."

Assigning the culinary center's renovation to Patton had been a test of his capabilities.

Whether they would continue contracting his firm was entirely up in the air.

Yet, Old Randall had already treated the materials contract for the Westside Heights Project as his personal piggy bank.

The sheer audacity was staggering.

Patton had only allocated a fraction of the orders to Old Randall, and the man had immediately let the power go to his head.

"I didn't terminate the contract with Patton for two reasons. First, he was honest and owned up to it. Second, making a mistake like this will force him to be infinitely more cautious moving forward."

Patton knew this was the only lifeline Dane would throw him.

If he fumbled it, he'd share Old Randall's fate.

No, worse—he'd end up just like the ruined James Family!

From now on, Patton was going to be ruthlessly thorough when selecting material suppliers.

He would even require Vertex International to vet and approve every single vendor before finalizing anything.

That exact level of caution was exactly what Dane wanted from him.

Claire nodded in understanding. "Patton just had a lapse in oversight, but he caught it in time to do damage control."

"At the end of the day, his only crime was trusting the wrong guy."

"Hopefully, he actually steps up to fix this."

Dane actually saw potential in Patton.

Though his misstep would delay the culinary center's completion slightly, Patton was a fundamentally responsible contractor.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have discovered the defective materials during a holiday weekend.

Vertex International had chosen Patton out of a sea of contractors for a reason.

He might not have been the absolute best in Apex, but he had the highest customer satisfaction rating.

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