Sir madame has run away again (Lily and Carson) novel Chapter 418

Chapter 418
‘Isabella, sure, but that’s impossible. So that’s it, Jessica.
‘Jessica?’ Eric arched an eyebrow. “Are you good friends with her?”
‘Clear. She is my friend here.
‘I’ll think about it.’ He didn’t readily agree to this.
I was about to speak well of Jessica when there was a knock on the door, so I shut up. A moment later, Eric’s assistant came in with a document. I thought I should leave, so I got up. ‘I’m going now.’
‘There is no necessity. Wait right there. He then looked at his assistant. ‘What is it?’
‘I increased our quoted purchase price for raw materials by 10% according to orders and announced it in the report, as well as the product price.’
‘AND?’
‘Shortly after the announcement, Newman Corporation increased its purchasing volume and by two percent more than we quoted. Many suppliers went to negotiate with them.’
Eric frowned but didn’t say anything, so the assistant continued, ‘They were still planning to see how things would play out, but when the Newman Corporation interfered, they panicked. As far as I know now, they bought a huge amount of materials in one week. Their warehouse isn’t big enough to store them all, so they rented two more on South Avenue. Their reserves are getting low, so they had a date with Mr. Williamson from the commercial bank last night. Probably to talk about a loan.
‘I see. You can leave now.
After his assistant left, Eric tapped his desk and pondered for a while. ‘Lilian, does Dylan know what happened to you?’
‘Forgiveness?’
‘Dylan knows that Carson is cheating on you?’
“No, I didn’t tell him.
‘Why not? I thought you said you’d give up everything just to get revenge. Dylan is powerful enough to help you with that, and I’m sure he would if you
asked him to.’
‘Are you going to tell your friends and family about this kind of thing easily?’
‘Huh?’ He looked at me. “Everyone’s your friend, aren’t they?”
‘That’s just a speech expression. Dylan grew up with me and I don’t want him to know that my marriage is a failure because he might accidentally expose it to my dad.
‘Is that the only reason? What if Carson knows what you’re thinking and blackmails you? you