Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 193

“Heh…” Tony chuckled softly. Even Cameron could hear the deep ridicule hidden within the laughter. Cameron clenched the phone tightly in his hands and asked, “Director Hart, what… is the purpose of your call today?”

Tony flicked the ash off his cigarette and faintly replied, “Naturally, I’m here to give my future father-in-law a present. I heard that the Stark Group was trying to obtain the Elsinore Garden Project recently.”

As if he didn’t know in the first place. Cameron’s eyes gleamed. “Director Hart, are you—”

“I will hand over another 3% of the profits in the Elsinore Garden Project if you let Myra take the position of the Stark Group’s general manager and take charge of this project. What do you think?”

Without waiting for Cameron to express his opinion, Tony addressed the person on the other end of the phone as ‘father-in-law’. Then, he said something about handing over the profits to the Stark Group on the condition that Myra took the position as the general manager of the company. Listening to those words, Kris felt her pupils contracting abruptly in response. Even so, she didn’t dare to interrupt the conversation between the two men!

When Cameron heard Tony saying that he was willing to hand over the profits, his eyes narrowed considerably. Obtaining the Elsinore Garden Project was a great opportunity for the Stark Group—the profits from the project were enough to compare to the company’s profits for the next half of the year. If I can get another 3%… “It looks like Myra is deeply loved, Director Hart.” After weighing the pros and cons, he quickly came to a conclusion and laughed in delight. “Myra is a scrupulous child. I will feel at ease to leave the Elsinore Garden Project in her hands.”

Those words meant that the two of them had reached an agreement. Thus, Tony hung up without further ado.

“Tony…” Kris no longer addressed him as ‘Director Hart’. She looked shocked, her white teeth fiercely biting down on her lower lip. “Have you gotten the wrong idea about me? I didn’t mean to deceive you last time. However, I can’t explain the specifics to you. The Stark Group, Hilliville, and the Ritz Carlton will indeed all be mine in the future. I know that the Hart Group is hyping up Hilliville right now. I’m sure Sis is not willing to hand it over to you. But, if I can obtain it, I will surely hand it over to you without hesitation!”

She now blamed the man’s indifference toward her entirely on the last conversation they had outside the Zion Club that went nowhere in the end.

After Tony hung up the phone, he didn’t even glance at the woman opposite him. He turned around, extinguished his burnt cigarette butt with his foot, and went back inside. The way he acted was as if he only wanted her to listen to the phone call that showcased just how much he loved Myra.

Kris felt a gradual feeling of helplessness washing over her limbs; it was a feeling she had never experienced before. Gnashing her teeth savagely, she was tempted to yell at the back of the man that was getting further and further away. All of a sudden, her phone began to ring. She answered the call, then her expression changed drastically upon listening to what the other party said through the phone. Eyeing the cold and indifferent back of that man again, she got into her sports car and left.

Myra had rested enough by the time Tony returned to the bedroom. She had seen the interaction between the man and the woman downstairs from the floor-to-ceiling window. She felt a little anxious at first—she didn’t even notice that she breathed out a sigh of relief when Tony tossed his cigarette butt to the ground and walked back to the villa. When she saw him, she subconsciously turned over and faced her back to the man behind her.

Tony chuckled softly. Walking over, he took off his coat and got into bed. He brought a cool breeze with him as he got into bed. The moment he climbed into bed, he pulled the stiff woman into his embrace and forcefully planted a kiss on her forehead. “Are you angry?”

His voice was not as hard and cold as it had been when he had been talking to Kris. Moreover, the lines of his face had softened considerably too.

She struggled against him slightly. Then, she bit her lip again when she couldn’t escape from his hold. In the next moment, she felt her body being flipped over. The lips that she was biting were also covered by the man’s thin lips. He kissed her on the lips several times before lifting an eyebrow at her and smiling. “Don’t you want to know who I called with your phone?”

“I don’t care,” she muttered softly.