Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 344

“So this is how things are right now—six months ago, we started work on the Green Palms Project and things had been going perfectly fine until this morning, when I was told that the budget for the project was embezzled. The police have launched an investigation into this incident.

The contractor appointed to complete the job was just a shell company and the director is no longer contactable; so far, the police haven’t apprehended anyone but news of this has already gone out to the public. The Green Palms Project is a major project and we have already pre-sold many units. Right now, our phones are ringing off the hook from all the phone calls made by these clients. If we can’t fill this deficit and continue with the construction works on the project, then we will be facing a huge lawsuit…”

Cameron broke out in cold sweat upon describing the situation to Myra. This had happened all of a sudden without prior warning, which was why they were caught by surprise and were completely unprepared.

As soon as Myra heard Cameron’s words, she looked at Tony instinctively and she couldn’t help but recall the words he had spoken to her the other day. She tried hard to calm her racing heartbeat and as she commented lightly, “President Stark, do you mean to say that you want me to come up with the money to fill the deficit?”

Cameron took a deep breath and forced a smile on his face. “Myra, I know that you’re definitely not who you were before. Of course, if you were to come up with the money, then there will be incentives for you from the company. Half of the profit from the project is yours to keep and I’ll leave the Stark Group in your hands too.”

He’s only going to offer me fifty percent of the profit from the project? Myra laughed out loud all of a sudden. “President Stark, according to your words earlier, this news is public knowledge. Obviously, even if you approach the bank for a loan right now, it would definitely be rejected, yes?”

Currently, it took a lot of effort for Cameron to keep a calm expression but his tone of voice remained quite warm. “Myra, this time, you’re the only one who can help the company. Surely you wouldn’t want the company to suffer any losses? After all, your mom put in a lot of effort into building up the company!”

“The losses are inevitable. Previously, you ignored my advice and insisted on using up all of our available cash flow to invest in those two projects with the Walton Group. Right now, you’ve got a problem with insufficient cash flow and a budget deficit issue. Soon, it won’t be just the Green Palms Project that will face the issue of a budget deficit; this will become a problem for the whole company too. By then, a major company like ours will most likely flop from this tiny incident.”

Cameron felt quite embarrassed and stung by Myra’s strong words. However, he remained quite stubborn in his thought that the Walton Family’s two projects were beneficial to them; one of them would result in a huge profit while the other one was beneficial in terms of building up their reputation. Every businessman would have taken that into good consideration. Besides, the Walton Family had granted them a bigger share of the profit. It was just unfortunate that the project had hit a snag halfway; as such, the money he had kept aside as an emergency cash reserve became totally insignificant.

“Myra…” Cameron gritted his teeth and there was a flash of annoyance in his eyes. However, his tone of voice was the same as he sounded frantic and quite anxious. “This will be a lesson for us and I promise there won’t be another incident like this anymore. This is a critical period right now so we need to first resolve the problem and stop all the rumors. Otherwise—”

“Tony—” All of a sudden, Myra interrupted Cameron’s words. She ignored Cameron and turned toward Tony. With a smile on her face, she looked at the man who was currently toying with her sleeve. “Would you be willing to help me come up with the money to fill the Stark Group’s deficit?”

Initially, Cameron felt quite upset at being cut off by Myra but upon hearing her words, he realized that she was seeking help from Tony, so that bit of unhappiness he felt faded immediately. He waited patiently on the line with bated breath as he listened to their conversation. Soon after that, he heard Tony say in a low and indifferent voice, “I’m not interested in helping fill that deficit.”

Immediately after Cameron heard that, he didn’t care whether they could hear him on the other end and he yelled out frantically, “Director Hart, Myra’s mother put in a lot of effort to build the Stark Group into how it is right now. If the company flops, I’m sure she wouldn’t be able to rest in peace. Besides, Myra will be quite unhappy too.”

Tony must have heard his words because right after that, Cameron heard him ask Myra, “If I don’t do this, will you be unhappy about it?”

Myra shook her head naïvely. “Why would I be unhappy about it?”

Right after that, Tony took Myra’s phone and replied to Cameron, “Did you hear that?”