Shelton shook the agreement in his hands and asked, "Do you want it?"
"There's no need." Patrick refused directly.
I knew why he refused.
Because I could foresee Shelton's conditions later.
"Is that so? That's too much of a pity."
Shelton gave Roger a wink.
Roger immediately brought over a small fish tank from the lounge.
Shelton smiled, raised the portable hard drive high, and placed it above the tank, saying, "Since you don't want it, I'll throw it inside. Let me warn you in advance. It is the only one. And there's no backup for it."
Hearing what he said, I suddenly became nervous in my heart, intending to move.
However, with Patrick firmly wrapping around my shoulders with his fingers, I couldn't move at all.
"Throw it at your free will."
Patrick said calmly.
But I couldn't be like him. Staring at Patrick, I said, "You are crazy. It's all your money inside."
"Not too much. It can't be even on par with than how much Uncle Shelton spent today." Patrick had a cold and sinister look in his eyes.
It seemed that the portable hard drive in front of him had nothing to do with him.
Shelton withdrew his hand, took out a piece of paper, and carefully wiped the portable hard drive with it. While wiping the drive, he said, "Patrick, I advise you not to be so stubborn. If it's not too much money, how can Towering High be so miserable? This project will soon bear a result. I heard that you had spent a lot of money ordering equipment from a factory and that you intended to roll out the production. Are you sure that it's just a little money?"
When Shelton said this, I could clearly feel that Patrick pressed against my shoulders with a little more force.
Shelton had hit the nail on the head.
Straightening up his back, Patrick didn't seem to be overshadowed by Shelton at all.
However, I knew that he was distressed in his heart.
Patrick had always been an upright businessman, earning every penny through his hard work.
"You don't need to worry about these things for me, Uncle Shelton. If you want to throw it away, do it quickly. After that, we can leave."
After Patrick finished his words calmly, he leaned on the back of the sofa.
He folded his legs.
And he looked quite lazy.
"Oh." Shelton raised the hard drive again, "Since you said so, Patrick, there's nothing I can do about it. Please apologize on my behalf to the tens of thousands of employees in Towering High who are about to lose their jobs."
"Wait."
Hearing Shelton's words, Patrick could no longer sit still.
Shelton seemed to have known that Patrick was a responsible boss.
He looked up at Patrick, "What's wrong?"
"Tell me, what's the condition? I can accept any condition except for the one asking for her."
Patrick spoke directly.
However, Shelton said, "I only want her. And you can take anything else."
"It's impossible."
Patrick refused.
"Then I'm sorry." After Shelton finished his words, he stood up and let go of the hard drive in his
hands...
The black hard drive automatically dropped down.
"No!"
I shouted in my mind and rushed straight over to catch the hard drive in my hands. With my body falling directly, I pressed my back against the fish tank.
And I fell to the side!
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