The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1489

"My grandpa values relationships between families a lot. If he can lend a hand, he definitely will. But the problem is whether he's capable of helping."
A few reporters were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "Mr. Harper, what do you mean by that? Are you implying that even if the Harper family wants to help the Alonso family, they might not be able to?"
Damon answered coldly, "I've already left the Harper Group. Whether they want to help, should help, and can help, has nothing to do with me. Please let me pass."
His frosty response sent chills down their spines. But no one dared to approach him again.
The reporters all stood still, letting him pass, watching Damon and his team leave. It wasn't until they had gone far away that someone couldn't help expressing their confusion.
"By the way, who's the woman in Mr. Harper's arms? They seem so close, then what about Ms. Summers?"
"I don't know either, I'm also confused. What on earth is going on here?"
"Did Ms. Summers get betrayed again?"
"Wha?! Really? If that's the case, does Ms. Summers have a knack for attracting bad guys?"
"That's so messed up..."
With everyone's confusion, this news spread.
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In the Harper family's living room, after a moment of silence, Wendy slowly started to speak. "Grandpa, I think you're aware of the dire situation the Alonso family is in right now. We urgently need financial aid. I'm here today hoping you could help the Alonso family. Considering the long-standing relationship between our two families, I don't think you'd want to see the Alonso family go bankrupt, right?"
Presley sat silently on the couch, only speaking after a long pause after Wendy had finished. "Is the Alonso family really in a tough spot right now?"
Wendy nodded hastily, "First, the contracts were snatched away, then the investment funds were taken. Plus the scandal with Infinity Media, the market value of the Alonso Corporation has already evaporated nearly 30 billion. The only solution now is to invest money in developing projects, which might give us a glimmer of hope..."
Contracts taken. Funds taken. Infinity Media scandal... These incidents had almost pushed the Alonso family to the brink, and each one was related to Chloe.
He had seriously underestimated this woman, and her mother too. When they said they wanted to take the Alonso Corporation as a wedding gift, he initially found it laughable, he laughed at their arrogance, laughed at their overestimation of themselves.
Alonso Corporation was such a large entity, with a century-long foundation, and even if they were truly determined to destroy the Alonso family, they probably couldn't achieve it in their lifetimes.
But they really did it.
She snatched the contracts as well as the 20 billion funds, which was beyond his expectation.
She won 20 billion through gambling, and even if she owned the casino, she couldn't possibly win as much as she wanted, could she? 20 billion, how could something like this happen? What kind of superpower did Chloe possess?
"Grandpa..." Wendy broke Presley's silence again. "Now, the Harper family is our only hope. I hope you can help us because of the many years of friendship between our two families."
"How much funding do you need?"
Hearing the old man's response, Wendy was overjoyed and immediately said, "20 billion!"
The old man nodded. "Alright. I'll have Robin handle this. 20 billion... I'll help you."
Wendy was over the moon, she had the urge to stand up from her wheelchair. "Thank you, Grandpa. I really appreciate it."
Seeing Wendy's excitement, there was no expression on Presley's face. 20 billion was not a problem for the Harper family. To avoid being criticized, he couldn't just sit back and ignore the Alonso family.
Suddenly a piece of news was broadcast on TV, it was a scene of Damon being surrounded by reporters at the airport.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the news.
When Presley heard Damon saying that he was sure Presley would help the Alonso family, he felt like he was seen through, which made him uncomfortable. However, his next sentence got everyone in the living room's attention.
"Whether he's able to help..."
That money, what did it mean to the Harper family? Why would they not be able to help?
But his words made Presley feel uneasy. He thought for a moment and immediately called Robin.
After the call was connected, Presley got straight to the point. "You're aware of the Alonso family's situation. 20 billion, the Harper family will help them solve this problem."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, followed by a laugh, "Dad, you should first concern yourself with our current situation..."
Presley frowned, "What happened?"
"Nothing much, just that before Damon left, he put all the funds that could be used by the company into the cooperative project with PrimeVision. Now, the Harper Group is short on funds, let alone 20 billion, we can't even get 2 billion."
The Harper Group, one of the top corporations in the world, couldn’t even get 2 billion. If this news got out, it was going to be a laughingstock.
After saying that, Robin let out a cold laugh. Damon was really ruthless. He must have seen it coming that the Alonso family would eventually turn to the Harper family, so he cleverly moved all his liquid assets ahead of time.
Chloe siphoned off the twenty billion from Ava's family, leaving the Alonso family high and dry.
Sly old Damon, always making his moves in silence. He always had everything planned to the nines, effectively sabotaging everyone else's chances.
Of course, Presley caught on pretty quickly too. He remembered those days when the board meeting was happening, Damon acted as if nothing was going on, busy with work. Turned out he was dealing with this very thing.
The collaboration with PrimeVision, it was probably more than just a small investment.
“What about the company's recent profits? Don't tell me there isn't twenty billion…”
“Dad.”
Robin abruptly cut off Presley, “I'm running the company now, you don't need to worry anymore. About the funds the Alonso family needs, we simply can't come up with that right now. Besides, our massive Harper Group has various projects in the pipeline that need financing. I just took over and need to show what I'm capable of, and the investment projects that I'm eyeing also need funds. So, we can't lend a hand. That's just the way it is. I'm swamped right now.”
Presley was obviously not pleased with Robin's dismissive attitude. But his reasoning was sound. The Harper Group, being such a big corporation, had its own operations to finance, and naturally, they couldn't just put everything on hold to bail out the Alonso Corporation. After hanging up, Presley let out a small sigh. “Wendy, we just can't come up with the money right now.”
Wendy's hopeful smile froze upon hearing those words.