The Indifferent Ex-Husband: Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate novel Chapter 160

"Alright, here's the deal – if all goes well, we can ink the contract today," Patricia chimed in, "Let's lock in the plan before someone else snaps up our talent. Once we nail down the plan, where's he gonna go? Later on, just throw a bit more commission his way, smooth things over, and all will be well."

Don looked at her for a good while, as if making up his mind about something big, and finally nodded in agreement.

"Okay, fine. If you've got your eye on something, I'd have to pull down the moon for you if that's what you wanted, right?"

Patricia cracked up. "You sure have the gift of the gab. If Brandon had half your sweet talk, I wouldn't be worrying my head off all the time."

Don just smiled and didn't reply.

He headed over to Patricia's office that afternoon and they got the contract signed.

Truth be told, the main contract was already signed when Brandon approved the project design. Brandon held the reins of the project, but to avoid a head-on clash with Daniel and Patricia, on the surface, they were still in charge for the time being. Hence, there was also a side contract prepared to sign with them, and it stipulated that in case of any disagreement, the terms of the main contract would prevail.

Patricia, being familiar with the folks involved, didn't scrutinize the contract too closely, assuming it was based on the original agreement, so she signed and stamped it without much fuss.

Walking out of Patricia's office, contract in hand, Don gave it a flick with his finger.

"The last person who didn't rate our designer has grass growing over their grave that's nearly two meters tall now, and here you come."

Don shook his head with a chuckle, wondering whether to credit Sophia's stealth or just chalk it up to the others' frailty – one by one, they were all lining up to get a face slap from her.

Brandon's case had been an accident with no malice intended. He hadn't even planned on mentioning the designer's name. Today, though, there was a bit of intent behind it.

Previously, Don was indifferent towards Patricia, even somewhat reserved out of respect since she was, after all, Brandon's mom. But today, Patricia, with her know-it-all, been-there-done-that attitude, and her talk about how it's common for small-time companies to just hang a director's title on anyone – Don wasn't too fond of that.

Although Patricia was a bit rough around the edges with her words, she didn't nitpick too much over the design proposal.

Maybe she was just too fond of Sophia's work and feared that giving too much feedback might scare her away. After signing the contract, Patricia shot Don a WhatsApp message, telling him to proceed with the construction according to the original plan, no changes needed.