“So, did you have a good chat with Mr. Gerkin?” Donald asked.
John returned the phone to Donald. With a thud, he kneeled before the latter in front of everyone. “I'm sorry, Mr. Campbell. I didn't mean to lie to you. It's all because Theron told me I could make a fortune by doing this and that the police of Chanaea wouldn't come after me. I wasn't thinking straight. Please forgive me!”
Theron and Tracy were befuddled at the sight of Jones kneeling before Donald so swiftly. What's going on? In our plan, John has the most distinguished identity as he's supposed to be our final attempt at enticing prospective students into paying their fees. After all, not everyone knows Skovos and Geoffrey personally. The students will only be willing to pay after knowing that John is associated with those two. Why is John kneeling before Donald before we can even get him to pay up?
Theron wanted to pull John up, but the latter refused to rise to his feet.
“Mr. Johnstone, what are you doing? He's here to learn from you. Why are you behaving this way?” Theron questioned when he failed to make John budge.
Seeing that Theron was shooting him looks, John was dying to slap him across the face. Not only am I not Skovos' teacher, but this young man is actually Skovos' friend!
“That's enough. Stop acting, will you? You've failed to fool me.”
Right after speaking, Donald punched through the crate next to him and grabbed a handful of cotton out of it.
With a smirk, he said to Theron, “If I remember correctly, Schlaufen is a cosmetic company, no? Why does a cosmetic company have crates of cotton in its warehouse? Are you guys preparing to switch to the fashion industry?”
Theron gritted his teeth and refuted, “If you aren't interested in learning, we won't force you. What you're doing now is making life difficult for us.”
“Oh? Is that so?” Donald got rid of the cotton in his hand and replied, “I was sincerely hoping to learn something here. However, you guys aren't capable of teaching me anything. Also, how is it my problem that your life is difficult?”
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