Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 624

T Corporation.

The silver and black building located in the prime commercial area of A City was like a shining beacon.

The man that stood in front of the window had a perfect face with sculpted features.

He was dressed in a black suit, and the top two buttons of his silk shirt were unbuttoned, which gave him a masculine charm.

His slender fingers were holding a cigarette, and he was looking down at the busy streets below.

It was a sunny day. The wind blew gently, the clouds floated lazily, and the sun was high in the sky.

One should have been in a good mood in such fine weather, but Luke was inexplicably troubled.

T Corporation was forced to stop work, but Vivi Group was unaffected, and in fact, they seemed to be getting ahead.

Anyone could see that someone with political power was applying pressure on T Corporation.

Luke did not expect that the person was Mr. Norman, the Provincial Committee Secretary.

He wondered if Mr. Norman was taking revenge on him for going back on his promise to Leia, or because of some other commercial reasons.

Luke was not sure. He was in the middle of investigating the truth.

"Mr. Crawford." Jason opened the door.

He saw that Luke was smoking, and he placed a stack of documents on the CEO's desk. "These are all the documents and permits from the Department of Urban Planning and the Census Bureau. Yesterday, I sat down with several department managers and spent the entire night poring over them, but they don't seem to have any problems. Everything that we have done is strictly compliant with the construction code. We still don't know why the higher-ups say that we've violated the terms."

"Mm," Luke replied. He turned around elegantly and sat on his chair.

He flipped through several documents and saw the seal of approval on each other. As he twirled his pen, he said, "We've never done anything illegal. Someone is deliberately making things difficult for us. If the higher-ups have issued the stop-work order, then we should comply. The workers can take the next few days off, and make sure that they're well-fed during this period. We'll still be paying them."

Jason furrowed his brows disagreeably. "We suffer uncountable losses every day we stop work, Mr. Crawford. Moreover, we don't know how long it'll take if we go by the book. Maybe we can pull some strings and make sure…"

Luke shook his head. "Mr. Norman is the one who issued the stop-work order. Do you think we can pull any strings? I'll go and look for Mr. Norman in the afternoon and see if I can find anything from him. He was very supportive of the project before this, but suddenly he changed his mind. There must be something fishy about the entire issue, and I want to know his true intentions. Also, we won't have to stop for too long. Vivi Group alone can't shoulder the entire project by themselves. If Mr. Norman insists, the project might be stalled indefinitely. He's the Provincial Committee Secretary, and he's a shrewd and meticulous one. He wouldn't let the project tarnish his reputation."

Jason was impressed by his boss's confidence.

That was why Luke was able to stand at the pinnacle of the business world.

Perhaps the CEOs of other companies would be flustered when hit by a similar fate, but Luke could remain composed despite suffering huge losses, as though he was an indestructible rock and nothing in the world could defeat him.

However, his only weakness was… Ms. Rayne.

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After Jason left the office, Luke stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the city.

He loved the city's bustle.

The opulent facade cast a cordial shroud over the darkest and cruelest parts.