Vincent glanced at Tiffany, then held out his hand toward Eric. He was polite and friendly. "Hello."
"I heard that you're friendly and approachable. I see the words are true. No wonder you were able to establish Lewis Group from nothing and build it up to its current scale," Eric said smarmily.
Tiffany felt awkward and turned away.
In the end, Eric only stopped talking when Teresa said they had to leave.
However, he still took out a name card and handed it to Vincent. "Mr. Lewis, I heard you've bought that piece of land in the south of the city.
"WS Corp will give you value for your money, and we guarantee excellent service. Our company is just not very well-known yet. If we have a chance to work with Lewis Group, it would be an honor."
Vincent paused, then took the card. "I'll consider it."
"Thank you, Mr. Lewis. We'll get going, then," Eric said.
He remembered to turn and address Tiffany, "Tiff, Teresa and I are going home. Why don't you swing by this weekend? I'll make fish stew for you."
…
As soon as they left the hospital, Eric's face dropped. He pulled his hand out from Teresa's hold and scolded her, "What's wrong with you? I wasn't done talking to Mr. Lewis yet. Why did you say that you wanted to leave?"
Teresa frowned. "Didn't you see Tiff's expression?"
"What of it? She told us to make dinner, and we sent it over specially. We're helping her to get into Mr. Lewis' good books, and she's unhappy about it?"
"Tiff hasn't been at the company for long. If you annoy Mr. Lewis, she's the one who'll suffer. Besides, you don't know him very well. It may not be a good idea to talk so much…"
"What do you know?" Eric raised his voice. "This is how you do business! How can you earn money if you're not a little thick-skinned?
"That's why people like you will be stuck running a tiny stall forever or just being a housewife. You'll never amount to anything, and you'll never do anything impressive!"
Teresa felt inferior. "That's just who I am. I'm not going to be able to change, but I hope that things will be different for Tiff…"
"Ha. Look at Tiffany and how cautious she is. I'll eat my hat if she ever amounts to anything!"
"You…" Teresa's eyes reddened. She was angry. It never bothered her when Eric insulted her, but she couldn't stand it when he talked bad about Tiffany.
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