Gorgeous Couple’s Sweet Love novel Chapter 121

The tone Benjamin asked in was as if he were talking about something ordinary, or even something he disdained to even mention. I felt funny and asked, "Do you think that I came back to City B just for these boring things?"

Benjamin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you think your son is a boring thing?"

His words got me but I still said indifferently, "My son is all I have left, how can he be a boring thing?"

I thought for a moment and said, "I still remember the eager look on your face when you said you wanted to be a daughter, but unfortunately... well, God decided not to grant you that wish."

He growled, "Shut up!"

I looked at him and asked in surprise, "What are you yelling at me for? I'm not the one who killed her!"

Benjamin looked at me with cold eyes and then opened the car door to leave from my side. Just like when he came... No one can tell him what to or not to do.

After he left, I reached out my hand and covered my heart. I was very nervous, and it was both because of fear and hatred for him.

I turned to leave. I drove back to Joel's apartment and found that he was still awake, coaxing the child. He didn't know what to do.

Puzzled, he asked, "Why did you come back?"

I had no choice but to explain, "Benjamin knows the location of the house, so I can't live in that apartment now. I can only stay with you in the future."

Joel immediately said, "No problem. I will take Neil back to the villa and let grandpa see him."

"Okay," I said, "Thank you, Joe."

"You don't have to thank me. Others may not understand it but I was in the same situation with September. I know how you are feeling right not."

Joel knew very well what September was thinking.

Perhaps Joel felt it was not appropriate to talk about the two of them at the moment, so he changed the subject and asked, "I heard from Kayla that you have decided to participate in the bid of the Weier family. Are you sure about it?"

I shook my head dejectedly. "Not in the

slightest."

Joel was stunned and said, "I thought you were very confident. After all, Laurelie is close to you."

"What are you thinking about?" I stopped him and said in a slightly cold tone, "Joe, I keep friends with Laurelie just because I think that she is a good girl who really treats others sincerely. She is very admirable."

Neil was very quiet in his arms. Joe gently held the child in his arms and said disapprovingly, "I know what you think, but you have to see the reality in some things. Stanley is a man who only cares about strength, not so- called networking or resources. At the moment, the only person who can make it work with him is Laurelie. If you want to win the bid, you have to do it with Laurelie's help. You don't wanna lose, do you?"

I didn't know what to reply, Joel sighed and said, "I can't help you with the bid for the time being, but what I can tell you is that there are three things the Weier is going to look for in the bidders, capability, experience, and imagination. Your company is surely short of the first two, but the last one is up to you to decide whether you can come up with it or not." "I know what I'm up against, but I will never take advantage of Laurelie. I will compose a plan in person. If we do get the bid, I'll unite the Jenkins and the Shears, hence the capability and the experience."

I explained, "I won't take advantage of you for free. When the contract is signed, I'll give both you and the Jenkins each 30% of the benefits."

After staring at me for a while, Joel said with a sudden smile, "I'll be honest and say that I didn't see that coming. It's indeed a good way to get the support of the two families without alerting the enemy." He kept silent and then continued, "You tried your best to conceal your identity as a Shears with the purpose of making you glow in front of people who look down on you with your own ability. But there's one thing I really hope that you can understand before taking any steps further. There's no so-called 'taking advantage' in the business world. At least it is not considered something vicious or immoral, like the way you think about it now. You might use something of mine today but the day I use you will surely come as well."

What Joe said to me was truly enlightening. Only then did I realize how naive I had been.

His words meant a lot, but it didn't mean I could give up on my own bottom line.

Laurelie was different from others. The things that kept her alive were arts, glory, and her obligations to the country.

She and I live in two different worlds.

It was because of Zack that we became friends, I would not take advantage of this relationship to get what I want. Until now, I still remembered the girl who was willing to jump into the sea to save me that day.

So brave and breathtaking!

After Joel left, I sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at the share transfer document that September gave me. With a simple signature, I would own the entire Jenkins business empire.

The Jenkins family was as powerful as the Heaney family. As long as I signed here, I would have more confidence going up against them. But... I smiled slightly and took the pen and signed my name. I took over the Jenkins family temporarily for Neil.

When he grew up, I will return everything to him intact, but the Jenkins family was my most reliable backer now.

This was a gift from September. I understood what she meant. She also knew that I would definitely sign it. After all, the only person she trusted was me. I suddenly remembered how she looked when she was smoking. Her face was so pale that it was terrifying and heartwrenching.

She said that she had less than a few months.

She said that she only wanted to do something meaningful for the rest of her time.

Thinking about how she looked made my heart ache. I wanted to tell Joel about it, but I knew September wouldn't want that.

It was only five o'clock in the morning when I woke up the next day. I got up and wore a black sweater inside and a grey long skirt below. The skirt was very high- quality and looked very elegnant. I put on a black jacket outside.