Levi left the house to meet up with Azure Dragon, whom he had instructed to wait for him outside the house.
"What can I do for you, Sir?” Azure Dragon asked.
"I want you to contact these companies." Levi handed him a list of company names.
The following morning.
Zoey was woken up by Aaron in the wee hours of the morning.
"Where the hell is Levi? I presume he was out last night to source for funding, but what's taking him so long to come back?" Aaron said disapprovingly, "He just can't do anything right. He's a born loser, a good-for-nothing!"
It angered Zoey to think that Levi did not even bother to inform her when he knew he would be out the whole night.
"We'd better sign the contract before it's too late. Let's meet up with Harry now!"
Harry and his men were already standing by at the family mansion when Zoey and her family arrived.
An euphoric smile hung on their faces as they greeted Zoey and her family.
It was all too gratifying for Harry and company to see the three of them come begging with their tail between their legs.
"You should have known better than to make a fool out of yourself, Aaron." Henry and Fabian jeered at him, "Can't you see that there's no way you guys could ever get the investments?"
Aaron lowered his head and said feebly, "We're here to sign the contract, dad."
Anger welled up in his chest when he thought of Levi.
Had it not been Levi who advised them to hold back for three more days, they would have signed it on the same day when it was offered to them, It would have seemed more like a respectable deal at that time.
It had become anything but respectable in the eyes of Harry and his company now that Aaron had to beg them for the contract. Knowing the contract was now the last resort for Zoey, it would only make Aaron looked desperate and defeated in the eyes of the Lopez family.
Aaron and his family had never felt such humiliation before. This is all thanks to Levi.
"Yes, we are ready to sign it now, grandpa.” Zoey informed Harry.
"Sure, we can sign the contract. But there will be a change of terms." Harry's expression changed and he curled his lips into a grim smile, "We are no longer asking for ninety but ninety-five percent of the profits now. The remaining five percent would be yours."
"What? Didn't we agreed on a ninety percent cut for you and ten percent for us?"
A sudden terrible pang of shock hit Zoey as she stared at Harry incredulously. Harry had just dropped a bombshell on her.
"Don't you know the terms changes accordingly?" Harry said scornfully, "That's our offer. Take it or leave it."
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