Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled novel Chapter 52

When Neil and I pulled up at Zion Chemical Plant, there was already a bunch of guys, all in their forties or fifties, gathered at the entrance shouting something.

As soon as they saw Neil's car, they all turned to look our way.

"What are we doing here?" I got a bad feeling about this and asked Neil the moment we stopped the car.

"We're here to negotiate." Neil responded casually as if the angry mobs were not about to pounce on him.

As Neil was about to get out of the car, I quickly made my position clear, "I'm not going there, you go!"

If a fight broke out, a weakling like me would be knocked out cold.

Neil retorted coldly, "Whether you like it or not, you're going. Remember you're my secretary now. Do you want me to tell my mom about your poor work attitude?"

I was fed up. How dare Neil use his mom to threaten me?

And yet, I had no choice but to suck it up since it was Faith who pressured me into working as a personal secretary at Whitmore Co. If she found out about my bad attitude, she would have a poor impression of me.

I gritted my teeth, "Fine, let's go!"

After getting out of the car, I followed behind Neil, heading towards the furious crowd.

"Are you Mr. Whitmore from Whitmore Co.?" The man leading the group, around fifty and a bit chubby with a not-so-great appearance, was Dean Tueley, Bonnie's dad.

"Yes, I'm here today to discuss the compensation for the demolition of residential houses. Would you care to represent the group and have a chat with me in the car?" Neil asked politely.

I thought, the power of love had turned the usually arrogant Neil into a polite and humble gentleman in front of his future father-in-law.

Dean seemed surprised by Neil's politeness. After glancing back at the others, he nodded, "Okay."

I knew that after this negotiation, Neil would offer a satisfactory solution to Dean. All thanks to Bonnie, who had probably already talked to Neil.

Neil was a shrewd businessman. He would tell Bonnie that he was not in charge of the plant renovation and was not aware of the situation. Then he would personally resolve the issue, giving Bonnie the impression that he was stepping back for her.

How important was the amount of compensation? Neil could not have been unaware of it. Only a naive little girl like Bonnie would believe him.

I followed Neil and Dean back to the car. As soon as I got in, I found an excuse to get out again. I didn't want to hear their conversation or see Neil backing down for love.

In the past, I had begged Neil to spare the Finch family, but he turned me down. Compared to him, I was a total loser.

After more than half an hour, Dean got out of the car. He didn't look happy and just walked away without a word to me. Neil didn't get out of the car.

What was going on? Shouldn't he be happy? I was confused.

As I watched Dean rejoin the crowd and say something, the crowd started to get restless. I shook my head and turned to go back to the car.

"Irene!"