Jaydon's merits were listed one by one in Kathy's mind, but she was also very disconsolate.
She once loved someone so much that she knew that to truly love someone was to ingrain him into the
bone marrow without any reason.
However, she had been trying so hard only to find that she still could not wholeheartedly like him.
"You're peeking at me." Jaydon suddenly leaned against Kathy's shoulder and said affirmatively. "You
find me handsome, don't you?"
"Yes, you're very handsome." Kathy nodded, but her expression was a little awkward. "I can't have
dinner with you today. There's a meeting in the hospital tomorrow. I have to prepare for it."
"Do you need my help?" Jaydon smiled considerately.
"No."
He looked at her serene eyebrows and took the initiative to approach her for the first time, kissing the
tip of her eyebrow, "Go."
Kathy involuntarily turned her face away and inadvertently avoided his gaze, "What about you?"
"I also need to go back to the hospital." He didn't seem to notice her movements and casually said, "Mr
Richard is still waiting for me."
After returning to Boston Hospital, Jaydon dragged his luggage to the 28th floor and threw it in his own
consulting room before going to Joseph's office.
Joseph sat on a sofa, chatting on his phone leisurely. With his hand, Joseph motioned Jaydon to wait
for a while.
Jaydon plonked himself down on the sofa and looked around idly.
Joseph's phone call was a little long-drawn, or perhaps Jaydon was really tired. When Jaydon woke up
from his nap on the sofa, he saw Joseph standing in front of him with a faint sneer.
He involuntarily looked at himself. As expected, he heard that man say, "I didn't realize you have such
a quirk."
"What?"
"Pink." Joseph pointed somewhere and turned around to sit on the opposite sofa." A colleague told me
that your car was out of fashion. Why not change it into a pink limited edition next time?"
"Damn it." Jaydon pouted as he looked at the pink umbrella he had brought up, "I took her umbrella."
Joseph looked at him sharply and curled his thin lips coldly, "Did your girlfriend pick you up from the
airport?"
Jaydon hesitated for a moment with his mind wandering, which was rare.
He gave an irrelevant answer, "Let's get down to business first."
Fifteen minutes later, he briefly reported on the exchange and concluded, "That's probably all. This
research and development project can't start yet because the technical difficulties won't be solved so
quickly, and the costs will be much higher than the budget."
Joseph crossed his hands on his knees and let his mind wander. After a long while, he slowly said,
"Jaydon, did you ever feel that there was something... you just can't let it go completely, even if you
know that it costs a lot."
Jaydon frowned, feeling that the boss was meaning something else.
The other only smiled indifferently and quickly dispelled Jaydon's doubts, "Just go for your research
and development. You needn't consider the financial issue. It is the Joseph Group that backs Boston
Hospital."
After Jaydon left, Joseph slowly leaned back and opened the drawer beside him.
There was only an upside-down photo frame inside.
Outside the window of the tall building were drizzling grievous rain and dim light.
The man did not know what he was thinking. His eyes were filled with indifference, but his fingers were
gently stroking the edge of the photo frame. Never once did he flip it over.
...
On Monday, the semi-annual shareholders' meeting of the Booth Group was held as scheduled.
Kathy asked for leave to attend the meeting. She was the legitimate successor, but her shares had
always been in Jennifer's hands, and she didn't mean to take them over.
Since the Booth Group had the blessing of the Bridges Group, its development in Country F had gone
quite well. However, even Kathy, an outsider could sense some danger from this meeting.
The Bridges Group suddenly announced the withdrawal of capital from the Booth Group, which forced
the latter to suspend several projects that had already started to fill its funding gap.
But before that, the Booth Group did not know.
Jennifer announced to adjourn the meeting and negotiated with Karl for a long time before hanging up
the phone.
"Mom, what exactly happened?"
"This is Reece's decision. Some of our staff actually work for the Bridges Group. They have been under
Reece's control. Now, the Bridges Group has submitted its decision to withdraw its capital, and Reece
has insisted on passing it." Jennifer couldn't conceal her whiny tone.
Although Reece had been in Europe these past few months, it was unexpected that he had been
secretly devouring the Bridges Group's shares. Now, his shares were almost equal to Karl's.
This crisis wasn't just about the Booth Group but also the Bridges Group.
Kathy was shocked to hear this. She knew Reece's tricks, but did he even hurt his own family?
At the very least, he had always called Jennifer "Mom." On the surface, the two seemed to have gotten
along quite well these past few years.
But this time, the Bridges Group's sudden withdrawal of capital was undoubtedly caught the Booth
Group unprepared.
Next when she saw Jennifer almost faint and fall, Kathy hurriedly held her mother. She remembered
that the doctor had told her that her mother's health was no longer as good as before, and any irritation
should be avoided.
Helping her mother sit down on the sofa, she zipped her lips and was at a loss for a moment.
If even Karl was unable to stop Reece, this time it would be a great difficulty for the Booth Group.
She had never cared about the Booth Group's operation, and she didn't know anything about business,
let alone how she could help.
She helped his mother into the lounge. Before long, she received a phone call from Karl.
"Dad."
All along, Kathy was not used to calling Karl this way.
"Kathy, your mother didn't answer my phone. Are you still in the Booth Group?"
"Yes, Mom is asleep. She's too tired." Kathy frowned.
"I'll come over to pick you up now, but you have to wait for me at the coffee shop downstairs."
Kathy tucked her mother and adjusted the room temperature before leaving.
When she left the office, she enjoined the others not to disturb Jennifer before she went downstairs to
the coffee shop.
Kathy and Karl were not much close, but she witnessed his kindness towards Jennifer over the past
few years.
Moreover, Karl had always treated her like a daughter even better than Reece.
"Dad." Soon Kathy saw Karl.
Karl was already over sixty with quite a few gray hair. However, he was still in high spirits.
A service staff brought up two cups of coffee and Karl put a stack of files in the middle of the table.
Kathy saw two words "top secret" written on the cover. It was the financing plan of the Booth Group.
"Kathy, take a look first." Karl murmured, "This is a file from a year ago."
Actually, Kathy was still not able to fully understand these files. However, she had roughly learned how
the company had been from the previous meeting, so she could get the general picture more or less.
By the time she flipped to the last part, her face had turned slightly pale.
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