Stella was also curious. With Donald’s EQ, how did he become the top lawyer in the business?
Sherry asked, “Have you had a girlfriend before, Donald?”
Donald sneered. “Are you kidding me? I’m a well-known lady killer.”
Stella tried hard to hold back her laughter. “I’ll ask her about it and let you know later.”
Donald tidied up his cuffs, feeling much better.
He said, “I’m headed up. Call me if you need any help.”
“Okay.”
After Donald left, Sherry looked at Stella thoughtfully. “Does Daphne have a crush on him?”
Stella said, “They haven’t met much. I don’t think so. But when they first met, Daphne defended him.
She must have known him before that.”
At that time, Stella was in the police station, almost being slandered by Armand Bernard. Daphne
Aldrich defended her.
Later, several scandals, including Winnie’s rumors, were also handled by Daphne to declare in City N
Press.
Stella said, “I’m idle later, so I’ll invite her for coffee. I’ve been too busy to thank her earlier.”
Sherry nodded. “Sure. I’ll contact the remodeling companies and make appointments with them to
come over. Then they can draft the design.”
They separated soon.
Stella called Daphne. After confirming the latter was in the newsagent, Stella invited her to meet at the
coffee shop downstairs of the agent.
Shortly after she sat down, Daphne came in. “Hi, Ms. Radomil. Sorry for keeping you waiting.”
Stella said, “That’s OK. What would you like to drink?”
Daphne said to the waitress, “A cup of iced Americano, please. Thanks.”
After she sat down, she asked Stella, “Ms. Radomil, is there anything I can do for you?”
Stella pulled out a box from her bag and pushed it to her. “You’ve helped me a lot earlier, but I didn’t
have a chance to thank you.”
Seeing that, Daphne pushed it back hurriedly. “You are welcome, Ms. Radomil. I’m afraid I can’t accept
it. I’m a journalist, so I’ll write whatever I’ve seen. We pursue the truth and report the truth. In fact, I
should thank you. You’ve provided me with many chances to report exclusive news. My boss gave me
a big bonus last month.”
Stella smiled. “Please keep it, Daphne. It’s the jewelry from my studio, my appreciation for you.”
Upon hearing her insist, Daphne couldn’t reject again.
She also knew how popular the jewelry from Starry Sky Studio was. Winnie was their spokeswoman.
Hence, their business value was extremely high.
After a hesitation, Daphne took the box over and said, “Thank you, Ms. Radomil. If you are free this
evening, may I have the pleasure to dine with you?”
Stella said, “I’d love to, but unfortunately, I need to go back to my studio later.”
After a pause, she told Daphne why she had come to her. “Well, I do have a question for you.”
Daphne nodded. “Please go ahead, Ms. Radomil.”
Stella picked up the milk in front of her and took a sip. After sorting out the wording in her mind, she
said, “It’s... Is there any misunderstanding between you and Donald? He said you often went to see
him recently but didn’t speak at all. He asked if he had done anything to offend you.”
“I see. Well...”
Daphne looked a bit disappointed. She wanted to answer but hesitated a few times.
Stella said, “If it’s inconvenient to answer, it’s all right. I’m just asking.”
“Not really.” Daphne scratched her head. “I just don’t know how to explain. The inside story is quite
complicated.”
After a hesitation, she said solemnly, “Ms. Radomil, can you promise to keep it secret for the time
being? In fact, I should have come to you for this matter instead of Mr. Shawn.”
Stella nodded in agreement. “Sure. Please go ahead.”
Daphne said, “Here is the thing. You should know the New Coast project of Conrad Group, right? I’m
following it up for future reports. However, I sensed something wrong with this project somehow.”
Stella frowned. “Something wrong with it?”
Daphne lowered her voice. “Yes. For such a big project that has a wide-ranged bidding, they accepted
all kinds of companies. Besides, they didn't seem to have conducted a background check on any of
them. I looked into those companies. Some of them had financial problems, and some were going
bankrupt. However, they successfully joined the New Coast project.
“Such kind of thing had never happened in Conrad Group before.
“Besides, I also looked into the construction material company for this project. It’s a foreign company,
but I couldn’t find any business license. I also asked my friends abroad. They also failed to find
anything about this company.
“I went to see Mr. Shawn and wanted to inform him about this matter. He could probably help me go
inside the New Coast project for an investigation. However...”
Stella was taken aback by her words. After a while, she said, “You went to see Donald because you
trusted him, but you were afraid of dragging him into the trouble, right? The New Coast project of
Conrad Group could impact the new economic circle in Asia. It has a wide impact. If not careful
enough, you’ll get into serious trouble,”
Daphne nodded. She continued, “Ms. Radomil, I told you about this because your husband used to be
the president of Conrad Group. He’s also in the New Coast project. With his business acumen, he
should have noticed that some actions taken by Conrad Group are abnormal. In other words... Can you
tell Mr. Conrad to give me a chance of investigation?”
Stella knew Daphne told her those things because Daphne trusted her. She also believed that Clarence
had nothing to do with those matters.
Clarence told her before that Justin would make new moves.
However, she hadn’t expected that Justin put the target in the New Coast project.
After a long while, Stella said, “Please don’t panic, Daphne. I probably know what’s going on.”
Daphne was confused. “What?”
Stella pressed her lips and said, “There are some personal grudges involved. Please don’t worry. With
Clarence, nothing will happen to this project.”
Now she understood why Clarence insisted on joining this project.
Clarence might have known the problems mentioned by Daphne. Hence, he had joined the project and
tried his best to stop Justin.
However, this project was way too massive, involving the capital chain of hundreds of trillion dollars.
Once Justin made any move, it was very likely that both sides would lose.
The situation wouldn’t be good.
Looking at Daphne, Stella said, “Daphne, listen. This matter is more dangerous than you could
imagine. Please stop your investigation.”
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