Chapter 38: What Happened

Patricia sat down and examined the furnishings in her office.

As the president of the Veyron Corp.

said, everything had remained just as she'd left it, and he'd reserved her place for her.

But deep down, she couldn't shake off the feeling that her return to the office was as simple as it
seemed.

"Miss Sampson, I knew you would come back, but..."

Lily seemed to have something to say, but she was holding herself back.

Patricia pointed to the chair opposite her and motioned for Lily to sit down.

Lily sat down obediently, her concern etched all over her face.

"Lily, what exactly happened? You can tell me!"

Patricia stated firmly.

She had an inkling that something was going on behind the scenes as to why the president had asked
her to come back.

"Miss Sampson!"

Lily called out to her, then looked at the door of the office nervously.

Pleased that they were alone, she asked, "Miss Sampson, do you still remember the project between
the Reynolds Group and our company?"

"Yes, I do.Why? What's wrong?"



With her beautiful eyebrows knitted tightly, a hint of displeasure flashed across her face at the thought
of being scammed by the president.

"Some time ago, for unknown reasons, the Reynolds Group suddenly pulled their investment from the
project! The president sent several groups of people to settle this issue, but they all failed.So, he’s
been anxious about this for the past couple of days."

Lily said this in a low voice and looked in the direction of the door again, fearful someone might
overhear their conversation.

"Oh, I see..."

Patricia replied indifferently.

At the back of her mind, she contemplated what could have suddenly brought this on from the
Reynolds Group.

In her opinion, there must be a valid reason for their actions.

She just couldn't figure out what that reason was because the cooperation between their company and
the Reynolds Group had been going quite well.

So, why would this happen so unexpectedly? Lily read into the confusion written on Patricia's face.

She began to fill Patricia in on some inside scoops that she was unaware of.

"I strongly believe that the reason the president invited you back was in the hopes that you could
personally clear up this issue for him."

Even without Lily saying this, Patricia completely understood why the president had requested her
return to the company.



Feeling her heart squeeze, she had to wonder if she was really so powerful! ‘The president really thinks
too highly of me!’ When Patricia didn't give any response to what was just said, Lily asked worriedly,
"Miss Sampson, are you okay?"

Hearing Lily's voice again brought her back to her senses.

Looking at the concerned Lily, she smiled and said, "I'm fine.Don't worry.Thank you, Lily!"

"Well, Miss Sampson, I'll go out first!"

Lily said, beaming with relief after hearing Patricia's words.

"I'll leave you to your work now!"

With a smile at the corners of her mouth, Patricia nodded.

Lily then left the office.

Patricia was pondering about the project between the Reynolds Group and her company again.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn't figure out why they would suddenly
defund the project.

She couldn't imagine that Zac would pull the plug simply because of her.

Knock! Knock! Knock! The knock on the door pulled her back to reality.

"Come in, please!"

Patricia said in a loud voice after she smoothed her hair and straightened her back.

The door opened, and Jayson Lawrence, the president's secretary, walked right in.



"Miss Sampson, the president asked me to bring this to you!" said Jayson, handing the documents he
was holding over to Patricia.

"What's this?"

Glancing at the documents on the table, she didn't open them immediately.

Instead, she turned to Jayson, waiting for his answer.

"This is the business plan and the signed contract for the project between the Reynolds Group and our
company!" Jayson replied swiftly and nonchalantly.

"Wasn't that plan going well? Also, isn't the project department in charge of this plan?"

Patricia continued to question him, her eyes probing him for a response.

"Miss Sampson, the Reynolds Group suddenly pulled the investment from the project some time ago
when the project was at its most critical junction! So, the sudden defunding of the Reynolds Group has
caused the project to come to a halt!"

Jayson didn't want to explain too much to her, but Patricia was shrewd.

She was prying the information out of him.

"Why? Why would they pull their investment back without giving a reason? Besides, even if they want
to defund the project, we have a signed contract of agreement.What is there to be afraid of? If the
worst outcome happens, we can still take them to court.What's the use of sending the project to me?"

With a baffled look, Patricia put her hand on the documents.

Seeing this, Jayson thought that Patricia would read through the project plan and contract, so he
became secretly pleased.



As long as she was willing to read it, she would take over the case.

But to his dismay, she didn't do as he'd hoped.

Patricia dashed Jayson's hopes of her taking over the project when she pushed the documents
towards him, saying, "You should send these over to the project department, not here!"

"Miss Sampson, don't you understand? You're the only one who can resolve this situation!" Jayson
pleaded.

He was put in a bind and couldn't finish what he wanted to say.

He was aware of Patricia and Zac's divorce.

Moreover, she had been out sick for a long time after that incident.

Now, with the company asking her to handle this case, which involved her ex-husband, it was like
rubbing salt in her wounds.

Wasn't it? It had gone too far! And although he disliked having to do this, he still conveyed the
president's intention clearly!

"So, what? Jayson, just say it!" Patricia pressed.

Actually, Jayson had already made his motives clear to her, but she still had to hear him say that the
president wanted her to handle the case.

She was not the kind of person to be easily fooled.

"Miss Sampson, I don't want to hide anything from you.The president asked you to come back for two
reasons - your talent and to assist in this case! Over the past few days, the president had tried multiple



times to solve this matter and even sent quite a bit of our employees over, but to no avail.More
importantly, the Reynolds Group is hell-bent on not changing their mind!" Jayson sighed.

"What on earth do they have on us that makes them act so haughtily?"

Patricia asked, her eyes alert and calculating.

It was this sharp gaze that amazed Jayson.

Now, he finally understood why the president thought so highly of her! She must have some quality
about her that the others didn't possess.

"There were some flaws in our project, but they were deliberately concealed by the construction
workers.If it weren't for the fact that the Reynolds Group had noticed it, there is a strong possibility that
we wouldn't have been made aware of it, even after the project's completion!"

Jayson said helplessly as he shook his head.

Speaking of this made him furious.

It was a small problem.

Had it been resolved in time after it was noticed, there wouldn't have been so much trouble now.

And then the president wouldn't be venting his anger on him, who was not to blame at all for this
mishap.

Thinking of what he had suffered recently, he couldn't help but feel wronged! It was not him who had
made a mistake.

So, why was he the one being blamed? Thinking of the events that happened today and recently, he
wondered why unfortunate things kept happening to him!






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