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He frowned in response. Lily retaliating by deleting his files is unlikely. After all, a woman on the pinnacle of business is not that petty. “No.” He answered.
“Then… I don’t know. Maybe someone just thought it would be fun to delete your files and your images of me and my boyfriend.” Stephen chuckled. “Without those… “
“I still have the original photos! Don’t you dare do something that I won’t like! Or else…” he narrowed his eyes at his son. “I will ruin you!”
“Got it.” Stephen laughed. “If you ruin me… you will also lose multiple business opportunities. It would have been fine if my brother is still there supporting you. But he is not. So— “
“Do you really want to kill me from too much anger? Huh?”
His son gave another low chuckle in response. “What a splendid idea! I should probably make you more angry every day!”
“You — ” He let out a sharp sigh. “Lily is pregnant.”
“And?” Stephen furrowed his brows. “What does it have to do with me?”
“I am telling you she is pregnant! Do something about it?”
“Huh? Are you — are you on something? Are you still drunk?”
“You are an ungrateful son! I am telling you to do something about it! I don’t know… create something! Make some noise about it!”
“Ha?” Stephen laughed. “I think you have gone senile.”
Mr. Li glared at his son as he balled his hands into fists. “Tell the media it’s yours. I don’t know… just create some news that will distract her.”
Stephen let out another laughter before he rose from his seat, intending to leave his father’s office. His father needed saving, ah. He had actually become insane. “Father… let the Facci Group go.” He uttered as he shoved his hands into his pockets. “They are out of our league.”
“Why don’t you just listen to me? I made you this way! You are supposed to listen to everything that I say.”
“I don’t know what happened to you. All I know is that this madness — this obsession that you have with Lily Zhou and the Facci Group, has nothing to do with me.” He said in a serious tone. After his research last night, he is already determined to stay away from his father if he insists on his crazy plans.
“Where are you going?”
“Out.”
“I am not done talking! Stephen! Get back here! STEPHEN!”
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When Lily arrived in the office, Yang Mi immediately gave her the things that she needed to sign before telling her that she had dinner with The Corneels tonight before their meeting tomorrow.
“Did you already book everything?”
“Yes, President. I also asked Chef Yang to take care of the food.”
“Alright. How about Zhou Jingren?”
“He will have a meeting at six with his clients from the US so he won’t be able to attend the dinner.”
“Oh!” Lily nodded. “Then… alright. You and Yuanfeng will accompany me later.”
Yang Mi nodded in response. After a few meetings and signing a lot of papers, Lily immediately went to meet with the Corneels in one of the prestigious restaurants just in the same hotel where the group is staying. The group consists of Mr. Leon Corneel, his eldest son, Hector Corneel, and his second son Rein Corneel with his fiance, Miss Universe 2013 Athalia Montez.
Of course, the fact that she was a previous Miss Universe was highlighted by her fiance when they introduced her.
“I was not expecting to meet a previous Miss Universe,” Lily said out of courtesy. She eyed the five foot eight women who sat next to her fiance as she wondered why she was here when Leon mentioned nothing about her.
“Actually, I was the one who insisted that I come with them so I could meet you.” Athalia beamed, her smile so brilliant Lily was sure the room just got brighter just because of her white, shiny teeth alone.
Lily chuckled inwardly at her crazy thoughts. This should be because of her hormones. With this in mind, Lily responded with a smile. After this, the group started making their orders as Lily quickly sent a text to Zhou Jingren, informing him that she is already in the hotel.
“She actually wanted to meet you because her previous advocacy involves orphans as well as women’s rights.” Rein smiled at Lily. As it was not appropriate to talk about business over dinner, he thought he could use this opportunity to help his fiance get close to Lily.
“So you are working with various organizations?”
“Yes. UN, I was in South East Asia last week for a feeding program and I will probably go to Africa next month with some organizations that I was working with.” Athalia answered.
“Sounds exciting,” Lily answered.
“It is…” Athalia then started talking about the countries that she visited because of her organizations. Then, slowly, the topic turned towards her and Rein’s wedding plans. Unfortunately for her, Lily’s attention was on the frown on Leon’s face. She immediately wondered if the man had any problems with his second son and his fiance.
“Mr. Corneel,” Lily called out his attention. “What can you say about the current situation in the oil industry lately?” Lily asked. “The pirates are causing a lot of problems that it is actually affecting the price of oil. I heard they are even expanding in Western Africa? I believe the Corneel Oil and Co have a few offshore oil storage in that area?”
The table turned silent after Lily asked the question. Leon on the other hand remained calm. He dabbed a napkin on his lips before meeting Lily’s curious eyes. “Hmmm… You are well informed.” He smiled. “Piracy is really posting a threat in the supply chain of oil and it is indeed causing a lot of problems in the industry. Sadly, we are still unable to find ways to at least limit the attacks. The best thing that we can do is just avoiding the coast near the hotspot area. ” He let out a sigh.
Lily lifted an eyebrow. ��What about kidnapped crews? Let’s not talk about your company but about the whole Oil industry. Surely, the cost of saving these crews is also affecting the price of oils?”
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