Female Novel
Chapter 922
Everett let go of her hand, pulling her back, not allowing her to face him directly. He didn’t want herto see the expression on his face.
"Alright, time for bed. Goodnight." He said.
"I really can…"
"Dorothy!" Everett's voice hinted at frustration, "You can't! I've been holding back for too long."
So, once the floodgates of desire opened, there was no turning back.
At least for tonight, she wouldn't be able to handle it.
Hearing his husky and strained voice, Dorothy wisely decided to drop the subject, "Oh, thengoodnight."
...
After ending her call with Everett, Quincy put her phone aside. Her laptop screen was filled with labdata and cell culture results.
This was her umpteenth failure. She was getting irked despite her patience.
Failures weren't new to her, but this time, it felt especially frustrating. Or let’s say it wasn't justbecause of the failed experiments...
Finally unable to bear it any longer, Quincy stood up and walked to the window, opening it for somefresh air.
Her phone rang again.
It was her father Ronin calling.
"All thanks to you, our family had pulled through this crisis! If the Lopez family hadn't come throughwith the money on time, our family would've faced disaster!"
Ronin was ecstatic, but Quincy found his words grating.
"Do you even realize what I had to give up for this?" she asked.
"Ah, sweetie, you were going to marry someday anyway. Now that you have a chance to marry intothe Lopez family, so what's there to complain about? Forget about our country, how many familiescan stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lopez family in the entire world? How many men cancompare to Everett?" Ronin's tone was almost as if he expected Quincy to be grateful, "The Lopezfamily has only one heir, and countless people would kill for the chance to be his wife."novelbin
"But what I wanted was a lifetime partner."
"That's a fantasy!" Ronin could sense what his daughter meant, but given her current situation, hecouldn't be too harsh. He tried to speak earnestly, "Sweetie, you've lived in luxury in our family fromthe moment you were born. Do you know how much your medical education cost? I've nevercomplained! Our family really needed help this time."
Ronin had plans to acquire several companies to monopolize the market.
But then the financial chain broke, and the bank demanded the remaining payment. Failing to paywould mean losing the collateral. The only ones capable of providing such a large cash flow werethe Lopez family.
If the needed amount was smaller, he could have asked for a loan, and Jonathan might haveagreed, given their many years of friendship. But the gap was too vast to bridge with a simple loan.
"Dad will promise you something. Once this merger is complete and our family is back on its feet, ifyou truly don't want to stay with Everett, I'll support you. You can divorce him then!"
Quincy almost laughed at that.
"Do you really mean that?"
"Why wouldn't I? You are my own daughter!"
"The Lopez family just casually dropped a billion to cover your losses. Jonathan isn't a fool. Youmust have promised him a share of your project, or you've agreed to permanently bind me to theLopez family. Otherwise, Jonathan wouldn't have simply handed over the money. He's not knownfor charity without seeing a benefit." Quincy said.
He would either sign a contract or get profit. Wasn’t that how the business world worked?
Either contracts or benefits. Who would part with their money without a reason? A saint?
"Sweetie..."
"If I'm not mistaken, you chose the latter option because you didn't want to share your profit."