Female Novel
Chapter 2758
Old Master Crawford did not bother insisting on their stay. "Alright then. Off you go. I have troublewalking so I'm afraid I can't send you off."
"It's no trouble. I'll come for our game of chess when I have the time," said Old Master Bourne as herose to his feet.
Lonnie had no choice but to stand up and leave with Old Master Bourne, no matter his reluctance.
Mr. Griffin carried the chessboard and walked towards the old master. Upon noting Old Master Bourneand Lonnie's absence, he was confused. “Where is Old Master Bourne and Mr. Jackman?”"
"Something came up. They left.” explained Old Master Crawford as he sipped his tea. "Where are thekids?"
"They saw you greeting the guest so they went upstairs to read," replied Mr. Griffin. He looked down atthe chessboard in his hands and asked, "Shall I put the chessboard away?"
"No. Come and play a few games with me," said Old Master Crawford. He pointed at the sofa next tohim, insisting Mr. Griffin take a seat.
Mr. Griffin smiled kindly. He shook his head, "I can't beat you."
"I'm bored. It's just to kill some time," said Old Master Crawford nonchalantly as he narrowed his eyes.
"Alright." said Mr. Griffin before placing the chessboard on the coffee table and taking a seat tocommence their game of chess.
On the other hand.
After Old Master Bourne and Lonnie left the room, they went straight back to the car and instructed thechauffeur to leave.
It wasn't until they left Crawford manor, only then did Lonnie say, "I should have brought something withme."
He prepared lots of gift for Old Master Bourne and Old Master Crawford. However, Old Master Bournedid not accept them.
When he learned of Lonnie's intention to give Old Master Crawford some gifts, he immediately stoppedhim and told him not to bring anything.novelbin
Old Master Bourne understood what Lonnie meant. He must have thought that the reason why OldMaster Crawford refused to help was because he did not bring any gifts.
Old Master Bourne reminded him, "Do you think there is anything the Crawford family lacks with theirprestige and wealth? They might not think that you're just being polite if you bring the gifts over tothem. You could've put them in a difficult situation. Why don't you keep the gifts for yourself to help thatbrain of your's?"
Lonnie's face turned red. He did not expect to be mocked by Old Master Bourne himself.
He had even picked some really good gifts.
Although it was true that Old Master Crawford was not lacking anything, it was nevertheless a gestureof goodwill. Definitely better than going in empty-handed.
Old Master Bourne added when he noticed Lonnie remained silent, "I'm telling the truth. It's common tobring a gift when you're seeing your client. I've known him for so many years. I know whether or not it'sright to be bringing gifts. Don't doubt me."
Lonnie was feeling extremely frustrated and could only mumble in response, "Yes. You're right."
Though Old Master Bourne could not help him, he knew better than to turn against the Bourne family.
Old Master Bourne decided to offer some advice when he saw the forlorn expression on Lonnie's face."You don't have to work with T Corporation. There are many architectural design companies in theworld that are more well-known than T Corporation. Perhaps you should talk to the client and see ifthey're willing to understand your situation."
Lonnie tried, but the client insisted on using T Corporation's design.
There was no way he could commission another company to create a design and copy T Corporation'sstamp to stamp on the design drawings to pass it off, right?
He would be in big trouble if he got caught.
That was why he had turned to Old Master Bourne for help.
Unfortunately, Old Master Bourne was not able to help him...
"I didn't expect Old Master Crawford to deny you when you guys are so close."
Old Master Bourne narrowed his eyes with a frown.
It was a minor issue for Old Master Crawford. It would only take a few days to design a blueprint for acompany with high work efficiency like T Corporation.
It was unlikely that they had no time for this.
After all, Old Master Crawford ignoring Old Master Bourne's request was an act of bruising his pride.
"It's all your wife's fault," blamed Old Master Bourne. "The Crawford family wasn't even against the ideaof Luke being together with that woman. But Margaret hurt her. Of course, the Crawford family wouldn'thelp you. I took you there today just to give it a try. I wasn't confident about it."
Lonnie lowered his head, secretly blaming Margaret for what she did. He also believed that it was herfault that he did not get to work together with T Corporation.
Old Master Bourne then lowered his voice, "Still, I didn't expect him to turn me down so decisively. Ishe treating me like the Bourne family is already dead?"
Lonnie looked up and saw how furious Old Master Bourne was. He immediately chose to add fuel tothe fire. "I think Old Master Crawford didn't show you any respect. He could have just pretended toagree, and then he could have come up with an excuse just to get by. This would have notembarrassed you. But I didn't expect him to reject you so firmly."
"Hmph. He's just lucky that he has a talented grandson. He's so full of himself. How could he refuse tohelp even though we have been friends for years? The Crawford family has been living in peace for toolong. He must have thought that the Crawford family is at the top of the business world in A City!" OldMaster Bourne's face contorted into an ugly sneer.
Although he knew that Lonnie was deliberately stirring up trouble, what he said made sense too.
Old Master Bourne held a grudge against Old Master Crawford. After all, he did not show any respectto him in front of the younger generation!
"Well, there's always someone better. Old Master Bourne, do you want to teach the Crawford family alesson?" asked Lonnie. Although he blamed Margaret for what she did, he nevertheless resented theCrawford family for contributing to the potential failure of his project.
Luke Crawford and Old Master Crawford!
"Mind your own business." Old Master Bourne did not bother to dignify Lonnie's taunt with a reply.
He was not silly. If he wanted to put a stop to the Crawford family, no one should be privy to his plans.He would suffer even greater losses if Lonnie intentionally betrayed him.
Old Master Bourne had never trusted outsiders.
"Alright. Alright..." Lonnie saw the ominous cloud hovering over his face. He dared not say anythingelse.
Old Master Bourne looked outside the car window. His mind was replaying the scene of how OldMaster Crawford had rejected him.
Suddenly, the image of him running into Luca at the garden flashed before his eyes.
Luke went so far as to report to the police and make a big deal out of this for her sake.
Perhaps, this woman was a tool that could be used.
After Lonnie got out of the car, Old Master Bourne called his assistant.
"I'd like to know the background of the woman that Luke is keeping," said Old Master Bourne.
Previously, he knew that Luke had a woman by his side, but he did not think much of it. After all, henever believed that rich men would only be faithful to their wives.
Therefore, he did not look into Luca's identity. He had only seen her picture, and he did not bother tolearn about her.
Now, Old Master Bourne needed Luca's information. After all, he must thoroughly investigate Luca'sbackground to deal with Luke.
"Okay, Old Master Bourne. When do you need it?" The assistant asked on the other end of the line.
"Before you get off work this afternoon. I want to see the papers in my office." Old Master Bourne hungup the call after that.