Chapter 22 - The Protector

“I’m a bit offended, Zoey.” Harry smiled ruefully, “How could you forget about your own family?”

“Grandpa, I…”

“You should have come to me instead. The Lopez Group could work out something for you. You know it’s well within our means to take on that Ecological Park project of yours.”

“I could even provide the startup capital for your project!” said Harry seriously.

“I bet there’s going to be some conditions attached to it?” Levi drove straight to the point. “Or you wouldn’t be so kind as to provide the funding.”

He had seen through the ulterior motive for Harry to fund the project.

“Good, I like to deal with smart people.” Harry grinned, “It’d save me a lot of my time.”

His words prompted Samuel Robertson, who was sitting next to Harry, to pass over the contract to Zoey.

“Take a look at this, Zoey.”

Zoey immediately studied the contract when they passed it to her.

The content was straightforward.

The contract stated that Lopez Group would get up to ninety percent of the profits for the Ecological Park project for providing the funds to Imperial Meadows Limited.

Aaron into a fit of rage after he read the

too cruel to ask for such

utterly pissed off. He felt that Harry had never regarded him as

three days’ time, the project would be automatically annulled if you can’t come up with the funding.” Harry’s grin was sly and pernicious, as if he was trying to lure the bait to the hook, “You would end up

pull in the funds

impossible for Zoey to secure the funds she needed for the project. This would only leave her with no other options but to agree to

make the Lopez family the biggest winner with a whopping ninety percent

family.

I’ll leave you guys alone to

company left Levi, Zoey and her parents to talk

Caitlyn persuaded, “At least there’s still something left on the plate for us. You should know better that your

on the

sign it!” Levi was

me, Zoey! I’m sure that I can secure the funding you

me that crap again! Do we hold you responsible if we lose that hundred million? I firmly believe we

a dilemma as she eyed Levi skeptically. She did not have

Levi shrugged, “Since we have three days left to go, why don’t we hang on till the last day to see if we could pull in some investments?” he suggested, “It’s

“Sounds like a plan!”

could work with

Everybody gave their nods of approval.

The same goes for Harry and his men. They agreed to the suggestion readily.

They were certain that Zoey would never secure the investments that she badly needed in just three days’ time.

For the next three days, Zoey worked tirelessly from day to night to meet with potential investors for the project.

Yet, there was nothing to show for all her efforts.

Those who were interested demanded a ridiculous amount of return for their investments.

It would make more sense to work with Harry, since his offer was more or less the same than the rest.

Three days passed by without a trace. The deadline was set on tomorrow before ten o’clock to kick start the project, once over the given time, the project would be automatically annulled.

“Come on, we’ve got to sign the contract with Harry now.” Aaron stood up and said.

“What’s the hurry? Why don’t we just wait a little longer?” Levi tried to dissuade them from signing, “We have all the time till next morning eight o’clock to sign it.”

“Let’s wait until tomorrow morning, Zoey. Don’t sign the contract today.” Levi instructed.

“I need to step out for a while.” Levi left the house after he urged Zoey to stay patient for one more night.