Chapter 50\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston looked at her puffed\u2013up, sulky face. After a few seconds of thought, he picked up the figurine in his hand. \u201cDo you like it that much?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian nodded vigorously. \u201cI can\u2019t even describe how I felt the moment I saw her. I was\u00a0<\/p>\n
stunned, and the emotions I felt were so complicated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was as if she\u2019d suddenly collided head\u2013on with her own youth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyes shone brightly, unable to hide her delight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under her expectant gaze, Kingston merely placed the figurine back into the display cabinet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSome things only prove their value once they disappear,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian felt as if a painful knot tightened around her chest. \u201cIt\u2019s my design. How could it disappear?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston closed the cabinet door. \u201cIf you hadn\u2019t seen it here today, would you have remembered it at all? You\u2019ve forgotten about it for all these years. Isn\u2019t that a kind of disappearance?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stood not far away, looking at her with a cold smile on his lips. \u201cIt once had a chance to be remembered by far more people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian\u2019s breathing faltered, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her face fell, as though Kingston\u2019s words landed a fatal blow on her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston looked away and walked past her. He said calmly, \u201cDo you still feel like looking at the project?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian snapped back from her earlier gloom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she saw Kingston already seated on the sofa, looking perfectly at ease, she snapped irritably, \u201cYes!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston didn\u2019t move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing that he seemed rather uninterested in the Halcyon Group project, Vivian got annoyed. \u2018 Mr. Howard, don\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t want to invest in the Halcyon Group after all?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston raised an eyebrow. \u201cAnd what makes you say that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian replied, \u201cJust now, you clearly looked like the type who\u2019d happily take advantage of my\u00a0<\/p>\n
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emotional impulses. If I didn\u2019t bring you to see the project, you\u2019d conveniently use that as an excuse to back out of the investment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a glint in Kingston\u2019s eyes as his lips curved up slightly, but didn\u2019t quite form a\u00a0<\/p>\n
smile. \u201cI guess you\u2019re not stupid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d hit it right on the mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian frowned, suddenly feeling a little nervous. \u201cWe\u2019ve already agreed on this. Mr. Howard, are you planning to go back on your word?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston\u2019s expression turned cold as his earlier ease faded. His tone carried a hint of seriousness. \u201cI don\u2019t like breaking promises, but I also don\u2019t like partners who come to me for investment while secretly courting other investors behind my back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian\u2019s heart stopped for a moment. \u201cStella wouldn\u2019t do something like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston said nothing, only lifting a hand to signal for her to call and confirm it herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian reached for her phone, only then remembering it was still in Kingston\u2019s car. \u201cMr. Howard, the Halcyon Group definitely hasn\u2019t signed with anyone else. This project\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston cut her off, \u201cDo you know who Stella contacted?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian shook her head. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d only just learned of it from Kingston himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston said flatly, \u201cYour fiance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d already settled things with Kingston, yet Stelle had gone behind her back and contacted Logan again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she fell silent, Kingston frowned and loosened his collar slightly. \u201cMs. Hartwell, you may go. If you change your mind and decide not to sell the Whitfield Group\u2019s shares to me, inform Theo early, so the legal team doesn\u2019t waste time drafting the contract.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian hurriedly replied, \u201cI won\u2019t change my mind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston looked up slightly. \u201cThen I suppose I should thank you for your honesty and integrity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She could clearly hear the mockery in his words. Biting her lip lightly, Vivian cursed Stella in her heart. \u201cSetting aside everything that\u2019s happened so far, what do you think of the project itself, Mr. Howard?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 50\u00a0 1\/3\u00a0 Kingston looked at her puffed\u2013up, sulky face. After a few seconds of thought, he picked up the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-cancel-the-engagement-and-level-way-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}