Chapter 194

“Ned, wait!” said Ingrid.
Ned comforted Ingrid, “Don’t get me wrong, Ingie. I’m just worried that Angie is addicted to gambling like Tommy.”
“No, Ned. Tommy frequents this casino,” Ingrid explained. “Do you think… she wants to get revenge on me for taking you away, so she ”
“No! She’s not that kind of person!” Ned interrupted.
Words got stuck in Ingrid’s mouth as she snapped her mouth shut. She slowly let go of her hands from Ned and asked, “Ned, do you regret that you chose me instead of Angie?”
“Baby, please. I don’t mean that!” Ned couldn’t put it into words for Ingrid. “Even as a friend, I don’t want Angeline to get addicted to gambling just like Tommy did.”
“You can just get Zach to talk to Angie, can’t you?” Ingrid asked.
Seeing Ned remain silent, Ingrid gave in and said, “Alright. If you must go, then let me go with you.”
Ned opened the car door and said, “Hop in.”
Ingrid quickly opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
En route to Angeline’s house, Ingrid held the seat belt with both hands and asked softly, “Ned, have you come out with a way to deal with Tommy’s mess?”
“We’ve contacted Eastern Pharmaceutical,” Ned replied with his forehead furrowed. “But I’m afraid we’ll have to share our future profit with them in the long run.”
Ingrid gripped the seat belt tightly. She couldn’t get herself to tell Ned what Carmen had said before she came to the Fletcher residence.
“I know you have nothing to do with this. Don’t take what my mom said to your heart,” Ned comforted Ingrid.
“Don’t mind if I ask, Ned. What will happen to Uncle Henry and his family?” Ingrid bit her lips before continuing, “Are they going to pay a fortune as liquidated damages?”
“Baby, I hope you don’t interfere with this issue,” Ned said. “Let’s separate the empathy from the business, okay?”
“But that’s my uncle! Uncle Henry knew you collaborated with Yates Group because you believed in them and wanted to help them. And he’s trying his best to help you!
“It was Tommy who caused the trouble, and Uncle Henry had
“What are you trying to say, Ingie?” Ned asked with annoyance.
“Because of this project, Yates Group got a loan from the bank to buy the machines from Fletcher Corporation. It was such a big expenditure that they almost used up their working capital,” Ingrid explained.
“But because of that prodigal
Tommy misappropriating the funds,
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the company turnover has had some problems.” Ingrid’s eyes started welling up. “If Fletcher Corporation can inject some capital into Yates Group instead of abandoning them, perhaps Yates Group can still make it! Content
“Otherwise, Uncle Henry may not make it out alive! Please, Ned. I’ve never begged you for Yates Group all these years. Just this once. Could you please—”
“If Fletcher Corporation had the
funds, we wouldn’t have shared the project with. Yates Group,” Ned interrupted Ingrid. “I already have a lot on my plate with the mess that Yates Group brought me. Where do you expect me to get the funds to save them?”
This was the first time Ned was harsh to Ingrid since they were together, which froze Ingrid.
Ned turned on the signal and stopped his car on the side of the road.
He turned to look at Ingrid with one hand on the steering wheel and said, “If we can’t deliver the promised goods to Vitality Biotech Group, it’s not going to be enough even if I pay them with my whole company!
“Tell me. How am I supposed to save Henry? Should I give Vitality Biotech Group my company to save the Yates family?”