Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
“You can think whatever you want. You can have all the money you want, but there’s no way you can have Barrett Group’s shares. I’ve said what I needed to say, and you can weigh the consequences yourself.”
After saying that, Mia left the cafe.
It was the best for Sharon to take money. If she held the shares, the Hopkins would take everything from her, leaving nothing behind at all.
It was too bad that Sharon did not understand that.
As long as Timothy was around, the Hopkins would not dare to cross the line.
After Mia handled the matter, she was about to take her children to the hospital, but she found out that Timothy had sent a driver to take them there.
She went to the hospital straight away. When she arrived, the two children were still keeping Laura company.
Mia went to the next ward first. Timothy was leaning against the bed with a laptop in front of him.
Heath walked over to her and said, “Please advise Mr. Barrett. He hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday and has been working non-stop. It’s like he’s going to work till he drops.”
Mia frowned. “Please send some food here.”
The moment she walked into the ward, Timothy’s hands froze for a second, but his eyes were fixed on the laptop.
Soon, Heath sent some food to the ward.
Mia looked at him. “Now, Luna has been arrested, and Grandma Laura is getting better.”
“Are you leaving?” Timothy looked at her. His gaze seemed emotionless.
Mia pressed her lips together. “Why not?”
Silence descended upon the room.
“This is the proposal of the hotel collaboration. It’ll be useful for you.” Timothy handed a document to Mia, but she did not take it. “I didn’t say I’m going to collaborate with you,” she said.
“It’s a market research proposal for the hotel development at Bern City. It can help you to avoid pitfalls. Take it as compensation from me.”
Mia took the document from him.
“Then you should eat first so that you won’t drop dead. If you’re not around anymore, these
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businessmen won’t respect me.”
She put Timothy’s laptop aside and placed the dishes before him.
Just then, a female voice sounded from the laptop. “Mr. Barrett, the meeting isn’t over yet.”
Mia looked straight at the laptop screen. “He needs to eat now. If there’s nothing urgent, please discuss it later.”
“Who are you?”
Mia glanced at the person on the screen. Without answering the woman, she turned off the laptop.
After all, there was no need for Mia to explain anything.
After Mia turned off the laptop assertively, she turned around and looked at Timothy. He did not say a word but started eating.
Soon, Heath received a call. He left the ward and said to the woman on the other side of the phone, “She’s Mr. Barrett’s ex-wife. You’d better not mess with her.” While Timothy was eating, Mia finished reading the proposal in her hand.
She had to admit that the document was very valuable.
Mia was about to leave the ward when Timothy almost finished eating, but his voice sounded behind her. “What did you say when you met her at the cafe earlier?” “Did you follow me?”
“I followed her, to be exact. After all, the Hopkins are not good people.”
Mia totally agreed with that.
She paused briefly before she said, “Grandma Laura asked me to talk to her because she doesn’t agree with you about giving her all the shares.”
“Did Grandma ask you to bring the will and divorce agreement along?” Timothy asked.
“How did you know that?”
Suddenly, Mia felt curious about Timothy. He knew everything, but he chose to endure it alone.
Mia took a deep breath. “I also think that giving Mrs. Barrett shares will do her no good.”
Having said that, Mia left the ward, but her mood did not improve.
She relayed to Laura, and the latter said nonchalantly, “Don’t take what she said to heart. Someone like her would have been kicked out of the family if Timothy had not been soft-hearted. She wouldn’t even have had the chance to threaten him.”
Thinking of the way Sharon scolded Timothy, Mia sympathized with Timothy suddenly.
Everyone said that Timothy was merciless, but she knew that he was actually a man of principles. At least, he was a lot better than those seemingly righteous people who backstabbed others at critical moments.
Then, Laura added, “Let me be the bad guy. I don’t have much time left. She can hate me if she wants to.”
Mia held Laura’s hand. “Then you have to recover soon and keep an eye on Timothy.”
Later, Luna’s case was finalized. She was already a fugitive, yet she committed another crime, so would most probably face a harsh final sentence.
But Mia did not go back, as Laura’s condition was not stable yet.
She stayed in Bern City and started her hotel business.
She arranged for people to do it according to Timothy’s advice, and everything went smoothly.
However, when they were about to sign the agreement, the other party informed her that they needed some time to think about it.
Mia sent someone to investigate the matter and found out that someone from Yellow Island was secretly competing with her.
That was interesting.
Did the Yellow Islanders do it on purpose?
Soon, Peyton reported the situation to her: “Ms. Mia, according to our investigation, it seemed that the Barretts helped them out. That’s why the other party suddenly changed their minds.”
“The Barretts?”
Something was not right. Timothy would never do that.
Mia looked at Peyton. “Did you manage to find out who did that?”
“From the descriptions, I think it’s Mrs. Barrett.”
Judging from their quick actions, Mia reckoned that Sharon might have informed them about Timothy’s arrangements.
But before she could react, Timothy sent someone and settled the matter.
The Yellow Islanders did not get to sign the agreement.
The other party approached her and explained shamelessly, “Ms. Lane, Mrs. Barrett deceived us. We hope that you can overlook our past mistakes and continue to collaborate with us.” S
Mia said with a half-hearted smile, “But I don’t like being betrayed, so there’s no need for us to collaborate anymore.”
Mia went straight to the hospital to ask Timothy about the matter.
But when she arrived, someone had reached there earlier than her.
“Timothy, what do you mean? All I did was pull a few strings, but you want to humiliatepublicly. How am I going to maintain my standing in the company?” Sharon said.
Mia went in with a frown. “This is funny. It’s not just about pulling a few strings, but it’s aimed at me. Mrs. Barrett, your actions have leaked confidential commercial information.” “Stop trying to scare me. It’s my son who opened doors for you. It’s the Yellow Islanders who wanted to collaborate with us, and they are much better than you,” Sharon retorted.
Mia said with a half-hearted smile, “At first, I didn’t want to pursue this matter. But since you put it this way, wait for my lawyer’s letter then.” “Such big talk, huh?” A mysterious-looking woman wearing a hat and a mask walked in from outside.
Mia felt that the woman looked somewhat familiar. “Are you the rumored granddaughter of the PrMinister of Yellow Island?” “I don’t expect you to know. Have you all forgotten what you did toback then?” the woman said.
Sharon was taken aback when the woman took off her mask. “Maya?” Mia never expected that the woman in front of her was Maya.
Back then, Maya was detained in Bern City for a while after her schagainst Mia had been exposed.
After that, she was deported and prohibited from entering Nord City.
There was no sign of her all these years, so Mia was surprised to meet her here.