"Hmph, you can’t even handle a trivial matter properly, and yet you have the nerve to ask us for compensation."
Theodore Lucas had absolutely no respect for Milly Gray. If it weren’t for Simon Taylor still being of use, he wouldn’t even spare her a glance.
"I sent my people to help you, and you dare to co back empty-handed. If that crucial item were discovered by those on the other side, do you know how much it would impact our plans!?"
Milly Gray felt an extre sense of injustice being reprimanded by Theodore Lucas.
This matter couldn’t be blad on her; it was Theodore Lucas’s subordinate, Orlando Lucas, whose skills were just inferior.
If anything, it was because Theodore Lucas’s n were so incompetent.
Of course, Milly Gray only dared to complain in her mind. In front of Theodore Lucas, she was busy trying to appease him with a forced smile.
"This... Mr. Lucas... Mr. Pri Minister, please don’t be angry. It was not my intention for things to turn out this way. If bla must be assigned, it should fall on Lily Gray... oh, no, Lily Redington. It’s all her fault; the ’goldie’ she brought along was too skilled and spoiled your good work."
Milly Gray sighed, skillfully redirecting the bla.
"If you can’t stomach this, just settle the score with Lily Redington. I originally had the Transforrs in my hands, but she insisted on taking it. To avoid arousing her suspicions, I had no choice but to leave it."
The excuses coming from Milly Gray annoyed Theodore Lucas.
He was about to lash out, but Nolan Lucas interjected with his advice: "Dad, Miss Gray’s approach might not be entirely unacceptable. We want to retrieve the Transforrs solely for the listening device inside it."
"But look, the listening device has been hidden inside the Transforrs for so long without them realizing there’s an issue. It proves that it’s safe to keep the listening device there. Therefore, instead of following our original plan to remove the listening device and delete the recordings on the mory card and destroy the evidence, we might as well do nothing..."
Nolan Lucas was actually attracted to Milly Gray’s striking figure, hence his unwillingness to see her criticized and speaking up on her behalf.
But to Theodore Lucas, Nolan’s words seed to be a well-considered conclusion.
He frowned and pondered for a mont before nodding in appreciation, "Nolan, you’re right, inaction is often better than overaction. It’s better to bide our ti than to act rashly. Good, good, truly worthy of being my son Theodore Lucas. Nolan, you are really sothing, even more ticulous than I was at your age."
Nolan Lucas, receiving praise from his father, couldn’t help but reveal a touch of pride in his eyes.
anwhile, Milly Gray looked up in admiration at the man who had just spoken up for her.
They say the human heart is biased, but Theodore Lucas’s affection for Nolan is excessively so.
Even though Aidan Lucas and Nolan are both his sons, no matter how outstanding Aidan Lucas was, Theodore Lucas, like a blind man, turned a blind eye.
Yet for Nolan, even the most trivial of matters are worth boasting about.
At this mont, there ca a gentle knock on the study room door.
Then a gentle and beautiful woman entered, carrying a fruit plate.
"Theodore, Nolan, take a break and have so fruit before continuing your talk."
The woman, who was nearly fifty, held a noble and jade-like complexion, spoke softly and elegantly, and walked as if she were a gentle willow in the wind.
This woman was Tara Hammond, the one who had bewitched Theodore Lucas for a lifeti.
On seeing Tara Hammond, Milly Gray hurriedly tugged at her neckline with her left hand and stood up, "Madam... I, I have so other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first. Mr. Lucas, Nolan, Madam, please enjoy your conversation."
For so reason, every ti Milly Gray saw Tara Hammond, she felt a chill down her back.
It was as if countless venomous spiders were crawling up her spine from behind.
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