After Griffon said his apologies, he released Taya and sat back upright to look back at the door.
“Andre.”
Hearing the cold voice, Andre wasted no time letting Neil go before turning around to pick up a briefcase and walk in.
Glowering at Andre from behind, Neil vowed deep down that he would someday, get his revenge and vent his anger on the big guy!
After gritting his teeth and secretly swearing, Neil walked in, just in time to see Taya tidying her messy clothes…
Neil took a subconscious glance at the wall before shooting Griffon a contemptuous look. He leaned into Taya’s ear and whispered a reminder to her.
“He’s a little fast. Why don’t you give it a second thought and more consideration, after all, it’s related to your lifelong S**ual happiness.”
Taya gagged on his words. “What nonsense are you talking…”
Neil had wanted to continue persuading Taya when he sensed a cold and bloodthirsty gaze locked coldly on his left hand.
He turned his head slowly, just to see the clear eyes fixed on his left hand unblinkingly…
The way Griffon looked at his left hand was a little familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen it…
Andre then withdrew three contracts from his briefcase and placed them one by one on the gla*s table.
Neil took the opportunity to hide his left hand behind his back before a perfect smile spread across his face as he flashed it at Griffon.
“Alpha Knight, let’s sign the contract…”
With that, he pushed Taya forward as his shield. “Boss, hurry up and sign the contract.”
After giving Neil a side eye, Taya settled on the couch across Griffon and picked up the contract. When she saw the figure printed on it, she momentarily froze.
Her head jolted up in disbelief, wide-eyed at Griffon. “One billion?”
It was just an architectural drawing. A billion was too exaggerated!
Neil heard the amount and screamed. “How much? One billion?” the contract from laya before flipping its pages to count the zeros with trembling fingers.
After confirming that the figure was correct, he thrust it back to Taya. “Quick, sign it!”
Taya ignored Neil while she fixed her eyes on Griffon.
Was he trying to use such an extreme method to skyrocket her status after she mentioned the difference in their status?
In the face of her questioning, Griffon didn’t reply, and it was Andre who explained.
“We’ve always offered this figure for architectural drawings for the headquarters of the Knight pack.” Taya turned to Neil to dart him an inquiring look.
Neil couldn’t answer. The architect who had designed the headquarters of the Knight pack had long pa*sed away. Who knew how much money was actually rewarded?
Seeing that the two remained doubtful, Andre added, “There’s a condition as to why we offer such a sky-high price.”
As soon as he heard that there were prerequisites, Neil grabbed the contract from Taya and flipped through the pages, carefully reading every word.
Except for the clause of compensation for breach of contract, the other clauses had no particularly strict requirements. There was only one which seemed peculiar…
“Will the work be used to participate in an international architectural competition?” Neil was a little confused. Should the engineers be concerned about that?
“That’s right. If we take the work to join the competition and gain our fame, we’ll be able to earn more than one billion dollars in profits.”
After Andre spoke, he pointed to the terms and conditions page. “Of course, the copyright rightfully belongs to you.”
Neil took another careful look at the contract again and agreed that it would only make sense if the architect held the copyright to the design.
He returned his gaze to Taya and gave her a nod, indicating that everything was going alright. The sta ggering amount offered by Griffon was probably just to h ook Taya up.
Deep down, Neil was elated. His new boss was indeed a Go d of Wealth. This project alone would be enough for him to slack off for entirely three years.
When Taya heard that her work would be joining a competition for profits, she was less worried, but…
Once again, she looked at Griffon and gave him a heads-up.
“I have a lot of projects to catch up on, so I may not be able to complete the drawings in such a short period.” With one finger, Griffon pushed his gla*ses. “It doesn’t matter how long, I’ll always be willing to wait for you.”
His words had an underlying meaning to them, with his gaze strong. After Taya hastened to avoid making eye contact with him, she picked up her pen to sign.
Before she could sign on the paper, Griffon’ cool voice which was amazingly pleasant to the ears came from atop her head. “Sign your name, Taya.”
Taya’s hand holding the pen paused. A little puzzledly, she eyed Griffon.
“Rosalie is a world-renowned architect, and I’m just a newcomer.”
“It’s impossible that you’ll ever win an award with a work that has my name attached to it.”
Taya Palmer died three years ago.
Griffon uncrossed his languidly overlapping legs, sat up straight, and reached out to stroke Taya’s short hair. Listen to me.”
The way he coaxed Taya as if regarding her as his girlfriend fell into Neil’s eyes, who seethed at the thought of how undeserving Griffon was of Taya.
Feeling a little uncomfortable, the discomposed Taya lowered her head to avoid his touch, hurriedly signing her name.
After she signed and stamped her fingerprint as well as the official seal, she handed over the contract in triplicate to Andre.
Andre took the hint to motion for Taya and Griffon to shake hands, showing that they had come to mutual cooperation.
Neil was one step further in extending his left hand up to Griffon. “I look forward to working with you!”
The man on the sofa gave the moving left hand a cold gaze through the lens.
With just one look, Neil shuddered, well aware that if he didn’t withdraw his hand anytime then, his left hand would end up in the
same state as his right hand. had no reason to stay any
longer. His silent gaze remained on Taya for some time before he got up and walked out the door.
Taya, as the “boss”, naturally had to see the “client” off, so she followed Griffon, intending to send him downstairs.
After Andre and Neil stepped out of the office, Griffon’ tracks came to a sudden halt.
Taya, who trailed from behind with her head lowered, ended up bumping into his toned figure.
Just as she was about to rub her sore nose, Griffon turned around to hug her.
His head lowered to whisper in her ear, “I’ll wait for you downstairs…”
Taya craned her neck back and asked, visibly uncomfortable, “Why would you be waiting for me?”
Griffon leaned closer. “To send you home.”
Taya had wanted to reject his offer with the excuse that she would take a taxi back, but Griffon continued in his steps after releasing
her.
Staring at the haughty and elegant back, Taya’s fist clenched in nervousness. ople always stir hearts in turmoil, but
Griffon had always been the only one capable of doing so. With a soft sigh, she turned around and picked up the contract on
the table, rubbing her finger against its cover as she walked up to the window.
Like the way Griffon had come, Neil respectfully sent him to the car before returning to the company only after he watched as the convoy of vehicles disappeared into the distance.
On the upper floor, Taya saw the leading Koenigsegg driving to the parking lot before Andre exited the car and entered another vehicle behind him.
The group sped away, leaving only the Koenigsegg remaining silently on the spot, far into the distance.
Standing tall and proud, like the owner in the car, it remained stubbornly still…