Chapter 55
It had only been 24 hours. How could Blake possibly change his mind?
Besides, even if Blake wanted to work with them, there was no way he'd talk to Yolanda, a high school student who didn't know a thing about business.
"Did you forge this contract?" Harold questioned Yolanda icily.
Before she could respond, he roared, "I know you want to prove yourself at home, but this isn't the way to do it! I can't believe you'd forge contracts at your age! Don't you know it's a crime? If I call the cops, you'll be sent right back to the juvenile detention center!"
Meanwhile, Yvonne, sitting across from Harold, tried to hide the smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
With a disapproving frown, she patiently advised Yolanda, "How could you do something like this, Yolanda? You'd ruin the company's reputation! Dad merely criticized you a little yesterday. You didn't need to go as far as forging a contract to prove yourself!"
Harold shot Yolanda a withering look. "I guess I wasn't off the mark when I said she's brainless!"
"Yolanda, did you really forge that contract?" Diana, who had begun to have a slightly better impression of Yolanda, began to waver when she saw her pull out a contract with Doxcon Group.
Diana didn't believe Yolanda could secure a contract that Harold couldn't even land. Besides, she'd just been released from the juvenile detention center a few days ago and knew nothing about Henderson Group's operations. There was no way she could've persuaded the general manager of Doxcon Group.
With these thoughts in mind, Diana's gaze toward Yolanda grew colder. "I genuinely thought you had changed for the better... I can't believe you'd pull something like this. I'm so disappointed in you."
"Hurry up and apologize to Dad, Yolanda. You're clearly in the wrong here!" Yvonne chimed in.
"Yvonne's right," Diana said sternly. "You need to apologize to your father, Yolanda."
Meanwhile, Harold, who was going
nět
over the contract, didn't say a word. Gradually, his expression changed. After going through the whole contract, he couldn't spot any signs of forgery. Even Doxcon Group's seal on the last page seemed legit.
He couldn't help but wonder if this contract was legitimate. Harold, still skeptical, delved deeper into the fine print.
Yvonne, on the other hand, continued to pretend as if she was looking out for Yolanda. "Why aren't you apologizing? Do you really want to upset Dad?"
Yolanda looked at Yvonne coldly. "I didn't forge the contract, so why should I apologize?"
"Y-You didn't forge the contract?"
Yvonne's eyes widened with
disbelief. "There's no point in being
stubborn. You're only making me,
Dad, and Mom more disappointed in you!" All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.
Then, she turned to Harold and said, "I think you should handle this situation, Dad. Since she won't up to her mistake, I'm not going to ask for leniency on her behalf!"
However, as she said that, a sense
of schadenfreude filled her heart Yvonne couldn't believe that Yolanda had gone as far as to forge a
contract just to gain their parents' favor.
Initially, she had thought Yolanda had become more astute and could potentially threaten her standing in the family. However, now she realized she had overestimated her.
"Honey, I know Yolanda can be a handful, but please don't let her upset you. Let's just eat first!" Diana said, reaching for the contract in Harold's hand. "Why are you so focused on this forged contract? Just tear it up and throw it away! We can't let anyone else find out about this. It's humiliating!" "Don't touch it..." Harold refused to let go of the contract.
He stared at the seal for a while before saying stiffly, "This contract... It's legitimate."