Lord Protector Novel

What? This place must have been jinxed! 

Jeremy trembled in fear because of the misfortune had befallen the moment he took over the steel mill.

He immediately explained himself, “Mr. Geoffrey, I have just taken over the steel mill.”

“I wasn't the one who supplied the steels for the Schneider family previously. Someone else was behind the particular deal. Please go after that person in charge instead.”

Mr. Geoffrey sneered, “I believe that's an internal affair of your company. It has nothing to do with me at all.”

“All I have to do is to deal with the person in charge of the steel mill as of now.”

Click!

Jeremy was handcuffed by police immediately.

He broke down and lost his cool as he shouted at Lily hysterically, “Lily, go get Lacey!”

“She's the person in charge of the steel mill! We shall return it to her!”

Lily was frightened by what was going on. She only managed to return to her senses when she heard Jeremy's words.

She cried and replied, “Don't worry, dad! I'll go get Lacey immediately!”

“That damned Lacey! How dare you set us up!”

She rushed towards Lacey's place immediately as she was afraid the police would take her away with them as well.

Emily stiffened all of a sudden, her mind all over the place.

She would never have expected such an incident to occur. Things turned out exactly the other way around, even though she had racked her brain to develop the malicious scheme.

If she hadn't persuaded Jeremy to take over the steel mill, Lacey would be the one taken away instead.

Great! Lacey manages to get off the hook while Jeremy has to spend his time behind bars for the time being. What a day!

Mr. Geoffrey sneered and snatched the contract worthy of a billion from Emily. “Are you kidding me? They can't even fulfil the previous contract worthy of a billion, but you've actually signed a contract worthy of ten billion with them.”

“I hope you didn't strike a deal with them secretly behind my back, did you?”

Emily got anxious all of a sudden and explained herself. “No! I didn't! I did nothing of sorts!”

“I... I didn't expect the Hinton family to be such a cunning bunch! If I had any idea of what's going on, I would have never worked with them!”

Mr. Geoffrey scoffed, “I will investigate what's going on myself. I do hope that you are as innocent as you proclaim to be.”

“Apart from that, this particular steel mill will be blacklisted. The Schneider family will never work with them anymore.”

Emily replied in a humble manner. “Don't worry, Mr. Geoffrey. I will never work with the Hinton family anymore!”

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It was getting late, but Lacey's place was brightly lit as they couldn't fall asleep. None of them could move on from what had happened with the steel mill.

Lacey couldn't bear it when she saw how upset her parents were because of her. “Dad, mom, please go to bed and get some rest. We'll deal with what happened to the steel mill tomorrow.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“If worse comes to worst, let's forsake the steel mill. I will start up something else and begin another venture!”

Daniel put out his cigarette and spoke in a ferocious manner, “Lacey, we are aware of what you've sacrificed for the steel mill. We will never give up on it!

“Don't worry! I will force your grandpa to return the steel mill to us, even if it's going to cost my life!”

Hannah took a peek at Daniel. “Hmph! Finally, you're acting like a man!”

“Let's tuck into bed for the time being. We'll talk about it tomorrow.”

Zeke, who had remained silent all along, broke the silence all of a sudden. “Dad, mom, let's wait for another minute.”

Everyone stared at him in disbelief. “What are we waiting for?”

Zeke looked at his phone. “It's about time.”

As soon as he finished his sentence, someone knocked on their door.

Zeke smiled and told Lacey, “Lacey, go get the door.”

“It's getting late. Who is it?” murmured Lacey to herself as she made her way to answer the door.

It was Lily on their doorstep.

Lacey tried to chase her away petulantly, “Lily Hinton, please leave! You're not welcomed here!”

Lily tried her best to calm herself down because she didn't want them to find out that she was upset.

I can't let Lacey know that dad has been sent behind bars! If she knows what's going on, she definitely won't take over the steel mill again.

She replied in an arrogant manner, “Lacey, we don't want your steel mill anymore. Please take it over.”