Chapter 22 Only to Repay a Favor
“I refuse!” Chloe said without hesitation.
Curtis frowned. “Are you still sulking with me?”
“I’m not sulking,” Chloe said seriously. “When I resigned back then, I never intended to return again.”
Curtis‘ expression darkened. “Do you realize that by joining Skyline Tech, you violated the non–compete agreement? I could sue you. If that happens, not only would you have to compensate Green Tech for all losses, but any projects you’re involved with at Skyline Tech could also be affected!”
Chloe froze, staring at him in disbelief. She hadn’t expected to hear something like that from him.
Curtis looked uneasy and avoided her gaze. “If you don’t want to drag your friend’s company into trouble, you’d better leave Skyline Tech and return to Green Tech and resume your position.”
Chloe sneered. “Curtis, I always thought that even if you were ambiguous in relationships, you were at least upright in business. But now I see that I really overestimated you.”
His face went pale. “I just want Green Tech to get through its current difficulties. Since the investors want
to pull out of the project because of your departure, having you return is the quickest way to solve it!”
In recent days, he’d even hired professionals to rewrite the project proposal, but no matter what, the
investors insisted that unless Chloe was in charge, the project wouldn’t proceed.
They also knew that Chloe had joined Skyline Tech, hinting at potential collaboration with Skyline Tech
instead. No matter what, Curtis was determined to get Chloe back at Green Tech.
“I’m not going back to Green Tech,” Chloe said coldly again.
“Are you not afraid of being sued?” Curtis snapped.
“You can only sue me if I’d actually signed a non–compete agreement. Curtis, I only ever had a standard
employment contract with Green Tech!” Chloe said.
Curtis‘ expression turned grim instantly.
Back when the company was first started, he’d treated Chloe as just an ordinary employee who didn’t
know much, so she’d only signed a standard contract. There was no non–compete agreement to enforce,
so now he had no way to sue her.
Over the next few days, Curtis was busy scrambling to raise funds. With the bank still refusing to approve the loan, the company’s cash flow was in jeopardy.
After receiving yet another rejection call, he angrily tossed his phone aside. The company had run smoothly for three years, but as soon as Chloe left, projects started failing and funds became tight.
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Even the other projects began to fall into disarray.
“Why can’t even these small matters be handled properly? Everything used to run smoothly!”
During a company meeting, Curtis slammed the table in frustration, but the executives calmly replied, ” These issues were always handled by Ms. Quall when she was in charge.”
Even though Chloe had already left the company, her name still seemed to follow everywhere, lingering in
the office.
Once again, Curtis‘ mind replayed the words the project manager from Prosperity Investments, Morgan, had told him before. “It seems you completely underestimate Ms. Quall’s value!”
Chloe’s value? What value does she have?
Originally, in his eyes, Chloe was just an ordinary soldier who’d left the military and had a modest education. That was why he’d casually assigned her a position in the company.
In reality, besides graduating from the National Defense Academy, being the top science student in Corvessia that year, and possessing skills like horseback riding and flying fighter jets, Curtis had no idea
what other talents and abilities Chloe might have.
“Is something wrong? Are you troubled?” Sonya’s voice pulled Curtis out of his thoughts.
Curtis snapped back to reality as he looked at Sonya sitting across from him.
Once, she had been the fantasy of his youth–Sonya was the daughter of the Miller family, while he was just a poor guy with nothing.
He never imagined that one day they could become friends or even sit together for a meal like this.
“It’s nothing, just a small issue,” Curtis said lightly.
Sonya smiled. “By the way, I went to see that villa you mentioned last time. I actually like it. The agent said that if I pay in full, the seller might knock off another five million dollars.”
Hearing this, Curtis‘ face fell.
That villa had originally been intended as a gift for Sonya. If Green Tech had been running smoothly,
paying 30 million dollars for it would have been easy. But now, he simply didn’t have the money.
“Maybe we should postpone buying the villa. There might be a better one later,” Curtis suggested.
Sonya raised an eyebrow and tilted her chin, her tone confident. “Honestly, if you don’t want to give it, just
say so. I’m not insisting on it.”
Curtis hurriedly explained, “No, it’s not that I don’t want to give it. Compared to the fact that you saved my life back then, a villa is nothing. It’s just that the company is short on funds right now, so… pulling together that kind of money all at once is difficult.”
If possible, he didn’t want her to know how strained his situation really was.
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Sonya’s eyes flickered slightly. “When I saved you back then, I never expected anything in return. If you’re short on funds now, we can put the villa matter off for later.
“It’s just a shame that the Miller family business is controlled by Uncle Wayne and that Dad doesn’t have much authority–otherwise, I could have helped you sort out the financial problem.”
Her understanding behavior made Curtis breathe a sigh of relief. “The thought alone is enough. I’ll solve the company’s financial issues, and I will repay you even more someday!”
Back then, when he’d encountered the attackers, he’d been stabbed eight times in the stomach while trying to protect the money for his tuition fees and had fallen into the river.
On the edge of life and death, all he could feel was someone gripping him tightly, desperately pulling him
out of the water.
A voice kept shouting in his ear, “Hold on! You have to hold on! I’ll save you!”
That voice had given him the strength to survive.
When he’d opened his eyes in the hospital and realized that Sonya was his savior, he’d made a silent vow. One day, he would repay her, even if he had to use everything he had to do it.
Looking at the serious expression on Curtis‘ face, Sonya smiled gently. “You don’t have to repay me. Back
then, I saved you just so you could survive.”
Moreover, saving him hadn’t taken much effort on her part.
She’d simply seen him injured by the river, and when the paramedics got there, they assumed she was the one who’d called for help, so she ended up going with him to the hospital.
At the time, she’d thought it was a bit of a hassle, but in retrospect, the return on her actions had far
exceeded her expectations.
She hadn’t expected that the poor guy would now be the CEO of a publicly traded company. The only drawback was that he still wasn’t divorced.
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