Falling For My Ex's Uncle - Chapter 399: Chapter 399

Austin hesitated, but his body was very honest. He was pulled into the room by Mandy.
"Mr. Herrera, I didn't expect you to come..." Mandy hesitated. Her beautiful eyes were shining as she looked straight at Austin, who was sitting opposite her.
At this moment, the corners of my mouth curled up into a smile. Before Austin could notice me walking in, I knocked him out.
Mandy looked at Austin, who was lying on the bed and had no reaction. She heaved a long sigh of relief and complained, "Trash. All you think about is freeloading."
Then, she looked at me and asked, "What should we do now? When he wakes up, will he realize that he was knocked unconscious?"
I shook my head. "Don't worry. Even if he suspects something, he won't think that I hit him."
Because in his eyes, I did not have the strength to knock him out. After all, when we were together, I had always acted very weak.
Only then did I realize that I had been pretending all these years with Austin. I pretended to be obedient and sensible like he liked.
Gradually, I changed my appearance, but in return, he was betrayed, despised, and humiliated.
Austin could have let me go back to Herrera Group on the way here, but he brought me here because he wanted me to know his secret. This way, I would mistakenly think that he had something on me. This would create a certain level of trust between the two of us in the future.
However, he did not expect that I ended up with dirt on him, and it was written in paper.
When I got into Austin's car, I sent Mandy a message. The goal was to let Mandy stay by Austin's side.
Although he was dissatisfied with Kailyn's words, it would not be easy to maintain a relationship with Mandy in a short period of time. Therefore, we had to create an opportunity.
Men would always have an inexplicable protective plot towards the person they liked.
Especially the woman he liked. If someone else beat him to it, he would naturally be unhappy.
I said, "In a moment, you tell him that he suddenly fainted. Then, you'll give him your resignation letter."
"Will he approve it?" Mandy asked softly.
I glanced at Austin, who was lying motionless on the bed. I smiled disdainfully. "He won't approve. After all, he spent 300 thousand dollars on you. How can he let you out of his sight?"
Mandy glanced at Austin with a look of disdain. "He looks gentle and refined, but his character is too bad. How did you fall for him at that time?"
I raised my hand and pinched the space between my eyebrows. I sighed softly. "I was blind and stupid."
I took the keys to Austin and drove to the office.
The moment I appeared in the conference room at Herrera Group, everyone looked at me with curiosity or surprise.
I'd met most of the higher-ups here, but I didn't know a few newcomers.
In the half-hour before the meeting, Danny told me about all the important people in the company. Of course, other than me, Leah was also present.
Although she wasn't satisfied with my appearance, she had no choice but to accept reality.
After all, everyone in Herrera Group knew that I was Maddox's daughter. The next project was an important collaboration for the Parks Group.
To put it bluntly, my appearance was just for show. I only appeared so that the cooperation between the two families could continue.
At the meeting, Austin did not appear, so Leah took charge.
Although the upper echelons present were not particularly satisfied with the appearance of Leah, they appeared very respectful on the surface.
Even though there were a few managers who looked unhappy, Leah ignored them.
From the looks of it, Leah was actually not a person who did things based on her mood solely.
She understood that she had just arrived and could only eliminate her dissidents after knowing the background.
When the meeting ended, I stood up and said, "The finance department has to show me all the company's accounts and the projects taken over by the various departments."
Everyone looked at each other. Even Danny looked at me in confusion.
"What do you need this information for?" Leah looked at me with a gloomy face.
Before she could finish, I smiled. "Of course I'm looking for something to do to familiarize myself with the company's business. I can't just sit in the office and do nothing, right?"
Pausing for a moment, I glanced at everyone present and frowned slightly. I asked in confusion, "Is there something that I can't see?"
"What's there to see? The projects we've worked with are all company secrets," Leah couldn't take it anymore and said.
I took a deep breath and quietly glanced at the higher-ups sitting in their seats. I sighed, "I wonder if everyone knows how much profit the project in your hands can bring to the company? Or is there any point in earning or losing?"
"All projects that are taken over have been evaluated for risk. They will only take on projects if there are profits. How can they lose money?" Leah Herrera frowned and said impatiently.
I sneered and shook my head. "Why are you so sure that all the projects taken over by the company will be profitable? Then why do the companies still have so much uncollected money? If it's really only profitable, may I ask if the initial capital for the next development zone is ready?"
Leah looked surprised and then looked at the finance manager.
The finance manager was a middle-aged man in his forties. He quickly said, "There's not enough funds in the company's accounts. We're currently negotiating with the bank..."
"There's less than half a month left. Are you sure you can borrow money from the bank?" I interrupted the finance manager and looked at Leah with a smile.
Actually, I already knew that there was a problem with the branch company. Moreover, someone wanted to stall for time and cause the cooperation between the two families to fall into a complete stalemate. If the funds could not be in place, they would face huge compensation.
Leah originally thought that she could come here because she was highly regarded by Raphael. She did not expect that she would be the scapegoat.
"Even if the bank can't give us a loan, we can get the head office to transfer a sum of money over," Leah said disapprovingly.
I nodded silently and continued to ask, "Where will the payment for the second phase come from? Also, where will the labor and materials costs come from? Do you think that we can still put it on credit now? That's a government cooperation project."
The surroundings instantly fell silent. At this moment, Danny was staring at me in disbelief, as if he wanted to ask me how I knew all this. In his eyes, I was not this capable.