Chapter 133 Clever System
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Chapter 133 Clever System
I studied Maxwell with a frown.
No way someone like him was from their main office.
Maybe he wasn’t LGH at all.
Maybe he was full of shit.
While they kept babbling, I slid my phone out of my clutch and secretly took a photo.
Sent it straight to Ashton Laurent.
[This guy. You know him?]
It took Ashton a few minutes to reply.
[Yeah. He’s a Senior VP at Laurent Systems & Solutions. Why?]
[He’s meeting suppliers on the sly.]
I started typing more. Stopped. Deleted.
Typed again.
[Tried to grope me under the table.]
Sent.
I flipped the phone screen down and turned on the recording app.
While Franklin tried to pitch him again, I cut in.
‘LGH’s got some tight policies, don’t they? Something about staff being banned from meeting vendors off the record. No gifts. No cash. No freebies. Not even a discount voucher.‘
Maxwell paused, fork halfway to his mouth. ‘I didn’t take anything from them.’
I pointed at the lobster tail swimming in butter and the sliced abalone drowning in brown sauce. ‘You think this table set itself?
That’s not free.‘
He hesitated, then slowly set down his fork.
He tried to shrug, but his shoulders were too heavy.
‘If that counts as bribery, I guess I can’t eat dinner with anyone anymore.‘
Franklin said hastily, ‘It’s just a meal. Nothing serious.‘
Preston chimed in right behind him. ‘Yeah. We invited Mr Maxwell. He was kind enough to come. That’s all.‘
‘Exactly,‘ Franklin added. ‘Someone at Mr Maxwell’s level–getting the occasional gift during the holidays is normal.‘
I let them flail for a moment, then gave Maxwell a lazy smile. ‘Everyone’s got bills to pay. And you look like a man who’s got expensive tastes. Bit of kickback on the side wouldn’t be the worst thing. I get it.‘
I smiled wider, like I meant it.
‘You’re joking, Miss Vance. I don’t take kickbacks,‘ he said stiffly.
I glanced at his watch.
‘Didn’t realise you were that noble. All those supplier contacts, project budgets, and still living off payroll? You must be scraping
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