She Is A CEO

Chapter 1141 Open and Secret Struggles

"Mom!" Jacob interrupted Libby's nagging with a stern tone. "I'm an adult now, and it's part of doing business to socialize. I can't be at the office every day on time."

"Are you mad at me?" Libby's voice was tearful.

Women's tears always had some use. Jacob sighed inwardly and said, "I'm not mad at you. I just feel like you've been too strict with me lately. I'm only twenty-three years old, and I have a lot of friends. I can't stay in the office or at home all the time."

"I know," Libby lowered her head and cried sadly. "Maybe it's because I have been too strict with you, but after going through that ordeal last time, I really fear for myself next time... so I always want to take care of you more. Don't blame me..."

"Casper, your mom is doing this for your own good! What good does it do if you just eat lunch in the office every day?" Miles scolded him sternly.

Jacob felt extremely resentful inside but had to give in due to circumstances; he held Libby's hand and said, "I understand now; from now on, I'll listen to you and stay in the company during lunchtime waiting for your homemade lunch."

"Really?" The next second after hearing this news from him made Libby come back alive again.

"Really!" Jacob answered helplessly.

But as soon as Libby went into the kitchen again, Jacob turned cold-faced towards Miles asking, "Is she coming to my company every day just simply bringing me lunch?"

Miles glanced sideways at him before sneering coldly, "Do you think everyone is like you? After experiencing such a serious illness herself, she fears that she won't make it through another one so she came back solely to take care of you. Otherwise do you think that would make me happy having her back here?!"All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

At this point in his speech, Miles could no longer hide his anger anymore.

Miles' words were indeed reasonable but they left Jacob feeling extremely troubled inside; he was about to ask Miles if he could persuade Libby not be so overbearing when suddenly Sage knocked on his door followed by Leon who was standing beside him.

Jacob was about ready to call Sage himself regarding Fabulous Dav's recent situation when unexpectedly there came a knock on his door before he could even pick up his phone. Leon stood beside Sage who had arrived first thing instead.

"Mr. Wood, Sage has discovered something and feels it's necessary to tell you right away," Leon said as soon as he walked in the door.

"About Kevin?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah," Sage replied quickly. "Today at lunch, I saw Fabulous Dav's meeting with Mr. Hale from Tready Threads Finance. Aren't we planning on working with him on a project? Could Kevin be involved?" "No way, Mr. Hale has already decided to work with me and we're just waiting to sign the contract. Kevin doesn't have the power to change his mind," Jacob said confidently.

"Mr. Wood, I think Sage's concern is valid. Fabulous Dav's has been getting desperate lately in their competition with us and if they offer more money..." Leon trailed off.

"It won't happen, I trust Mr. Hale and he even expressed interest in working with us before when Miles was still around," Jacob remained confident.

Leon and Sage exchanged a look but knew there was nothing else they could do since Jacob seemed so sure of himself.

"Anything else going on at Fabulous Dav's?" Jacob asked Sage.

"Nope, but Nia seems different now that she works there compared to her time at Stable Growth where she didn't really do much."

"She sees Fabulous Dav's as her ticket out of being just a pretty face so it makes sense for her to be working hard there, but we need to watch out for Kevin since he can cause trouble." "I'll keep an eye on him," Sage promised.

A week after Jacob confidently declared that Markus Hale wouldn't betray them, Fabulous Dav's held a press conference announcing their partnership with Tready Threads Finance for a new fund, which caught everyone by surprise including Jacob who felt like he had been sold out!

"F*ck!" He tore up the newspaper angrily regretting not listening earlier when Leon and Sage warned him about Markus stabbing him in the back.

He completed all the preliminary work for this project himself, working late into the night until dawn to submit the proposal to Tready Threads Finance. But he never expected that they would turn around and partner with Fabulous Dav's instead! Jacob couldn't help but feel angry when he realized that they may have even used his proposal without giving him credit.

"Mr. Wood! You have to confront him about this in person! Markus Hale is a complete jerk!" Leon exclaimed indignantly.

"Let's go find him right now and get some answers," Jacob said, unwilling to let his hard work be stolen from him. He grabbed his coat and led a group of guys straight towards Tready Threads Finance. As they left, Miles stood on the second-floor staircase watching them coldly as they went off causing trouble.

If he were really his son, Miles would have immediately stepped forward to stop them. Unfortunately, he wasn't!

Let them cause as much chaos as possible.

Casper and his crew stormed into Tready Threads Finance with an intimidating presence, pushing past countless people along the way until they reached Markus' office.

In reality, Markus had received word of Casper's arrival at the company long before he got there. He wasn't worried though; this was something that could be easily resolved anyway...

He turned to Kevin who was sitting across from him and said, "Mr. Berry, aren't you going to avoid him?"

"Avoid?" Kevin sneered back in response, "I've been wanting to confront him for ages now! He came here today specifically because of you. We're already partners so how could I just leave you alone?" "Good point," Markus chuckled softly while sipping tea with Kevin as they waited for his arrival.

It didn't take long before someone forcefully pushed open the office door followed by Jacob's furious voice,

"Markus Hale! What do you mean by all of this?!"

As soon as he finished speaking though, Jacob finally noticed that Markus wasn't alone; sitting opposite from him was none other than Kevin himself!