Flash Marriage: She becomes Mrs. CEO after the Failed Dowry Talk

Chapter 393: Receiving the News

Lila’s final persuasion to Liam was sincere.

However, in Liam’s ears, it turned into another layer of meaning.

He knew his education wasn’t high and he didn’t have much experience.

If his dad hadn’t had an affair and ruined his promising future, he wouldn’t have ended up like this... Thinking of this, his gaze darkened quite a bit.

The topic was laughed off, the climax was over, and both sides began to lose interest.

Until they left the restaurant side by side, going their separate ways.

The moment they parted, almost simultaneously, both took out their phones from their pockets and sent messages to Rachel Woodward and Jasper Sinclair respectively.

"Settled."

"Within a million."

A week later, the bidding officially began.

The Sinclair Group was the Woodward Family’s strongest competitor in the business arena.

Once they gave up, the Woodward Family could easily win the project.

Rachel Woodward achieved her wish, reported the latest developments to Mr. Woodward, and smoothly obtained the project manager position.

To celebrate this collaboration, the Woodward Family held an extravagant internal celebration feast.

On the surface, it was "held internally," but actually, a small number of members were invited.

Nora Northwood was one of them.

These days, she was busy learning with Finnian Lawrence, and her skills had improved greatly.

A quarter of an hour before receiving Rachel’s message, she got a call from Jasper: "Grandma says she hasn’t seen you in a long time, come to the old house for dinner tonight."

Nora, immersed in the purification of essential oils, agreed without thinking, so much so that she didn’t listen carefully to the rest of the conversation.

"Finnian, please test the purity of this bottle." With that, she handed a bottle containing yellow liquid to Finnian Lawrence.

Both of them wore rubber gloves, carefully passing the glass bottle, fearing that a single slip could cost the morning’s research results.

"Record the scents of these few traditional medicines, just based on your own feelings."

The crumpled cowhide paper wrapped a few medicinal materials, emitting a bitter aroma.

Nora furrowed her brows as she opened the first package, it was Cistanche deserticola... Her hand slipped, almost spilling the entire package of medicinal materials on the ground, unconsciously recalling the pot of soup Uncle Kevin had made.

Finnian noticed her oddness and asked with concern, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, no." Nora didn’t dare to tell the truth.

She couldn’t afford to lose face.

"If you’re allergic to or uncomfortable with the medicines, let me know in advance."

"Alright, don’t worry."

When Nora left the fragrance room, it was already six o’clock in the evening.

Outside, through the partition glass, she saw a vague jawline.

She quickened her pace, it was Jasper Sinclair.

"Why did you come over?" Her voice was indeed incredibly pleasant, but the question was unexpected.

"Didn’t we say we’re having dinner at the old house tonight."

Nora patted her forehead, she had forgotten about it, "Sorry, I’m finishing up, I’ll go to the office to tidy up. What should I do, I didn’t prepare a gift for Grandma Sinclair?"

Because they didn’t often visit the old house, she would carefully choose a suitable gift for the elderly and bring it along each time.

Jasper reassured her, "It’s okay, it doesn’t matter this time."

Although he said that, the thoughtfulness was important.