Chapter 857 The Last Chance
"Oh? Did my words reminded you of something?" His voice grew more charmingly hoarse, and his gaze turned wickedly towards her.
Winnie's mind couldn't help but replay the chaotic night from a few days ago. Her face flushed, her fingertips trembled and curled, and she sneered, "Are you talking about those unpleasant and helpless moments of yours?"
Lawrence's handsome face turned dark instantly.
Lawrence's thin lips pressed together dangerously, "Winnie, I'm still in treatment, don't give up on me. That night, your condition was special; even the strongest man might have been rendered helpless by you."
"Shut up." Why did he have to bring up that night?
Winnie couldn't help but cover her burning cheek with her hand, gritting her teeth, "You can't talk about me like that. You know how strong Rock's drug is."
"Sorry, I know." Lawrence frowned, then smirked at her, "But you provoked me first. I did pretty well that night. You need to forgive a man who's in treatment. Winnie, I'll get better soon, and when I do, we can try again."
"Lawrence! Watch the road!"
The car was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere, and Winnie had to point forward incoherently to quickly change the subject.
She was embarrassed.
Lawrence secretly smiled. Winnie, a mother, was still so easily teased.
But Lawrence didn't want to keep talking about this, making her think he was only interested in being intimate with her.
He wanted intimacy, but only to win her back.
"Winnie, if you stop mocking my abilities because of that incident, we'll be fine, okay? Otherwise, if I want to make love to you, you won't be able to handle it."
Lawrence shamelessly raised an eyebrow.
His dangerous warning was delivered so earnestly.
Winnie was speechless. If he weren't so handsome, she would have kicked him in the face and sent him flying.
"Erectile dysfunction, and you don't want people to talk about it."
"Excuse me?"
Winnie silently looked out the window, changing the subject, "Rock was forced to withdraw from the construction site because of you. He won't rest until he gets his funds back. I heard Global Trust Bank is pressing him hard for that huge loan. Will he go to Ronnie for help now? You said he's Ronnie's man and must have a lot of dirt on the Peterson Group! If Ronnie is threatened, he might lend him the money."
Her face started to show concern.
Lawrence, however, remained indifferent, squeezing her slightly cold hand to comfort her, "Don't worry. You've been overly cautious because of Rock lately. Think about it. At this time, Ronnie would never help Rock. I'm sure of it."
Winnie looked at his face, "Why are you so sure?"
Lawrence smirked calmly, "Ray found out that Ronnie signed a lot of orders with arms dealers using the NexaCore Group partnership. Now that the products have issues and can't hit the market, those buyers are demanding huge compensation from the Peterson Group. Ronnie can't afford not to pay the arms dealers. He has no time to help Rock."
"At this point, he would only want to kick Rock away. The Harrington Group's crisis is bigger than the Peterson Group's. Ronnie isn't afraid of Rock holding any dirt because Rock is too busy saving himself. Let them fight each other. Hopefully, they'll both be destroyed, saving me the trouble of dealing with them one by one."
Winnie looked at the curve of his lips and profile, feeling a bit scared.
How much had he anticipated and planned for? Yes, Ronnie was too shrewd to be manipulated by Rock at this time. As Lawrence rose, these two wouldn't unite. Lawrence had thought of the division of hearts. Winnie admired him, every step was masterful.
She sighed in relief, "As long as Ronnie doesn't help Rock, Rock will be isolated. Unable to repay Global Trust Bank's loan, the Harrington Group will soon have most of its assets frozen. Combined with those breach of contract penalties, his company will go bankrupt in less than half a month."
"Why would it take half a month?" Lawrence played with her fingertips, smiling cruelly, "I'll make him bankrupt within a week! Now he's the most famous person in Trento City, isn't that the fame he wanted?"
In Rock's villa.
He anxiously locked all doors and windows, ordering the bodyguards to surround the villa and not allow any reporters near.
On the way back, Rock had already seen several reporters' cars tracking his address!
Rock gloomily poured a glass of red wine, ignoring the wounds on his mouth and face, and drank it down.
The wine stung his wounds, causing Rock to roar in pain.
He remembered the pain and humiliation, silently repeating in his heart, "Lawrence... Lawrence! Winnie, I will torture you both to death."
Just two months of negligence, and the business empire he had painstakingly built over the years was almost destroyed.
Now, the Harrington Group was about to collapse.
But he wouldn't end it here, not so easily!
"Mr. Harrington, Ishara is here," the secretary gently knocked on the door.
"Bring her in!" Rock sipped his wine, suddenly smiling.
Ishara was brought in by three bodyguards. She had a swollen belly, her delicate face pale, but she gritted her teeth, glaring at Rock, "Since your company got into trouble yesterday, you suddenly stopped me from going to the Blanchet Group and locked me up. What does this mean?"
"It means I'm protecting you." Rock smirked, pouring another glass of wine.
Ishara said, "Mr. Harrington, even if I can't see the news, I've heard a lot about you on the way here. You're indeed in a difficult situation."
"Shut up, I'm not finished! We're still on the same team. I haven't ended our partnership, so don't think you can escape me."
Rock, agitated, grabbed Ishara's jaw, controlling his anger at her disdain. He suddenly smiled coldly, "I got into trouble, so I must protect you first. Because Winnie will come for you next, to avenge Carlos. You're my last card. Listen, tonight you'll go to AquaVista Continent to find that woman from NexaCore Group. Here's Winnie's hair; you know how to approach that woman, right? Fix your face well enough to pass for her."
Hearing his plan, Ishara realized her mission had come.
She was eager to try. Rock had already secretly investigated that woman's identity and situation thoroughly.
Ishara was also looking forward to it!
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