Chapter 310 – Second Chance Love of the Missing Groom Novel

Peter held his gaze for a moment, and suddenly clapped him on the shoulder. “No. You can leave this to me.”

Naturally, he still had doubts about Zachary.

“Sure,” Zachary replied.

“You can go now. I need to think about this.”

Zachary left the room, and told Ember, “You should stay here, keep your parents company. I’m going back to my office now.”

With that, he left.

His phone rang as soon as he got in his car, and he answered it.

“It’s done,” the voice from the other end said.

Zachary’s gaze darkened.

“Good,” he murmured softly.

Inside the Lindts’ residence, Shirley’s jaw was dropping after seeing Zachary’s attitude. “Did he get up on the wrong side of the bed?’

Why else would he suddenly show such a dramatic change of heart?

‘Yeah, he’s definitely different now,” Ember replied. “1 can’t get a read on him.”

“When did you ever?’ Shirley said, giving her hand a squeeze. “You’d have won him over long ago if you did.”

Ember was actually left pensive just then-maybe her mother was right, and she never knew him?

But she was convinced that she did.

Peter stepped out of his office just then and told them, “I’m going out.”

Ember ran up to him, wrapping her hands around his arm as she asked, ’ What did you talk to Zachary about last night, Daddy?”

Peter looked at her for a while and sighed. “He’s been apologizing, saying that he shouldn’t have asked for a divorce, and I could tell that he was earnest about it. Stop arguing with him already-you’re not going to keep a man if you keep doing that. Try to learn how you could earn his favor…”

“He was apologizing?” Ember was actually surprised.

On the other hand, she had been constantly trying to earn his favor, but she simply never managed it.

‘Okay, Daddy.”

“Good. I have something to do now.”

With that, he quickly left and went looking for Tim Goldman-the rival he had recently competed for a certain project.

Tim did not appear surprised by his arrival, even asking his secretary to lead her to the guest room.

He waited for a while before rising to his feet, straightening his collar, and taking his time to head over as well.

As soon as he opened the door, Peter threw his phone on the table and demanded, “You sent this, didn’t you?”

Tim calmly sat opposite him, putting one right over the other nonchalantly. ’ I did.”

“What do you want?” Peter glowered. “This is unethical!’

“Unethical?” Tim found that word laughable, and sneered in disdain. “You’re the last person I want to hear that from, or have you forgotten what happened when you built that office tower of yours? People were killed, and I know that very well even if others don’t.”

Peter narrowed his eyes. “I paid the damages.”

‘But that’s not all, is it? You destroyed families just to get that plot of land, and you think it’s all settled with just damages?”

“What do you want?” Peter was starting to get furious.

“What’s the hurry?” Tim chuckled, and took his time before he said, You’re the one who ratted my affair out to my wife just to get that project. She’s been demanding a divorce over that, and while I was too busy straightening things out with her, you stole that project…”

“It’s just the truth,” Peter snapped, as if he had done nothing wrong. “You were having an affair, so I was just being kind enough to tell your wife for you, or she would always be in the dark.”

“Perhaps I should thank you, then?”

Tim’s principle was to keep business and personal issues separate, but Peter had no such qualms-he would do anything to get what he wanted, something which Tim always held contempt for.

Smiling, Tim said, “Well, now I have evidence-including the recording- that I could send to the cops. I’m sure you wouldn’t mind, right?’

Peter’s face turned ashen. “Why are you doing this to me? I have no feud with you.”

“The feeling’s mutual, but you are the reason I had to go through an expensive divorce,” Tim growled, his expression turning cool. “Not to mention that she gained custody of the kids and had since stopped me from seeing them-or I’m supposed suck it all up?”

The divorce even affected his business too, stalling or killing multiple projects because the lawsuits had forced him to reach into his company’s coffers!

Tim had lost many things.

Even if Peter was correct that he had an affair, it was just something that happened in the heat of the moment, and the woman ended up getting clingy.

He certainly did not want a divorce and quickly resolved the matter, only for Peter to expose him, destroying his family.

“What do you want?” Peter asked again-he knew what he had done, and naturally did not want things to blow out of proportion.

Then, before Tim spoke, he added, “I’ll give you the project you wanted.”

Tim laughed as if what Peter said was hilarious to him.

“What? Can’t you be content with that?” Peter scowled.

“Of course not. Are you really trying to buy my silence with trinkets?” Tim cut to the chase. “If you want my silence, it’s going to be 150 million dollars -consider it compensation for my divorce.”

“Why don’t you rob a bank instead?” Peter could throw a fit right then.

‘Since you’re in the mood to negotiate, I have no reason to force you,” Tim said, rising to his feet. “I still have work to do, so please be so kind as to see yourself out.”

With that, he left right away.

It was not as if Peter did not want to pay him, but Tim was asking too much.

Now that push had come to shove, he needed Zachary -it was his mother who actually murdered Lulu, after all.

Having the Slates pay up was a good idea, and once Peter made up his mind, he quickly left and went looking for Zachary, who received him politely and respectfully.

‘Can I help you?” he asked, seemingly surprised to see him.

His surprise was naturally feigned-in truth, he knew Peter would come to him.

Peter did not hold back at all. “The recording incriminates your mother. If you want her to stay out of jail, you have to pay 150 million to settle this.”

Zachary lowered his gaze. “Who could be so greedy? That’s basically extortion.”

‘I think so too, but there’s no helping it when a death is concerned,” Peter reasoned, intent on getting Zachary to pay up.

‘I think we should pay them together, sir,” Zachary said. “I don’t have that much money anyway.”

“What do you mean?”

Looking as if he was placed in an awkward situation, Zachary said, “It’s not as if I don’t want to pay the money, but it’s obvious that they’re after you. I have no reason to pay for everything, right?”

Peter was left staring at him for a long while in silence, because he had no retort.

“How much can you pay?”

“Fifteen million at best.” Zachary replied.

“That’s not enough,” Peter growled, stopping short of an outburst.

“But sir, even if the recording is clearly just used forextortion, they’re willing to sweep it under the rug,” Zachary held his gaze. “I mean, I would do the same for 150 million too.”

Peter did not dare to say another word at that, since it was not just the recording.

Tim holds even more leverage than that, including the cases of gross negligence years ago.

It would be all over for him if it was exposed.

Naturally, he could not tell Zachary yet-he was still skeptical toward him at the moment.

“Actually, why don’t you let me talk to the person blackmailing you? I could to talk to them-“

“No.” Peter waved him off, knowing that it was up to himself to resolve the matter now. “Fifteen million it is! I’ll be leaving now.”

Zachary walked him to his car, and watched as he sped off to the distance.

That was when his gaze darkened and his lips curled up into an icy smile.

Abigail was teaching Tommy how to draw when her bodyguards brought someone into the house.

“Ma’am, we found him sneaking around outside the house. We caught him since we suspected the mysterious person before had sent him.”

“Take Tommy into his room,” Abigail quickly told Mrs. Watson, and walked up to rip the mask off the man’s face.

Then, she froze!

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