Carter quickly ran back into the restaurant where Dahlia was waiting after receiving her call. He found her sitting there, shoulders slumped, staring blankly into space with a look of disappointment and sadness in her eyes. He immediately approached her and took a seat beside her.
"He's not the President of Ivi Books & Co. They sent someone else. It was President Chua of La Santa Publishing. He lost his son in a car accident five months ago. But I . . ." Dahlia explained weakly.
As Dahlia reached for her glass of wine, Carter swiftly stopped her. He had suspected something like this would happen, especially since Claire was the first to approach Dahlia. That's why he had tried to stop Dahlia from meeting with them, but he had failed.
Carter's anger began to rise as he tried to think of
