My Wife Wants a Divorce by Red Little Fruit

Chapter 153 Submitting the Proposal

"Thank you for the compliment, President Dayton. People in high positions must be bold, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to manage so many people under them. Don't you agree?" Sydney said with a polite smile.

Stephen's expression was unpleasant, but he could not refute it and could only grit his teeth and reply," You're right."

"Since you agree, it seems I made the right call to fire those opportunists. After all, they already proved that they could defect to someone else. If we keep people like that in Skylight, they might turn their heads and betray Skylight another day. It's best to send them away early," Sydney smiled and added.

The corners of Stephen's lips pulled. He was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, but his mouth continued to praise her. "Yes, you did a good job."

'Good, my foot.'

He spent so much money to get those people to defect to him. As a result, they were all driven away by Sydney. He did not get the people and the money he spent all went to waste. He was furious.

"Thank you for your affirmation, President Dayton. Well then, I'll go in first." Sydney seemed not to see Stephen's forced smile and nodded, about to enter the conference room.

Stephen suddenly stopped her. "Wait, Sydney."

"Do you need something else?" Sydney stopped and looked at him.

Stephen straightened his tie. "I heard that today is the day you hand in your new energy technology cooperation proposal, right?"

Sydney's eyes flashed. She did not know why he was asking that, but she answered with a smile, "Yes."

"In that case, you should work hard. I want to see if you can win the cooperation spot or not." Stephen smiled insincerely.

It was not that he looked down on Sydney, but what was Sydney's level? What was Skylight's level?

If she could write a good proposal and get a spot, then the sun might start rising from the west instead. Of course, even if she wanted to hook up with President Flint to get the seat, it would also depend on whether the Madden family was willing or not.

In short, Stephen never even considered the possibility that Sydney would win this bet. He said all that in revenge for the embarrassment that Sydney gave him.

Sydney knew his thoughts, and her eyes darkened. However, she maintained a faint smile on her face. " We won't know who wins the cooperation slots until the results are released. Who knows how it'll end?"

"In that case, I'll wait for your good news. I hope that I don't end up waiting for bad news instead. That'll be embarrassing." Stephen snickered and patted Sydney on the shoulder before entering the conference room.

After he left, the smile slowly slipped off Sydney's face. Expressionlessly, she raised her hand to softly brush the shoulder he patted earlier as if she was brushing off something dirty.

She had to admit that Stephen's words put pressure on her.

Although she had great confidence in her proposal and several professors also complimented it, who could guarantee that the proposals from other companies would not be as good as hers? She was uncertain as to whether she would win a seat or not.

"Haa..." Sydney let out a sigh as she rubbed her temples.

'Forget it. No matter what the final result is, at least I tried my best.

'It'll be best if it works out, but if it doesn't, I'll think of other ways to seize power from Stephen later.'

Thinking this way, Sydney patted her cheeks, composed her expression, and went into the conference room.

It was already noon by the time the meeting ended.

Sydney hurriedly ate a few bites of lunch that Sophie bought her and then drove to Flint Corporation with her proposal in hand.

After learning her purpose, the receptionist took her to an elevator. "Ms. Raines, you can go directly to the reception room on the thirty-eighth floor. Zach will be there to receive the proposal."

"Alright, thanks." Sydney nodded and thanked her before going into the elevator.

Soon, she arrived at the reception room.

Zach heard a knock on the door, stopped his movement of organizing the documents, and looked up. When he saw that it was Sydney, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Ms. Raines, please come in."

"Excuse me." Sydney smiled at him and walked in with the folder. "This is my proposal."

"Right." Zach took it with both hands and put it on the thick pile of documents on the table.

Sydney raised her brows. "Are these the plans submitted by the other companies?"

"Yes. All of them have been handed in, except for President Madden," Zach nodded and responded.

Sydney lifted her chin in understanding.

Zach made an inviting gesture to her. "Have a seat, Ms. Raines. I'll get out a cup of coffee."

"No need. I still have work later, so I'll leave now." Sydney smiled and refused him.

It was true that she had work, but it was also true that she did not want to stay here much longer.

After all, many people knew she was Julien's ex-wife. If she stayed here for a long time, someone would spread the news to Lyra's ears, and that madwoman would cause trouble again.

Zach saw that Sydney was determined to go and no longer persuaded her. He sent her to the elevator with a smile.

Sydney bade him farewell, got into the elevator, and drove out of Flint Corporation.

Just as she left, a red car pulled up in the parking space she had just been in.

The door of the car opened, and Lyra came out from inside. Her dark eyes looked in the direction where Sydney left, and her hands clenched.

The car that just left belonged to Sydney. She recognized the license plate.

Sydney came to Flint Corporation?

Lyra narrowed her eyes but quickly returned to her usual smiling appearance and walked into the main entrance.

When she reached the front desk, the receptionist saw her and immediately greeted her, "Ms. Madden, you're here."

Everyone in the company knew that Ms. Madden was the president's fiancee.

Furthermore, Ms. Madden often came to find the president, so they had all seen her before. They could naturally recognize her at a glance.

Lyra smiled and nodded. "Is Julien in?"

"Yes. The president has no plans to go out today," the receptionist answered.

Lyra hummed and gently thanked her. "Alright, thank you."

"You're welcome, Ms. Madden," the receptionist said.

Lyra's eyes flashed slightly, and she asked, "By the way, the woman who left earlier..."

"You mean Ms. Raines?"

"Yes, what was she here for?" Lyra lowered her eyes to cover the coldness in her gaze.

The receptionist was new and did not know that Sydney was Julien's ex-wife. She just thought that Sydney and Lyra knew each other, and replied with a smile, "Ms. Raines was here to submit the cooperation proposal for the new energy technology project."

So, that was it.

Lyra pursed her lips.

She heard from her father that Sydney was also participating in the competition for a seat in this cooperation.

"I see. I'll go find Julien now." Lyra smiled at the receptionist and walked to the elevator.

However, she did not do as she said and went to the top floor to find Julien. Instead, she went to the reception room on the thirty-eighth floor.

"Ms. Madden." Zach was not surprised to see Lyra and politely invited her in.

Lyra nodded at him. "I'm here to deliver my father's proposal for him. Sorry for making you wait. There was a traffic jam along the way."

"It's no problem. Please have a seat, Ms. Madden." Zach took the proposal she handed over and pointed at the sofa.

Lyra brushed her skirt as she sat down. Her eyes fell on the pile of folders on the table, and something flashed in her eyes before disappearing just as quickly.

Sydney's proposal should be in there too, right?

As that thought, Lyra suddenly smiled. "Zach, do you have some water? I'm a bit thirsty from the journey."

"Yes. Please wait a moment, Ms. Madden. I'll pour you a cup," Zach said and went out of the reception room.

When she was the only one left in the room, she stood up and looked in the direction of the door vigilantly, making sure that no one was there. Then, she took a deep breath and reached out toward the pile of documents. Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

Her luck was quite good. The first folder she flipped open was Sydney's proposal.