The Ex-husband Wants to Get Power Every Day After the Divorce

Chapter 594: Chapter 587: Hit a Snag
 

Li Qingqing’s heart was filled with resentment.

In just a brief moment, Damian Thompson also noticed her.

“She’s my classmate,” Grace Harrison explained, taking a particular interest in adding, “She said if you and I were in a romantic relationship, she would eat shit.”

The air fell deathly silent.

Li Qingqing’s face turned from green to white.

Eat shit, eat shit…

It was one thing to talk big in front of her classmates, but it was quite another for Grace Harrison to say it in front of Damian Thompson!

Who would want to lose face in front of a business mogul like Damian Thompson? Especially now that she was also a CEO’s wife…

“Heh heh, Mr. Thompson, we were just joking earlier, you can’t take it seriously…” Li Qingqing thickened her skin and forced a laugh.

“Hey, Li Qingqing, when you said that in front of so many classmates just now, you didn’t say it was a joke, did you? Now that you’re also a person of status, wouldn’t it be inappropriate to go back on your word?”

“Yeah, Li Qingqing, we all heard it.”

“If you’ve got to eat shit, you’ve got to eat it, honor the bet, admit the loss. If I lost, I would definitely eat it, reputation comes first.”

“Yeah, Li Qingqing, it’s just eating shit, it won’t kill you.”

The classmates chimed in one after another, all taking Grace Harrison’s side.

Now that Damian Thompson had appeared, if they couldn’t pick the right side, they would just be foolish.

Between Grace Harrison and Li Qingqing, supporting Grace Harrison was obviously the better choice.

Watching all her classmates side with Grace Harrison, Li Qingqing’s complexion grew uglier, realizing what it meant to be an opportunist.

“I’ll eat shit if Mr. Thompson can solve all of our classmates’ employment issues, I will eat it,” Li Qingqing’s eyes shifted, and she sneered, “Grace Harrison just asked me to solve our classmates’ employment issues, and I don’t have the ability, but Mr. Thompson surely does, right?”

Grace Harrison wanted to trap her, so she was going to trap her in return.

With so many people here, she didn’t believe Damian Thompson could take them all in.

Upon hearing this, Grace Harrison frowned slightly.

Although Damian Thompson was the manager of Thompson Group, she had never thought of using his position for anything. If Damian Thompson really agreed to help their classmates with employment, and if the other people in the company found out, who knew what they would think of her.

Damian Thompson looked at her and smiled faintly, “What do you think?”

“I remember the company isn’t short on staff, right?” Grace Harrison hesitated.

After all, she didn’t want to misuse her relationship with Damian Thompson.

Facing the expectant gazes of her classmates, Grace Harrison guiltily lowered her head.

Damian Thompson took her hand, “Who says we aren’t short, I was just considering opening a branch in Capital City.”

The Leaford and Jenkins families were in Capital City, and the Thompson family couldn’t be an exception.

To open a new company was to inevitably recruit staff.

Grace Harrison was taken aback, still not quite comprehending, when Damian Thompson addressed Li Qingqing, “I’ll take all your classmates, but remember the bets you made… you must deliver on them.”

Li Qingqing’s face instantly turned incredibly ugly.

Damian Thompson had actually agreed just like that!

Eating shit, how could she possibly eat shit!

“Mr. Thompson, my husband is Ning Yulou, our company has a cooperation with yours…” Li Qingqing gritted her teeth, bringing her husband into the picture.

If Damian Thompson didn’t know her status when making such demands, that would be one thing, but she didn’t believe that, once her status was revealed, Damian Thompson would still make such excessive demands of her.

“Mr. Thompson, the person signed a cooperation contract with us just last week; they’re our A-grade partner,” reminded the assistant beside him.

Partners also had rankings, and generally being A-grade meant they were quite important.

“Exactly, Mr. Thompson, our company has a major cooperation with your company this year. Just now was only a joke I was making with my classmates, after all, such a wager could never really be fulfilled, right….” Li Qingqing forced a cheerful laugh, and after speaking, she swept her classmates with a look of smugness.

So what if she lost the bet and talked big, it’s not as though Damian Thompson would really hold her accountable for such a trivial matter, right?

The class monitor rolled their eyes at this display and let out a disdainful “Tsk”, which, though quiet, clearly reached Li Qingqing’s ears.

“What are you ‘tsking’ about?” Li Qingqing flared up on the spot.

“Since the contract was just signed, that means the cooperation hasn’t started yet. Let’s cancel it, we can afford the contract penalty,” said Damian Thompson, his words dropping like a bombshell, stunning Li Qingqing.

She thought she had heard wrong.

“Mr. Thompson… What do you mean?” Li Qingqing was dumbstruck.

“The literal meaning,” Damian Thompson chuckled, his eyes shimmering with a cold light. He looked at his assistant, “Sign the contract cancellation with Ning Yulou tomorrow. We dare not partner with such a collaborator.”

After speaking, he left with Grace Harrison.

Grace wanted to say something, but looking at the stunned Li Qingqing, she ultimately said nothing.

No one expected such an outcome, and the room fell silent for several seconds.

As Li Qingqing’s emotions seemed on the verge of collapse, everyone found an excuse to leave.

The class president had a bright, wide grin on his face.

“That’s what you get for running your mouth. Serves you right.”

Li Qingqing had yet to recover from Damian’s words when she quickly received a call from her husband.

“The Assistant of President Xie said you did something excessive and wants to terminate the contract with our company. What on earth did you do?! I secured this partnership through layers of connections, and you’ve ruined it all!”

Ning Yulou’s fury turned Li Qingqing’s face beet red.

“Husband, I… I…”

Li Qingqing didn’t know how to explain.

But she knew that she had become the company’s scapegoat.

Her family background wasn’t great, and marrying her current husband was reaching high; if the partnership went sour, she might be abandoned by her in-laws.

Now, Li Qingqing was full of regret.

Of all people to offend, why did she have to offend Grace Harrison?!

She suddenly thought, if she were to fulfill her promise, would Damian give her a break? Would Grace give her a second chance?

With this realization, Li Qingqing was sobered completely, knowing that Grace held an unshakable place in Damian’s heart.

Even if she despised Grace, she was still the beloved of Damian and the esteemed young lady of the Thompson family.

She was wrong.

She had hit a snag!

If it could save the Ning family’s partnership, even eating shit right now wouldn’t be off the table.

After coming to her senses, she sent Grace a message: Grace Harrison, I was wrong, I sincerely apologize to you, I’ll eat the shit, please let us off.

Grace, who was sitting in the car, received the message.

She held up her cell phone for Damian to see.

“How would you like to handle this?”

Damian looked at her with a mischievous smile, his hand dominantly resting on her waist.

As he caressed her waist with his well-defined hand, Grace’s face flushed, and she clasped her hands to prevent him from wandering further.

“I never intended to make her eat it.”

They were classmates, after all. A bet was a bet, and it was enough that Li Qingqing had learned her lesson.

“Mhm,” Damian’s head gently rested on her shoulder, his breath lingering on the nape of her neck, “I’ll listen to you.”

Grace’s heart was pounding.

She had thought Damian would be reserved in that area, but the reality was the complete opposite.

He appeared genteel on the outside, yet he was aggressive in intimate moments.

He used to be able to control himself, but ever since they got engaged, it was as if a repressed beast had suddenly been released.

She was the initiator in this relationship, yet in the end, she was the one exhausted night after night.

Damian looked deeply into the eyes of his shy and blushing young wife, his gaze thoughtful.

The most skilled hunter always appears in the guise of the prey.

He was the one being devoured, and the one willing to be devoured.

“Today, I helped your classmate, how will you repay me?”

Grace replied with mixed emotions, “Tonight… I offer myself to you.”

“Mhm.”

“Mm…”

All sounds were drowned out.

Darkness approached, and the night was sweet.