Pampered by My Ex-husband (Penny and Orlando)
Chapter 168 The Stuart Family's Excessive Pride

Chapter 168 The Stuart Family's Excessive Pride

When Orlando received Rex's call, a hint of scornful contempt flickered in his eyes as he murmured, "I understand. I'll go after I finish my social engagement."

Having helped the Stuart family through two rounds of financing and signed a contract with that woman, Orlando thought it should have been a period of calm for the Stuart family.

Yet now they wanted him to personally visit, giving them respect. The Stuart family's pride was excessive.

Orlando believed he had shown enough mercy towards the Stuart family. He had only left Chatville instead of forcefully demanding a divorce agreement. He thought that woman had also been coerced into the marriage, just like him. Both were unwilling participants.

But upon meeting her, he saw the blatant admiration in her eyes, devoid of any pretense, even filled with ambition, which he found displeasing.

He even felt that she had instigated their marriage in front of Rex back then.

After all, Rex listened to her, and genuinely cared for her, and considering she had saved his life, as long as she expressed the slightest desire to marry him, Rex would definitely help make it happen. However, the means used for this match were too overbearing, directly forcing him to marry that woman.

Orlando felt rare annoyance. He had been sailing smoothly in the international finance circle and easily took over the Fletcher Group upon returning to the country. Yet he still had to maintain this abnormal relationship with that woman.

The Stuart family became too arrogant with Rex supporting them.

After agreeing to Rex, he hung up the phone.

The business partner sitting across from him continued to talk enthusiastically, occasionally observing his expression. Sensing his coldness, the partner cautiously spoke up.

"Mr. Fletcher, did I say something wrong?"

Orlando lightly laughed, his tone lazy and unhurried. "I've read the proposal, and it's perfect."

The partner breathed a sigh of relief and continued to bring up the next topic.

On the other hand, Penny also planned to stand up the Stuart family. Although she was genuinely worried about her father's health, he needed to know that the Stuart family couldn't always rely on Orlando. Orlando had already intercepted business from the Stuart family before. If they truly cornered him, it was even possible for him to bankrupt the Stuart family.

Now that he has helped them through two rounds of financing, the Stuart family has taken advantage of it and should keep their distance from him and not bother him.

By not going to the appointment tonight, she could also give Cason a wake-up call. She thought that when he brings up such requests again in the future, he would think twice.

But Penny never expected that Cason's call would reach Rex.

Making her image in Orlando's mind plummet once again.

Penny took out her computer and sorted out all the renovation materials she would need. Although Orlando was wealthy, she still wanted to save money for him as a way of repaying the favor she owed. All the materials had to be of the best quality, and she tried to get them directly from the factories at the lowest price possible.

In the interior design industry, 90% of people profit from the price difference in materials. But in the three years she had been working, Penny had always diligently collected only her design fees. However, when dealing with previous clients, she hadn't insisted on getting materials directly from the factories.

She finished organizing all the materials, and it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

Her phone was on silent mode, so she didn't receive several calls from Cason.

Penny reached out to her contacts and obtained the phone numbers of several source factories. When she saw the last one, she paused slightly.

This particular source factory was actually in Prodale County.

Prodale was a relatively poor county, but there was a factory there that produced highly sought-after goods, which basically supported the entire county's population.

That product was Lignum Vitae flooring, currently the most expensive wooden flooring on the market. You could choose between imported and domestic options, but the growth conditions for this wood were extremely harsh. It used to be imported from overseas, but Prodale, hidden deep in the mountains, had this resource.

However, due to recent national policies, this type of wooden flooring has been marked for restricted sales.

The factory could only start logging when they reach the target number of these trees planted yearly.

Because it is so scarce, the wooden flooring here would be pre-ordered three years in advance.

But this time, Penny still wanted to go to Prodale to have a try.

However, there was still some time before the wood flooring could be delivered, so she needed to deal with the other materials first.

After contacting the responsible persons of those factories one by one, Penny was exhausted and collapsed on the table, reluctant to move.

She went through the recently organized materials and found that one of them was kept at Hills Villa.

Not wanting to bother Anika, she had no choice but to force herself to drive out.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Noah at the corner of the street.

Noah was hugging a woman and swaggering down the road.

Penny was infuriated, and her scalp tingled. She parked the car on the side and walked straight towards them.

"Noah!"

Noah froze, thinking he was hearing things, and almost attempted to run away. But realizing he had a woman by his side, he forcibly suppressed the urge to escape. "Penny, what are you doing here?"