After a few minutes, Lilianne arrived with the guidance of the security guard, which made Adrien a little annoyed.
"Ms. Olson, what brings you here?"
"Hello, Mr. Higgins, I…" Lilianne was too embarrassed to speak. She turned her head and looked at the security guard.
"Oh, excuse me, I have to leave."
The guard said.
"Thank you."
Adrien turned around and walked in the house without closing the door. Lilianne followed him in.
The house was broad, bright, clean and tidy. It was young people's favorite style.
"You got my address and came especially to me. You are not here to enjoy the decoration of my house, are you?"
Adrien's words woke Lilianne up.
"Mr. Higgins, the company is facing some problems. I can't solve them, so I come to ask you for help."
Adrien didn't speak after hearing Lilianne's words. He went to the coffee maker, took a cup of coffee, and stirred it with a spoon.
"Mr. Higgins, are you listening to me?" Lilianne was a little anxious.
"Yes. It tastes good. The coffee is a little expensive, but I like its taste."
"Mr. Higgins, you…" Lilianne got what Adrien meant.
Adrien just deliberately refused to talk to Lilianne. His indifferent attitude showed that he wouldn't help Lilianne, since Lilianne didn't allow Adrien to manage the company. Adrien didn't care if the small company would go bankrupt or not. He would like to sell all the shares he had. After all, he was going to Sunrise City.
"Oh? What's wrong? Do you want to have a try?"
"Mr. Higgins, to be honest, I really can't solve the problems. The situation is extremely terrible!"
"Well, it means you would not come to me if you could solve the problems. Indeed, I just have the most shares, like 79%. Oh, it's 49% now. I was not the part of team making the company prosperous, didn't do anything for the company, and didn't give any useful ideas, so you don't have to report anything to me. You won't come to me until you can't solve the problems. Is that what you mean, Ms. Olson?"
Lilianne couldn't refute Adrien's words at all.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Higgins, I'll make an apology, but the situation…"
"You do have to make an apology!" Adrien interrupted Lilianne and then turned around to look out the window.
"Look, Ms. Olson, it's getting dark. When the night falls, all the buildings will lit up. But some lights will be off at midnight and be replaced by those who are still on."
"Mr. Higgins! I have said sorry to you! What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, did you say sorry to me? For what? For your disrespect to me? Or you ignored me about the invitation to the auction? Or your bad attitude towards me?"
"I…" Lilianne was so regretful. She had a completely new understanding of Adrien. Adrien was certainly not easy to control.
"Ms. Olson, I believe you know the situation very well."
"But I don't know anything because you didn't let me know. Perhaps every employee of the company knows more than the boss about the company."
"Mr. Higgins, please don't say these angry words! I'm here to ask for your help to solve the problems!" Lilianne couldn't control her temper anymore. She shouted at Adrien.
Her shout was so loud that Darcy and Sylvia also heard it. They came to the living room and stood by Adrien's side.
"Look at your attitude. I didn't say anything harsh, but you yelled at me! Ha!"
Realizing her bad attitude, Lilianne hurriedly explained, "Sorry, Mr. Higgins. I'm just too worried about the company. Please forgive me. Could you please help me…"
"Ms. Olson, do you know why I bought the shares of your company?" Adrien pretended to be professional and began to talk nonsense.
"Why."
"I paid attention to the development of your company and thought the projects were promising. I also had many projects and wanted to cooperate with you, but you refused to talk and turned a deaf ear to my suggestions. You didn't even agree to my projects. Ha, I shouldn't have bought Corestar group. That was the biggest mistake I ever made. So, just go back. I won't help you because I'm fully disappointed with you."
"Mr. Higgins! You can't do that!"
Lilianne shouted hysterically after hearing that.
"Lilianne, I have given you more than 5 chances, but you missed all of them and still didn't respect me. I don't think you really care about the company. Now we break up, but I won't sue you for the sake of our friendship. However, I won't help you with the damage caused by your own mistakes."
"Mr. Higgins! Aren't you afraid that you will suffer a great loss if the stock price plummets?"
"I don't care. It's just hundreds of million dollars. It means nothing to me."
Lilianne was stunned by Adrien's words. Who the hell was this young man? He didn't care about hundreds of million dollars at all!
"Oh, by the way, I don't want to owe anyone. When I invested in real estate business, it was the staff of Corestar group who helped me. Though they didn't help a lot, I made a promise and won't break it. Please check how many people have taken part in the project after you go back. I'll pay each of them 4,000 dollars. I also promise you to share 10% of my gain with the company. What you have done made me angry, but I'm a generous man. I'll still share 3% with you and will transfer the money to your account tomorrow. Is there anything else?"
"Mr. Higgins, could you please…"
"Sylvia, see the guest off." Adrien didn't want to talk about Corestar group anymore. He turned around and went to his room.