President’s Twins: Buy One, Get One Free

Chapter 204: You’re Not the Only One

“Probably because the company was not very important. It was only a subsidiary that bankrupted and it had no more value. At that time, you were busy competing with Franklin for the hotel development project in the South China Sea Resort. I was the one to handle all these small companies.”

“Why did it bankrupt?”

Joseph questioned him, “Why didn’t ST Group adopt an assistance strategy for the company at that time?”

“ST Group also can’t help it. The brand’s reputation was ruined by those black-hearted factories and the manager of SY Clothing at that time. They were so brave to cut corners in a large number of children’s clothing materials, and the materials chosen were substandard. The chemical substances inside were harmful to the human and the news was all over the place at that time. However, as SY Clothing and ST Group did not have many relations, the headquarters was not affected. When I went to SY Clothing, the company had already gone empty.”

Five years ago, Joseph was not the head of ST Group. Harrison was a bit worried about Joseph managing the company alone, plus Joseph had concealed the birth of the child from Harrison and this made him unhappy, so the power of managing the company was spread and restricted.

Joseph’s cousin, Franklin had the other half of the power to manage the company.

The hotel development project in the South China Sea Resort was a decisive game between the two of them, and it took Joseph two years to win. Franklin who was the loser packed up and left ST Group. At that time, all the companies in the real estate investment industry were bidding for the project and they had no time to care about the trivial matters of the subsidiaries. Everyone’s focus was on the project in the South China Sea Resort which would bring them a lot of profit.

Therefore, it was true that Joseph didn’t know anything about SY Clothing.

And there was another important reason.

Magnus on the other end of the phone said meaningfully, “It was said that the manager of SY Clothing at that time was Franklin’s lover. The two of them had a complicated relationship, and thus the company received a lot of ill-gotten gains. The performance of the company reported to the headquarters was always average, but the headquarters surprisingly didn’t send anyone down to manage it.”

It was simple to understand. SY Clothing was under the control of Franklin at that time, and Joseph could not intervene in it at all.

“Put together the specific things that happened at the time and send it to me.” Joseph pondered for a moment. “I want a directory of all of the clothing designers working at SY Clothing at that time.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Joseph turned around. He was shocked to see Dante standing behind him.

“It’s not a good habit to eavesdrop on others’ phone calls.”

Joseph taunted him deliberately. His words were ungracious.

Dante, however, was a bit baffled. When Joseph was about to walk away, Dante turned around and told him from a distance.

“It’s impossible that you don’t know what happened at that time. It was such big news and the final blame attributed to me was a decision made by someone from your headquarters.”

“I don’t have interest in what happened to you back then. I don’t care why do you have a grudge against me either. There are plenty of people who hate me. You’re not the only one.”

After finishing his words, Joseph entered the clinic without looking back.

The swarthy man stood at the entrance of the clinic. His figure and the white walls of the clinic formed a sharp contrast of black and white, like a statue standing motionless for a long time.

After treating the wounds, Hayden fell asleep for two hours. When she woke up, she was almost numb from the pain, but she still felt a bit of pain when she moved. She couldn’t help but gasp in pain.

“You still feel pain, right?”

Joseph held her hand with a distressed look on his face, “The doctor said you’re not fit to travel for a long distance right now as the blisters may be torn open. Therefore, we’ll observe your situation for a night and go to the hospital in the city tomorrow morning.”

Hayden's voice was a little hoarse, probably because of the excessive screaming earlier.

It took half a day for her to find her voice, “I’m hungry.”

Joseph who had a serious expression initially was stunned and he got up hurriedly, “I’ll help you to buy some food.”

“No need.”

Hayden blinked her eyes at the man behind him, “Mr. Bruke, you’re here to bring me food, right?”

Joseph turned around and indeed saw Dante standing right at the entrance of the ward, carrying a simple wooden food box in his hand. He could vaguely smell the aroma of fish.

When he saw Dante, he felt angry and his face immediately turned gloomy.

“Who asked you to come here? Take the stuff away.”

“Give it to me, is it fish congee?”

Joseph’s face was pale and he was very embarrassed when he heard these words from Hayden who was on the bed.

Hayden was making him ashamed and she even struggled to wave at Dante enthusiastically. She tried to sit up from the bed, but this made her wound pulled and she grimaced again.

Dante quickly walked into the room, looking like he was at a loss for words.

“Don’t move.”

Joseph held Hayden’s shoulders to prevent her from moving around. He turned his head to glare at Dante warningly. “Just stand there and don’t move. Give me the stuff.”

“What are you doing? Mr. Bruke is kindly coming to bring me food.” ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Hayden endured the pain and forced a smile at Dante that looked uglier than what she would look when she cried.

“Mr. Bruke, thank you.”

Dante held the food box with one hand and scratched his head with the other, “No, I’m the one who should say sorry. I want to apologize to you.”

Without waiting for Hayden to reply, Joseph extended his hand with a cold face, “No need to say nonsense. Just give me the stuff.”

If Hayden hadn’t wanted to eat a bite of fish congee all the way when they came, he really wouldn’t have wanted to touch anything from the psychopath.

However, as if Hayden had seized the opportunity, she fiercely pinched Joseph’s arm and looked at Dante with a smile.

“Mr. Bruke, sit down. It’s not a big deal. You don’t need to take it to heart. You didn’t mean to do it. I’m just quite curious that what was it that you were so angry about before.”

Hearing her words, Dante’s face stiffened. He was at a loss and didn’t know whether he should sit or stand.

Joseph glanced at him contemptuously and blew the fish fillet to make it cold and sent it over to Hayden’s mouth.

“Why don’t you ask me instead of asking him?”

“You know?”

Hayden drank the mouthful of fish congee with the spoon and looked at Joseph in amazement.

“I will tell you while you eat.”

Joseph didn’t quite like her look of being interested in everything else. She was curious about everything, but she only ignored him who was in front of her.

The time for her to finish a bowl of fish congee was sufficient for them to explain the whole story.

To put it mildly, both of them had a point.

At that time, Dante was already a famous designer in the design industry. He was invited by a friend to go to SY Clothing. His friend told him that SY Clothing was a company with ST Group supporting it, so he would be freer to design the clothing. But when he just worked in SY Clothing for a while, he received a batch of orders asking him to do a design for the secondary school students.

At that time, the fabrics that Dante advocated were not directly adopted because of the high cost, so he got angry during the conference and said something ironically. He said that if the company wanted to save money that much, the defective fabrics should be used as it was unnoticeable. Then he didn’t expect that the manufacturing factory really used substandard fabrics to try to pass off as good fabrics.

Then, something wrong happened later.

Dante was unaware of all these things and when the news broke out, his superiors said it was all his fault in order to keep the reputation of the company. Dante who was wronged could not stay in the design industry anymore. That’s why he got furious and went back to Sea View Town.

In the end, Dante’s was so angry that his face turned red and he said rashly.

“It was ST Group’s statement that clearly put the blame on me, and at the time the president of the company was you, Joseph Beckham.”