Billionaire’s Runaway Bride

Penn’s POV:

When I finished work in the evening, I suddenly received a call from Clayton.

He chuckled, “Long time no see. I wonder if you have some time tonight to join me for a drink?”

Hearing this, I furrowed my eyebrows slightly, knowing that he had something to say. I replied in a low voice.

After hanging up the phone, I instructed Bill to pick up Lundy from the kindergarten and drove to the private club I often go to.

As soon as I entered, the waiter greeted me, “Mr. Carter, Mr. Sharp is already waiting for you.”

I nodded slightly, followed the waiter upstairs and entered the private room.

Although he said we were just going to have a drink, there was only a bottle of beer on the table, with plenty of exquisite dishes.

Clayton was leaning on the sofa, lost in thought. When he saw me come in, he slowly sat up and smiled, “I was originally planning to invite you for a drink, but I’ve been so busy all day that I haven’t had time to finish my meal. So, I changed it to dinner.”

I nodded without saying anything and asked the waiter to leave.

The private room was now just the two of us. I sat next to Clayton and asked in a deep voice, “What’s the matter? Spit it out.”

Clayton picked up a piece of food and sighed, “I haven’t eaten for a day, I’m really hungry. Let’s eat first and then talk.”

I looked at his sudden move, and my eyebrows furrowed deeper.

He then picked up another piece of food and said, “Penn, you haven’t eaten either, have a taste.”

Seeing him like this, I didn’t ask again, but cooperated with him to eat the food.

During the meal, Clayton talked about business matters in a casual way. The more deliberate he was, the more I felt something was wrong.

After finishing the meal, I spoke in a deep voice, “You haven’t said the reason why you called me here yet. What’s the matter? It’s hard for you to open your mouth like this?”

He paused for a moment, sat back down, and pondered for a while before carefully asking, “I just wanted to ask, have you been in touch with Miss Miller recently?”

“Why do you ask?” I frowned and glanced at him.

He cleared his throat and said nonchalantly, “Yesterday, she came to check on the old man’s health, and I suddenly remembered that your relationship with her seemed quite good before, so I wanted to ask you. If you haven’t been in contact with her recently…”

“What do you want to say?” I asked with a serious face.

“Well, when Aimee came to treat the old man, it was because all the material suppliers in River City didn’t cooperate with their research institute. So, she came to us initially to sign the contract for the half-price sale of medicinal herbs that our family publicly announced. Later, after she cured the old man, I also signed a contract with her as promised. With the Sharp family leading the way, many material suppliers turned their backs and started to cooperate with Aimee’s research institute. But in the past two days…”

At this point, Clayton dragged on his tone, glanced at me, paused, and continued, “In the past two days, the same thing happened again. All the material suppliers in River City received a warning not to cooperate with Aimee’s research institute. Now, Aimee’s only cooperative partner is the Sharp family.”Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

I was furious and asked, “Who did this?”

Clayton pondered for a moment, patted my shoulder in a mysterious manner, and said, “Brother, that’s all I can say. I believe it shouldn’t be difficult for you to investigate this matter. The rest is up to you.”

Upon hearing this, I immediately took out my phone and called Bill, “Find out who from the Carter Group recently had contact with the major material suppliers in River City and who prohibited them from cooperating with the Moonlight.”

Not long after, Bill called back. “Who did it?” I asked anxiously.

“It was… the Madam,” he hesitated.

Hearing his answer, I closed my eyes and was not surprised.

Since Clayton mentioned this matter to me, I had a guess in my heart. Asking Bill to investigate was just to confirm it.

“I got it,” I hung up the phone expressionlessly. “When did you find out?” I turned my head to look at Clayton. He hesitated for a moment and said truthfully, “Yesterday. The Sharp family was also involved yesterday, and I was busy dealing with their issues. I didn’t know how to tell you, so I kept delaying until today. Don’t worry, the Sharp family’s recent supply of medicinal materials is enough for Aimee and her team.”

I slightly closed my eyes and suppressed my displeasure. “Besides, I didn’t think you knew nothing about this,”

Clayton added slowly. Hearing this, my expression became even more unpleasant. That young woman must have already known that this matter was related to the Carter Group. Perhaps she also thought that I was aware of it. Before this incident, she was already avoiding me, and if she had such thoughts, I didn’t know how she would view me. “The company has been busy lately,” I replied briefly. Clayton nodded in understanding.

“If I had known it would be like this, I should have told you yesterday,” he sighed.

I didn’t show any reaction and simply said, “You know it and I know it, but my mother won’t know it was you who told me.” From Clayton’s perspective, I could understand why he waited until now to speak up. With the close relationship between our families, Clayton telling me about this also meant going against my mother.

Clayton furrowed his brows slightly and said,

“Do you think I care about that? If I hadn’t seen the way you treat Aimee with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have come all the way here.” “But now that you know, what do you plan to do?” he hesitantly asked.