Chapter18 – A Proposal Worth $100,000

Charles raised his eyes and glanced at the door, he certainly knew that Bella was looking for him, but he had also heard of what happened in the meeting room.

This was his territory!

“Lord, please give me another five minutes, just five minutes.” The man talking to Charles realized that he started to walk away, and soon stopped in front of him.

Ziv immediately put a hand on his chest, preventing him from approaching the Lord further, and warned, “Have some self-respect!”

Charles signalled Ziv back and looked at the man apathetically, “Five minutes.”

Then he faintly glanced at the direction of Bella. Since she was going to ask for help from him, she should have to beg.

Bella stood at the door for a while, seeing the man next to Charles still not leaving and a group of people around him just waiting in line for a meeting with him.

No, she couldn’t wait like this.

Bella then picked up her dress and walked over to those people. She fluttered her eyelids toward Charles and waited for the man to finish speaking so she could rush forward.

Charles took a sip of red wine and looked at her inadvertently. He saw her red lips close with a nervous look and an appearing like she wanted to dart toward him, he felt inexplicable pleasure.

“Lord, please give me another chance!” Five minutes later, the man bowed to Charles, “I will not make a mistake this time.”

Charles looked him over and did not speak. Ziv immediately stepped forward. “Mr. Ye, your five minutes is over. Our Lord will consider your proposal. You should go.”

Will consider meant he should forget about it!

Everyone knew the subtext of the words. Looking at the man's frustrated departure, Bella strangely felt unconfident.

Would he only give her a five-minute chance? Would he not lend her money, if she didn’t say it well enough?

How to say it, how to say it?

In Bella’s head, she quickly organized the words she considered the best, but before she could finish blinking, someone immediately rushed to Charles and started speaking. “Lord, our company recently has a new proposal, specifically for Williams Group...”

“Not interested!” The words were interrupted by the crisp sound of Charles’ voice.

People nowadays were incredibly ridiculous, if it was especially suitable for Williams Group...it would not have been said to him at a hotel opening. Without another word, the man was immediately stopped by Ziv, and he was forced to leave.

Bella rushed up and stood in front of him, but when she looked up into his pair of blue eyes with a faint smile, all her courage instantly disappeared.

Initially, she thought about the self-esteem and pride, both were not important now, as long as she could borrow money to help her mother.

But seeing the banter in his eyes, both her self-esteem and pride seemed to come back. The idea of asking him was gone.

“Is there a problem?” Charles looked at her indifferently.

“I, I...” Even though Bella had prepared her words, she couldn’t say any of them.

Charles looked at her and spat out coldly, “One minute.”

The ignorant and alienated look on Bella was the same as that of people who wanted to see him.

“I, I am fine.” Bella suddenly lost all courage and lowered her head.

Borrowing money was a matter of great courage, not to mention borrowing money from the devil.

She didn't dare to think about the embarrassment she would have to bear next, and silently turned around holding her dress and walked away.

But as soon as she stepped out of the door, Bess’s expectant face which was severely bruised circled in her mind. It was the same as when she saw Bess walking towards Len, and indeed she also hoped that Len would help them. She didn’t want to let her mother experience the same let down again.

Bella rose her head, held her dress tight and went to walk back. As she turned around, she slammed into one strong arm.

“Ouch!” Bella felt pain, her nose hurt, and her eyes watered, “So painful.”

“Bella, I hope you can send yourself into my arms like this at home.” The voice sounded like a cello that ascended at the top of Bella’s head. Unfortunately, there was considerable irony in that voice.

“I didn't mean to.” Bella felt a tiny bit bad. Although he had an ironic tone, the wall which was unmoveable in Bella’s heart seemed to disappear. She spread her hands naturally and looked at him piteously. “Could you lend me money?”

Charles looked at her indifferently. “How much?”

“80,000 dollars.” A tea set plus a few teacups that hung on the wall.

Thinking of this, Bella felt hurt. She really didn’t understand why her mother was so stubborn, why she didn’t want to go to the police. She already had a bad enough reputation, it couldn’t get any worse.

Charles moved close to her, which disturbed her a little and she stepped back unconsciously, she forgot that there was a wall behind her. Her head slammed into the wall, which was very painful and she looked as if she was going to cry, but she held back her tears.

The stubbornness and her somewhat messy hair made her look very pitiful.

Charles was softhearted, but the words were already on his lips. “80,000 dollars for one night?”

“What?” Bella was surprised, and when she reacted, her cheeks became red. She growled. “I am talking about borrowing, not selling! I won’t sell myself!”

Charles straightened his posture and said hastily. “I only buy, never lend.”

As soon as his voice fell, he turned around and walked away.

At that moment, Bella heard the voice of her mother at the end of the corridor. “Bella, Bella...”

As she turned her head, she saw her mother standing at the door of the meeting room watching her. The waiter stood next to her and treated her like she was a thief going to escape.

The intense feeling of humiliation arose in Bella’s heart, her mother who had been divorced for more than ten years had given up several opportunities to remarry for her, but she had done nothing for her mother.

Blood rushed up to her brain, she quickly rushed to Charles, looked up at him, and plainly told him word by word, “OK, but I want 100,000 dollars for one night!”

“Deal!” Charles answered in a low voice.

Ziv immediately took the chequebook and the pen from his pocket with pleasure. He did not care about how the Lord and Miss Brook got together, as long as they could have a baby in the end.

Charles quickly signed his name and held the check in front of Bella. “Tonight, clean up yourself!”

Was it important to clean up?

Bella was full of shame, but she still took the check he handed. It was a thin piece of paper, but too heavy for her to afford.

She considered herself clean and self-respecting, but today she still did the most shameful thing she had ever thought.

“Bella, how are things going? Did your boss agree?” Bess asked nervously.

Bella’s back faced her at the time so she could not see the results. She only saw that he seemed to be annoyed and wanted to leave.