Jonathan was worried again as he thought about it. Was Patrick not afraid of offending Yasir?
Yasir was indeed offended, but he had to hide it because he was afraid of Patrick's power. "I wonder why you two wanted to see me tonight?"
"Oh, here is the thing..." Jonathan explained their intention directly.
As Yasir heard that that they came to gain support for Amelia, Yasir pretended to be surprised and said, "Jonathan, I can understand, but Mr. Hopper..."
The moment Yasir glanced at him with a strange look, Patrick calmly said, "What's wrong with me?"
"Forgive me for being bold. Haven't you... Ahem, already divorced Madam Amelia Ramsay?"
The implication of Yasir was that he should not care about Amelia and her company's affair because Patrick no longer had a standpoint.
"We've divorced, but we still have a relationship." Patrick did not say much, so as not to shift the main focus of their visit.
This was a good explanation.
"Mr. Hopper is really kind-hearted. What was the saying again? Oh, to return good for evil! Mr. Hopper should be the best ex- husband in the world!"
To be able to stand for her after being cheated on? Patrick was really 'outstanding'.
Knowing that Yasir had deliberately disgusted him, Patrick only smiled and then went straight to the point, "I wonder if Mr. Zouch can give me face and vote for Amelia as the acting director of Apex in the next meeting of the board of directors?"
"Well..." Yasir appeared to be frustrated. He hesitated for a while and said, "To tell you the truth, Kaleb came to me just now."
Jonathan was shocked. "What?!"
Patrick replied calmly, "How much did he offer you?"
Yasir was shocked by Patrick's straightforwardness. He thought Patrick would beat the bush first, and he could indirectly raise his value as a neutral party. However, Patrick did not act as expected!
"Why would Mr. Hopper ask that? We've been colleagues for years. It would be an embarrassment if I were to ask for benefits."
Yasir was implying that even if there was indeed benefit, it was Kaleb who had forcibly offered it to him. He himself was completely innocent.
Patrick fixed his gaze on the tea table and said, "Is this card sent by Kaleb?"
Jonathan finally noticed it and could not help but became furious. D*mn it, it was really unexpected that Kaleb had acted so quickly!
"Mr. Hopper has really sharp eyes. It's true that Kaleb insisted in giving me that before he went back. It's really hard to refuse his kindness." Yasir pretended to be reluctant.
"How much is this card worth?" Patrick asked directly.
"At least 2 million dollars." Yasir only mentioned the least figure, but not the upper limit. Obviously, he was waiting for Patrick to offer a higher price.
Jonathan's face darkened when he heard this. Kaleb was really something to be able to offer such a huge amount at one go. It seemed that he had benefited a lot from the company!
But, it was not the time to care about that. Kaleb had already offered an olive branch to Yasir. This person was influential in the neutral party. It was very necessary to get him in order to gain more support from the neutral party!
Jonathan had also prepared some benefits for him in advance. But, in the face of Kaleb's millions of dollars, he suddenly felt that his preparation was incomparable.
He subconsciously looked at Patrick. Although his thought was very selfish, he could only pin his hopes on Patrick's generosity in monetary terms.
Everyone knew that Patrick was wealthy. While he had some request for the sake of his ex-wife, it must be a good deal!
Looking forward to a better life, Yasir decisively forgot about his promise to Kaleb.
Although he had received the card, he had not spent the money. As long as Patrick could afford a higher price, he would return the card to Kaleb the next day at work. Everything would be settled by then.
Unfortunately, things were out of his expectation. After hearing that Kaleb gave him 2 million dollars, Patrick had wanted to leave immediately. Was he frightened by the amount?
It should not be. His price range had always started with hundreds of billions when signing contracts!
Luckily Jonathan calmed him down by saying that they would still have contact when Yasir was in a panic. It seemed that Patrick wanted to discuss it further with Jonathan before making a decision.
"Then we'll contact each other later!" Yasir repeated for fear that Jonathan would forget about it. Then he looked at Patrick longingly and said, "Would you like to stay a little longer? It's still early."
"It's alright, we're going to leave." Patrick had always been short spoken, and others would never know what he was thinking.
After watching them enter the elevator, Yasir stood at the door in a daze for a while. It was not until his wife shouted from the living room, "Why did you put the bank card around?" Then he hurried into the house.
At basement one.
With a 'ring', the elevator door opened from the middle, and Patrick and Jonathan came out together. Compared with Patrick, who was calm, Jonathan looked obviously worried.
After taking the car keys out of his pocket, Patrick pressed the unlock button. Then he opened the door and got in the car.
Patrick looked sideways and noticed Jonathan's absent- mindedness. But, he did not expose him and only asked, "Who's next?"

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