Reclaiming Her Heart
Chapter 168 The Fair family's influence is too great

When Raymond received the call from his grandfather, a hint of disdain and mockery appeared in his eyes as he softly replied, "I understand. I will come over after the social event."

Having already helped the Fair family with two rounds of financing, Raymond easily dealt with the woman issue. However, people also signed contracts, so theoretically the Fair family should keep a low profile for a while. But now they want him to personally come to their door, giving them face, which makes the Fair family's request too big.

Raymond believes he has been lenient long enough with the Fair family. Initially, he only left New York instead of forcefully leaving behind the divorce agreement. He thought that the woman was also forced, just like him, unwilling. But after seeing each other, he saw the blatant admiration in her eyes, without any concealment, even full of ambition, which really made him dislike her.

He even felt that when he married her back then, she was encouraged in front of the old master. After all, his grandfather listened to her, and genuinely loved her. In addition, the woman saved his life. As long as she expressed the slightest intention to marry him, his grandfather would definitely help matchmake.

It's just that the means of matchmaking are too overbearing, directly marrying him to that woman.

Raymond felt annoyed after some time. He had a smooth career in the international finance circle and returned to take over the Montague family easily. However, he still had to maintain this abnormal relationship with that woman. The Fair family is being too presumptuous, relying on the support of the old master.

After promising the old master, he hung up the phone.

The business partner sitting across from him continued to talk and occasionally observed his expression. Sensing that his expression had turned cold, the partner cautiously spoke up.

"Mr. Montague, did I say something wrong?"

Raymond chuckled lightly, his tone slow and lazy. "I have reviewed the plans, they are perfect."

The business partner breathed a sigh of relief and continued to bring up the next topic.

On the other hand, Selena also intended to stand up the Fair family. Although she was genuinely worried about her father's health, she had to make him aware that the Fair family couldn't keep relying on Raymond like this. Raymond had already intercepted the Fair family's business before. If he really forced them into a desperate situation, it might be possible to bankrupt the Fair family.

Now that they had already helped with two rounds of financing, the Fair family had taken advantage of this favor, so they should keep their distance from him and not bother him.

By not attending the appointment tonight, it could also serve as a reminder to James. She believed that when he proposed such a request again in the future, he would think twice.

But Selena never expected that her father's call would reach the old master. This once again shattered her impression in Raymond's heart.

Selena took out her computer and meticulously organized all the materials needed for the renovation. Although Raymond was rich, she still wanted to save him some money as a way to repay him for the favors she owed.

All the materials had to be chosen as the best, and she tried to get them directly from the source factories at the lowest price.

In the interior design industry, ninety percent of people make money from price differences in materials, but Selena, who has been working for three years, has always diligently taken her design fees, but when dealing with previous clients, she didn't necessarily have to go to the source factory to obtain the goods.

By the time she finished organizing all the materials, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

Her phone was on silent, so she missed several calls from James.

Selena reached out to some of her contacts and obtained the phone numbers of several source factories. When she saw the last one, she paused slightly.

This source factory was actually located in Ridgefield.

Ridgefield is a relatively poor county town, but their factory produces highly sought-after goods that practically sustain the entire county.

They are most known for the sandalwood floor, which is currently the most expensive wooden floor on the market. It can be imported or domestically produced. The growth environment for this type of wood is very harsh, and originally, it had to be imported from abroad.

However, Ridgefield, hidden in the depths of the mountains, has this resource.

But in recent years, due to national policies, the sale of this wooden floor has been restricted.

The factory is only allowed to start logging when they achieve their target number of trees planted each year.

Because it's in such high demand, the wooden floors here are often sold out three years in advance.

Selena still wanted to give Ridgefield a try.

Regardless, it would still take some time for the wooden floors to arrive, so she needed to settle the other materials first.

After contacting the managers of the factories one by one, Selena was so tired that she slumped on the table and didn't want to move.

She looked through the information she had recently organized and found that one of them was placed at Ashbourne Manor.

Not wanting to trouble Fiona, she had to force herself to drive out.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Jacob at the corner of the street again.

Jacob was embracing a woman, strutting arrogantly on the sidewalk.

Selena was furious, parked her car on the side, and walked straight towards them.

"Jacob!"

Jacob stiffened, thinking he was hallucinating. He almost wanted to run, but considering the woman beside him, he forcibly suppressed the urge to flee. "Selena, what are you doing here?"