"Are you breaking up with me?"

As I calmly threw the tissues into the trash, I repeated seriously and clearly, "Right, I'm breaking up with you, so you don't have to force yourself."

Nora frowned, her eyes filled with disbelief, "What are you babbling about?"

"I'm serious. Do you need me to call security to get you out of here?"

Nora instantly looked annoyed. "Zachary, you'd better mean it!"

Her family seemed to have regained their confidence to speak.

"Zachary, don't regret what you said.

"I'm waiting for you to come to our house and beg for Nora's forgiveness, and she won't agree with you so easily then."

"Don't worry. I won't forgive him even if he dies in front of me this time."

As soon as Nora gave me an extremely disdainful look, she left with her family.

The others had been so scared to speak.

George Cooper probed over and asked, "Did you mean it?"

I didn't say anything.

"If you regret it, you should hurry up and chase her. You love her so much, so she'll be touched by you one day," George advised me seriously.

"No need." I shook my head calmly.

George suddenly didn't know what to say, and finally, he just shook his head.

"If you need my help, just let me know. After all, you can't truly die in front of her, and at most we'll go with you to apologize."

I looked at George and burst out laughing.

It turned out that I could humiliate myself without any limits for Nora in their eyes.

I drank a lot with some friends that day.

The depression of my previous life made me unable to control my alcohol addiction.

The next day, when I returned to the company, I called the supervisor in charge of the bidding to my office.

"Nora took the bid document for the lot in Blanton from your office the other day, didn't she?" I asked indifferently as I sat back in my chair.

"Yes, Mr. Anderson. Ms. Lewis told me you asked her to take it away."

In a previous life, Nora gave Ethan the bid document for the lot in Blanton.

Ethan knew the Anderson Group's reserve price based on this bid document, so he bid on the lot.

Besides, the lot was paid off by Nora with my money.

The Anderson Group lost a hundred million dollars over this.

Later, when I asked Nora why she did so, she said without concern, "You've already got so much money, so it doesn't matter if you lose a bit of it. Ethan's company is just starting out, and he needs this opportunity more than you do."

Before I could ask Nora further, she casually took out a tie, which she said she had just bought for me while shopping.

I was so moved by the tie, and the bid document was not as valuable as the tie to me.

Until the day that I got into the accident, I still wore that tie, which was worth a couple hundred dollars.

"Give me that bid document," I said calmly.

"Okay."

Though the supervisor of the bidding department didn't understand why, he brought the bid document to me.

Unexpectedly, Nora took the vital document casually at the company in my name.

Looking at the bid document, I was ready and waiting to make fun of Ethan.

When it came to the day of bidding, I led the team there myself.

At the entrance of the assembly hall, I saw Ethan, who was condescending.

"Mr. Anderson, I'm so confident in this bid that you shouldn't compete with me."

"Well, I don't know why you're so confident in your crappy company." I looked at Ethan with disdain.

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see." Ethan seemed to say something, but he held his tongue.

I ignored him and went straight in with my staff.

The bidding started soon after.

The price of those lots our company bid on was the same as in the bid document.

Ethan looked so smug as if she had gotten the lot in Blanton.

It wasn't until the bidding for the lot in Blanton began that Ethan looked like he was going to win. Without waiting for the other companies to call out the price, he just called out the price in the bid document Nora had given him.

Then, Ethan looked at me smugly.

When Ethan called out the price, the other companies were silent. After all, the Anderson Group wasn't that simple.

Until the bidding session was almost over, I raised my hand and said calmly, "I'm asking for a capital check. Given the size of the Murphy Group, I don't think he has the funds to pay the deposit on the lot in Blanton."

In my previous life, his security deposit was paid for by Nora with my money.

Ethan didn't expect me to do that, so he looked humiliated.

My proposal was almost approved by all the companies present.

After the organizer's capital verification, Ethan's company truly didn't have enough liquidity to pay the deposit.

In the end, the Murphy Group was disqualified from bidding, and the bid for the lot in Blanton was canceled.

As for why a company as large as Ethan's could participate in the bidding, it would not be my concern anymore.

Ethan was waiting for me at the door as I walked out with my staff.

"Zachary, I didn't expect you to use such a trick. I know you're jealous of me because of Nora, but you can't use this trick, and Nora will get upset when she finds out."

I didn't say anything as I watched his righteous indignation.

Perhaps Ethan thought I was scared, so he continued to push his luck. "Why don't you give me the lot in Blanton at the next bidding and help me pay for it? It would be best if the Anderson Group worked with my company on a few more projects to get mine growing. I'll consider speaking up for you in front of Nora.

"How was it? Good deal, huh?"

By the time Ethan finished speaking, I had just finished replying to George's message.

Seeing that I ignored him, Ethan seemed to feel humiliated, so he shouted angrily, "Zachary, did you hear me?"

"Is that all?" I asked calmly.

Ethan was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and said, "It would be perfect if you give me another five percent of shares in the Anderson Group."

Look at his condescending attitude, as if I owed him billions of dollars.

"Just daydream for now." With that, I turned around and left.

As I walked, I wondered why I was so stupid in my previous life to be fooled by someone like Ethan.