CHAPTER 8: CHAPTER 8: NONE OF HIS FRIENDS THINK HIGHLY OF HER

If Zenith Group’s assets rank among the top ten in Aris, then The Pierce Family is something beyond the combined power of all those top ten.

Vincent Hawthorne furrowed his brows, a bit puzzled: "In the pharmaceutical field, The Pierce Family has never dealt with it, right? Why suddenly acquire Westgard Pharmaceuticals?"

Cody Crawford spread his hands and shrugged: "I have no idea, maybe they think the pharmaceutical industry is too tempting a cake. After all, who would mind having too much money?"

With that, Cody Crawford glanced at the time, stood up to say goodbye, and as he reached the door, he turned back to remind Vincent Hawthorne: "By the way, don’t forget Rhys Lucas is returning to the country tonight, and it’s his birthday, we’re meeting at The Treasure Pavilion at seven to welcome him."

Rhys Lucas was his college roommate, a brother for many years, he couldn’t just stand him up.

Vincent Hawthorne considered for a few seconds, then picked up his phone and made a call to the villa.

"President Hawthorne." It was Aunt Lewis who answered the phone.

"Where’s my wife?"

"Madam is in the room."

"Have her pick up the phone."

The phone in the living room and the phone in the room were connected, Aunt Lewis directly transferred the call, and Vincent Hawthorne waited for a full thirty seconds, his patience wearing thin, until Tanya Sinclair finally picked up.

In the past, Tanya Sinclair always answered his calls instantly!

"Vincent, what’s up?"

Vincent Hawthorne’s tone was a bit displeased: "What are you busy with? Why did you take so long to answer?"

Tanya Sinclair looked at the silver needles pierced into the acupuncture points on her legs and didn’t hide from him: "I’m doing acupuncture on my legs, trying to quickly recover to walk normally."

She needed to continue her act of being sightless, but her legs had to recover soon, or it would delay her subsequent plans.

Tanya Sinclair was born into a family of medicine, she could hold a needle as soon as she could hold chopsticks, even if she couldn’t see, finding acupuncture points was child’s play for her.

Vincent Hawthorne didn’t question her reasoning.

"Tonight I..." When he was about to speak, Vincent Hawthorne paused slightly, casually making up a lie, "I might have to work overtime, will be back late. Don’t wait for me, get some rest early."

Vincent Hawthorne wasn’t planning to tell Tanya Sinclair about his plans to meet Rhys Lucas and the others.

The reason was simple, he found it troublesome.

Over the years, Tanya Sinclair had always wanted to blend into his circle, made efforts to get along well with his friends, even went out of her way to remember the birthdays of his buddies and prepared gifts a month in advance.

But Tanya Sinclair sent home-brewed Chinese herbal medicine she mixed herself, health and nutrition stuff.

While his friends were nothing but rich and noble?

All the gifts they gave were expensive luxury items, each more valuable than the other.

When Tanya Sinclair handed over the herb packet amidst the crowd, Vincent Hawthorne clearly saw the mocking and disdainful looks on their faces.

He knew very well, they looked down on Tanya Sinclair, even more so on her gifts.

If Tanya Sinclair knew he was going to Rhys Lucas’s birthday tonight, she would probably insist on tagging along... but with her current state, she’d only make Rhys Lucas and the others laugh.

Tanya Sinclair didn’t really care whether Vincent Hawthorne worked overtime or not, she only cared about the two children.

"What about Caden and Joy? I’ll go pick them up."

Vincent Hawthorne glanced at the photo of the two children on the corner of his desk, his expression unchanged as he said: "I remembered, after school today they have two more piano lessons with an international piano master. I’ve arranged for a driver to pick and drop them, just rest at home."

Tanya Sinclair forced a smile: "Okay, don’t work too hard then, take care of yourself. Once my legs recover, I’ll return to the company in a few days."

She was the head of the pharmaceutical research department at Zenith Group, also the chief medical officer!

Her career, she had to reclaim it!

But those words in Vincent Hawthorne’s ears meant she was eager to go back to the company to help him.

Vincent Hawthorne slightly curled his lips.

Tanya Sinclair was still the same Tanya Sinclair, always revolving around him.

As long as he flashed her a smile, she would be perfectly content.

Vincent Hawthorne’s tone became increasingly gentle: "Tanya, as long as I’m in the company for one day, I promise you can come back anytime."

Tanya Sinclair felt a wave of nausea.

She obviously became the head of the research department through her own abilities, with three pharmaceutical patents.

But in Vincent Hawthorne’s mouth, it seemed like she could join Zenith Group, only because of his influence!

Tanya Sinclair looked at herself in the full-length mirror, her cold brows and eyes revealed a sobering weariness; when she spoke, her tone was one of heartfelt gratitude.

"Vincent, you’re so good to me..."

So good indeed.

No one knew, as the head of the Zenith Group’s research department, her salary was just one dollar!

Only because Vincent Hawthorne said: ’Tanya, I just became the general manager, need to produce a wonderful financial report, to create the greatest benefit for the group, help me out.’

To help him open source and reduce expenses, the first step was to save her own multimillion salary.

Vincent Hawthorne was genuinely moved then: ’Tanya, what’s mine is yours, I will never fail you, nor let you suffer financially.’

Back then, Vincent Hawthorne even handed her a card of sub-account.

Relying on memory, Tanya Sinclair rummaged through the bottom of the closet and found the card Vincent Hawthorne gave her years ago.

She made a phone call to the bank to inquire about the situation of the card, and got the reply: "Hello, this card was stopped by Mr. Hawthorne five years ago."

Tanya Sinclair looked at the useless card in her hand and laughed in a bittersweet, mocking manner.

"Vincent Hawthorne, is this what you call, never fail?"

She once loved him wholeheartedly, trusted him, and in the end, he made her lose everything...

’Buzz buzz——’

At this moment, Tanya Sinclair’s private phone vibrated twice, the only one who would message her now was Daisy Bell.

Daisy Bell: [Tanya darling, you asked me to look into Cindy Lynn’s information, I found some juicy tidbits! When should I give it to you?]

Since Vincent Hawthorne wasn’t coming home tonight, she took this opportunity to go out to meet Daisy Bell.

Tanya Sinclair: [See you tonight at The Treasure Pavilion, the old spot.]