The Peremptory Casey Davies novel Chapter 6

Edith felt shivers down her spine the moment she stepped into the living room, she was uneasy.

The family of four stood at the sidelines of the living room, the family always had to stand during a family meeting.

"The meeting will be set in motion since everybody is here now. I'll get straight to the point, the point of this meeting is none other than about the purchasing of the office building."

"The Patel family's business is now developing steadily and hence the location of our office shouldn't be in such a shabby place anymore and should be upgraded. An office building from the TY Real Estate Inc. caught my eyes and I wanted the purchase to be a success. Does anybody want to volunteer to negotiate with TY Real Estate?"

Francis glanced over the crowd.

Everybody lowered their heads hurriedly, afraid of meeting Francis's eyes. They didn't want to take over the task.

They all knew deep inside at which level the Patel family stood at, TY Real Estate wouldn't give a damn about negotiating with them. A few even went to the real estate office already and were given the cold shoulder, nobody was willing to take up the task.

"Hmph, nobody wants to shoulder the responsibility for a proper task and all of you are staying quiet. You guys are only proactive when it comes to fun and feasting. What's wrong, do you guys think that we are not on their level to purchase a building from them?" Francis snorted coldly.

The crowd lowered their heads even more.

Edith didn't dare to say anything, she really wanted to help the family to purchase this building, but she also knew very well that this wouldn't be an easy task. She could only think of a way silently in her head, and she wasn't 100% confident about it, volunteering for the task half-heartedly like that would be no different than death itself.

At this moment, Albie glanced at Edith, he smiled sheepishly and said out loud, "Grandfather, the other day I heard Edith mentioned something about she is capable of negotiating with TY Real Estate and purchasing the office building. How about we give the task to her?"

Edith's eyes were now wide open, she wasn't expecting Albie to say that.

She wanted to refute but Nyla chimed in and said, "Yes, grandfather. Edith told us herself the other day, that if she were to take on the task she will be done with the negotiation in no time, and she might even get us a 50% discount."

Francis's eyes brightened up, he was prideful yet stingy, it would be a great thing if Edith was able to get him that discount for purchasing the office building.

"Edith, is that true?" Francis asked.

Edith quickly tried to explain, "Grandfather, I have said no such thing…"

Nyla interrupted her and said, "My dear Edith, no need to be so humble, we all heard you loud and clear the other day."

Nyla gave the crowd a signal as she finished her sentence. The people got the hint and echoed what she said.

"Nyla is right, we all heard the same thing as well, it is true."

"Francis, it would be perfect if Edith can negotiate the office building's price into a good five million, we must let her handle the task."