A Fair Competition.

Earlier, on the weekend nights, Country D's business center was still a sea of people with colorful lights shining brightly.

Ford had just finished the overseas market inspection which lasted for nearly half a month, and not long after his landing, Jeffrey followed behind him and reported on the recent situation in the domestic market.

After Ford returned to the office, Jeffrey carefully served him black coffee. It was due to Ford's regular exercise that he survived the days when he had only 6 hours' sleep each night. He now relied entirely on black coffee to maintain his spirits.

After listening to a series of reports, Ford changed the topic and asked, "How is Madam recently?"

"Madam has participated in a variety show recently. And everything else is fine."

Jeffrey answered as usual, but then he realized that there was something strange with his word 'Madam'. However, he could not say anything about it. Ford was his boss and surely he could do as he pleased.

"Is she at home now?"

Jeffrey looked at Julia's recent itinerary and said, "According to the schedule, Madam has finished recording the variety show at the seaside today. She should have already returned home by now."

Ford held a pen and signed as he asked, "Has the bracelet I ordered last time arrived?"

"It's here, boss."

Jeffrey immediately took out the red velvet jewelry box from the safe and placed it on Ford's table.

This bracelet was precious enough. On the first pre—sale meeting, it was bought by the president at a high price——US $5 million.

The main reason was that there was only one bracelet of this kind. Moreover, it was designed in a special meaning with 'Julia Love' on it.

Ford put down the pen, leaned on his chair and closed his eyes. Half a minute passed and he rubbed his eyebrows and stood up to instruct, "Prepare a car for Cloud Bay."

Jeffrey stared at Ford's faint dark eye circles. He paused for a moment and said somewhat unbearably, "Why don't you take a rest first? It's not late to set off when you recover your spirits."

"Has the apartment there been cleaned up?" Ford did not stop and continued to ask as he walked.

Only then did Jeffrey remembered that there was still this matter. He hurriedly replied, "Yes."

By the time they arrived at Cloud Bay, Jeffrey had already known that Julia went back from Sichen taking Lucas' car and by now she's about to arrive. He had asked his boss if he would wait here or just came again on another day.

But Ford decided to wait without hesitation. It seemed that only half a month seemed like a long long time for him. He really wanted to see her.

They waited for almost an hour.

When the elevator door opened, the four people with four pairs of eyes met each other. In a moment, there was a sharp vibe.

After a brief exchange of gazes, Mark withdrew his gaze and called out with a smile, " Hello brother."

Ford stood still, his Eyes stayed on the person on Mark's back, and he replied indifferently, "Um."

After all, there were others present, and Julia was a little embarrassed to be carried on Mark's back, so she struggled to get down.

Mark bent his knees slightly and helped her arm, supporting her as she took two steps forward.

The man in front of her suddenly took a step closer to her. He gripped Julia's fair forearm with a bit of strength and glanced at Mark. He said in a slightly low voice, "Thank you for your hard work."

Julia, "..."

Ford was completely putting on a grateful tone as if he was the master.

Mark did not show any weakness. His ink—like eyes stared straight at Ford, "My honor."

With that, a hint of provocation appeared.

The two of them looked at each other in silence, each holding onto one of Julia's arms and not letting it go. At this moment, it felt like there was war smoke rising.

Julia, who was sandwiched in the middle, thought the vibe was so cold and it happened quite suddenly.

"Let my arm go." She uttered, breaking the strange atmosphere.

Mark obediently released his grip, while Ford still tightly clenched her arm. Julia struggled ,"Let me go."

Ford looked at her, curled his lips into a smile, "Let you go?"

In the next second, he leaned over and hugged her in front of Mark, using some strength as if he wanted to cover up the other smells on her body.

Julia was furious.

She used some strength to push away the man who hugged her tightly. She was angry, "Are you sick?"

This person acted as if he had lost his mind and acted inexplicably.

Ford didn't mind and turned to look at Mark with a cold tone, "Do you still want to watch it?"

Mark pursed the corners of his lips, not afraid at all. "Sister is not willing to."

"So what are you doing?" Ford laughed eeriely "Is it that Uncle Lewis doesn't want to cooperate with the Ainsworths anymore?"

Big companies had long—term relationships with each other. For big companies, they couldn't grow without cooperating with financial giants like the Ainsworths.

Therefore, Ford had the absolute right to say in this matter.

Mark looked at him calmly. Then, he smiled and said, "Is Brother threatening me?"

Mark's voice was low and clear, and his pale face became even more frail and beautiful, without any aggressiveness.

In contrast, Ford was much more ruthless, and his expression was as cold as ice.

Julie was even more furious. So bullying was called capability?

She softened her voice and said to Mark, "Thank you for today's help. You go back and rest early."

Mark's voice slowed down and also said softly, "Sister, you must be tired too. Have a good rest."

Julia nodded and limped to press the door lock, ignoring the rest people. She knew how arrogant Ford was.

Such ignoring was enough to anger him.

'Very good.'

Anyway, she didn't want to be involved in anything other than alimony.

The door closed and the two people outside exchanged glances. Mark took the lead and said, "Brother, let's compete fairly."

Without waiting for Ford to reply, Mark turned around and left. He clearly knew that by retreating properly, there would always be a better chance of winning.

The elevator door slowly closed. The clean and beautiful youth lowered his head. His pitch—black eyelashes covered his eyes. A moment later, the corners of his mouth curved up in an extremely subtle arc.

The disgust and pain hidden in the depths of his eyes spurted out.

Julia sat on the sofa and put ice on her ankle, which relieved a lot of pain. She pressed down on it, finding it fortunate that it didn't hurt her muscles and bones.

But then the doorbell rang, she couldn't help but be suspicious. What? It turned out that Ford was so persistent. He actually didn't leave?

Julia didn't want to pay attention, but the doorbell continued to ring. She then limped to open the door. It was indeed him.

"I need to rest. If there's anything else, please talk about it tomorrow."

Julia spoke without any courtesy. It was a sin to disturb someone's rest. After she done speaking, she reached out and was about to close the door when her wrist was forcefully gripped by a strong hand from the outside. In the next second, a bracelet had already been placed on her wrist.

Ford asked in a low voice, "Do you like it?"

Julia looked at the bracelet in her wrist and frowned. This brand was famous, and this one looked even more expensive.

Ford's tone seemed to be filled with anticipation, making her even more shocked.

It was as if she had seen her former self.

The difference was her anticipation before carried some caution.

Thinking back to the past, Julia suddenly felt that the thing on her wrist was burning hot. Without thinking, she took off the bracelet, and as she had used too much force, it even hooked a red mark on her wrist.

She handed the bracelet over and smiled brightly, "Haven't you ever been dumped?"