“Why don’t you like anything I do, Bonnie?”
She ate some of her soup, and said, “Just rein it in and stop acting so recklessly. Then, I’ll start liking what you do.”
“What do you mean by reining it in? I don’t get it, Bonnie. Can you show me how it’s done?” Ivor said.
He seized the chance and sat next to her.
She noticed how opportunistic he was, and her lips twitched.
“Just stay away from me and stop saying those corny lines. That’s how you rein it in.”
“You say that, but I love you the most, Bonnie. How am I supposed to stay away from you? Moreover, those aren’t corny lines. Everything I said came directly from the bottom of my heart,” he said matter-of- factly.
What he said was downright cringy, but they sounded sincere and affectionate.
She fell silent immediately. Lowering her head, she tucked into her breakfast.
Noticing that she was quiet, he reached out and waved his hand in front of her.
“Why aren’t you saying anything, Bonnie? Don’t you agree with me? You have to see the point I’m making. Right?”
She couldn’t take it anymore. Raising her voice, she said, “Will you please shut up?”
He knew she might get mad for real if he kept fooling around. His lips curled into a grin in response. Then he made a gesture of zipping his mouth shut.
“Alright, Bonnie. I’ll stop speaking. Hurry up and eat the breakfast already.”
She rolled her eyes at him again. “I wonder who’s wasting our time around here.”
He smiled and remained quiet.
Once they were done with breakfast, his business partner arrived. All of them, including Floyd and Jim, hit the road and headed toward the quarry.
They put on their hard hats when they arrived at the place and began the inspection. His business partner, Tom, looked at the tunnel under construction not far away. Tom asked Ivor, “Why don’t we head inside and look at our mineral resources?”
Instead of responding to Tom, he turned around and glanced at Bonnie. “What do you think, Bonnie? Do you want to do it?”
She cast a glance at the tunnel. It was pitch black in there. She couldn’t even see where the darkness ended. Then, she shook her head.
“It’s too dark. There are bound to be some hazards there. Forget it.”
When Tom heard that she didn’t want to go, a hint of menace flashed in his eyes.
Then, he smiled and said, “There’s nothing to be worried about. Our team is doing construction in there as we speak. Why would they have entered there if it wasn’t absolutely safe? Furthermore, we installed some lights in there. It’s not going to stay pitch black.”
She couldn’t help but glance at him sideways.
“Why do you insist on us going in there? Why can’t we just do a simple inspection and be done with it?”
Ivor couldn’t help but frown at that. Then, he also looked at Tom.
He might not have said anything, but his silent look was enough to rouse fear in anyone.
Tom felt sweat covering his back.
Gulping heavily, he smiled and explained, “I’m just trying to show Ivor the mineral resources we have here. That way, he just migh invest more in us.”
He pretended to sigh out of sadness.
“Eh… Everpeak is a plateau. So, we don’t stand a chance against the common areas. We barely have any investors looking our way. N-Now that vor is showing interest, guess I got a little carried away.
“Please don’t hold it against me if I said anything inappropriate. I swear, I’m not out to harm you guys.”
Tom offered a sound explanation. She nodded in understanding and looked at Ivor.
“What do you think? Do you want to take a look inside?”
He pondered it a little and responded, “Since he put it that way, I guess we can do it.”
