My Ex-husband Begs Me Back novel Chapter 1524

Chapter 1524: Resources

Preston immediately showed his hand when something happened, without considering whether he had any certainty or how much of certainty he had. The result of acting like this is definitely not what he wants.

This was Elijah's thought as he sighed silently, gradually hiding his emotions.

The dean quickly returned with the cigarettes and said to Elijah, "The supermarket owner went to visit relatives, and the owner's niece doesn't understand the prices very well. She just collected the wrong amount of money."

Elijah replied without any emotion, "When selling things, one should be careful not to collect the wrong amount of money. But I suppose you are a regular customer? It doesn't matter since we are so close."

The dean nodded and didn't say much, then left.

Elijah closed the door and opened the pack of cigarettes. He didn't immediately light one up but emptied all the cigarettes out. He then opened the paper of the cigarette box and wrote a sentence with a black pen. After reading it, Elijah ate the paper and only then did he light a cigarette and take a puff.

In fact, he hadn't smoked for a long time because he didn't have that privilege in prison. This privilege was only for those who had money.

In addition, he had been staying in the hotel arranged by Ayan since he got out, so he didn't have the qualification to ask for cigarettes. So far, his craving for cigarettes had almost disappeared, but he accepted them when Preston gave them to him after coming to the orphanage.

Elijah didn't want Preston to notice anything unusual, so he opened the window to let the smoke dissipate before closing it again and picking up his phone to attend to the tasks assigned by Preston.

At the same time, in the office of Simpson Group's CEO, Kian knocked on the door and walked in quickly.

He walked directly to the desk and lowered his voice, "Mr. Simpson, I just received some news."

Kian handed over a small note, and Ayan glanced at it briefly before shifting his gaze back to the documents in front of him. He didn't even spare an extra glance or pick up the note.

He said calmly, "Don't rush to trust him, and don't think that him contacting us is something to be happy about. His character needs to be evaluated, and we need to go through thorough judgment before trusting him. It's not realistic or reliable to put all our hopes on him."

"I understand what you mean," Kian nodded.

Ayan put down his pen and looked at Kian again, saying, "Preston already knows about the incident with the SynergyCon project. He won't let go of such a good opportunity to target me. So keep an eye on him and see what he intends to do."

"Do we need to directly intervene?"

"No need. He doesn't have the resources or enough money to cause a big storm. As for minor troubles, it doesn't matter. Let him come directly." Ayan chuckled lightly, not taking Preston seriously at all.

From beginning to end, Ayan never saw Preston as his opponent because Preston wasn't worthy of being called an opponent.

Ayan admired opponents who had strength and ability. But Preston had neither. Relying solely on calculations and schemes wouldn't get him far or allow him to achieve anything significant. So why should Ayan treat him as an opponent?

Although Ayan said so, Kian was still worried because Preston always played dirty tricks. He was worried that Preston would cause trouble for Simpson Group again. Kian had witnessed everything Preston had done and knew how dark and calculating he could be.