Daniel hurriedly said, "James, let Chris sit down first."

Only then did James stopped asking.

Christopher walked to his seat and sat down. Daniel handed him a glass of wine.

He held it in his hand. Faced with James’ question, Christopher didn’t show any emotion on his face. He just said, "James, I remember that I didn’t promise you."

James was rendered speechless by Christopher. Indeed, he didn’t make any promises that night, but he thought they were like brothers. It was just a small favor, why would they need a verbal agreement?

"Even if you didn’t promise me, but you didn’t object to it either. Chris, I think our brotherhood is more important than anything else. Why did you help an outsider instead? You..."

"James, calm down."

Seeing that he was getting more agitated, Daniel tried to calm him.

"How can I calm down? I was so close to beating that bastard to death. But now, Chris has helped him to live again. How can I swallow that indignity?"

James couldn’t calm down. He would have preferred to stay abroad, but now he was dragged back here into all this family business.

It was his fate so he accepted it, but when he was about to succeed, his plan was ruined by Christopher.

How could he not be angry?

"Chris, tell me, do you still want to be brothers?" James gave an ultimatum.

Daniel persuaded, "James, don’t say things in a fit of anger."

"I’m not saying this lightly. Chris, forget about other things. But this is a big deal, and you are not on my side. How can I regard you as my brother in the future?"

Christopher didn’t say anything. After James vented all his anger, he calmly said, "James, do you really think that if I don’t sponsor him, he won’t be able to get other sponsors?"

James paused. "At least it won’t happen in a short time."

Christopher scoffed. "You’re too naive. Why do you think Denise Kelshore joined the TV station at this critical moment?"

"What else could it be? She was naturally deceived."

James snorted.

Christopher sneered. "With Denise’s intelligence, how could she not be aware of the current situation? She actually dared to join him, which means that she’s already

done her research and has her own plans." "What do you mean?" James was puzzled.

Christopher said, "Do you know that Denise went to see my father as soon as she came back?"

James had never heard of this.

"So what if she’s gone there? The Batemans would invest? I don’t believe it at all."

Christopher didn’t believe it too, but that day he unexpectedly heard his father’s praise of Denise, when only three years ago, his father had criticized Denise harshly in front of everyone.

When Denise came to the company to talk to him about the sponsorship, only then did he come to his senses.

Denise probably had his father’s permission. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have dared to visit him.

"If I’m not wrong, even if I don’t sponsor, the Batemans will do it." "I would rather it be the Batemans than you." James said angrily.

Sitting aside, Daniel couldn’t help but interrupt, "James, don’t you understand? If the Batemans get involved, your business will be done for."

"Think about it. With the Bateman Group’s status, would they be threatened by you? Chris didn’t invest any money, but with his support, Denise and Benjamin would no longer be able to accept the Bateman Group’s sponsorship. Once the Bateman Group gets involved, the entire situation would definitely change."

....

After Daniel’s explanation, James visibly calmed down.

The Bateman family did indeed have the ability to control any situation. It could be said that once the Bateman family invested, James could really do nothing.

However, he was still a little unwilling.

"Even so, Chris can at least tell me in advance. It’s embarrassing for me that he suddenly got involved."

James said as he picked up a glass of wine angrily and drank it.

Daniel shook his head helplessly. "I’ll tell you one more thing. Maybe you’ll feel proud."

"What?"

James was confused.

Daniel glanced at Christopher and said, "Do you know who the new program host is?"

"Who?"

Daniel said, "Chris’ wife."

A trace of surprise flashed across James’ face.

"Chris, how dumb are you? If you put your wife and girlfriend together, aren’t you afraid of them fighting."

Christopher frowned slightly. "James, I do have a wife. But where did my ex-girlfriend come from?"

"Okay, you still don’t admit it? Do you dare to say that you weren’t with Denise three years ago?"

Christopher didn’t say anything.

"What’s wrong with Hillary? If you weren’t with Denise, how could Sophie..."

Daniel quickly shot James a look.

Only then did James shut up.

"All right, all right. I won’t mention it. However, but even if you don’t care about Denise you should think about Benjamin. He is the producer of that program. He’s going to be on the set from beginning to end."

Christopher frowned. He didn’t notice this.

But then again, what’s there to care about Benjamin?

Over this side, Janice celebrated with her colleagues. She thought that they would

leave after dinner, but they dragged her to karaoke after dinner.

She didn’t like singing and couldn’t drink, so she could only sit there and watch them.

At this time, Benjamin came over.

"Janice, why are you not joining in?"

Benjamin sat beside her.

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Janice moved to one side.

"Nothing interesting for me."

Benjamin’s eyes flashed slightly. "How about I take you to the game hall outside to shoot some hoops? I remember that you used to like watching me."

Janice frowned and said, "Director Taylor, that was a long time ago. I don’t like it now."

Janice brushed him off impatiently.

She didn’t want to hear Benjamin mention the past.

There was a hint of bitterness in Benjamin’s eyes. For Janice, those things might have passed, but to him, they seemed to be only yesterday.

His eyes darkened and he quickly changed the topic.

"By the way, how’s your preparation for the show going? The recording will start in two days."

This was also one of the reasons Janice could not be happy tonight.

She hadn’t seen a host for a long time. Although she had been studying during this period of time, two days was still too short for her to prepare much.

However, even if this was what she was thinking, she could not tell Benjamin. She said, "I’m preparing."

Benjamin seemed to have seen through her. "I have some information here. You can take it and have a look. Are you still using your old mailbox? I’ll send it to you."

Janice wanted to refuse, but she thought that he had found a lot of information recently, but without much help.

Perhaps Benjamin’s information might work. Thinking of this, she said, "Send to my new email address. I’ll give you now."

As soon as she finished sending the address, her phone rang. It was Christopher.

...

Janice got up and went out to answer the call.

Benjamin stared at her figure with dim eyes.

So, in the past three years, had she not used her old email?

Christopher was asking Janice.

"Are you done? I’ll pick you up."

Janice looked back at her colleagues, who were still in high spirits, and thought that they would not be able to finish in a short time. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

She said, "I’m at karaoke. Come over here. I’ll tell my boss."

She hung up the phone, turned back to the room, and walked to Denise. "Director Kelshore, I’ll go home first."

Denise was trying to snatch the mic. When she heard Janice was leaving she gave the mic up to someone else.

"It’s still early. Stay on to play a little longer."

Janice said, "Guess I won’t, I still want to go back and prepare for the show."

Hearing her words, Denise didn’t try to persuade her to stay. She only said, "Can you go home alone? Do you want someone to send you back?"

Janice was about to say no, someone was coming to pick her up.

But Benjamin interjected, "Janice, come, let’s go. I’m going back too. I’ll send you home."

Before Janice could refuse, Benjamin had already picked up his car keys and walked out.

Janice paused for a moment before she quickly chased after him.

Denise watched as the two of them walked out one after another. A hint of curiosity flashed across her beautiful eyes. She hadn’t expected Janice to be so popular.

She had Rob on one side, and Benjamin on the other.

Denise wasn’t an inquisitive person, but at this moment, she was intrigued.

Thinking of this, she got up and followed them out.

"Director Taylor..." Janice caught up with Benjamin Taylor, panting.

Benjamin paused and looked back at her. He was about to continue walking in the direction of the parking lot. "Janice, wait for me. I’ll go get the car."

Janice hurriedly said, "Director Taylor, thank you for your kindness, but my Hubby is

on his way."

Benjamin’s feet paused. He did not expect Janice to chase after him just to say this.

He was stunned for a moment, and an obvious sense of loss flashed through his eyes. "In that case, I’ll go first."

He turned to leave. However, as if he had thought of something, he turned back around and looked at Janice. "In the past three years, have you never checked your old email? Not even once?"

Janice got a shock. Just as she was about to reply, a black Rolls-Royce stopped by the roadside. It was Christopher’s car.

She simply said, "Director Taylor, I’m leaving."

After that, she walked toward the car.

Benjamin stood there, staring at her until she got in the car. He looked away, but there was deep disappointment in his eyes.

So, had she really never read any of her emails?

When Denise walked out, she stared at the black Rolls -Royce. She felt a little strange. Although she was far away and could not see who the driver was, she knew that it was Christopher’s car.

Why did Janice get in Christopher’s car?

However, she recalled the relationship between Rob and Christopher, so it was possible for him to drive Christopher’s to pick Janice up.

Thinking of this, Denise didn’t think much about it. Instead, she looked at Benjamin with sympathy. From a certain point of view, they seemed to be the same kind of person.

They both couldn’t get the one they love.

However, Benjamin was much luckier than her. At least, he could get close to Janice.