You're Out, Daddy novel (Natasha and Kenneth)

Chapter 209

Tranquility was one of the largest bars in Glenport City.

Decked out in haute couture, Thea looked chic from head to toe.

She, while following the address on her phone, had arrived at a corridor. Just when she was about to go forward, she was stopped by two men in sharp black suits who were standing guard.

“You're not allowed to enter.”

Thea knitted her brows. “I was invited by Zachary,” she proclaimed.

Both men, having heard her words, stepped aside at once. “Are you Ms. Jarman?”

Thea nodded.

“Please follow me,” one of them instructed before leading the way.

Narrowing her eyes, Thea hesitated briefly before deciding to follow him.

After walking more than ten meters, they arrived at the door of a private room that the guard knocked on. “Boss, she’s here.”

“Come in.”

No sooner had the guard heard the voice inside did he open the door and looked at Thea. “Ms. Jarman, please.”

With a vigilant look in her eye, Thea sauntered into the room.

Inside the private room, she could still see everything clearly despite its dim lighting.

The table and floor were strewn with empty liquor bottles, while Zachary, wearing a complex expression, was sitting languidly on the sofa.

Once Thea had entered the room, the guard quickly left and closed the door behind him.

After being briefly stunned, Thea, with a surprised look on her face, asked Zachary, “Do you own this bar?”

Zachary, after casually grabbing a bottle of wine and pouring himself a glass, looked

up at her. “Is there a problem?”

Thea put down her bag and walked over to take a seat. “No, I'm just surprised, that's all.”

Breaking out a smirk, Zachary downed the wine he poured in one gulp.

Thea threw him a glance as this wasn't her first time at the bar. During her previous visits, she had heard rumors about how ruthless the mysterious owner of the bar was. It was just that she had never imagined Zachary to be him.

From her perspective, Zachary was a kind young man whose character contradicted such a reputation.

When she first proposed that they work together, she envisioned leveraging Zachary's enmity as a means to achieve her goals. Given the current situation, she quickly realized that it was she who had underestimated him.

As a result, it was time to reevaluate what their proposed partnership would entail.

After scrutinizing him with a quick look,

Thea suggested with a smile, “Do you mind if I get a drink?”

Zachary, without saying a word, poured a glass for her.

“Thank you,” Thea replied.

Instead of responding to her, Zachary downed another glass of wine.

“Does Natasha know that you own this bar?” Thea asked all of a sudden.

Zachary, who was in the midst of pouring another glass, froze for a fleeting moment before putting the bottle down as if nothing had happened.

When he looked up at Thea, his expression couldn't be more telling. She let out a gentle laugh. “It's clear that she doesn't know.”

“This is none of your business,” Zachary asserted.

Wearing a knowing smile, Thea finished her drink in one go before looking at him. “It's true that it has nothing to do with me, but I was just curious as to what Natasha meant to you. But now, it's clear that she doesn't seem to mean much.”

Crack!

With a jarring sound ringing in the background after Zachary kicked something, he threw her a threatening gaze.

“You're not even worthy of bringing up her name!”

The smile on Thea's face instantly froze.

“Don't try to impose your own assumptions on me,” Zachary warned, seething through his words.

Upon regaining her senses, Thea sneered, “Why are you being so defensive? I was just asking a casual question. I really don't know what's so good about her, especially after all that she has done. Can it be that you're still harboring hope of getting together with her?”

“That's my business,” Zachary insisted.

Thea nodded. “Yes, of course it is. Given how willingly all of you let yourselves be manipulated by her, it definitely has nothing to do with me!”

As a sudden slap rang out, it was followed by the sound of a glass shattering on the ground.

“If that's all you have come here to say, our conversation ends here,” Zachary declared.

Thea, staring angrily at him, grabbed her bag and left.

However, before she took more than a few steps, she realized she was overreacting to Zachary's slight.

After all, it would be hard for her to achieve her goals alone. On the contrary, with Zachary's help, she might be able to demonstrate to Kenneth that she was the one who cared for him the most.

Cognizant of her priorities, she endured the humiliation and turned around to face Zachary. “Without my help, you will never succeed in taking down Kenneth for the rest of your life.”

When she didn't hear a retort from Zachary, Thea returned to her seat with her anger suppressed.

“I admit that I'm jealous of Natasha,” she added, “because I don't understand why everyone is so enamored with her other than for her beauty. Can it be that just being gorgeous gives one the license to steal something from another?”

Zachary's eyes narrowed slightly, while Thea paused to take a deep breath.

“Nevertheless, this is for the better. You're doing this for Natasha's sake, while I for Kenneth. Hence, our collaboration will be a fair deal.”

Zachary gave her a dubious look. “Since you're doing this for Kenneth, why are you on my side?”

Sorrow crept into Thea's eyes at the mention of the topic. “If he continues to stay high and mighty, there's no way I can make him mine. Only by falling from grace can he really understand that I'm the one who has always been true to him.”

Zachary's gaze darkened in response. “You are indeed the epitome of the saying—'Hell hath no fury but a woman scorned.'"

At that moment, Thea looked at him with sadness reigning in her eyes. “I'm not expecting you to understand. Everyone thinks that I'm coveting his money, but in truth, his person is what I'm really after.” Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Zachary didn't comment about her feelings.

“I'm well aware that you hate him to the core after what he has done to your parents. Therefore, I won't stand in your way if you want to take everything from him, but I do have one condition.”

Go on.

“Regardless of how this ends, you're forbidden from telling him about our collaboration,” Thea stated.

Zachary narrowed his eyes at her. “Don't worry, I, too, hope that you can live out the rest of your life with Kenneth.”

There was no reason for Thea to doubt the sincerity of his words, for only in that scenario would Natasha be his.

Thea's lips curled at him. “If only you had agreed to work together earlier, we might already have succeeded by now.”

Zachary glared at her. “Stop wasting time on smug comments, and tell me your plan.”

Zachary had barely spoken when Thea poured herself another glass of wine.

After downing it, she explained her plan to Zachary, “I have known Kenneth for five years and worked at Hamilton Corporation for four and a half years. Therefore, no one knows him and Hamilton Corporation better than I do. To be honest, it isn't difficult to pull the rug out underneath Hamilton Corporation's feet...”

As Zachary listened on, his eyes glistened with intrigue.

By the time she was done, Thea looked at him. “How about it? As long as we follow through with my plan, Hamilton Corporation will definitely be thrown into chaos. When that happens, you can seize upon the opportunity to take over Hamilton Corporation and exact your revenge!

While Zachary stared at Thea, she could see the emotions flooding into his eyes.

“It looks like to take down a man, one has to chip away at the woman,” Zachary remarked.

Thea chose not to respond.

“I'm not sure whether knowing you was the best or worst thing to have happened to him,” Zachary insinuated.

“Do I take that as a yes?” Thea asked.

In place of a reply, Zachary poured two glasses of wine and held one up. “To a successful partnership!”

Peering into his eyes, Thea, too, raised her glass with a grin. “To a successful partnership indeed!”