"Miss Cole, I can’t make the decision on this matter," Emerie said helplessly, putting down the clothes in her hands.

She discreetly turned around to block Hayley Cole.

Just now, she seemed to have seen Sophie Wilson sitting in the dessert section upstairs. At this moment, she couldn’t let Sophie interfere.

"Hey, why are you all like this?" Hayley Cole wasn’t someone with a good temper. The only reason she’d stuck around this long was because of James Reed, "Everyone else is scrambling for this opportunity, yet when I bring it to you, you’re pushing it away?"

Emerie said helplessly, "I want it too. Do you think I don’t want my company to excel?"

Speaking of this, Emerie felt quite wronged: "But there’s no choice. Benjamin said James has to agree to this. He can’t accept it. It wouldn’t be fair to James."

"What kind of fairness is that?" Hayley Cole said, "I’m helping him, it’s for his good. Can you really bear to see him driven out of the company like this?"

"Not to mention you almost became family before, even now, you’re still in a business partnership, right?" Hayley Cole was more anxious than Emerie, "Don’t you want to win the bid?"

"Of course I want to!" Emerie nodded firmly, "Who wouldn’t? But Benjamin said we can’t exploit James for this. James doesn’t want to owe you, so we can’t interfere."

"You really are..." Hayley Cole stomped her foot angrily, "so stubborn!"

"Hey, hey... Miss Cole, why are you leaving?" Emerie quickly chased after her.

Hayley Cole was truly angry.

Isn’t this too much?

She wanted to inquire about the bidding situation for James, but he directly refused her, saying he didn’t want to trouble her.

Fine, James valued his pride and didn’t want to rely on a woman. She could take that.

She found out that James was recently cooperating with Benjamin Walton. James, fine, she’d go and ask Benjamin then?

Who would have thought that Benjamin would also refuse her?

She still remembered how troubled Benjamin looked at that time, "Miss Cole, I really hope you could help us, but James is my friend. If I cooperate with you behind his back, I’m afraid I’d lose James as a friend."

Alright then.

Since she couldn’t get through via Benjamin, she approached Emerie.

And even Emerie ended up refusing her. It was truly too much.

Everyone else was finding all possible ways to secure the bid, yet she was handing it to them, and they all refused.

Did they really think she had no temper?

"Sigh... Miss Cole." Emerie stopped the visibly upset Hayley Cole and said, "Actually, as far as I’m concerned, saying all this to Benjamin and me is useless. The key is still James’s attitude."

"You’re doing this for James’s sake anyway. If you go ahead, what can James say in the end?" Emerie’s words lifted Hayley Cole’s spirits, and she asked excitedly, "Will that work?"

"Why wouldn’t it?" Emerie was always someone who did whatever came to her mind, as long as she was happy and felt it was right. She was straightforward in giving Hayley Cole advice, "Just do it, and even if you win the bid, James can’t just walk away from it."

"Miss Cole, do you like James?" Emerie’s direct question made Hayley Cole a bit embarrassed. She lowered her head, lightly tapping her toes on the ground, mumbling softly, "W-what nonsense are you talking about?"