Chapter 1077 Light at the End of the Tunnel (Part II)

• Donnie Burns froze for a beat. Clearly, this wasn’t the kind of setting to mention he’d met Chadwick Fullner through Samantha Wembley. He just chuckled and said, “Yeah. We knew each other through a friend back then. Mr. Fullner had just returned to Europe and hadn’t started Jiajia yet. Blink of an eye, and his business is booming.”
• “Returned to Europe?” Madison Sawyer blinked, puzzled, eyes bouncing from Chadwick Fullner to Donnie Burns. Chadwick’s stomach sank. If this kept going, both sides would see through him. Then Donnie would realize he’d faked parts of his past, which might even drag Samantha into it; and Madison would figure out Donnie’s link to Samantha. No matter what, trouble.
• Right beside them, Kate Penrose—who knew the whole story—was already smirking, waiting to see how Chadwick handled the mess. Chadwick cleared his throat fast. “Mr. Burns and I clicked right away. Didn’t expect this coincidence—same matter, same table. Mr. Burns, Sawyer, we’re all business folks. Boardrooms are battlefields, and time’s tight. Let’s talk through the current situation in detail.”