The Billionaire Son-in-law

23. Project Defense.

It had been almost a day and he still hadn't heard from Grover. He knew he was probably still busy but his anxiety kept increasing, and it was the same for Ivy as well. She was seriously worried and he wasn't sure of how he was to convince her again.

Lucas kept checking his phone every minute, hoping to get a call or text from Grover but still nothing. That bastard, Marco Platana had made two more public announcements, calling Lucas's company a liar and a fraud. He claims that Lucas wants to build an unsteady mall that wouldn't last long. He said he was trying to prevent the calamities that would befall the society when the mall collapses.

The worse part was that some of the people were starting to agree with him. Others still had faith in Lucas's company and were on his side so that was still good.

"This guy is ridiculous, I can't believe he would do something like this. I'm really starting to hate him more than smelly Andreas." Ivy lamented as she paced around.

"Relax, okay babe? I'