Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 213

Not daring to ask further questions, Chris hurriedly replied, "Okay, I'll do as told right away." As the

head of the Mendelson Family, Frank called the shots in not only the Mendelson Family but also the

Mendelson Group; all the other members of the family couldn't overpower him. However, the

Mendelson Group was much better than before after it was being handed over to him. Since everyone

was able to make money, they were naturally even more satisfied with him.

After ending the phone conversation with Chris, Frank stared at his cell phone for a moment. In the

end, however, he didn't call Kendall.

Meanwhile, Kendall was unaware that the two big shots had taken action to support the Parker

Corporation. At this moment, she was waiting for Kelly and Leonel's arrival at the hotel's entrance.

Kelly had told her over the phone that they'd arrive in 20 minutes, but she didn't see them after waiting

for half an hour. Just when she took out his cell phone to call Kelly, she saw Kelly pulling up slowly in

her Maserati that was followed by a black Mercedes-Benz.

She parked her car at the hotel's entrance, upon which the security guard immediately came over and

reminded Kelly politely, saying, "Sorry, miss, no parking is allowed here." He pointed at the entrance to

the underground parking lot, signaling her to park her car there instead.

However, Kelly exited her car and tossed her car keys to Kendall. She said in an imperious tone,

"Kendall, help me park the car in the underground parking lot."

Kendall caught the car keys Kelly had tossed to her, only to toss them back to her. "I'm not a parking

valet." She had promised Dylan not to drive anymore, or he'd make her sit in his car and touch the

steering wheel all night.

It was enough to make Kelly look somewhat displeased. However, seeing that her car had blocked the

way of the cars behind hers, she gave Kendall a dark look. Then, she got back into her car and drove it

into the underground parking lot.

Several minutes later, Kelly and Leonel walked out of the underground parking lot together while

chatting and laughing.

Kendall went up to them and greeted Leonel with a smile, saying, "Hi, Mr. Dawson."

When he saw Kendall, his smile became even more visible. He stretched out his right hand, wanting to

shake hands with her.

This wasn't their first time meeting each other. Still, out of courtesy, she stretched her hand to take the

proffered hand.

As they shook hands, Leonel held Kendall's hand as he was reluctant to release it. Not only that, he

even caressed the back of her hand. It was very clear that he was taking liberties with her.

A hint of anger flashed across Kendall's eyes. For an instant, she wanted to yank him with all her might

and threw him over her shoulder. However, she suppressed her anger soon afterward. Pulling her hand

out of his grasp with a smile, she made an inviting gesture to him, saying, "Mr. Dawson, this way,

please."

Leonel thought that Kendall understood tacitly what he had hinted at earlier. His smile deepened and

he strode in.

He was the general manager of Prestige Electronics, which was one of the subsidiary companies under

Coleman Empire Holdings, so the lobby manager of Dynasty Hotel recognized him. Seeing him come

in, he made a special effort to walk up to Leonel before greeting him and chatting with him for a while.

While the two men were chatting, Kelly secretly whispered to Kendall, "Kendall, I hear that the sales

personnel of other companies are very active, so you've to try harder. I see that Mr. Dawson has taken

quite a shine to you. Just have a couple of drinks with him and have sweet talks with him so that we

can take the opportunity to make him agree to collaborate with us."

Kendall wasn't stupid, though. Hearing these words, she frowned slightly and asked in a whisper, "Are

you telling me to sell my charms?"

"It's not like you have to do anything for real. You just have to have a couple of drinks with him and let

him touch your hand at most. It won't kill you to let him hug you."

If it weren't for Kendall's great patience, she'd have slapped Kelly across the face a long time ago.

Kelly continued, "Don't be angry. If you want to keep your footing in the workplace, you'll come across a

lot of these social engagements and unspoken rules. If you can't adjust yourself to it, you can quit your

job, head home, and continue to be the second daughter of the Parker Family." Then, seeing that

Leonel and the lobby manager had finished chatting, she gave Kendall a gentle push without giving

Kendall the chance to speak, asking her to take them to the private room Kelly had reserved.

Suppressing her inner displeasure, Kendall took the two of them to the private room she had reserved

in advance. After entering the room, she asked the waiter to serve the dishes she had ordered

beforehand.

Soon after that, the dining table was full of all kinds of exotic food. There were also a few bottles of

good wine. After filling everyone's glasses with wine, Kendall raised her wine glass and said to Leonel,

"Mr. Dawson, thank you for honoring me with your presence today. Here's a toast to you."

He raised his wine glass with a smile, but he didn't clink glasses with her right away. Instead, he said,

"Kendall, what's the fun in clinking glasses like this? Come on, let's cross arms with me so that you'll

drink from my glass and I'll drink from yours. That'd be interesting." In other words, he wanted to drink

with her by linking arms and drinking from each other's glasses.

Kendall felt that Leonel was extremely impatient today. They had met only a few times before. During

the past few times, he had been polite without doing anything outrageous to her. Today, however, he

asked to drink wine with her before they even started eating. She and Dylan hadn't even drunk their

wine with their arms intertwined like this ever since they were married.

"Kendall," Kelly said, reminding Kendall to satisfy Leonel's demands.

Kendall took Leonel's wine glass away from him and shoved her wine glass into his hand. After that,

she threw her head back and downed the glass of wine in a heroic manner. Then, she turned the wine

glass upside down, showing him that there wasn't even a drop of wine left in the wine glass. "Mr.

Dawson, I finished the wine in your glass." She looked at him with a smile. "It's your turn now."

Leonel had a half-smile on his face. "Kendall, you're not following the rules."

Kendall's smile faded, and the look in her eyes became frosty as she stared at Leonel silently.

He wondered if he was hallucinating, but he couldn't help feeling that the look in Kendall's eyes at this

moment was a bit like that of Dylan's. "Fine, I'll drink it, but Kendall, since you didn't do as I asked, you

have to drink two more glasses of wine as punishment." Instead of asking to drink with her with their

arms intertwined, he asked her to drink two more glasses of wine.

She immediately took the wine bottle and filled her glass with wine. Then, she finished the glass of

wine in one gulp.

After drinking three glasses of wine in a row, she blushed a little, but she still had a sober look in her

eyes. When he saw this, Leonel praised, "You can hold your liquor pretty well." With that, he finished

his glass of wine as well.

Kelly casually took a sip of her wine. She was sitting across from Leonel, who purposely sat right next

to Kendall. "Bon appétit, Mr. Dawson," she said.

Leonel picked up some food for Kendall with a smile.

Kendall thanked him, but when he picked up food for her again, she declined it, saying, "Thank you, Mr.

Dawson, but I'll help myself."

Kelly purposely pushed her bowl toward Leonel lest he felt embarrassed. She said, "Mr. Dawson, don't

keep taking food for Kendall. You have to look after me, too."

"Yes, yes, yes." Leonel laughed heartily. Taking advantage of the situation, he placed the food Kendall

had declined into Kelly's bowl.

Kelly gave Kendall a warning look without anyone noticing, but Kendall sneered inwardly. Kelly is

teaming up with Mr. Dawson to set me up, eh?