Planned Baby

Chapter 20 PRESS CONFERENCE

Today is the most awaited press conference of LHI.

“Are you ready?”

I smirked at Ulie. “Of course.”

He offers his hand to me, and I gladly accepted it.

Aside from Ulie and me, Nick will also be joining the press conference along with the legal representative from CIC and LHI.

Ellie's family is with us. They will stay in the waiting room beside the hall where the press conference will happen. They will watch the live press conference there. And they will take care of the twins for the time being.

Jace opens the hall for us. Many reporters from all TV networks, newspapers, radio, and magazines attended.

The non-stop flashing camera started as soon as they saw us entering the hall.

Jace stays beside the stage while we continue to go to our designated seats.

A legal representative of LHI gave the opening statement. He told the press that they are only allowed to ask questions after we answer the issue.

He gave them two main issues that we will answer.

1. Is Mr. Ulysses Kade Escarrer the father of Ms. Penelope Quinn Cabello's children?

2. Did LHI choose Ms. Cabello’s company for the LHI resort project because of her relationship with Mr. Escarrer?

He then called Ulie to speak.

“Regarding the twins of Ms. Cabello, yes, it’s true. I am the father of the twins.” Ulie said in a formal and serious voice.

The flashing camera becomes more aggressive.

“If you are the father of Ms. Cabello’s twins, is it true that she is the reason why you cancel your engagement with Ms. Hadley Adelson?” One of the reporters ask.

“No. The reason why I cancel my engagement with Ms. Adelson is because of my twins and not because of Ellie. We don’t have a relationship at that time.” He explained.

“If you don’t have any relationship with Ms. Cabello, then how come that you are the father of her children?” The reporter follows up question. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“Me, being the father of her children is none of your business.” Ulie coldly said.

The reporter flinched.

“We will have a party for the twins. That will be their official appearance to the public. They will be introduced as Escarrer future successors.”

The reporters murmur and start flashing their cameras because of Ulie’s announcement.

“Mr. Escarrer, you said a while ago that you and Ms. Cabello don’t have a relationship when you cancel your engagement with Ms. Adelson. Do you mean that now you are in a relationship with Ms. Cabello?” Another reporter asks.

My eyes widen. I didn’t realize it then. The reporter got the point. I need to clear that out.

“No, we don’t have a relationship then until now,” I answer to clarify the issue.

Ulie chuckled. “We’ll never know. We are living together.”

“Ulie!” I said in a warning tone.

“What? It’s true.” He whispered.

“They might think that we have a relationship!” I whisper back.

“Who cares? We are both single, and we have children. This will be good for the kids. Just think about them, Ellie.”

My eyebrow rose. So is it for a show for the kids or his parents? Maybe he is being pressured by his parents—the reason why he is acting weird these past few days.

“Whatever!” Then I rolled my eyes.

“Now that we are clear about the first issue. This time I will answer your main concern.” Ulie started his speech again.

I turned to them in a serious aura and then held my chin up.

“Cabello International Corp. got the project fair and square. They got the project even before I found out about her pregnancy.”

“This project is the first resort of LHI here in the Philippines. It is an important project, and we can’t afford to give favoritism. This is Escarrer’s legacy.”

“We gather all qualified architectural and engineering companies for this project. We chose the top three companies from those who presented their proposal.”

“After that, we gave the three chosen companies the details they need to draft a design for the said project.”

“Here are the designs that were submitted to us.”

Three design drafts flash on the screen.

This is also my first time seeing this. Now that I’ve seen the three designs, I know why we got this project.

“That’s exactly the materials that the team gave to the board of directors, including me. They gave us the designs, but they did not include the name of the company. We did this to avoid favoritism. Because as you all know, RV Engineering and Architectural Services is the company that got the LHI hotels project. If we knew what RV design was, we might become bias and choose their design because of the business that we had with them, same goes with CIC.”

“Now, we will add the name of the companies who is responsible for those designs.”

The name of the companies, including CIC, flash on the screen and the number of votes that they got.

My eyes widen. CIC got 100% of the votes!

“If you are familiar with LHI resort, you will know the signature design that we have in all our resorts. That is the main reason why all the board of directors chose CIC’s design.”

I have the same opinion as them. I also understand why they chose my company. LHI is one of my target clients. I am a fan of the structure and design of their resorts and hotels. The reason why I knew their signature design both for their hotels and resorts.

“It’s crystal clear that Cabello International Corporation got the project fair and square.” He said as he ends his speech.

“Ms. Cabello, how do you feel about the issue?” The reporter asks me.

“I will be frank. At first, I question Ulie about it. At some point, I also thought that maybe they chose my company because of my involvement with Ulie. But after seeing the design, I finally understand why they chose our design for their resorts.” I honestly told them.

“Do you think that someone is behind this issue?” Another reporter asks.

I smirked. “Of course there is. And we already know who is the person behind all these.”