Chapter 105 105 Christina’s Request

Bruce took another look at Christina who looked very hopeful as she pleaded her case with him.

Unable to shake her eyes off of him, Bruce did the only thing he could do. He diverted the problem to where it should have gone to in the first place; to Zach who was avoiding Christina with the excuse of training the Special Forces unit out in the shooting range.

"I don't think I should make this decision since this project is being spearheaded by Zach. Why don't you take it up with him? He should take out some time for his fiancée at least." Bruce flared his nostrils as if he was angry that Zach had not showed up even though Christina had come to visit him from so far away.

"But he seems to be busy at the moment." Christina was a little reluctant to disturb Zach when he was busy.

"Why would he be busy when his fiancée is here to see him? Let me tell you where you will be able to find him. If you do, make sure to tell him not to work so much."

Bruce finally managed to dump the trouble on to Zach as he told her how to get to the shooting range.

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Zach was busy giving a lecture on leadership to Diana who was focused towards performing well but most of the time was uncaring about what her team members were trying to do which affected the overall efficiency.

And that's when Christina approached Zach rather carefully. She was inwardly wondering what Zach was doing that took up so much of his time. But when she saw him talking with Dianainstead of the training regimen that he was supposedly overseeing, she felt irritated as if something was burning inside of her body.

But Christina didn't let that momentary feeling take over her senses as she had come here with a purpose in mind.

"Why don't you oversee their training for a bit while I talk to Christina?" Zach ordered Diana as he saw Christina making a beeline towards him.

Diana obeyed his instructions even though her heart ached in doing so.

"What brings you here?" asked Zach with a half smile on his face.

"I wanted to ask something from you. I know it is shameless of me to ask you when our relationship has barely begun but I have no choice if I want my family to stay at the same position it was before."

For the first time since their engagement got finalized, Zach felt that Christina was just as awkward around him as he was around her. She was nervous too.

"Don't worry, and tell me about whatever you need. If it is within my power, I will try to do my best to help you out." Zach reassured Christina and encouraged her to speak her mind.

"Can you please allow my Elizabeth family people to come here to learn some tricks and techniques regarding the trucks that you have produced? I am not asking for the core technology; just the basics so they can learn the basic principles that can help them improve their understanding and do maintenance on their own so we don't have to go back and forth between us for trivial matters." Christina explained her intentions and waited for Zach's reaction.

Zach took a moment to think and felt that it shouldn't be any problem at all for him to agree to her demand.

But the lack of any decipherable expression on his face caused Christina's mood to fall. She knew that her relationship with Zach was basically the insurance for a business deal but she still ended up harboring up expectations.

"If you want I can offer you some of the Elizabeth family's property in return for training my family's people. I gave the same offer to the head of the Luther family earlier but he told me that you were overseeing this project and he was reluctant to make this decision on your behalf. So I had no choice but to come find you here."

Before Zach could open up his mouth to agree to her request, Christina sweetened the pot on her own so that it would be easier for Zach to acquiesce.

Gears turned in his head as the neurons in there operated at full capacity as Zach thought of the various possible reasons behind such a request from Christina. The only thing that came to mind was that Christina was thinking of exploiting everything that the trucks had to offer in the future in order to build a firm capital base for the already financially sturdy Elizabeth family.

Zach didn't think that the progress of Elizabeth family was a bad thing for him considering the fact that it was the family of his future wife. Even if that hadn't been the case, Zach didn't consider trucks to be some kind of miracle like the others. He had seen far better stuff than this in his previous life. Therefore, Christina's request was way too easy for him to fulfill.

Thinking of the plans he had for the future, Zach felt that it would be a good investment to strengthen the Elizabeth family. After all, he wouldn't be able to rely on the Luther family forever. Just the amount of manpower he would require in the future was something that Luther family could not provide on its own.

Not only that, Zach would need increased capital support and strategic support from his future partners. And for that he needed his partners to have some basic understanding of his ventures. Since the Luther family alone was not enough, Elizabeth family could be of great help in that sense considering that the scope of this family was far greater and spread out compared to Luther family which was basically confined to Elizabeth city. This would help him greatly when he tried to expand outside Elizabeth city in the future.

Zach wasn't naïve enough to think that Christina had no selfish motive behind this request. She was using their relationship to benefit her family business but Zach wasn't going to judge her on that since he was doing the exact same thing by agreeing to her request. Therefore, he didn't reject Christina's offer of Elizabeth family's property in exchange for the knowledge. After all, Christina would be able to reap enough benefits from the trucks to forget about this meager loss in the future.

"Since this is the first request you have made of me, I wouldn't be heartless to reject it. You can choose the first group of people who would undergo training at our facility. Make sure that they are extremely loyal to your family or the chances of the secrets leaking out will be exceptionally high. That would neither be beneficial to me nor to you." said Zach as soon as he was finished considering everything in his mind.

Christina could not understand how Zach agreed to such a one sided request so easily. She hadn't taken him to be a fool at all. On the contrary, the man was a genius at business. He had single handedly created the trucks and had even devised the marketing plan on his own. Christina was unwilling to believe that such a person was unable to understand what she was planning.

Therefore, the only thing that came to her mind was that Zach didn't plan to teach her people sincerely at all. He was most probably going to teach them superficial things so that the alliance wouldn't end up being affected.

Christina had come prepared to offer up anything in return for her request. The property didn't matter to the Elizabeth family at all and she believed that it was of no worth to Zach as well who would be able to build up an even greater empire than the Elizabeth family with his potential. Therefore, she was at a loss and somewhat suspicious of Zach's motives when he didn't make any additional demands.

To be honest, Christina had imagined the scenario where she would have to give some sexual favors in return for her request. The reason behind her line of thought was that Zach had asked her to marry him during their very first meeting. No matter how business minded Zach might have been such an action indicated that he harbored at least some amount of lust towards her. Even if he wasn't a pervert, Christina felt that any man in Zach's position would want her in that way.

Christina wasn't one to leave holes in her arrangements. She didn't want to receive half-hearted promises out of pity. She was willing to pay in full for what she wanted.

Therefore, she addressed the elephant in the room first to draw out Zach's true desires that lay hidden underneath that stubborn exterior. Unlocking his true nature proved to be quite a tough task as she assumed several seductive positions where her assets would be easily visible to him but she failed in her endeavor. It was as if he had the power to deflect or scatter her charm before it even reached him.

Zach's facial expressions didn't change one bit despite her subtle hints at the lengths she was willing to go to. He only had to say the word and Christina would have offered him her long cherished 'first time' but Zach didn't say a word.

In fact, Zach couldn't understand what more this woman wanted from him after he had already agreed to her request. She looked more foolish and unlike what he had assumed her to be with each passing second.