Chapter 141 I Will Get Iddy to Marry Me

I had not even started to ask when Zoe blurted out, "Yvette, guess what I heard? There are a bunch of new projects kicking off in Lake City. Down in Southern City, the city hall's marked off a chunk of land for themselves, planning to move there. Come next spring, they'll break ground, and right now, they're gearing up to call for bids." New projects? I took a beat, eyeing her curiously. "Where'd you hear that?" Lake City was not exactly sprawling, and Scott Corporation had been a fixture for decades. Despite recent hiccups, we were usually clued in on the local buzz. If there were fresh projects brewing, we should've caught wind of it way earlier, yet, here I was, just as in the dark as Maxwell. It threw me for a loop. "My uncle told me," Zoe piped up. "He's got a gig at city hall. I was over for dinner last night, and he started chatting about the project funds. It got me thinking about when Maxy said he wanted to hook Scott Corporation up with some projects, so I made a point to