The blood flow in Aldrich's body suddenly boiled. His breath rumbled with anger. He was shocked, not accepting the insolent words of the man in there.Aldrich was about to open the door to the room but failed to do so when she saw Selena rise from the chair, looking angry at the man inside. Selena's eyes flashed sharply. "Please watch your language, sir. I'm not that kind of woman!""Judging from your family profile documents, you are not the daughter of the mistress of that family. You're just an illegitimate child. Your mother must be a cheap woman who sleeps with anyone." The tone of the man in the room, who was the company manager, made Aldrich's eyes widen even more.Aldrich saw clearly who the man talking in there was when the man began to dare to approach Selena with a condescending look. Aldrich's jaw hardened. He clenched his hands into fists, not accepting what the well-dressed man inside had said. It made the blood in Aldrich's body boil.A moment later, the unexpected happ
Selena looked panicked and confused. In the room, there was only her and Aldrich. The atmosphere created between them became awkward. Selena was still in shock from what had just happened. Everything just happened so quickly in front of her eyes, and it shocked her to the point of not knowing what to say.Selena looked at Aldrich, who looked calm and seemed normal, not surprised like her. "Why did you come here? I could be in danger. I definitely won't be accepted to work together here."Selena wondered if Aldrich had deliberately followed her all the way here, so she could suddenly come and enter this room. She thought the incident would affect the company's judgment to accept her application. She really needed investors to make her business bigger and better. It would be good for her to prove her worth to others.Aldrich smiled. He had a calm look on his face. "Don't be afraid. You have the ability; you will definitely get what you want, Selena."Selena rubbed her face roughly. She
Selena frowned. It was strange to have a coincidence like this. However, she didn't think much of it. Selena and Aldrich left the company. They walked together on the sidewalk of the street.The wind blew gently against them. Selena felt relieved because she had solved one problem in her life.Selena looked at Aldrich, who was walking hand in hand beside her, then let out a sigh of relief. "Today, I'm very lucky. I've never felt like this. It feels impossible; everything went smoothly without any significant problems. I'm really happy."Aldrich smiled happily at that. He glanced at the watch, which happened to be lunchtime. "Then, let's have lunch together to celebrate."Coincidentally, they stopped right in front of a restaurant. Aldrich knew it was a fancy restaurant, as the way the people were dressed inside could be seen through the window glass. They were dressed nicely.Aldrich nodded her head. Without even hearing a reply from Selena, Aldrich grabbed the woman's wrist and led h
He didn't accept Aldrich's words. She was not a fool to be working at Arvens; she had gotten there after going through various tests and studying hard. He knew that the company was from the famous Winter family and hoped he would climb even higher."Hey, you're the stupid one; you must not know about the Arvens company!" Sebastian ruffled his waist; he looked at Aldrich, who was sitting low.He had worked this hard and would not let others look down on him. So it was only natural that he was proud of his current position."I know that and doubt that you work at Arvens because you look like a fool." Aldrich retorted. He looked so bold that Selena, who was there, was afraid there would be a big problem.Selena approached Aldrich; she was trying to calm Aldrich down now. Vera was a conflicted friend of hers, always trying to put her down, and even though Vera's family came from a family below the Ledger family, it was still because of the illegitimate status that Vera could trample on he
Aldrich looked forward to what would happen next; the lovers would be embarrassed by what they did.The ordered menu finally arrived at Vera and Sebastian's table; seeing that the menu was the same as the one on Selena's table, Vera felt annoyed."Hey, waiter! You're cheating us by giving us the same cheap menu as them."The waiter pointed at Aldrich and Selena at the table with black-colored plates with uniquely named menus on their table. The petite appearance wouldn't make anyone guess this was the restaurant's signature menu.The waiter was named Martin, and he was already very dizzy from dealing with his customers today. But since they ordered the most expensive meal, Martin kept his demeanor to avoid getting a scolding from his manager."Miss, this is not a cheap menu. It's our best menu, and we only sell five of each." Martin tried to explain by convincing Vera. Vera puffed out her chest at that."Look, Sebastian, those poor people are trying to copy us by ordering the same food
Sebastian immediately stood up from his seat. It was astounding to see the card Aldrich was holding, even though he couldn't have that black card. A card with a very high limit, and only wealthy people can have it."Sebastian, what are you doing?" asked Vera worriedly. She also stood up and held Sebastian's shoulder. Then she looked back at Aldrich, who was dealing the cards in his hand."Your partner is very good at deception, Selena."Selena immediately looked at Vera and Sebastian, who were next to Vera. He stared in surprise and blinked his eyes slowly."What do you mean, Vera?" Selena replied to Vera's words. She was actually startled by what Aldrich showed. She had heard of the black card but couldn't accept Vera's terms."You and your partner are very much the same. You're both a con artist and a thief; just like you, that useless man performs a charade using that fake card."Aldrich grinned in response to Vera's remark. It was ridiculous to Aldrich but not to Vera; what Aldric
"You managed to make a deal with Maxian, Selena?" Berthan was surprised by what he had just heard.He was looking at Selena enthusiastically, which was highly frowned upon by Claire and Charlotte. Selena should not be getting attention from her father."That's right, if Selena gets the cooperation, she'll get a big lake favor." Aldrich helped Selena to show off her work.Aldrich accidentally saw Claire and Charlotte, who were silent in the dining area with annoyed faces."Ah, that must be a lie. You know, dear that Selena is a person who lacks socialization. How could she convince the company to cooperate?" Claire held Berthan's hand. She was seducing him into believing her.Berthan himself did not know about hearing that from Selena. He underestimated Selena, his illegitimate child who never gathered in formal family events like Charlotte. If it was her legitimate child, she, with a great circle of friends, would certainly be able to get such cooperation.Berthan nodded. "Right, ther
In the room, Selena was stunned by what Aldrich had done. She didn't expect Aldrich to behave like this, which heated things even more. Aldrich should not have behaved like this so that her father would not have to evict them from the Ledger family home. "Selena, pack up your things, we need to get out of here. No one wants to receive us here." Aldrich was calm. His eyes glinted at Selena's room. This room could have been a better one, a simple-looking room with straightforward furniture in it as well. They didn't consider Selena their child, even though Selena was illegitimate, but Selena had the name Ledger behind her. Aldrich exhaled. He was pretty sorry for the woman who was going to marry him."Aldrich, it's better now that we meet with Father again ask." She was very hesitant about running away from this house. Her father would surely make them already, and then Claire and Charlotte would make it even more challenging than this."I don't want to, Selena. We didn't do anythin