"Did you instruct Luster to drug Sophia before?" Alex inquired sharply, observing every twitch and shift in Preston's expression."Who is Luster?" Preston appeared genuinely confused, suggesting he might not be involved.“Preston!” Envira called out, walking toward him with visitor passes in her hand. "We have secured our passes."Turning her attention to Alex, Envira scrutinized him. "Aren’t you cheap goddess Sophia‘s husband, that toilet fixer? What are you stopping my fiancé for?""Your good fiancé is going to pay me a million dollars to make my wife sleep with him," Alex retorted."What?" Envira looked at Preston angrily. "Did you say that?""You scoundrel! How dare you twist your words like that?" Preston yelled angrily. "I offered you a job as a janitor out of kindness, and yet you offer your wife for a million dollar per night!""What!?" Envira exclaimed, shocked. “He sold Sophia!”"Yes, and I told him, 'I love Envira more than anything; I would never betray her!" Preston lied
"Absolutely!" Preston and Envira chuckled."Who wouldn't want to join in on a bet with a 1000% chance of winning? Do you realize it's practically impossible even for the entire Deneuve family to reserve the entire Royal Ritz? Do you really think your high-and-mighty Sophia Deneuve can pull it off?""How about this, since we're feeling generous," Preston sneered. "You can start running naked, sparing Sophia the trouble. Then, we can annul the bet.""Why annul the bet?" Envira protested, her voice oozing disdain. "I want that woman to face the humiliation.""Both of you are so disgusting," Alex suddenly interrupted, his voice heavy with disappointment. "I don't know what your past with Sophia is, but I've never met people as despicable as you both. You two better get out of this building now."Preston and Envira laughed mockingly. "What? Now the toilet fixer wants to act tough? You're the one who should leave this building, or I'll call my father to have the guards kick you out.""Let m
“Grace Cecil!” George stood abruptly, his eyes burning with anger.“What game do you think you're playing? Do you believe you have the power to fire me? I will rally my people to demonstrate and remove you from your position as General Manager.”“Really?” Grace Cecil shocked. “Well, how about this? There are 56 people here. If you can get more than half of these people to support you, I won’t fire you. I might even consider stepping down.”“Keep your word!” George, scanning the room of project managers, his voice filled with defiance, said, “How long are we going to bow to this Capital city woman! This is Blackwood! We need a leader from Blackwood! We will inform the Chairman that Grace is unfit to lead us, oblivious to our local traditions!”Some were still reluctant, but a few hands hesitantly rose.“25... and still not enough to make half,” George shouted, trying to bolster his side. “Come on, guys, we people of Blackwood need to stick together. Now is the time to rise. With the m
"Really?" questioned a businessman, his face already etched with desperation as he gazed at his massive formidable competitors. Suddenly, a glimmer of hope emerged within him.“There are only three senior managers at the Eden Group, and my father is the most senior, just one level below the general manager.” Preston added with confidence."As you know, the current general manager of Eden Group is from the capital city. She doesn’t know much about Blackwood, so she delegates all decisions regarding project contracts to my father!" Preston boasted.As he spoke, more people were drawn to his words.“Listen to me, if you want a quick and guaranteed project from Eden Group, you need to know my father. And with the right…” Robert gestured with his thumb and forefinger, mimicking the universal sign for money, “all of you will get any project you want.”“Are you sure?” asked another businessman.“Envira,” Preston called out to her. “This is my fiancée, from the Deneuve family. I just secured
"Please don’t resign!" Lucas said frightenedly, as he and the other workers quickly crowded around Sophia."Miss Sophia, please don't say something like this. We will handle all this problem together," said another worker hurriedly."But," Sophia's face turned pale, "they are cancelling all the contracts because of me.""Miss Sophia," Lucas added, "as long as headquarters hasn't fired you, please don’t resign. Our livelihoods are connected to you. If you resign now, someone will get angry at us and fire us all.""But the phone call," Sophia glanced towards the incessantly ringing phone."I am having fun answering that," Lucas said with a smirk. "They'll regret it soon.""Yes, even I’m not worried about that. Why must Miss Sophia worry? At times like this, we must believe in headquarters." Added another worker.“Are
As the internal audit group passed through the crowd, George Spencer looked down, his face pale and distant. Everyone around sensed that something was terribly wrong.Before Preston could go to meet his father, four Eden Group security guards approached him and Envira."Are you Preston Spencer and Envira Deneuve?" one of the guards asked with a displeased and mocking tone."Yes," Preston and Envira answered cheerfully, still thinking they would be treated as VIPs."Leave this place now! You are not welcome here," the guard commanded sternly, as two other guards started to push them toward the exit."Hey, stop it," Preston protested, his voice cracking with confusion, disbelief, and anger."My father, George Spencer, is a senior member here. What is your name? You will be fired if you do this to me.""My name is Jackson," the guard replied bluntly, pushing his head to gesture toward George being escorted out of the building. "Your father has just been fired. So get the fuck off this bu
Andrew knew well that his mother fanatically believed in superstitions. She might actually harm that poor man."Mother, it will cause Sophia displeasure," Andrew cautioned."Why should I care about the bitch who put our Deneuve name to shame and bring bad luck to this family?" she retorted sharply.Andrew activated the screen in the living room and displayed the Eden Group awarding Sophia Deneuve a $500 million project.Grandma Deneuve watched the news with a shock."Did she really secure a $500 million project while we are blacklisted by the Eden Group?" she said in disbelief. "How could this have happened?"Another news story showed that George Spencer was fired along with 29 others from Eden Group, as he was proven to have engaged in illegal activities during his work time.Grandma Deneuve yelled, "It turns out the Spencer family, whom we thought would elevate our status, is actually the one dragging us into bankruptcy! I want to sever all ties with them. Cancel our wedding with th
"Victoria," Sophia replied, knowing it's still hard for many people to accept different class marriages."He is a project leader at the company I work for. A good person and also handsome, if that’s what you’re asking."“So it turns out to be true,” Victoria sighed in disbelief.Sophia quickly tried to change the topic. “What made you call?”“My dad can’t see me being happy unemployed forever. He wants me to move to Blackwood City.”“You?” Sophia couldn’t believe what she heard. “You, from a second-tier wealthy family with assets of $1 billion? Why are you moving to this small city?”“I need your help, Sophia Deneuve.”Sophia laughed, “The Deneuves are only a fourth-tier wealthy family with assets of about $100 million. What help could we possibly offer you?”“Even the richest here are only third-tier, with around $500 million in assets. Nobody in Blackwood City can help you, Victoria.”“I have information, but you need to keep it a secret. Can you?” Victoria whispered.“My lips are s