"Here, fill it up," Daniel opened all the wine bottles and poured all the wine into the bucket. Looking at the bucket filled with wine, Ava frowned again. "James, you have to know that Ava is the dream girl of the boys in our Hugh school back then," Daniel pretended to be tipsy and spoke slowly, staggering slightly. "But none of us thought she would marry a loser like you. You must be lucky to have a wife like Ava. "Isn't that so, guys?" "Yes," Greg supported, "what a lucky bastard. James remained silent and did not retort. He knew that saying anything would be wrong at times like this. "In that case, drink this bucket of wine," Daniel said seriously. Then he threatened, "You are not a man if you don't drink it." With them forcing him to drink the bucket of wine. James calmly said, "I'll drink. However, Daniel and Greg exchanged a malicious look when James picked up the bucket of wine. The two of them pushed the bucket, and the wine in it spilled on James' face. "Daniel, wha
"I may have a suggestion. There are many of you here. Why don't you split the check and pay?" The manager lifted his eyebrow and spoke. "What? Split the bill?" The woman in the black dress exclaimed. Others did not agree either. They did not want to pay for the bill Noah promised to treat them. Noah kept his head low and remained silent, ignoring the manager's suggestion. "Otherwise," the manager's tone sounded harsh compared to just now as he continued, "We have no choice but to call the police." "Call the police?" There was an uproar in the crowd when they heard the manager mention about calling the police. "No, you can't call the police. My parents will break my legs if they know." "Yeah, I'll never be able to have fun anymore." "What a bummer." Some were from wealthy families and relied on their parents to provide them with money. They did not want to get involved with this matter and ruined their future fun. Others who weren't from wealthy families had not enough money
"What's the matter?" Greg was alarmed. He asked in a daze, "Hasn't James paid for the meal? Why aren't you letting us leave?" "Yes, why are you stopping us from leaving?" Daniel asked impatiently. Others stopped walking out of the restaurant when they heard the commotion. "Well, the restaurant manager pointed at James politely and said, "Mr. Miller had only paid half of the bill. He said you will pay for the rest, Mr. Taylor." "What?" "Pay for another half of the bill?" Greg and Daniel gasped when they recalled how huge the amount of the bill was. It was still expensive, even with half of the bill paid. Both of them looked at each other. James had allowed others to leave but insisted Greg, Daniel, and Noah stay back and pay the bill. It made Greg and Daniel wonder if James was taking revenge on them. "Mr. Taylor," the manager still had a smile on his face as he said, "Please pay for the other half of the bill." Noah's face turned pale, and anger boiled in him. He had lost h
"Angela, you are a genius. You've everything planned," Allen exclaimed in admiration and joy after reading the document. Soon, it was Tuesday, the day of the board meeting. In addition to the project with Nymphoods, the Bailey Group had other real estate projects. Among them, the acquisition project of Waltson garment factory was imminent. Jackson Bailey, the chairman, sat in the main seat in the conference room with a stern look. "We must get the Waltson Garment factory's land. Otherwise, we won't be able to proceed with the Busteen Garden project, and the land we bought will have less value." As he spoke the managers and high chair executive officers complained. "Chairman, we went dozens of times, but we didn't even meet with the owner of Waltson Garment Factory." Even dozens of real estate companies like Bennett Group failed to meet the owner." "I think Waltson Garment factory's owner is trying to increase the selling price of their land and reap more benefits from us." Liste
"Drive carefully, James reminded Ava, who headed to the parking lot.Ava went to Bailey Group and reported to her grandfather about the progress of the project with Nymphoods."Ava, you did well in this project with the Nymphoods." Jackson put down the documents and nodded in satisfaction. "I believe that you would be able to purchase the Waltson Garment Factory's land with ease.""Don't worry, Grandpa. I won't let you down," Although Ava said so, she was not confident with that project."Grandpa..." Angela opened the chairman's office door and walked in."Angela, you are here," Jackson beckoned her to approach him."Angela, I have good news to share with you," Jackson pointed at her, who sat beside Ava and continued, "The representative of Walton Garment Factory that is negotiating the terms with you is one of your cousins from the Black family.""So, Angela is going to accompany you tonight."Ava forced a smile and said, "Oh, is that so? Okay."But Ava knew that Angela and Allen wou
Looking at herself in the mirror, Ava let out a deep sigh and tried to convince herself, "I can do it.""I will get this project and prove my ability to everyone."She put on the maid's costume, though she was reluctant to do it.Ava took a windbreaker coat out of her closet and wore it to prevent exposing her skin."Ava, are you going or not?" Ava's phone rang again, and Angela shouted impatiently through it."Coming," Ava replied with a simple word and hung up the call.Soon, Ava, dressed in a black windbreaker, walked out of the company's entrance and quickly got into Angela's car.Looking at Ava wrapping herself up with the windbreaker, an evil smile emerged on Angela's face.Hey! What is all the Complaint about since you have decided to wear it?""Ava, rumors said that you are a cold, beautiful, and naive young lady in our company," Angela clicked her tongue and continued, "I never expected you would sacrifice your dignity and pride to keep your job."Ava who sat in the backseat
Ava took off the black eye mask and wore her windbreaker. She held her bag tightly and headed back into the private room. Noah was relieved to see Ava back. Look!" Angela sneered and said, "I said she would come back." "Mr. Taylor, let's sit down and talk," Ava went straight into the topic as she addressed Noah politely. "Okay, Noah nodded obediently and sat down in the seat beside her, ogling at her beautiful legs under the trench coat. "Come on, Ava. Let's toast," Noah grinned as he filled Ava's glass with some wine. "I'm sorry," Ava said coldly, I'm here to talk about business, not to toast my drinks." Ava knew Noah's intention and decided not to drink a single glass of wine offered by him. She would never fall for it. Seeing that they did not manage to fool Ava, Angela spoke out. "Angela, although you and Noah were classmates, he is now the representative of Walton Garment Factory." Then, Angela pointed at the glass of wine and said, "The representative of our client had
"Oh!" Noah sneered and then laughed frantically. "Ava, I thought you were a tame little bunny, but I had never expected you would have such a fierce side.""But the more you resist, the more I like it.""Don't come near me!" Ava held the knife in her trembling hands as she pointed it at Ava.But it was pointless, even if Ava had the knife.Noah made a sudden move and snatched the knife from Ava's hand. Then, he threw it on the ground."I am more skillful in using a knife than you." Noah mercilessly strangle Ava's neck and glared at Ava angrily as she shouted.Ava, who was on the verge of suffocating, rummage through her bag and took out her phone. Then she pressed the number one on the phone screen.That was the shortcut dial to James' number.After Ava went to work, James received a phone call from Leo, saying that he had a project he wanted to discuss with him. So, James left his house.James and Leo met in a private room in the vanilla bistro to discuss the project."Sir, I think w