"It's the greatest honor for her husband when even his rival in love is acknowledging his worth.""I really want to know who Caroline's husband is!"Caroline relaxed after hearing Jack's words. Thinking about it carefully, Jack had never acted excessively or shown any emotions around her. He had probably already given up on her.She smiled. "That's good."However, now wasn't the time to deal with Jack. Caroline turned to look at Vivian, who was sitting on the ground, dazed. Vivian scratched at a desk with one hand, laughing and murmuring, "Even a fighting champion has a crush on her … Haha! Why? Why do so many people like Caroline, while no one likes me? Just why?"Caroline had seen this behavior on TV—someone going insane after getting provoked. She knelt in front of Vivian. Looking straight into her eyes, she showed Vivian the evidence that she had bribed the judges of the Rosebow Contest."These are the transaction records of your payment to the judges of the Rosebow Con
"What's wrong, Cheryl?" Caroline asked patiently, looking at the silent woman in front of her.Cheryl looked up at Caroline. After seeing her encouraging gaze, she said, "Caroline, can I go to Evans Group?"Caroline smiled at her words. "You want to go to Evans Group with me?"Cheryl bit her lip nervously and nodded. But she immediately explained, "Caroline, I swear I'm not trying to ride on your coattails. Well, not exactly. I want to ride on your coattails and learn by your side …"She was blabbering, and her face turned red.Caroline said with a smile, "I understand."Hearing Caroline's gentle voice, Cheryl calmed down. She looked at Caroline gratefully and said, "Caroline, I really learned a lot of things when I worked for you. I promise I'm not following you because you're Evans Group's CEO."Caroline nodded. She could tell that Cheryl was sincere, but she said, "You have to think this through. The workplace isn't a place for emotions." Caroline paused and said bluntl
Caroline felt embarrassed at his words. She insisted, "But I should still pay you back for your efforts.""It's okay. You already did."Caroline thought he was referring to him becoming more mature and happier because of his experience working for her. She didn't know he was referring to the villa and fighting gym his boss had given him.Seeing how Jack had insisted, Caroline no longer hesitated. "Okay. Thank you, Mr. Jack."When Jack sent Caroline home, Kirk was already waiting for her. Seeing Caroline return home, he wrapped his arms around her waist. "You're just on time, darling."Caroline pushed Kirk's chest. Before, she hadn't known that Jack had a crush on her, so she could act lovey-dovey with Kirk without any worries. However, now …Kirk seemed to have seen through Caroline's thoughts. He let go of her and said to Jack, "Let's talk outside."Caroline was stunned by his words. She nervously grabbed his tie and looked at him, silently asking if he knew about Jack's crus
Caroline was half awake, and she didn't feel as if she was lying in bed. Instead, she felt as if she were lying in a bed of flowers, and she could smell all kinds of scents. She finally woke up and tapped Kirk's chin lightly with her fingers.Kirk nodded slightly and placed a kiss on her fingers. "Are you okay?""I'm just hungry," Caroline replied.Kirk smiled softly. "I'll ask Charles to bring some food over.""Isn't he off work at this hour?""Not yet." Kirk picked up his phone and sent Charles a message. Then, he put his phone back on the bedside table. He said, "He'll be here in 15 minutes. I'll go downstairs and get you a piece of toast now.""It's okay." Caroline sat up with a blush. She looked into Kirk's eyes and pondered for a moment. "I need to talk to you about something.""What is it?""I want to talk about …" Caroline looked away and said hesitantly, "Mr. Jack's crush on me …" At the mention of this, she looked back at Kirk and assured him, "Don't worry.
Luke and Tom were also dumbfounded. They thought there would be some difficulties in achieving their objectives, but they didn't expect Caroline to agree so readily. They couldn't help but wonder if she was up to something."Are you … really agreeing to us retracting our investment?" Luke asked.Caroline said, "Forcing things will never work out. Since both of you are unwilling to work with this company, I won't force you." Before taking over this mess, she had already thought of this outcome. "The company personnel will contact you later about the process details. Is there anything else I can do for both of you?" She was clearly implying that they should leave.Luke and Tom replied, "No. I hope that the divestment process will be as relaxed as this." With that, the two men left.The employees at Evans Group were still waiting for Luke and Tom to teach Caroline a lesson. They didn't expect things to be resolved so quickly. They found it boring.Emery quickly texted Layla abo
But even so, it set off a wave of protests. The head of PR who had just been fired was Colleen Whitman, Emery's mother.Caroline wasn't targeting Emery on purpose. She had done her investigations and found that Evans Group's PR department was irrelevant. To put it bluntly, it was set up to support idlers. Since they were supporting idlers, she had to fire the head of that department, no matter who it was.However, Colleen obviously didn't think so. When she heard that she and her daughter were fired, she immediately cried, "My God, are you trying to kill me and my daughter? How dare you pick her as CEO? How can she be the boss of this company? She's trying to murder us!" Her voice was very loud, and her wailing seemed to pierce through the walls.Caroline didn't pay attention to her whiny and sulky behavior at all. "According to the procedures, you must complete your resignation, and the company will pay you three times your salary. If you want to cause trouble, we'll termin
Jeb's heart sank. Still, now that Caroline had forced his hand, he didn't want to admit defeat. He turned around and said to everyone, "Those who want to leave with me, stand up right now!"Seeing this, Emery was the first to stand up with Colleen. After they did, they didn't forget to encourage everyone else. "Don't be afraid, everyone. Layla has started a new company upstairs. After leaving here, we can just join hers."Many people knew about the fact that a new company had opened upstairs. When they heard that the company belonged to Layla, everyone was moved. They all walked behind Emery and Colleen. Soon enough, more than 100 people were on Emery's side, while Caroline only had 90 people left. They were still hesitating about whether they should leave or not.Emery continued, "Come on. I promise you'll definitely get to join the company upstairs. Don't forget—Layla started this company, so Mr. Eddy must have sponsored her."When she mentioned Eddy, another half went over
Caroline's last words pissed Emery off. She had definitely said that on purpose to direct everyone's ire at her.Sure enough, everyone who was excited at first calmed down and slowly looked at Emery one by one. One of them asked, "Emery, can we really join Layla's company?"Emery couldn't find the words. She had just said it casually to embarrass Caroline. She wasn't sure if all of them could join Layla's company.When they saw Emery's silence, they immediately understood. "Emery! How could you trick us like that?""That's right. We decided to leave this company with you, but now you're telling us we don't have a job. Who is going to pay me this month?""I don't care! Emery, I lost my job because of you. Now you have to find me a new one!"The crowd surrounded Emery.Seeing this, Jack couldn't help giving Caroline a discreet thumbs-up. He was really impressed with her! It turned out that Caroline had no intention of keeping these people with her from the start. If she had fi