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
Caroline hummed in assent and sent all the information she had prepared to Gavin.As soon as Gavin hung up the phone, he got a call from Luke. "How about it, Gavin? Have you made your decision?"Gavin asked in confusion, "A decision on what?""To retract your investments, of course!" Luke said excitedly, "I'm telling you, Ms. Layla already has investments from Mr. Eddy. Her company is on the 24th floor, and it's also an apparel company. When the time comes …"Gavin ended the call without letting Luke finish. After listening to Luke, he could tell that Layla's company was just another company like Dan's. He could guess how that company would turn out. In this case, he might as well place his hopes on Caroline. At least he would see something different.After being hung up on, Luke threw away his phone impatiently.Nearby, Tom asked with a smile, "What's wrong, Luke?""That ungrateful bastard, Gavin, just hung up on me!"Tom smiled. "Then, you should be happy."Luke looked a
Fortunately, although Eddy had been furious that day, his resolve had wavered as soon as Layla threatened to commit suicide to atone for her sins. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known how to get through this predicament.It was all Caroline's fault! As Layla simmered in anger, a hint of venom appeared in her eyes....Caroline talked with several recruitment companies and chose a relatively reliable one to handle recruitment. Immediately afterward, she went to meet several companies' bosses.All of them heartily congratulated Caroline on becoming Evans Group's CEO. However, when Caroline proposed for them to be shareholders, they all said they had no money and told her to find another partner. After all, everyone knew that the Evans Group was a money pit. No one would dare work with them.Caroline had expected this to happen, so she didn't complicate it and left when her time was almost up. Before getting off work, she got a call from Cook. "Ms. Evans, are you free at the mo
After Caroline and Kirk decided to go to Macovo with Cook, Gwen and Sean said they would go along with the two as well."It's a good thing I can use my annual leave!" Gwen said excitedly, "Carol, we can go skiing together! I've checked Macovo's weather online, and it's skiing season now."Sean also decided to go to Macovo to keep Gwen company. He secretly shared his plan with Caroline and Kirk. "It just so happens that my three-month probation will end soon. I plan to ask Gwen to make this thing between us official in Macovo."Caroline asked, "Do you need our help?""You just need to keep this a secret from Gwen and pretend not to know anything."Caroline agreed, "Of course."Kirk didn't say anything, but it was clear what his answer was.In the remaining few days, Gwen and Sean prepared for the trip. Meanwhile, Caroline handed over the company's affairs to Cheryl, who had just resigned from Thorne Corp."Just call me if you need any help. Don't worry about the time differe