One second later, her Whatsapp was flooded with messages.[Addy, you’re so cruel![Addy, this is the 999th time that you’ve blocked my phone number. I’ll remember this![Addy, I’m sorry. Give me another chance!]Adina coldly slammed her phone back on the office desk with the screen facing down.She then raised her head and smiled. “I’m sorry, Mr. Garcia. We can continue now. Regarding Visual Studio Code that you mentioned earlier, it is a rather traditional coding software. I’ve amended a few parts—” “Ms. Daugherty, I think I better take this preliminary design concept back to Winters Corporation to study it.” Mr. Garcia stood up. “A-F is a project that Winters Corporation has invested a lot into. Some details can’t be decided by the two of us.”Adina smiled and nodded. “You’re right, Mr. Garcia. We’ll discuss it again after the Technical Department of Winters Corporation audits and reviews it.”Mr. Garcia held the thick document with the design while he walked out of the stud
Mr. Garcia thought about how he should answer before he slowly said, “I admire Ms. Daugherty’s design concept. She has implemented a brand new programming method, which breaks down traditional coding modules and combines them into a new coding rule. I think it’s very challenging.”Duke nodded, and his gaze was filled with admiration.He was also involved in programming, and he was confident that there were less than three programmers in the world who dared to design a plan like that.Adina was indeed impressive.He threw the proposal back “There are advantages to taking the challenge. The first draft is set for now. Continue keeping tabs on this project.”After Duke spoke, he went to the CEO’s office.Jake patted Mr. Garcia’s shoulder. “Mr. Winters cares about this project very much. If you do well, maybe you’ll be promoted!”But Mr. Garcia chuckled in resignation.Mr. Winters was not an IT person, so he naturally did not understand the hidden risks.Mr. Garcia, on the other h
“If the air there were clean, would I have stayed in Ascrialia for such a long time?” Mrs. Winters said coldly. “I’ll ask my people to pick Harold up so that he can live with me for a few months.”“No,” Duke rejected her request resolutely. “I’ve arranged a course for him, so he can’t go to Ascrialia now.”“Duke, I’m old, and I need someone to keep me company.” Mrs. Winters’ tone was cold and fierce yet inferior. “I’m living alone in Ascrialia in such a big manor. Do you know how I spend my days? I’m not asking you to come and visit me. I just want one of the boys to accompany me for some time. Do you have to turn me down like that?”Duke became silent, which was rare.When the boys were one month old, he had sent them to Ascrialia for his mother to take care of them.Back then, he could not accept that he suddenly had two kids. Besides, his mother had always wanted to have grandchildren, so he sent them to Ascrialia to fulfill her wish.Unexpectedly, after the boys lived abroad
“Mrs. Winters, marriage should exist because of love.”Catherine flashed her a faint smile.“Without love, marriage is just a grave where love goes to die. Duke obviously doesn’t want to build a grave for himself just for the children’s sake.”Mrs. Winters shook her head and did not say anything,She had been in Ascrialia for many years, and she had lost control over her son a long time ago. Whatever she said would not mean anything to him.“Mrs. Winters, I really like Duke’s perspective on love.” Catherine suddenly lowered her head and smiled. “I’ve known you for so many years, and I hear Duke’s name every day. But, I haven’t met Duke before. Mrs. Winters, do you have a picture of him?”Mrs. Winters cast a glance at Catherine.Catherine had appeared in her life about four years ago. She would come and visit her every day. In turn, Mrs. Winters would share her personal thoughts with the young lady who was in her early twenties.Mrs. Winters had even told Catherine about the mis
She was a PhD graduate who had returned from abroad, and she was twenty-eight years old. She had ear-length hair and looked smart as well as capable.Queenie scoffed. “You were the manager of the Sales Department for about five years, but you were demoted instead of being promoted. Don’t you feel unhappy at all?”“I’m just obeying our superior’s arrangement,” Elina said indifferently. “It’s my honor to be Ms. Daugherty’s assistant as well.”After she spoke, she walked to the manager’s office and knocked on the door.“Coward!” Queenie said scornfully. “A PhD graduate from abroad? You don’t even fight for yourself!”At that moment, Elina pushed open the door to the manager’s office, and Elina heard the sentence clearly.She looked over through the gap in the door and saw Queenie, who was dressed up differently.Why did she find this woman familiar?Adina narrowed her eyes and thought about it before she finally remembered.During her eighteenth birthday celebration five years ag
Elina walked out of the manager’s office with a dark expression.Queenie scoffed. “New superiors have new rules. She must have implemented her first rule on you, the former manager. Elina, if you want to stay in Daugherty Corporation, you can talk to me nicely. Perhaps I can help you beg Dew to let you continue working in the company.”Elina stared at her with a complicated gaze. “Aren’t you worried at all?”“Why should I be worried?” Queenie sneered. “I’m Dew’s best friend. No matter what I say, she’ll listen to me!”She had also been involved when Dew set Adina up that year, so it meant that she also held Dew’s biggest secret. Therefore, whenever she requested something, Dew would generally not turn her down.She stared at Elina arrogantly. “You always disrespected me when you were the manager. I’m a generous person, so I won’t remember your transgressions. If you apologize to me, I’ll call Dew now.”Elina’s expression darkened.Did she disrespect Queenie or did Queenie purpos
Elina immediately passed the performance charts over.When Adina flipped through the performance charts, she smiled coldly.The performance charts were divided into internal employee ratings and department leadership ratings, followed by department administration ratings.Queenie’s internal employee and department leadership ratings were not even 20%, but she scored 100% in department administration ratings.Every performance chart over the last two years was the same. The level of dishonesty was terrible.Did Dew think nobody dared to make a fuss over this, so she could be lazy about finding an excuse to fake the performance charts?“According to Daugherty Corporation’s rules, staff members will be fired if their performance remains poor for three consecutive months,” Adina said indifferently. “You can go to the Administration Department and get this month’s salary now.”Queenie widened her eyes. “Are you firing me? Adina Daugherty, how can you do this?”“I can do this based o
Dew’s eyes became profound, and she slowly curled her fingers.Aside from kicking her out of the Board of Directors, that b*tch, Adina, had also dealt with her friend!“Dew, everyone in the company is saying… saying that Daugherty Corporation will belong to Adina. They even said Adina’s more suitable to be the heiress compared to you.” Queenie gritted her teeth and added, “Unfortunately, I can’t continue working in the company, or else I would rip off the mouths that talk badly about you!”“I won’t let you get fired. Just wait.”After Dew hung up, anger filled her face, which was covered in exquisite makeup.“Adina, that b*tch! Her cunning mind is extraordinary!” Ruby had heard the conversation clearly. She slammed the table and indignantly said, “Dew, we can’t just wait and do nothing anymore!”Dew bit her bottom lip and said, “Mom, you think I don’t want to get some people to kill that b*tch? But George has sent some people to watch us. No matter what we want to do, he’ll find