"Hello, Miss Sherlyn."The gentle, humble voice of a woman came from the other end of the phone. She sounded calm, elegant, and well-spoken. Everything about her voice suggested that she was a young, successful lady.A nervous feeling struck Sherlyn, and she changed her tone as she meekly answered a few questions about the movie.After a while, Sherlyn nodded and smiled, bidding the woman a kind farewell before hanging up.Marvin and Lilliana asked eagerly at the same time, "How did it go, Sherlyn? What did she say?"Sherlyn looked surprised and elated. "Daddy, Mommy, Miss Xante said she needs to consider investing in the movie, but her company has a new product and they're looking for an ambassador. She asked if I'm interested in being their ambassador!"Marvin smiled. "That's good news!"Lilliana smiled, too. "The products from Newmoon Group have a good reputation and are very popular in the country. If you can become their ambassador, your popularity is going to reach the nex
Aaron curled a corner of his lip and said softly, "Hi, boss. Long time no see. I missed you!"Before Corinne could react, Sherlyn's voice came behind her. "Who is that?"Aaron removed the friendly smile on his face and answered politely, "Hello. I'm the vice president of Newmoon Group, Aaron Rhode."The moment Sherlyn saw a handsome guy standing at the door, she was rooted on the spot. It hit her even harder knowing that the hot guy was the vice president of Newmoon Group. Passionately, she pushed Corinne to the side and went up. "Goodness! How could they trouble the vice president to pick me up?"Aaron smiled faintly. "We have to offer the best hospitality to the one who helped Miss Xante and her sister."Sherlyn's expression faltered. It was not her intention to have Corinne mentioned, but it was not a choice for her. After all, Corinne was the one who found Miss Xante's phone and was also the one who connected Miss Xante and her.Therefore, she pulled Corinne and held her arm,
Even the driver and Aaron worked for Corinne.Sherlyn looked at Corinne contemptuously and rolled her eyes. If she had not picked up Xante's phone, she would never have had to bring along her country-bumpkin sister to Newmoon Group. To her, Corinne's mere presence would degrade her.After a while, the car stopped in front of the Newmoon Group building.Aaron got down. It came naturally for him to walk to the side where Corinne was sitting and opened the door for her. "If you'd please, Miss Carew."Corinne got out of the car expressionlessly as though she was used to it, much to Sherlyn's chagrin.Then again, she told herself that Aaron only opened the door for Corinne because it was nearer to him, and he was not giving Corinne any special treatment.She could not accept being treated less than Corinne, so she did not get down from her end and moved to where Corinne sat. Before she could get down from the car, however, Aaron closed the door without warning.In the end, she had to
Corinne's eyes were half-opened as she enjoyed Xante's massage. She said faintly, "A wolf's been on my case lately, and something troublesome always came up. I don't have my freedom."Xante narrowed her keen eyes from behind the gold-framed glasses. "By wolf, do you mean the young master from the Holdens?"Jeremy's face popped into Corinne's mind. She furrowed her brow and answered annoyedly. Lately, she did not talk to Xante about what happened to her, yet she was not surprised why Xante knew about it. It must have been Aaron and his big mouth.Aaron brought Corinne some snacks and adjusted his pants so he could squat and massage her leg. His face looked like he was eager to hear more gossip. "How's your marriage life? How's the intimacy?"At that moment, Corinne was about to open a pack of chips, and her face blushed having heard that. She rolled her eyes. "Screw you!"Aaron cackled and continued to massage her leg, but he did not dare to gossip anymore.Xante reached out for a
"Holden Group was the one who engaged with us. Their president, Mister Jeremy that you know, liked our office building design. He was the one who requested the architect of this building to design Holden Group's new office building. We all know who the architect is, right? Moon?"Corinne's eyebrows furrowed. Moon was the name she used during work.Not even hesitating, she rejected this knowing it was a project related to Jeremy. "Nope! Not going to accept it.""Boss, Holden Group has offered a lot of money for the project!" Aaron used his fingers to show the numbers 'one' and 'five'.'A hundred and fifty million dollars?!' Corinne nearly choked on her coffee. 'Mister is a big spender!'Newmoon Group was established just recently about three years ago and was in the expanding phase. Although their market value kept on increasing, their cash flow was limited.'A hundred and fifty million...' It was a figure Corinne had a hard time rejecting.Aaron and Xante exchanged looks with ea
Corinne panicked and jumped off the chair. "Aaron, go out and stall him. I'll find a chance to sneak out. Don't let him know I'm here!""Right away!" Aaron quickly put away his foolish smile and walked out to handle it.Corinne followed him to the door and peeked out to monitor the situation through the small gap.There, she saw Jeremy getting out of the lift and Tommy following him.Aaron approached them with a professional smile. "Welcome, Mister Jeremy."Jeremy nodded faintly. "Thank you."Aaron professionally turned his body sideways to lead the way. "Miss Xante mentioned to me you're interested in our building's design. Shall I bring you for a tour to look at the interior design?"Jeremy raised his hand and rejected politely, "That's not necessary. I went to a few floors before coming up here and have understood it. I wish to meet with Miss Xante and the architect, Moon.""I'm sorry, but Miss Xante is in the middle of a meeting," apologized Aaron. "It's going to take a whi
"Moon has her reasons for that, and I am in no position to divulge anything," said Xante.Jeremy chuckled coldly. "Seems to me that Newmoon Group isn't sincere in accepting Holden Group's project. No pressure, then."As he said that, he placed down the coffee cup and stood up immediately after.Meanwhile, Corinne could hear the entire conversation from inside the lounge. Jeremy sounded incredibly dissatisfied, and she knew that his patience was always limited.If he left, then they would stand to lose the 150-million-dollar project!As Corinne was frantically finding a way to handle it, she saw a pile of equipment in the corner of the lounge. Aaron was the one who had bought them, and there seemed to be something like a gas mask in the pile."Mister Jeremy, please wait!"Jeremy, who had walked to the door of the office, stopped when he heard the voice and slowly turned around to look over. His charming eyes narrowed when he saw who it was.Xante turned her head to look in the d
The smile on Sherlyn's face froze when Jeremy did not even react to her enthusiastic explanation. His expression was stern and indifferent, which came off as intimidating.Sherlyn did not try to force a conversation with him, so she eased some of her embarrassment by turning to ask Xante. "Where is my assistant, Miss Xante? I need her to carry something for me!"Xante seemed to have a bad feeling about how the situation was developing, but she adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses calmly and said lightly, "Your assistant has just left, Miss Sherlyn."Sherlyn frowned in dissatisfaction. "She left?! Where the hell did she go? How dare she run off without even waiting for me to come back!"Xante smiled politely and said indifferently, "I'm not privy to that, I'm afraid."Sherlyn was already pissed that Corinne was requested to speak in a private discussion, and that anger only escalated when Corinne just left without saying a word. She immediately took out her cell phone and called Corinn