He retrieved his gaze after a glance. However, Robbie still caught onto the brief pause."Mister Baxter?" Robbie followed the direction of his gaze and looked down. "Oh, why is Violet wearing that purple clothing of hers again? She isn’t carrying that bag you gave her either, Mister Baxter…"Before Robbie could finish, he realized that Carson had headed in and immediately shut his mouth.…After a long period of work, the project, 'The Angel' was rapidly progressing, and the first meeting that morning concerned 'The Angel'.In the first meeting room, every related individual sat in their respective seats. Alice was seated next to Carson on the left, Everly was seated across Alice, and the others sat down in the remaining seats.Before the meeting started, most people were fawning over Alice."Miss Davidson, we are so relieved that you are here to participate in the product development representing the Davidson Group!""Yeah, the Davidson Group is so experienced in marketing, an
A subtle frown appeared on Carson’s forehead."Mister Baxter." Everly looked at Carson and said, "I don’t think the issues mentioned by Miss Davidson are that big of a problem. The reason I chose to collaborate with Baxter Group was precisely because I can see Baxter Group’s capability of handling these situations. Therefore, I don’t think there’s any problem with this proposal.""Violet, now that you have chosen to collaborate with Baxter Group, me and my team represent the marketing department of Baxter Group, and you have you trust our judgment. If we say it won’t work, it won’t work. You have lived in Strandia for a long while. Do you think that you know the current market in this country better than us?" Alice retorted."Miss Davidson, this isn’t the first time we discuss these details in this meeting room. Throughout the past month, everything has been going smoothly, and I believe that if there has been a fundamental issue, someone out of this crowd would have spoken out abou
The rest of the meeting went on without much dispute and ended quickly. Everyone rushed out. Everly, too, gathered her things to walk towards her office. The sound of people talking behind her back lingered, and Annie had already been waiting outside.Seeing that Everly was back, Annie immediately walked up to her, and the two strolled towards the office together."Mister Baxter!""Morning, Mister Baxter!"Waves of flattering greetings rose behind them, and the crowd automatically gave way, so Everly and Annie went over to the side as well.Without looking at anyone, Carson left while being surrounded by people. Everly watched as he left and retrieved her gaze only after he disappeared into a corner and hurried back to her office."Oh my, are you upset?" Before Everly could get back to her office, a voice was heard behind her.She turned around and saw Alice’s smug grin, along with everyone else who was still around peaking while trying to pretend like they didn’t see anything.
"Mister Baxter, should we go help Violet?" Robbie stood by Carson’s side and asked.Carson simply retrieved his gaze and glanced at Robbie before turning to walk into his office.He understood that it was Carson’s way of telling him not to bother with it. Robbie lowered his gaze silently at the confrontation happening on the floor below and sighed before following Carson inside.Meanwhile, on the floor below."Why aren’t you talking?" Alice laughed, "Violet, why don’t you say it if she’s not going to? I want to know just what kind of lies you are capable of making up."Everly looked away and squeezed Annie’s hand, and without a word, she took Annie’s hand and went back to her office before shutting the door behind her."Hahaha, they left! I assume you have nothing left to say then! Hahaha!"Shutting out the mocking voice of Alice and the others, Everly and Annie stood inside the office."Everly, this…" Annie wanted to say something but choked on her words in the end without bei
All the calls were about the same thing. The only difference was that the others were far less polite than the first person who called.The last person was extremely straightforward and said, "It’s already confirmed that Miss Davidson would soon become Miss Baxter. Even if Violet wants to go up against her, what are we supposed to do? You people will be exiting this country once you are done with this collaboration, but we will remain in this company. Do you expect us to offend the future President’s wife for you?"After receiving countless calls, the information they had been so close to getting had been taken away."Everly…" Annie looked towards Everly worriedly, clueless as to what to do next.Everly pursed her lips tightly. Everyone in the Baxter Group had always considered Alice as the person who would eventually become the wife of their president. Words that Carson purposefully backed Alice up earlier in the meeting room had gotten out, and no one in the company would dare to
He was forcing her to beg, but how could she?…At night, on the Cannesville highway."Everly." Annie looked at Everly, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, and said worriedly, "According to the latest news, all our operations have been restricted. Not only did they shut down our operation in the company, but also on other aspects."Everly gazed up at Annie."Alice did this, and Carson Baxter turned a blind eye to it." Annie continued, "She even took control over the manpower the second heir left with us.""Should we simply go public with your identity?" Annie asked hesitantly.Snap!The pen in Everly’s hand had been snapped in half following the distinct sound. It had been a while since she last saw Oliver. Ever since she bumped into him that day, she had not had any chance to do so. What was left for her to do? To go public with her identity?She knew that once she did, Carson would not let her go. Even if it were to maintain his own image, he would force her to stay
"Mister Samberg?" the secretary asked again."She won’t believe that if we tell her. After all, I’ve shown her plenty of proof that it looked real." Austin lowered his head and looked away from the rear-view mirror to avoid the secretary's stares.The secretary did not notice his unusual behavior and continued, "Should we call Mister Baxter? It would help to tell him the truth about everything as well!"Austin remained silent for a minute before saying, "Just drive."That was when the secretary noticed something was wrong and refrained from looking back at Austin while the car raced towards the direction of the airport.…Meanwhile, in a nursing home at Cannesville.The group had gone in for a long time without reporting back. Both Annie and Everly waited outside with a dark expression.Suddenly, a group of people walked towards them. Everly and Annie looked over but could not see their faces through the darkness."Everly!" Annie blurted out."Call them!" Everly immediately s
"What are you going to do to them?" Everly glared at Carson as she struggled to try and get away from him."That depends on whether you are willing to tell the truth, Violet," Robbie answered.Carson tossed her to the side and roared coldly, "What is your purpose for coming to Cannesville?"Everly covered her throat as tears gathered in her eyes from the gaping and coughing. She sat on the bottom of the car and gazed up at his cold expression. For a moment, she was overwhelmed by the irony of everything.He knew. He knew about everything she had been doing. He had been looking down upon her like a giant outside a toy castle looking down on a foolish clown."Answer me!" he barked as rage filled his cold eyes.Everly sneered sarcastically. "Why bother asking me if you already know what I did?"Carson narrowed his eyes and stared at her. "Don’t you think that I won’t be able to kill you!""Yeah, of course you can!" Everly gritted out word by word, "You would kill anyone, and yet,