Chapter 96

Carnation sighed deeply as she closed her eyes tightly. She didn't want to do it, but it was part of her job to fill in for his brother at work.

"There's no hocus-pocus," she reassured herself. It's just a casual dinner with their new business partner. "I'll kill him if someone I don't want to see shows up again," Carnation promised herself. She had little faith in this dinner, especially since Wren had organized it despite the fact that it wasn't his job.

"Are you going, ma'am?" inquired her secretary, who sat in the shotgun seat.

"It's best if you just return to the office; I'll handle this client," Carnation said, giving the secretary a critical look.

"But won't you need my assistance?" her secretary asks, concerned. She always attends dinner meetings with her.

"I'll be fine…."

"But ma'am—"

"I'll be fine, I can do it," Carnation's secretary nodded. She has no recourse; her decision is final. She must face the client al