In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Grace knew that the two of them had struck a deal, but she still frowned. "I don't know him."

"You will."

After dropping Noelle off at home, Grace headed straight to Amirate and called Luke over. "Help me look up someone named Bobby Baxter."

Shawn was right. She couldn't provoke Jake right now. If he were to send the photos to Xander, it would cause a huge problem.

She needed to navigate this carefully and find an opportunity to crush Jake.

Before long, Luke found out about Bobby. "Bobby Baxter is the president of Aether Group. In terms of infrastructure, Aether Group has secured most of the national corporate projects. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they're like a state-owned enterprise. He holds considerable sway."

Grace's heart sank at those words. Jake's current project also had ties to Aether Group. Why was he looking for dirt on Bobby, and why was he so confident that she could find it?

"Oh, and Bobby is on the list of attendees for our annual party."

"Why was he invited?"

Luke smiled. "Ms. Lewis, have you forgotten? It was your idea to invite all the top executives on par with Amirate."

Grace had almost forgotten. No wonder Jake was so confident. He had already investigated thoroughly.

Seeing her troubled expression, Luke asked, "Should we still send the invitation?"

"Yes."

would come up with an excuse to

sank

Iverson

"Leave him out."

him and didn't

Noelle as of late. Whenever she was in a

tea on the top floor of a mall when Noelle suddenly mentioned, "Celia attended the Hawkins Group's annual party."

member of the Hawkins family. She criticized Benjamin for abusing his power

"She also

said that he lacked

and familial

for her and their mother, all for the sake of a woman. She only said harsh words. You should've seen

she imagined it. "You saw

"Timothy told me."

Hawkins Group. Grace was happy to see the Hawkins family in chaos. After all, they had nothing to do with

a voice came from behind them. "You seem to

a mature and gentle male voice. Noelle and Grace both turned

he looked at them with gentle eyes. They didn't know why he was there or how much of their