Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 234

Angela was already feeling irritated and had no patience to deal with Mia.

"I'm fine. I'm leaving. Ms. Spencer, don't follow me."

But Mia grabbed her wrist. "Ms. Graham, if there's something bothering you, you can talk to me. This is the Jewell residence; if there's anything I can help with, I—"

"Ms. Spencer, you're overestimating yourself."

Angela pulled her hand back, her gaze sharp.

"Instead of spending time trying to make friends, you should focus on improving yourself. Otherwise, even if you had a hundred friends, the people who look down on you still won't see you any differently."

Her words were blunt, cutting straight through Mia's intentions and laying them bare for all to see.

Mia's face paled. "I—I wasn't... I just thought, since you helped me, I—"

"I helped you?" Angela let out a cold chuckle.

"Or did you guide me into helping you? Who can really say? Tell me, as the hostess of the banquet, how did you just happen to end up in the back garden, where Olivia and her group were waiting to corner you? And just by chance, I happened to be there too?"

studied Mia with a half-smile, but the frustration in her heart was

do yourself a favor-stay away from me. Stop trying to curry favor. I

that, she turned and walked

stood there, watching Angela's figure disappear, her expression darkening. She

then again, she liked dealing with smart people.

...

"Not interested."

couch as she

were discussing an upcoming company retreat for

really not going?"

One of them happens to be the CEO of MK Corporation, the company you've been trying to negotiate with If you go

from the kitchen, carrying a bowl of pasta. Lately, he seemed to

pasta, he genuinely seemed

QUMS

hear that right? MK Corporation's CEO, Harvey Collins, is going

Her excitement was palpable.

to reconsider and go. After all, we've been trying to set up a meeting with the CEO for