Chapter 40

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“Timothy, how could you stand up for Mia? I was so humiliated,” Shelly complained.

Timothy retracted his gaze and said coldly, “If I catch you doing this again, don’t even think of setting foot in any of the Barrett Group’s malls in the future. I’m a man of my word.”

“How can you do this to me, Timothy? I have shares in the company, too.”

“Because I’m the one calling the shots now. It’s bad enough that you don’t contribute to the company at all. There’s no way I’ll allow you to drag the company down.” With

that, Timothy turned and left.

Shelly was left behind. She stomped her foot angrily but didn’t dare to rebuke

Timothy. After storming out of the store, she called Maya. “I need to tell you

something, Maya. Mia actually got into the finals of the competition.”

“Really?” Maya had been too busy with her work to pay attention. She only checked

the list of finalists that had been sent to her through WhatsApp. Sure enough, she

saw Mia’s name on the list.

Her expression turned cold. “I didn’t expect her to be this lucky.”

Getting to the finals of the Fleur International Design Competition wasn’t easy. One

had to have some actual skill to achieve this.

“That’s not all. She was here at the mall to buy an evening gown. I wanted to teach

I didn’t expect Timothy to be making his rounds

gown she

“Shelly said.

was no way she could

for her to shine. It would only attract all of Timothy’s

we do, Maya? Mia’s pretending to back off as a way

different light. He’s already less

that. I have my ways of dealing with her,” Maya

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her eyes darkened. She wouldn’t allow anyone to take

was an outstanding man, and he

looked at the list of finalists and smirked coldly.

who was boss.

mall. Eva asked, “What do you think of Barrett

president, Mia?”

at this.

Did Eva suspect something?

it’s nothing. I was just asking. I think he’s pretty principled, actually. He

to us as a way of

Timothy had always been like that when it

no matter who they were.

expanded so rapidly.

today, Eva had been biased against the Barrett family. It

Timothy had had his accident. Before the accident, he’d been madly in love with Maya. Yet he’d married a different woman

worse, Maya was still shamelessly insisting on

she couldn’t live without

say anything about this to Timothy, though. He probably

lived in Nord City and

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