Never See You Again

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Chapter 213

The sky darkened as Maeve drove back to the Brooks Manor. As expected, Hailey was already seated on the couch, looking rather displeased.

“Mrs. Brooks Senior, where’s Sergio?” Maeve anticipated Hailey to summon Sergio as well, but it

appeared Hailey wanted to speak with her alone.

“Sergio is still in a meeting. I asked him to come back later,” Hailey replied.

Maeve remained silent.

“Allie mentioned that you haven’t returned home much, Hailey began, her tone tinged with accusation.

“Even when you do come back, it’s only for a short while before you’re off again. Why so? Are you looking for another place to live?”

Maeve smilingly answered, “I felt like I shouldn’t stay at home all the time, so I found a job.”

“Nonsense!” Hailey’s anger flared.

should know your place. How can you simply get a job and expose yourself like this? If others find out, it

had never worked a day in her life, but her

Maeve’s past life, she believed that with the Scott family’s support marrying Sergio, she’d be set for

was even

experienced destitution once and vowed never to let it happen

across from Hailey. Hailey was taken aback by

smile, Maeve replied, “Mrs. Brooks Senior, there’s no need to be upset. I’m just working for my family’s company and managing some affairs. There’s nothing shameful about

all, with Mirage Group around, the Brooks group had lost several projects recently. The company must be losing a considerable amount of money. My job is to

Group is just a small company. I’ve never heard of

could it squeeze out several of the Brooks‘ projects?

the losses to the Brooks family!

is wealthy and powerful. But a loss of a few tens of

of billions?” Hailey thought she had

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pretended to act normal. “Yes, tens of

She stood up, her body trembling with anxiety. “H–How could we lose so much money?

and disrupted the plans for Brooks Commercial City. As a result, the Brooks Commercial City opened to little

out and partnered with Mirage Group instead.

Brooks Group’s…”