Jared said to Selena, “Had you not been recommended by your father, I’d have fired you right now.” At this moment, Stanley finally found Jared here after spending a long time looking for the man to no avail. He urged at the door, “President Presgrave, it’s time for the meeting.”

Jared darted a look at Ellen. Then, he warned her, ‘Stay here, before leaving. In the office, Selena’s face was livid one moment and pale the next. Looking somewhat ferocious, she looked daggers at Ellen, asking, “What’s your relationship with President Presgrave?”

Having seen through this cousin of hers, Ellen didn’t bother to answer her question. She retorted, “Is that any of your business?”

Selena looked at the young lady before her, who reeked of poverty from her very bones except for her pretty looks. “This can’t be possible! How could you be good enough for President Presgrave? What is it about you that qualifies you to catch his fancy?”

In a rare moment, Ellen’s face hardened, though her expression was already frosty in the first place. She pointed to the door, saying, ‘Please get out.”

for a second before she realized she was being chased away-and by Ellen of all people. “J-Just you wait! I’ll make you pay for the humiliation I suffered

fought a war. Resting her. head in her hands, she felt an overpowering weariness sweep over her. Her brain was fatigued; her cheeks burned

courted me? she asked herself inwardly in

the other hand, Selena went downstairs and returned to her desk. She looked at her small office, then at Ellen’s

and reflected on what Jared had said. So, Jared fell in love with Ellen first and has been courting her since then? And he said Ellen was

was like no matter how hard she tried to get luck on her side, she could never be as lucky as Ellen,

mind, but she had always dreamed of having Jared to herself ever since she first laid eyes on him. But now, he actually fell in love with Ellen, a poor relative whom she looked down on the

eyes. Just then, her phone rang; she picked it up and took a look. Seeing that it was a phone call from a rich dandy whom she had gotten to know abroad, she immediately composed herself and

a dinner party this Friday that I’d like to

charity dinner

nose at him because he was over 220 pounds. This time, however, she wasn’t going to give up the opportunity to attend such a

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