A trace of doubt emerged in Charlotte's mind. But before she could continue eavesdropping, the elevator arrived with a ding. Elaine stalked into the elevator and turned around to face the front. Right at that moment, Charlotte hurriedly spun around.

She did not want Elaine to see her, especially not now.

Unfortunately, Elaine did just that.

However, she didn't seem fearful of being exposed. Instead, her lips curved upward into a sinister smirk.

The elevator doors closed and broke off the women's eye contact. Charlotte looked up at the clock on the wall and realized it was already an hour past midnight.

Where would Elaine be going so late at night?

"Oh no, something's come up with the patient in Room 888!"

A trainee nurse came rushing into the on-call room. Very quickly, a doctor stepped out and headed toward Room 888.

Instinctively, a bad feeling brewed in Charlotte's gut. There was no way that her father was the patient she was talking about, right?

She didn't allow herself much time to overanalyze. She simply followed behind to take a look for herself.

Sure enough, the patient of Room 888 was her father, Timothy Emerson.

Charlotte stood by the door in a daze as she watched the medical staff rendering resuscitation efforts.

Seconds felt like minutes until she finally saw the heartbeat on his vital signs monitor return to normal.

As she stood by the door and watched from the outside, tears streamed down her face. She hastily stopped the doctor before he could leave and urged, "Doctor, what... what's wrong with him? What illness does he have?"

The doctor stared at Charlotte with a sense of skepticism as he asked, "Who are you?"

'T m his, his..." Daughter. She was his daughter, but she couldn't seem to enunciate the word.

the relationship between herself and

had a heart attack. He needs good

a simple explanation, the doctor

ready

as she recalled the doctor's

herself. It had been five years since they last met. Would he still consider her his daughter? Charlotte remained standing

then, in a hidden corner, the shutter of a camera clicked, capturing an image

Without delay, he sent the photo he had

eye, the day of the bidding arrived

had set the venue

morning, the design team followed Christopher to

Elaine, who was here as the representative

Emerson Corporation.

her routine formal

displayed unobstructed to view, which made her appear fresher than

Her hair was scattered naturally on

pristine, unpainted face, she

two did nothing but exchange a disciplined glance before they located

round's bidding had managed to

of appearance was to be decided

last with Emerson Corporation's

the minutes ticked past, each company utilized their time to the

next was Emerson Corporation. As their proud representative, Elaine Emerson slowly ascended

smile lingered on her face and everyone in the audience could tell she was certain she

the moment her gaze landed on Charlotte, a tinge of provocation flickered within her

Corporation's design concept. We call this 'Sustainable

the PowerPoint projection turned Charlotte's brain

be the same as

that revealed Emerson Corp's design prints blew every member of NC's team off their

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