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.

a sudden, she was reminded that the relationship between herself and her

needs good rest and should be kept

left her a simple explanation, the

tears away, ready to enter to take

doctor's advice, she retracted

last met. Would he still consider her his daughter? Charlotte remained standing by the door. After debating with herself for

in a hidden corner, the shutter of

finished his task. Without delay, he sent the photo he

blink of an eye, the day of the bidding

set the venue to be

team followed Christopher

Charlotte bumped into Elaine, who was here as the representative

Emerson Corporation.

formal attire, but sans the

displayed unobstructed to view, which made

immaculate white dress. Her hair was scattered naturally on her shoulders and her face was caked

side with Charlotte' s pristine, unpainted face, she seemed a

a disciplined glance

managed

was to be decided by drawing

last with Emerson

the minutes ticked past, each company utilized their time to the fullest as they unveiled

was a warm round of applause and up next was Emerson Corporation. As their proud representative, Elaine Emerson slowly ascended the stairs

on her face and everyone in the audience could tell

landed on Charlotte, a tinge

Emerson Corporation's

title wordings displayed on the PowerPoint projection turned Charlotte's brain

Elaine's theme be the same as hers?

few slides that revealed Emerson Corp's design prints blew every member

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