Chapter 173

Georgia strutted out of the office, her nose in the air.

Victoria kept tidying her desk, while Ailie fumed beside her.

"Can you believe it? Even the office toadies are coming here trying to make themselves feel important," Ailie grumbled.

Violet's little lapdog held her head higher than Ailie ever did as a manager- completely oblivious to anyone else in the room.

"Oh, come on. Just think about your six-figure salary. Imagine how much luxury makeup you could buy with that every month," Victoria said with a wry smile.

Ailie's anger melted away instantly. "You're right. Six figures a month... that's not too shabby."

Later, as Victoria carried a box of her things to her new office, she glanced around and saw the whole company buzzing with activity.

Ever since Ms. Marchand had arrived, everyone seemed more energized. If they weren't out chasing down new clients, they were in meetings or throwing lavish parties to impress investors.

Just The Langford Group alone had poured in hundreds of millions to Quantum Core Technologies. When it came to bringing in capital, Violet was second to

none.

from a distance and made sure to keep their distance-no one dared share an elevator with her, even if it meant waiting for

no use for you, no one in

rate, Ms. Marchand was going to become the most powerful voice in the company after Mr.

knew Victoria was coming. She jumped up to help, surprised to see Victoria hauling a stack of

to help you move these? Where is everyone? You're not

to be a secretary, and now she was Deputy Manager of the Investment Department—a promotion, and with a pay raise to boot. Yet not a single soul had shown

anything," Victoria replied. Compared to changing a flat on an RV, this was

her curves made her look anything but athletic. Most people would never guess she had

had seen what she was

took the box from her with a

she dove right back into her

morning, Yasmine had a car ready for Victoria. She drove herself to the expo center, the trip going smoothly-until, right as she passed Central Square, the car sputtered

climbed out to check the engine, just as the driver from

hadn't expected to run into

Fannie," he greeted,

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