Under the heiress facade

Chapter 293

Some people were happy and some were sad over the events.

The waiters at the Imperial Hotel’s banquet hall cleaned up the broken glasses and spilled wine.

The guests‘ spirit, which was already lifted with Bernard’s arrival, soared even higher after witnessing the Gaskells‘ drama unfold.

Everyone realized that the Everetts were no longer what they used to be. They had climbed to a higher status. Many guests tried to strengthen their ties

with the Everetts.

Gideon and James mingled with the crowd, busily greeting everyone.

“Mr. Gideon, may I have a word?”

Ethan Lynch, an executive in a government–owned company who had previously delayed their collaboration, approached Gideon with a glass of wine in band.

“Mr. Lynch.”

and took a sip before saying,

the Everetts and Bernard. They were hoping to

was playing dumb. He had belleved Queenie’s words previously and stopped the collaboration with Gideon. His superiors wanted

“I’ve reviewed the new contract you sent over. When can we find

to ponder.

secure an additional 5% profit

to secure the collaboration with the Everetts. Acknowledging the generous offer, Gideon decided to accept

success of the banquet.

couldn’t find Bernard or Hera, so

Killian and Ms. Hera left about half an hour ago.”

left 30 minutes ago, it meant that they left just as the banquet

a

had shown up because of Hera and had done them a huge favor, but felt that his actions crossed a line. Each time, he would just appear and

that moment, he received a message

and saw that it