Ashton and Armond chatted amicably. These two men who had never met before seemed to be rather chummy with each other. One could tell at a glance that they were wolves in sheep’s clothing in the corporate world.

Linda was walking beside me. She noticed that something was off and said, “Don’t be distracted. We are at work now. Everything else should be set aside.”

I nodded, took a deep breath, and entered the conference room along with everyone else. Linda arranged for a secretary to serve tea.

Out of nowhere, Ashton, who had been talking to Armond all the while, suddenly spoke. “Mr. Murphy, I had a look at your list of employees just now. Ms. Stovall over here is your secretary?”

Armond nodded, and his gaze landed on me. With a vague smile, he answered, “Yes, she has just joined our company. She is quite capable.”

Ashton nodded and remarked thoughtfully, “No wonder you let her take over the Fuller Corporation project.”

I frowned. Why did he suddenly change the topic?

Sss! Maybe because the atmosphere was a little tense, the secretary who was serving tea accidentally scalded her hand. Due to the pin-drop silence, this little hiss sounded especially loud.

Armond’s brows furrowed for a brief moment. He went on and said, “Mr. Fuller, let us continue with our discussions regarding the Lavelian Village project.”

the secretary who got scalded, and said,

all. After a slight pause, he said, “Ms. Stovall, you wouldn’t mind pouring us some

up. “Mr. Fuller, we are sorry. We hope you understand that even though Scarlett is Mr.

an eyebrow. “It’s merely pouring some tea. It wouldn’t affect anyone’s job. If

beside him, and said, “Ms. Zimmer, I will have to burden you

nodded. She accepted the request with a warm smile, accentuating

of events unfolded, it made Murphy Corporation look petty and calculative. Linda’s expression turned

should do it, Ms. Stovall. It

nodded, stood up, and took

Murphy. Now that we are all seated in this conference room, we will definitely be working together in the future. There’s no need for us to be so particular

in return and replied, “That is true. But if it’s

he said to her, “Alright, that would do. Since Ms. Stovall will be servicing us, don’t tire

were said in a daily context, or said personally when there was no one else around, or even said by somebody else – it would not be weird. This time, however, the words came from the mouth of

The implication behind those words was loud and clear. More so for the staff at Fuller

everyone thought that Ashton and Rachel were an

too. A blush appeared on her porcelain and flawless face. She looked demure and

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