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Clayton fell a twinge of annoyance at Valerie’s words. It was true that Valerie was poor. She had bought the counterfeit health product, yet her heart was
Condering Vater’s thoughtfulness, Clayton didn’t blame her but reminded her that imported food must be purchased from legitimate sources.
Clayton’s phone buzzed nomtop with calls from the law firm. Valerie told him to go ahead and handle them, saying she would wait for the servant to
enome before leaving.
|_ As Clayton left, he reminded her to throw away the protein powder and not la let Eillian know the truth, Valeria nodded in agreement.
When Valerie came back from throwing away the protein powder, Lilian had woken up.
hat did you just throw away † Lillian asked.
“Mrs. Patel, are you okay?”! te’s eyes instantly reddened. “It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it. Just focus on getting better.”
The more Valene hesitated, the more Lillian felt something was off. “Tell me the truth. Is there something wrong with my health?”
“It’s not. It’s just—well, don’t ask anymore.” Valerie sat beside her, tears streaming down her face, crying harder and harder…
“If you don’t tell me, I ask the doctor. Lillian tried to get out of bed, but Valerie quickly held her back.
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but you mustn’t ask Clayton,” said Valerie.
La looked at her tearful and restrained e
dexpression, then nodded after a moment of silence. “Okay”
“A–actually, Clayton told me to throw away the protein powder I bought for you. And you mustn’t ask him about it” Valerie reiterated her warmingto
Valerie waited for her nod of agreement before continuing, “Clayton probably wants to win Ms. Henderson back. He’s afraid that if she knows I came to see you she won’t come back. After all, they were once husband and wife. I can understand that Clayton can’t let her go
“Does Audrey want to reconcile?” Lillian’s face darkened. “After all the trouble she caused the Patel family, I will never
er let her marry Clayton again.”
“Mrs. Patel, you mustn’t ask Clayton. If he finds out I told you, he’ll definitely blame me. Both Luna and I rely on him for a stable life now?” Valerie said
Lillian frowned. Deep down, she felt Valene didn’t know her place. After Clayton had helped Valerie win her divorce case, Valerie should have taken care of her child independently
Valerie could visit the Patel family during holidays, but she shouldn’t cling to Clayton like a burt
Lillian held Clayton’s salary card. She knew that after he took Valerie back, half the money on the card was gone, all spent on them.
Audrey, who was Clayton’s wife, didn’t spend his money, yet Valerie was happy to do so.
i find a suitable job, don’t miss the opportunity,” Lillian
“Valerie, being a receptionist at the law firm is a bit of an underutilization of your talents. If you fi seemed to comfort Valerie, but it was actually a reminder not to leech off Clayton.
Valerie felt anger inside, but nodded obediently on the surface know. I won’t keep causing trouble for Clayton
“I know you’ve always been a good and sensible girl, Lillunsaid with a smile
After the Patri family servant arrived, Valerie‘. She had realized that despite their talk of gratitude, the Patel family actually wanted to get rid of her, treating her like a burden…
“My father died saving them. The Patel family wants to just let it go? Absolutely not, she thought
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Audrey’s work ability was indeed strong. On her first day, she put a contract loophole in Project team T
She handed the resined documents and the original files to Edans, who then give them to Paul
In
Paul
to the end, Pat had dana renegotiate with the partner and take Audrey long for some hands on experience
The parts had aanged to meet at a beating alley
“As Henderson As soon as Audrey walked in, she heard a familiar voice
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Miguel grected her with a smile “wan was just asking me yesterday if you
“I’ve just started my new job and have been quite busy, Audrey replied politely. Previously, she had planned to have van and Jessica come to her house
Now that she had moved to Royal House, it was too far from the Gomez Villa, It was no longer convenient to have them come to her house for lessons.
tuter kan on the weekends?” Audrey suggested.
chedule. Nan has had so many tutors, but he only listens to you. When you’re around, the relationship between him and abc. These past few days have been–Miguel stopped himself from discussing more about his family matters when he noticed
brings you here Miguel changed the subject
“This is the chiefs
cretary from Stride Commerce. I’m here to learn from Edana,” Audrey formally introduced Edana, then continued, “We’re here to meet Mr. Connor from Baldwin Biotechnology”
man who was bowling
“Baldwin, you’ve got a beauty looking for you.” Miguel called out
it to the man who was
Baldwin Connor’s burl veered into the gutter, hitting nothing. He turned around, annoyed. “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?
He walked over, and Audrey felt a sense of familiarity. She suddenly remembered seeing him before when she had come to pick up van from the bowling
time, Miguel had been bowling with him,
“Mr. Connor, belo” Edana preeted him with a bright smile
‘ve revised the contract based on the previous information.”
The group sat down in the lounge area. Aher reviewing the documents, Baldwin handed them to Miguel, who frowned after reading just a few pages. Even minor changes in the data could have a ripple effect.
Miguel handed the file back to Baldwin. “My shares are an appendage to yours; you make the decision.”
Edana explained in detail the reasons and rationale behind the changes, while Audrey took out her phone and jotted down notes in the Notes app
Ivan, having received a message from Miguel, rushed over As soon as he entered the bowling alley, he called out happily. “Hi, Ms. Henderson.”
“Hey, what’s he doing here?” Miguel got up and waved toward the entrance.
wanting to interrupt Edana’s flow, Audrey stood up. “Excuse me, I’ll just be a moment, I need to use the restroom.”
She walked toward ivan, pulling out a piece of chocolate for him “Did your dad ask you to come?”
Ivan unwrapped the candy, looking at her surprise, as if to say, “How did you know?”
Audrey smiled
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“M, Gomes, do you have something you want to ask me?” Audrey’s a
Miguel’s gate on her was even more approving “You were the one who crafted that new contract, right? Even though fetana was explaining it, the best
Audrey didn’t deny it.
Miguel continued. “Stride Commerce’s new contract seems to be more lenient than the old one, but it’s stricter in the details. What’s the catch? Do you think there’s something fishy going on at Baldwin Biotechnology?”
Miguel was indeed a shrewd businessman,
Audrey thought for a moment, then looked at Miguel. “I suspect there’s someone inside Baldwin Biotechnology who’s embezzling. This person is likely in
charge of the core part of the project
Miguel’s eyes sharpened as he stared at Audrey. “Why didn’t you just tell Baldwin directly?”
Audrey smiled lightly. “Mr. Gomez, il you were in his shoes, would you trust your own confidant or a newly hired secretary from a partner company?”
– Mr. Connor can see through it, he can naturally nip the losses in the bud. The new contract has already clarified the responsibilities, and Stride
Commerce will be exempt from lability,” she added.
Miguel said solemnly, owe you a favor”
Audrey’s phone rang, and she glanced at the caller ID, her brow fu
furrowing. She wasn’t particularly eager to answer this call.
