On my first day at Landis Group, I directly
participated in the project that had been the
subject of the interview question.
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Zachary gave me great authority, almost handing over the core decision–making power of the entire project to me.
With my solid professional knowledge, from screening partners to negotiating terms, to the market positioning of the new brand, every step was fast and steady.
In less than a month, the project began to show results.
Zachary publicly praised me three times at the weekly meeting.
He said, “Luna, you were born to do this.”
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I smiled and said nothing.
Yes, I was born to do this.
In my previous life, if it hadn’t been for Prescott
Landis, I should have been standing here,
instead of being trapped in that magnificent
cage.
And as my career took off, Livia’s social media
was updated incredibly frequently.
Today she was agonizing over which color of
Birkin bag to choose in the Hermès store,
tomorrow it was a limited edition Ferrari that
Prescott had given her, and the day after that it
was an aerial view of her taking a private jet to
the Maldives.
Most of the likes and comments below were
from our former classmates.
“Wow, Livia, you’ve married into a wealthy
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family! The Fortune 500 Landis Group, it must
be worth hundreds of billions, right?”
“Livia is so lucky, she’s a winner in life!”
Someone tagged me in the comments section.
“Luna, where are you working now? Weren’t
you and Livia best friends before?”
Livia quickly replied: “Luna works at Landis
Group, which is owned by my boyfriend’s
family. She is more career–minded, unlike me,
I’m so useless, haha.”
Her subtle shade was obvious.
I looked at the phone screen and swiped past it expressionlessly.
Until the class reunion a week later.
When I arrived, the private room was already
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full of people.
Everyone was enthusiastically discussing Livia
and Prescott Landis.
“Livia is so lucky, she’s hit the jackpot.”
“Yeah, when Luna passed the Landis Group interview, I envied her. Who would have thought that Livia would become the president’s wife?
No matter how capable Luna is, she’s still
working for her, right?”
“Luna’s here!” Someone shouted.
Everyone’s eyes instantly focused on me.
There was sympathy, regret, and also
schadenfreude.
After all, Livia and I were once the twin stars of
the finance department.
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Now, she was about to become the president’s
wife, while I was just a newbie employee.
“Luna, come sit here.”
A classmate who was relatively familiar with me
called out.
As soon as I sat down, the door of the private room was pushed open.
Livia walked in with Prescott Landis on her arm,
her face full of smiles.
The room instantly quieted down, followed by
enthusiastic applause and cheers.
“Wow! This must be President Landis! He’s so
handsome!”
“Livia, you’re so unfair, you’ve been hiding such a big thing from us!”
Livia had a proper smile on her face, enjoying
the attention of the crowd.
She walked straight to my side, pulled out a
chair and sat down, acting as if there had never
been any animosity between us.
“Luna, have you been working hard lately?
You’ve lost weight.”
She looked at me with pity. “Look at me,
Prescott doesn’t want me to work, I’m getting moldy staying at home all day.”
She patted Prescott’s arm. “You too, Luna is my classmate, why did you arrange so much work for her? Capitalists can’t exploit workers like that.”
Livia’s words seemed to be concerned about me, but in reality, she was showing off that she was the president’s wife, while I was just a
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miserable corporate slave.
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I looked at her, and she seemingly casually
raised her hand and brushed a stray hair behind
her ear.
The huge diamond ring sparkled dazzlingly under the lights.
“Women, why bother working so hard? Marrying
a good man is better than anything!”
Her words drew a chorus of agreement from
around the room.
I ignored her and turned my gaze to Prescott Landis beside her.
He cooperated with Livia throughout, a smile on
his lips.
But the smile didn’t reach his eyes.
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His eyes were still hollow, like those of a
soulless puppet.
I could even feel a faint, cold aura emanating
from him.
It was an aura… tainted with death.
In my previous life, I slowly noticed this
weirdness after I married him.
But now, I could see it clearly.
“Oh, right.” Livia suddenly took out an exquisite invitation from her bag and handed it to me.
“We’re getting engaged next month, you must come and be my bridesmaid.”
She smiled insincerely. “You were my best
friend in college, come and share my joy.”
