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After meeting with Vance, Yvonne drove home. Suddenly, her phone rang. Looking at the familiar number on the screen, she pressed a button on the steering wheel to reject the call.
But Zachary was relentless. He called her over and over again.
Finally, Yvonne answered her phone impatiently. She said, irritated, “What’s up?”
Zachary said, “Yvonne, I’ll make it short. Tonight, I saw you having dinner with the head of Vanguard Capital. Do you know each other?”
Yvonne said, “What’s that got to do with you?” She didn’t expect him to call her just to ask her a boring question. She immediately wanted to hang up.
Zachary quickly said, “Yvonne, be honest with me. Is Vance chasing after you?”
Yvonne was shocked.
Zachary said, “Did you tell him to fuck with my company?”
Yvonne was at a loss for words.
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Zachary said, “It’s actually a good thing if you can marry a wealthy man. But you need a decent family too, right?”
Wonne said with a cold face, “What do
you mean?”
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Zachary said, “Your biological parents are living in the countryside. They will embarrass you, not to mention that they can’t give you a decent dowry. But I can support you. Your father is the richest man in Wintertown and your dowry will be enviable. You’ll have a grand wedding. Isn’t it a great thing?”
Yvonne said coldly, “What do
you want?”
Zachary said, “As long as you help me arrange a meeting with Vance and make us business partners again…”
Yvonne said, “No way.” She was about to hang up when Zachary pleaded, “Yvonne, I took care of you for eighteen years! Are you really going to watch us die? My company is in crisis now!”
“And what’s that got to do with me?” Yvonne said indifferently, “I don’t know how you have the nerve to say this to me. The one who took care of me was Grandma. Did you ever spend a penny on me? Did you ever visit me?”
Every summer break and winter break, she was sent to learn various things from a bunch of old men. Her so–called never even noticed it.
It was enough to prove that they were barely home.
Zachary said, “I was busy making more money. It’s not like I had a choice.”
Yvonne ended the call, not wanting to waste any time on him.
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Ada, who had been waiting beside Zachary, guessed what had happened based on Zachary’s disappointed look after he hung up the phone. She said, “So, what did that bitch say? Did she refuse you?”
Zachary sighed, unsure of what else to do, “I told you! Be nicer to her! Don’t make things look so bad! You didn’t listen. Look what you’ve done!”
Ada was frustrated. “It’s not like this is our only way out. We can’t depend on that bitch but we still have Muriel, don’t we? The VIP room in the hospital must have been arranged by the Khan family. Let’s invite the Khan family out for dinner
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tomorrow night and tell theça our situation. Besides Vanguard Capital, there are two other companies that decided to end their cooperation with us. Those two are close to the Khan family. We should ask for the Khan family’s help.
“That’s our best bet.” Thinking that the Khan family might help him, Zachary felt better. “Someone go get Muriel downstairs.” He had something to discuss with her.
Muriel raced downstairs happily. Her face lit up with excitement She said, “Mom, Dad, my piano piece won second place in the national competition!”
Zachary and Ada were astonished. “What?” They piano, let alone win an award.
couldn’t believe their daughter, who was raised by a janitor, could play the
Muriel quickly held her phone in front of their face. “Look, here are the rankings! Samantha Lynch got first place and I got second!”
Ada felt so proud of Muriel. She said, “You came right after the richest man’s daughter!” She turned around and said to Zachary, “This is a great opportunity.”
Zachary also realized it. He said, “Muriel, you got second place. Do you think the Khan family will agree to have dinner with us?”
Muriel was a bit surprised. “Yanis and his their parents?”
After Zachary told her about the company’s crisis, she patted her chest and said confidently, “Mom, Dad, leave this to me!”
Zachary said, “Good girl.” –
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After Yvonne returned home, she immediately found that a lot of people gathered in the living room and each one was playing up to Samantha.
“Ms. Lynch, you are amazing! You got first place in the piano competition!”
“I’m so glad to be a maid here. I get to listen to such elegant piano music every day.”
“Ms. Lynch’s music is heavenly!”
Cherry was the first to notice that Yvonne had returned. She immediately rushed over. “Yvonne, you’re back from work! How was your first day? Are you tired? Did anyone give you a hard time?”
People immediately walked to Yvonne and surrounded her. “Ms. Lynch, you’re back!”
Cherry laughed, “Everyone is saying that their new boss is talented! That person is my daughter!”
Seeing that everyone had gathered around Yvonne, Samantha felt a bit resentful. She walked over gracefully.
“Yvonne, you’re back.” Samantha smiled elegantly, “How about we go out to eat tomorrow? It’s a good idea to celebrate your officially taking over the company and finally joining us! What do you think about it?”
She didn’t mention winning the first prize, wanting to make people think that she was considerate.
Samantha added, “Yvonne is back for a few days and we haven’t shown her around the city. She’s been working hard. She deserves a meal in a proper restaurant.”
Samantha took Cherry’s and Yosef’s arms and acted cute. “Please Mom, Dad.”
Yvonne was speechless.
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“I think it’s a great idea–Chey looked at Yosel, who nodded in agreement. What do you think about it. Yvonnes
Yvonne didn’t want to disappoint her parents so she said. “I’m okay with it Seeing that they happily went to book a dining room, she casually went upstairs to wash up and deep.
The next day, Christopher drove her to work. When he learned that she would have dinner with family, he said jealousy. “Didn’t you promise me you’d spend all your free time with me
Yvonne was stunned. “I forgot. When she agreed to have dinner with them last night, the completely forgot what she had promised him.
Christopher said. “You’re not asking me to go with you?”
Yvonne said, “Maybe next time.”
“You’ll have to make it up to me.” Christopher tightened his grip on her hand. ‘Since we can’t have dinner together, we must have lunch together.”
Yvonne said, “Alright.”
After a long day at work, Christopher drove Yvonne to Silver Hill. Yvonne said, “You don’t need to pick me up. My parents will drive their car.”
Christopher said, “Call me when you get home.”
“Okay,” replied Yvonne.
At the same time, Zachary went all out to book a private dining room at Silver Hill. It was just an entry–level room but if he hadn’t been the richest man in Wintertown, he wouldn’t have booked it!
Melanie never really liked Muriel because she was raised by a janitor so she always looked like a poor girl. Even dressed in fine clothes, Muriel looked like she was overwhelmed by insecurity and sensitivity.
Today, when Melanie learned that Muriel had won second place in a piano competition, she finally smiled gently. But when Zachary made an indirect request, she wiped her mouth with a napkin and said, “Mr. White, I’m afraid we can’t help you with it.”
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