"We now have to count on you and Kieran to further the family line. Try hard, huh?" Madame Charles didn't allow me to refuse and stuffed those things into my arms.
"Fine!" I tried to plaster on a smile.
After seeing her off, I thought maybe I could use some alone time, but to my surprise, Alicia came.
She was wearing an exquisite suit with high heels of over ten centimeters. Her curve hair was down. With a pair of sunglasses on her face, she looked radiant.
Raising my head, I smiled, "Alicia, I didn't expect you came here to see me this early in the morning. You look fantastic."
Many people had come to work. When seeing Alicia, they were all curious about what was going to happen.
Alicia gracefully took off her sunglasses and smiled at me. She said loudly, "Miss Rachael, this is the workplace. No family here. Oh right, I hope I called you correctly just now, because I heard that Ms. Everly was crowded out of the company. Now, you are in charge of Rich!"
"That's right. I'm Rich's CEO now, but I need to correct you for one thing. Everly wasn't crowded out. Madame Charles backed me up and fired her!" I smiled at her even more happily. She meant to beat around the bush and make everyone believe that Everly was crowded out by me. Then I might as well admit it. Anyway, when Madame Charles fired her yesterday, everyone was present. No big deal.
"You are good, huh?" Alicia sneered.
"Not as good as you." I replied.
"I think you know why I come here today. I'm here to take the contract with Rich." She stopped smiling and said seriously.
I was shocked. I totally forgot about it!
"Miss Rachael, don't tell me it's still not finished yet. Even though we are family, we still need to play by the rules. The default..."
I interrupted her and smiled, "Miss Alicia, drop it. I'll definitely play by the rules, even though you are my sister. But I think you should come here tomorrow for the contract, as is written on it, right?"
Alicia was slightly shocked and then smiled, "I think a big company like Rich would finish everything ahead of time. I didn't expect..."
"You didn't expect that we strive for perfection, right?" I answered.
Alicia no longer spoke. She stared at me hostilely. She leaned closer to me and lowered her voice. Finally, she finally dropped off her disguise and smiled at me with a ferocious and complacent smile, "Rachael, you think it's funny to crack wise with me, don't you?"
I leaned casually against the back of the chair and looked at her, "That's right. it's very interesting, especially when I see you had to drop off your disguise. Those who once loved you now all loathe you, don't you think that is funny?"
"What a pity. I'm afraid I am gonna let you down!" She laughed elegantly, "Because Marlon still is and will be loving me. He will only marry me, not you! Never!"
"Is that so?"
Alicia cleared her long hair, stood up straight and said loudly, "Miss Rachael, I will come over tomorrow to take the contract on time. I hope we can enjoy doing business with each other." After saying that, she waved to me, turned around and left.
I was slightly shocked. After what happened last night, coupled with the crazy stories from the media this morning, Alicia shouldn't have been this fine! She acted as if it had nothing to do with her.
I checked my phone, but I was shocked! All the scandals about her and the Cornell family were gone. It made me doubt whether I hallucinated this morning.
It must have been Marlon Redford!
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