My Child and I Married a Billionaire novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: An Unholy Alliance

Cecelia Archer went home and spent the evening with her daughter, then went to work the next day as usual.

She placed two contracts in front of her manager, who pulled out a chair for her with an apologetic look on his face.

"You’ve worked hard. Quick, sit down and rest. I’ll get you some water."

"Ah, Cecelia, I understand everything. A young woman like you, all alone in Corvane, having something like that happen... I should have... But Vivian Mason was right there with me yesterday."

"Cecelia, at this point, I won’t hide it from you. Honestly, I can’t stand Vivian Mason either, but our big boss is her maternal uncle. The boss personally entrusted her to me, so what can I do...?"

"You’re a smart woman. Your main goal for working here is to make money, not to fight with her. From now on, just ignore her. If you have to, walk the other way when you see her. It’s not worth getting into a conflict with someone like that. I have to walk on eggshells around here all day too, don’t I?"

Cecelia Archer suddenly understood.

No wonder Vivian Mason had such poor performance yet had been so arrogant at the company for years, and the manager still kept her around. It turned out she had connections higher up.

The manager was right about one thing: she was here to make money, not to get into a pissing contest with Vivian Mason.

’This kind of petty person... if you can’t beat them, avoid them. I’ll just stay even farther away from her from now on.’

But some people are just that despicable. You don’t bother them, but they insist on bothering you.

A little over an hour later, Cecelia Archer had a meeting with a client at the coffee shop downstairs from the office. As soon as she walked in, she ran into Vivian Mason.

And it wasn’t just her; Claire Clark was there too.

The two of them were dressed elegantly and stylishly, sitting together, laughing and chatting while sipping their coffee. They looked just like the best of friends.

’Veridia really is a small world. She and Claire Clark actually know each other!’

Although Cecelia found it strange, she didn’t spare them a second glance. She was here to work.

But as it happened, Vivian Mason spotted her immediately.

"Well, well, Cecelia, you’re back? I heard you and Kevin Lee had a disagreement about sleeping together in Corvane and ended up at the police station. HAHAHA, that’s hilarious! I was just dying to hear the details. Come on, come over and tell me all about it."

Vivian Mason had this special talent for taking something perfectly ordinary and making it sound utterly filthy, as if every woman in the world was just like her.

Cecelia couldn’t be bothered with her. Pretending she hadn’t heard a thing, she chose an empty table and sat down.

Vivian Mason turned to Claire Clark with a smirk that didn’t reach her eyes.

"That’s my colleague. See? Not much to look at, right? Wears the same two work uniforms day in and day out, doesn’t even put on makeup. A total plain Jane. But guess what? Her private life is wild. Any male client that comes her way never gets away. She carries condoms in her purse—I just saw them the other day. Used ones, too. TSK TSK TSK."

As soon as Claire Clark heard this, her expression turned gleeful.

"Oh, so she still hasn’t kicked that nasty habit."

"What do you mean, cousin? You know her too?"

"Not only do I know her, we were once roommates. She was like this back in college. Became a sugar baby for an old man for money, even had his kid. Later, the school found out and expelled her."

"What? That really happened?"

Vivian Mason had always disliked Cecelia Archer but could never find any solid dirt to use against her. Today, she’d finally hit the jackpot.

"What exactly happened, cousin? Tell me everything, in detail!"

Claire Clark fabricated a story, embellishing details about Cecelia’s time in college. Vivian Mason remarked with feeling.

"No wonder I’ve never seen her pregnant in all the time she’s been at the company, yet she claims to have a child. So she gave birth a long time ago! This woman is far more complicated than I thought!"

"Cousin, you know what? That pathetic wretch is still trying to keep up appearances. She claims the child is her husband’s, and that her husband is a young, handsome, and successful man. Isn’t that hilarious?"

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