The Billionaire's Heir I Never Knew Was Mine novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Meeting Canceled?

Sienna stared at him. Her brain needed a few seconds to process the sentence.

How could an important meeting with Sterling Capital, planned well in advance, be canceled without any of the staff informing her?

The Sterling Capital Management Training Event was not some ordinary business gathering.

Every year, the program was held in a different city, and all managers and executives from many of Sterling Capital’s companies and subsidiaries would gather at a single location.

This year, the event was scheduled to take place in Silver City at the Imperial Hotel.

Their hotel was actually part of the Sterling Group, but it was still considered a major opportunity to be chosen, which was why the staff had been diligently and carefully preparing for it. A mistake during an event like this could easily damage the hotel’s reputation.

That was why Sienna had almost drained her wallet taking a taxi earlier that day.

Could they have offended Sterling Capital unknowingly? In that case, their hotel could be kicked out of the Sterling Group. Sienna could kiss her job goodbye!

"That’s impossible. There is no way such an important project was canceled without a good reason!" she exclaimed.

"Okay, I might have made it sound worse than it is," Riley said, shrugging apologetically. "The project isn’t canceled. They just changed the meeting location and attendees. Turns out the big CEO Zachary Sterling is joining the meeting, so only the higher-ups are attending. Us peasants are not invited."

Sienna nearly broke down. "Ugh, Riley... I rushed here in a taxi! I even told the driver to keep the change! That was my lunch money!"

Riley winced playfully. "Very tragic," he said.

"Why didn’t you tell me about this?"

Riley playfully raised both hands.

"Well, my friend, in my defense," he said with a grin, "you looked very passionate and determined when you walked in. I didn’t want to ruin your dramatic entrance."

The two of them entered their office and continued to chat, occasionally joking about what life must be like for people who owned half the country.

Neither of them realized someone had been watching.

Anna, Angie’s assistant.

Her sharp eyes moved between the glass wall and the two people. She could clearly see that Sienna and Riley were laughing about something.

Anna’s lips pressed into a thin line.

Everyone in the department knew Riley was well-liked. He was good-looking and smart, and he came from a wealthy family... at least, that was what the rumors said.

Many women had tried to get close to him.

But Riley always seemed particularly comfortable around Sienna.

That fact irritated Anna more than she cared to admit. She turned away from the door with a small scoff and walked back toward Angie’s office.

...

A few hours passed.

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