During the day, Winnie was so busy with meetings and decision-making that she didn’t even have the time to drink. The opportunity for her to take a breath peacefully only presented itself to her two hours before the celebration.
“The Garland Group looks glamorous on the outside, but who would have thought that it’s rotten to the core?” Winnie massaged her aching shoulder. Her brows scrunched up. “I would have to work tirelessly for a few months to get it back on the right path.”
Nathaniel, who was sitting beside her, couldn’t help but chuckle after hearing her complaints. He walked up behind her and said, “My dear Vinnie, your massaging technique is awful. Let me show you how it is done professionally.”
“You know how to do it?” Winnie was amused.
“What’s there to be surprised about?” Nathaniel was confident. “I know a lot of things. Now, shall I?”
“No, thank you.” Winnie turned him down with a smile. “I was just asking.”
Just as her voice faded out, Nathaniel’s hands were already on her shoulders, and he started professionally massaging her shoulders for her.
Winnie was taken by surprise, for she never expected Nathaniel to ignore her rejection.
“There’s really no need for that,” Winnie emphasized once more.
Right at that instant, a voice sounded outside of the door.
“Who are you? Why are you sneaking around the VIP lounge?”
“I’m sorry. I suppose you must be an employee of the Garland Group. You’ve got it all wrong. I’m not sneaking around; I’m just trying to look for my contact lens. I accidentally dropped it when I rubbed my eyes.”
“Is that so? Do you need my help?”
“That would be great! Thank you for being so helpful. I really can’t see with this horrible short-sightedness of mine!”
Winnie could not help but furrow her brows when she noticed the movements outside.
She turned around and glanced at Nathaniel. “That should be Jasmine, right?”
“I think it is. Yes.” Nathaniel nodded.
“Let me go have a look. She’s still inexperienced, so she’s easily fooled.” With that said, Winnie stood up, only to be stopped by Nathaniel.
“You have a rest. I’ll go.” With that said, Nathaniel swirled around and left.
In just a short moment, Nathaniel returned with Jasmine.
He took the initiative and explained, “It was nothing much. The person was just looking for her contact lens.”
As she was a more attentive and careful person, Winnie asked, “So did the person find her contact lens?”
Nathaniel nodded. “Yes. She had it trampled beneath her shoe.”
“Good.” Winnie nodded and dismissed it quickly.
Little did she know that apart from looking for her contact lens, the person also took a video secretly.
The video was about Nathaniel giving Winnie a massage on her shoulders.
Meanwhile, there was no seat left vacant in the brightly lit hall.
As they were the first and second in command of the Garland Group, both Winnie and Nathaniel were busy attending to their guests.
Young and beautiful were the words used to describe Winnie. At the same time, she was a lady who was bold and daring in making decisions, for she turned the entire Garland Group upside down and bent it to her will.
Countless people were intrigued by her for what she pulled off recently. With the addition of her dazzling appearance, she was surrounded by people from the start.
Though the Garland family had quite a name for themselves in Avenport, the prominent families and enterprises were still far out of their league.
Hence, she tried to include the outsiders in their anniversary to build up fame and brand the new Garland Group as hers.
However, after getting rid of the many members of the Garland family after taking over Garland Group, she also lost partnerships with plenty of the companies Garland Group used to work with. For this reason, many did not wish to attend the ceremony despite receiving an invitation, and even more of them were playing it safe by watching from the sidelines.
Despite that, the ceremony was still bustling with people.
In fact, all of these happened because of Rufus’ support. He was the person who was backing her up.
The Fairchild family was the most prominent in Avenport. Ever since receiving an invitation from Winnie, Rufus had his men officially announce his plans and arrangements for the night on every official account of the Fairchild family.
With that, no one was bold enough to ignore Winnie’s invitation anymore.
As for those who didn’t receive an invitation, they were figuring out ways and means to get their hands on an invitation.
Whatever Rufus did was not part of Winnie’s plan. She had never asked for help from Rufus before.
She knew that Rufus did these because he cared for her and wanted to help her.
Hence, Winnie felt grateful for the old man from the bottom of her heart.
As soon as the car came to a halt, Winnie strode over toward the door.
She bent down and personally opened the door for Rufus.
Just as her hand touched the door handle, she found her hand being wrapped by a warm and slender large hand.
In the next moment, a familiar yet low voice rang in her ears. “Let me do it.”
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