Chapter 337
Austin really was a pro. In less than two days, he had everything lined up and had Emily walk into the meeting with a brand- new project in hand.
To the shareholders, all those internal power shifts in Bennett Group meant nothing. The only thing they cared about was how much dividend they’d get each year.
So when Emily showed up with a project with enough profit to tempt anyone and asked for a spot in the company, almost no one stood in her way. In fact, she even scored a VP title on the spot.
Normally, even if Emily managed to get into the company, there was no way she’d get to be a VP right off the bat.
She and Andrew struck a deal: if her project didn’t bring in enough profit for the company, she’d resign from the VP position of her own accord and never come back.
The VP title Andrew gave her might have sounded impressive, but in reality, she didn’t have any real authority at all. And just like that, using the method Austin taught her, Emily joined the company with ease.
When the news reached the Bennett Family, Gale blew his top. “I know exactly what that bastard’s capable of. This is ridiculous!”
Andrew quickly tried to calm him down. As for what they talked about in the study afterward, no one knew.
Lydia was absolutely fuming when she heard about Emily joining the company as a VP. In her mind, Emily was nothing but a rat in the gutter, someone who could only dream of her glamorous life.
She thought, ‘Emily is supposed to be the one I keep under my heel forever! Why did she get to have more shares than me, and even land a VP spot in the company?’
Lydia was so mad that she wanted to smash everything within reach, but with Emma right there, she had to keep up her sweet, gentle act, so she forced herself to hold it in.
But the more she held it in, the angrier she got. Finally, she claimed she wasn’t feeling well and went straight back to her
room.
She was planning to lock herself in her room and let it all out, but as soon as she walked in, she saw Lucas fiddling with something at her bedside, looking suspicious.
Lydia’s heart skipped a beat, and then she rushed over. “What are you doing?”
Lucas jumped at the sudden voice, and the box in his hand slipped, spilling its contents all over the floor. It was a pair of delicate earrings, sparkling under the light, clearly worth a fortune.
Lydia frowned, eyeing him warily. “What are you doing in my room?”
She and Lucas had already completely fallen out, so when it was just the two of them, she dropped the sweet, gentle act entirely.
Ever since their fallout, Lucas had always given Lydia the cold shoulder, even when the rest of the Bennett Family was around. And when it was just the two of them, his attitude was even worse.
But now, Lucas was looking at her with a smile, acting like none of the bad blood between them had ever happened. “Lydia, I came to apologize,” Lucas said, rubbing the back of his neck and looking sheepish.
“I was too embarrassed to say it to your face, so I figured I’d just sneak in and leave the gift on your bed. Didn’t think you’d
walk in on me like that.”
Lydia wasn’t about to buy his story. She shot a suspicious glance at the bed, but didn’t spot anything unusual.
1/2
Chapter 187
Laicas didn’t seem to notice her reaction and kept talking. “I messed up before. You’re my real sister, but I said a lot of awful things to you just because I only listened to Emily’s side of the story.
“Vincent already gave me a piece of his mind, and I’ve thought it over. We’ve gotten along so well all these years. How could 1 let something so trivial mess up what we have? Lydia, can you forgive me?”
