Rita's POV:

 

I stood there and watched Charles's car disappear in the distance. I swallowed the lump in my throat and wiped away my tears. I could not believe the blinding pain being caused by my breaking heart.

 

Charles used to love me so much and spoil me. How could he be so cruel to me now? It seemed that everything we had shared and gone through meant nothing to him.

 

And it was all because of Scarlett!

 

This was all her fault! She must have bewitched Charles into staying away from me. I could not hate her more.

 

I gritted my teeth and thought, 'Your day will come, Scarlett. Let's just wait and see.'

 

Then, my phone rang, interrupting my thoughts.

 

"Hello?" I answered impatiently.

 

"Hello, Miss Lively. I'm an employee of the Lively Group." The caller was a man with an unfamiliar voice.

 

"And why are you calling me?"

 

"I have a way to save your company," the man said firmly, and my heart leapt to my throat.

 

"Is this some kind of joke? Who the hell are you?"

 

"Meet me in booth 502 at the Mint Bar tonight, and I will tell you everything. I can help you."

 

Then, the mysterious man hung up. Conflicting emotions started swirling in my gut. My reason told me that the man was probably a liar, but a small part of me could not help thinking that maybe he was the glimmer of hope that I needed. What if this mysterious man really had a way to save the Lively Group?

 

I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

 

So I decided to meet him.

 

The Mint Bar was already abuzz with revelry when I arrived.

 

The place smelled like smoke and wine. The floor was littered with platforms on which gorgeous, half-naked young women danced. As pieces of their clothing flew in the air and kissed the floor, the men watching them howled, mad with excitement and lust.

 

I calmly made my way through the raging crowd on the dance floor and saw the man I was meeting in booth 502.

 

watch. The hair left on his head was covered in mousse, which reflected the bouncing lights. He quickly spotted me in the crowd, and he curled his lips in a smile that reminded me of every single

 

kept my face bereft of

 

said that you have a way to save the Lively Group?" I came straight to the

 

I'll make sure that your company doesn't succumb to bankruptcy." The man's face

 

supposed to take your

 

that I learned in business, it was never to trust anybody. The business world was riddled with snakes, and I was not going to let myself

 

I'm not just any employee, Miss Lively. I went from an entry-level clerk to a middle-level manager

 

And I was intrigued.

 

over-pampered daughter of the Lively Group's CEO, I would not have wasted time coming to a bar to meet this mysterious man. But

 

your

 

name

 

that shone

 

Men were always so

 

were obsessed with women and who

 

"Are you single, Kevin?"

 

a moment

 

I w

such a young

 

matter. Charles almost divorced Scarlett because

 

should not be so hard to crack. I slid closer to him, reached out, and

 

stopped my hand and said, "Miss Lively, I just told you

 

you're not offering to help me to get into my pants?" I felt

 

and a family. Even if I were a single man, I wouldn't deserve someone like you.

 

What a hypocrite!

 

hesitation and put his hand on the small of

 

Vivian's POV:

 

the Mint Bar chatting happily

 

was this bad woman

 

and asked him to eavesdrop on

 

told me everything

 

lips. "Wow. That woman is unstoppable. She wasted no time and hooked up with the first

 

leaned over and asked, "Is she

 

at him.

 

hooking up with men. But you... You are good at finding women for me! Where on

 

been a few. Why? Are you tired of being a ladies' man?" I glanced at his body and drew circles on

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