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.

 

was wearing a blue Gucci business suit and a Rolex 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 man

 

but kept my face bereft of

 

Lively Group?" I came straight to the point

 

Lively. If you give me a chance, I'll make sure that your company doesn't succumb to

 

I'm just supposed to take your word

 

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

 

any employee, Miss Lively. I went from an entry-level clerk to a middle-level manager in less than six months at the Lively Group." The man was bragging, but he

 

And I was intrigued.

 

daughter of the Lively Group's CEO, I would not have wasted time coming to a bar to meet this mysterious man. But things were different now. I was responsible for the Lively Group, and if this man could help me

 

me your name," I

 

My name is

 

from the searing self-esteem that shone from his eyes, I saw...

 

smiled contemptuously. Men were

 

obsessed with women and

 

"Are you single, Kevin?"

 

a moment and said, "No, I'm

 

I w

a young age? Well,

 

Charles almost divorced Scarlett because

 

I slid closer to him, reached out, and

 

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

 

help me to get into my pants?" I felt offended by

 

goddess Athena. But I have a wife and a family. Even if I were a single man, I wouldn't

 

What a hypocrite!

 

agreed without hesitation and put his hand on the small of my

 

Vivian's POV:

 

Mint Bar chatting

 

was this bad woman playing

 

over and asked him to

 

told me everything he had

 

curled my lips. "Wow. That woman is unstoppable. She wasted no time and hooked up with the first man she drank

 

leaned over and asked, "Is she more

 

my eyes at him. "What do you

 

she's good at hooking up with men. But you... You are good at finding women for

 

Are you tired of being a ladies' man?" I glanced at his body and drew circles on his arm with my

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