Chapter 40

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“Timothy, how could you stand up for Mia? I was so humiliated,” Shelly complained.

Timothy retracted his gaze and said coldly, “If I catch you doing this again, don’t even think of setting foot in any of the Barrett Group’s malls in the future. I’m a man of my word.”

“How can you do this to me, Timothy? I have shares in the company, too.”

“Because I’m the one calling the shots now. It’s bad enough that you don’t contribute to the company at all. There’s no way I’ll allow you to drag the company down.” With

that, Timothy turned and left.

Shelly was left behind. She stomped her foot angrily but didn’t dare to rebuke

Timothy. After storming out of the store, she called Maya. “I need to tell you

something, Maya. Mia actually got into the finals of the competition.”

“Really?” Maya had been too busy with her work to pay attention. She only checked

the list of finalists that had been sent to her through WhatsApp. Sure enough, she

Mia’s name on the

turned cold. “I didn’t expect her to be this

the finals of the Fleur

to have some actual skill

not all. She was here at the mall to

didn’t expect Timothy to be making his rounds today. He

evening gown she picked

“Shelly said.

There was no way she

as a way for her to shine. It

should we do, Maya? Mia’s pretending to back

her in a different light.

my ways of dealing with her,”

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she hung up, her eyes darkened.

man, and

of finalists and smirked coldly. This time,

who was boss.

left the mall. Eva asked, “What do you

president, Mia?”

at this. “Why

Did Eva suspect something?

I think he’s pretty principled,

as a way

knew Timothy had always been like that when

the hook, no matter who they

expanded so rapidly.

biased against the Barrett family. It had

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