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

cold. “I didn’t

the finals of the Fleur

actual skill

was here at the mall to buy an evening

but I didn’t expect Timothy to be making

the evening gown she

“Shelly said.

There was no way

a way for her to shine. It would

we do, Maya? Mia’s pretending to back off as a way to

a different light. He’s already less biased

my

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hung up, her eyes darkened. She wouldn’t allow anyone

was an outstanding man, and he would belong to

looked at the list of finalists and smirked coldly. This

who was boss.

Eva left the mall. Eva asked, “What do you think of

president, Mia?”

faltered at this. “Why do

Did Eva suspect something?

I was just asking. I

apologize to us as a way of protecting his

knew Timothy had always been like that when it came to

off the hook, no matter who they were. It was why Barrett

expanded so rapidly.

biased against the Barrett family. It

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