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

name on the

“I didn’t expect her to be

the Fleur International Design Competition wasn’t easy.

have some actual skill to

not all. She was here at the mall to buy

a lesson, but I didn’t expect Timothy

even bought the evening gown she picked out for

“Shelly said.

no way she could allow Mia

her to shine. It

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

light. He’s already less biased against

I have my ways of dealing with her,” Maya

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her eyes darkened. She wouldn’t allow anyone to take

He was an outstanding man, and

and smirked coldly. This time, she would

who was boss.

asked, “What do you think of Barrett

president, Mia?”

faltered at this. “Why do you

Did Eva suspect something?

nothing. I was just asking. I think he’s

to us as a

always been like that when it

matter who they were. It was why Barrett

expanded so rapidly.

today, Eva had been biased against the Barrett family. It

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