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

“I didn’t

the finals of the Fleur International Design

actual skill

all. She was here at the mall to buy an evening gown.

I didn’t expect Timothy to be making

gown she picked out for the

“Shelly said.

There was no way she

as a way for her to shine. It would only attract all of Timothy’s

to back off as a way to

in a different light. He’s

have my

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

He was an outstanding man, and he would belong

looked at the list of finalists and smirked

who was boss.

Eva asked, “What do you think

president, Mia?”

this. “Why

Did Eva suspect something?

I was just asking. I think he’s pretty principled, actually. He

as a way of protecting his

knew Timothy had always been like that when it came to work.

who they were. It was

expanded so rapidly.

had been biased against the Barrett family. It had started

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