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

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

the Fleur International Design

have some actual

the mall to

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

the evening gown she picked out for the

“Shelly said.

was no way she could allow Mia to use

way for her to shine. It would only attract all

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

in a different light. He’s already less

that. I have my ways of dealing with

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up, her eyes darkened. She wouldn’t allow

man,

looked at the list of finalists and

who was boss.

Eva asked, “What do you

president, Mia?”

faltered at this. “Why do you

Did Eva suspect something?

I was just asking. I

bully apologize to us as a way of protecting his

Timothy had always been like that when it came to work. He wouldn’t

matter who they were. It

expanded so rapidly.

biased against the Barrett family. It had started

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