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

“I didn’t expect her

the finals of the Fleur International Design

to have some actual

the mall to buy

expect Timothy to be making his rounds today. He

bought the evening gown she picked out for the awards

“Shelly said.

way she could allow Mia to

her to shine.

Maya? Mia’s pretending to back off as a

her in a different light. He’s already

my ways of dealing with her,”

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her eyes darkened. She wouldn’t allow anyone to

outstanding man, and he would belong to

of finalists and

who was boss.

mall. Eva asked, “What

president, Mia?”

faltered at this.

Did Eva suspect something?

nothing. I was just asking. I think

us as a way of protecting

that when it came to work.

off the hook, no matter who they were. It

expanded so rapidly.

Eva had been biased against the Barrett

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