“Thank you, Mr. Dafoe. But that’s to be expected from us, isn’t it? If we aren’t decisive, it’d be hard to manage the team, don’t you think?” Sonia smiled politely.

Asher wanted to shout, but he couldn’t, so he swallowed his pride. “That’s right, Sonia.”

 

“I’m glad we’re on the same page. Seems like I made a great decision. After all, if they can betray their boss, they might even sell their company out someday. Best we cut them off sooner rather than later, am I right?” Sonia continued.

Asher forced a smile. He was so mad that he could kill, but he had to play along for the moment. “Yes. That is a great decision, Sonia.” My foot. I spent a lot of money to turn them to my side, but they got fired right after that. I lost my supporters and my money. Dammit.

“Thanks for the praise. I’ll be going in now.” Sonia ignored his forced smile and nodded before going into the conference room.

But Asher suddenly stopped her. “Hold on a second, Sonia.”

 

Sonia stopped and looked at him. “Anything else you need, Mr. Dafoe?”

Asher straightened his necktie out. “My sources told me you’re handing the proposal about alternative energy technology in today, aren’t you?”

 

a moment. She wondered why he was asking that, but still she answered

luck, then. Let’s see if you can take this deal.” Asher smiled fakely. He wasn’t looking down on her, but he just thought Sonia and Paradigm weren’t up to par. It’d be a miracle if she manages to take this deal. Even if she’s hooking up with President Fuller, the Grays wouldn’t let

that, of course, so anger flared up within her, but her smile didn’t falter. “I hope

for the good news, then. I just hope it’ll turn out for the best, or it’ll be awkward for at least one of us.” Asher chuckled and patted her shoulder before going into the

But she had to admit she felt a lot of pressure after what Asher told her. She was confident in her proposal, and the professors praised it, but there was no guarantee if there were any better proposals. It might be possible that

my best. It’d be great if I can get the deal, but if I can’t, I’ll just come up with another way to wrest control

after the meeting ended. Sonia quickly stuffed a few mouthfuls of the

she was here for, she brought Sonia to the elevator. “Please head to the waiting room on the thirty-eighth floor,

receptionist before she went into the elevator. A short

he heard someone knocking. When he looked up

smiled at him and walked in with

got it.” Tom took it with both hands and placed it on

these the proposals from all the other

and accounted for, aside

Sonia nodded in understanding.

invited her to take a seat. “Have a seat, Miss Reed. I’ll make some coffee for

so I’ll be leaving now.” She refused his offer politely. Yes, Sonia did have work to do, but a big part of it was because she didn’t want to stay any longer. After all, lots of people here knew she was

Tom didn’t ask her to stay, and he sent her

goodbye and went back down. Then she

of the car, glaring at the direction Sonia left, and she clenched her fists. She knew it was Sonia’s car because she recognized the number plate. Sonia came

put on her usual smile a moment later and

the receptionist saw her, she

Tina was Toby’s fiancee. Besides, she came to the company all the time to see Toby, so everyone saw her before.

with a smile. “Is Toby

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