Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

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Dominic froze for a moment, and nodded when he realized Tammy was serious. He said, "Okay, fine."

Tammy handed the driver a bill before asking Dominic, "Can I have your cell phone number?"

"Sure." Dominic dialed his cell phone number into Tammy's phone

And he smiled as he watched the two girls walk together toward the building. He thought, 7hat's interesting. I must say that knowing you two is much more interesting than signing the contract. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, Amber

After getting back into the cab, Dominic made a phone call. "You'll get your money tomorrow," he said

"Really? Wow! Thanks! I promise I'll pay you back the money with interest by the end of the year."

"You haven't paid me back what you owed me last year," Frowning, Dominic said in dissatisfaction

"I'm so sorry. I've recently been losing money in my racing business."

"Are you sure you will not lose money next year?"

"Yeah! One of our team's competitors has qualified for this race! I'll be rich as soon as he wins first place in this competition."

Then Dominic calmly looked out the window and said, "I like your optimistic attitude." wee

Later, Tammy and Alicia returned to the office together. And Alicia said

552 I Own This Place to Tammy anxiously, "We really don't have much to lose, do we? Dominic is the most well-known player here! You're honored to be able to compete with him. Right, Tammy?" Noticing that Tammy remained silent, Alicia turned around. And then, she saw Tammy daydreaming. Raising one of her brows, Alicia snapped her fingers in front of Tammy's eyes, asking loudly, "What are you doing? You've been preoccupied all day. What's the problem?"

After returning to her senses, Tammy said, "I heard Dominic isn't going to be in the pro league next year."

"What? Why?"

"He's retiring."

"No way!" Alicia said, pulling out a chair and sitting in it, "He's so young! Why would he want to retire at such a young age?"

Instead of answering Alicia's questions, Tammy shook her head. She had no idea what was going on as well

Alicia noticed that Tammy was behaving strangely. Surprised, she asked, "Are you worried about him? Tammy, you're not his fan, are you?" "Do you think that's possible?" Tammy asked, rolling her eyes

"I'm only kidding," Alicia replied. Then she said to herself, / Anow your only idol is Scott, Tammy. And there is no way that you're Dominic's fan! Well, he has a lot of fans, though

Having collected her thoughts, Alicia sighed and explained, "Forget about it. I should think about what I'm going to say to Nelly about this." Then she was lostin thought, Since losing the last contract, I've been anxious every day. And I begged Nelly of the company's business department for a contract every day after that. Unfortunately, many celebrities in the entertainment industry are scrambling at the time for 5521 Own This Place advertising contracts. As a result, at the end of the year, few companies are willing to sign contracts with eSports players. Gosh... What should I do now? Why hasn't anyone told me before that this job would be so difficult?

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Since she arrived at work in the morning, Alicia had been sitting in Nelly's office. And she asked Nelly in a pleading tone, "Can you help me think of another way? Does anyone have extra advertising contracts right now? Amber has never taken an advertising contract before, and I'm worried for her as her assistant."

"Alicia, I want to help you, too," Nelly sighed, "But you see, the whole industry is in a slump right now, as it is this time of year. Maybe it will be better after next year's tournament."

"But didn't Pearl just see a toothpaste commercial? Her teeth aren't even white!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down. The toothpaste companies love Pearl now. She's probably going to be in every toothpaste commercial in the future," Nelly whispered

"What were they thinking? She's just a mediocre live streamer!"

"Actually, she's the most beautiful female e-sports streamer now. At least the ranking list says so," With a shrug, Nelly responded

"She's the most live streamer?! Really? Amber is ten times prettier than her! Whoever made the list must be joking, right?" Alicia nearly snapped

"If Amber hadn't refused to let people see what she looks like, she could've replaced Pearl. Seriously, if Amber was willing to release her photos, her fan base would be much larger than it is now. And she would receive advertising contracts every day

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"That's not going to work. Amber won't do that," Alicia said, shaking her head

"Then there's nothing I can do for you, dear," Nelly said as she walked out the door

"Nelly!" Alicia stomped her foot in frustration as she watched Nelly's figure vanish through the office door. She muttered, "Why do people care so much about other people's looks nowadays?"

After calming herself down, Alicia walked out of Nelly's office. As soon as she shut the door and turned around, she saw Tammy, who didn't seem to be in a bit of a hurry. Anxious, Alicia said to Tammy, "Tammy, for real? The tournament is three months away! Aren't you nervous about it? Do you have any idea how important it is for you to get advertising deals done?"

Well, actually, I do. But I don't need advertising deals. After all, I'm rich. Though Tammy wanted to speak her mind out loud, she swallowed her words back when seeing Alicia's blushed face. And Tammy found it amusing when she realized how anxious Alicia was. "You don't have to be in such a rush, Alicia. I'm going to take you somewhere right now, and you can help me sign a contract," she said "Really? You?" Alicia asked, frozen

Tammy immediately put down her video game and said, "Yes. Let's go

"Where are we going?" "Are you going, or are you not going? Do you really want that contract?"

"All right, let's go!" Half an hour later, they arrived at the Carousel Group's headquarters

Looking at the building in front of them, Alicia asked, "Is this the place you

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"Yes!" With a smug, Tammy replied

Alicia took a deep breath to keep herself from passing out. Then she uttered, "Tammy, you can't just do whatever you want because you're a famous live streamer. Do you know what kind of place this is?" "Isn't this just the Carousel Group?" Tammy asked as she found Alicia's words hilarious

"So, you know what kind of place this is! Can we really collaborate with them? Stop daydreaming. Tammy, When you become famous, I'll try to get you a contract with them," Alicia said sincerely Trying hard to hold back her laughter, Tammy almost stammered, "You haven't even gotten inside the building! What makes you think it won't work?"

"I don't need to go in. I just know it won't work," Looking at Tammy in disbelief, Alicia nearly rolled her eyes at her

"What if it will work?"

"Huh? You own this place?" Again, Alicia asked in disbelief

"Yeah."

"And you are..." Looking at Tammy's serious look, Alicia suddenly thought of something. She looked at the Carousel Group's logo and then at Tammy. "Really? You own this place?!" Tammy nodded. "Let's go. It's freezing outside."

Then Tammy strolled into the luxurious lobby with Alicia. Alicia was completely frozen, and it took her a long time to follow Tammy

The receptionist treated Tammy with great respect. She jogged over to them and helped them press the elevator button

"Is my brother at work today?" Tammy asked the receptionist

552 I Own This Place "Yes, he came here early this morning." "Great! We'll just go up on our own. Thanks." "Okay." Alicia followed Tammy into the elevator, even if she couldn't believe the fact. And then she followed Tammy, who walked quickly through the corridor and into the president's office

"Where's my brother?" Tammy asked a secretary as soon as she reached the door of the office

"Miss Wright, hello. Mr. Wright's still holding a meeting right now. You are welcome to wait here for a moment. I'll tell him that you're here."

"That's fine. We'll wait for him here." Nodding, Tammy answered with a polite smile

After the secretary left, Alicia pinched her thigh, assuming that she was dreaming

Seeing that, Tammy asked in surprise, "What are you doing, Alicia?"

Alicia replied, rubbing her thigh, "I wanted to check if I was dreaming

And it turns out that I'm not dreaming. But there must be a problem with my brain."

Rolling her eyes, Tammy asked, "What are you doing? You have already met my brother, haven't you?"

"But I had no idea he was the Carousel Group's president then!"

Curling the corners of her lips upward, Tammy began to eat the cookies. She said, "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you this. I'm giving you an opportunity to talk to my brother."

"What should I say to him then?" Alicia asked nervously

"About advertising contract, of course!"

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Feeling humiliated and flustered, Alicia kept blinking desperately at Tammy, trying to get her help. At that moment, Alicia would rather be despised by Tammy than have an awkward conversation with Matthew Much to Alicia's surprise, Tammy didn't seem to want to help her out of the awkward situation. With an evil smile, Tammy Said to Matthew, "She's here to talk to you about cooperation."

"Cooperation?" Matthew asked. After glancing at his watch, he unbutton his suit, sat on the couch and asked, "Can you tell me something more specific? What type of collaboration it is?"

Looking at Matthew's serious face, Alicia realized she had no choice

She clenched her teeth and thought, Guess /'/I just have to talk to you since

I've already humiliated myself in front of you once. Hope that! won't be humiliated again

"I want Tami to advertise your group's products," Alicia plucked up her courage and said

"Which product do you want to advertise for?"

Hearing that, Alicia froze because she didn't know what products the Carousel Group had. I wouldn't have even known about you guys if the cab driver hadn't told me a bunch of things about your group, she thought

As Alicia looked around the room, she finally had an idea when she noticed a car magazine on the coffee table. Right! The driver said the Carousel Group produced cars! She thought. Then she said without a second of hesitation, "Cars! We want to advertise for cars!"

Tammy's eyes widened in surprise. She thought, Why would you choose a car when we have so many other popular items? Our car brand is stillin trial and has yet to reach the market. I can easily make money if you

choose a small, everyday household item. Why did you choose cars? What

553 You Can't Fire Me! are you thinking, Alicia?

Matthew also didn't expect she would say that. He then asked with doubt, "Cars? Really?"

"Sure. I heard that the Carousel Group will compete in the racing competition next week. I believe racing and e-sports are similar because they are both competitive events." Alicia appeared to be very self- assured

Suddenly, Tammy regretted bringing Alicia there. Alicia, stop talking nonsense! She thought to herself

Then Matthew cut to the chase, "Then tell me what your strengths are. Is it possible that Tammy's fan base will overlap with our car market? And I wonder how much overlap exists now?"

Seeing that Alicia was rendered speechless, Matthew explained calmly, "Let me tell you something. Many famous e-sports live streamers have fans outside of their circles. But I think the overlap between Tammy's fans and car market consumers is less than 5%."

On the verge of passing out from anxiety, Alicia said in astonishment, "Is that true? Oh, that's not going to work, is it. We're leaving now. Sorry for wasting your time."

"Hold on a second. You're not the best people to advertise cars, but you're great for instant foods." Matthew stopped them

"Huh?" Alicia went completely still. She had no idea what he meant

"Matthew, are you asking me to promote instant noodles?" Tammy asked as she stood up

"As well as functional drinks." Leaning on his chair leisurely, Matthew added

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"No way! Why don't you let me promote computer accessories or something else? Our computer chips are excellent because we have exclusive core technology." Tammy said in frustration

"You do realize that's exclusive core technology? If you want to promote it, win the world title then," Looking away, Matthew answered absentmindedly

Hearing Matthew's words, Tammy was furious and wanted to leave right away. However, Alicia stopped her. "I believe it is a good idea!" Alicia said

"No! I'm not going to be a brand ambassador for instant noodles!"

"Actually, you only need to advertise it. You are not currently qualified to be our brand ambassador," Matthew said, although he knew Tammy would be even more upset when hearing what he would say Just as Tammy was going to lose it, Alicia immediately covered her mouth with her hand, exclaiming, "That's perfect! When will we be signing the contract?"

"Right now," Matthew called his secretary and said, "My sister will promote our instant noodles and functional drinks. Draw up a contract for her, please."

"Sure."

Then Matthew checked his watch and said, "I need to get to work now

Why don't you go shopping at that mall? I'll take you two to dinner." He then walked out of the office

Alicia let go of Tammy only after he was gone

"That hurts!" Rubbing her face, Tammy furrowed her brows and complained

"I would lose this opportunity if you didn't stop talking. I'm going to

553 You Can't Fire Me! get you to sign this contract no matter what. After all, you are the one who brought me here."

Tammy sat down on the couch, frustrated. She said, "Why are you doing this to me? I expected you to sign me a contract for something more worthwhile! I don't want to promote instant noodles!" "What's the problem with instant noodles? Everybody loves instant noodles! This is the very first contract I got you! Now I finally don't feel inferior to the other company assistants!" Alicia burst out laughing after she said that

"You don't feel inferior to them, but I do!"

"Do you think you're inferior to the other live streamers? Why?"

"I mean at my house!" Tammy glared at her. And then, she was lost in thought, I've always wanted to show Mom how capable I can be as a live streamer. That way, she would stop saying, "You just can't do anything right" to me. But I don't think I'll ever impress her with the instant noodles advertising. Plus, it's Matthew who got me the advertisement!

The more Tammy thought about it, the angrier she became. Then, in a fit of anger, she pointed her index finger at Alicia and snapped, "I'm firing you right now!"

"No, you're not firing me! I'm not going anywhere. After I sign the contract, I'm going to invite your brother to dinner." Alicia appeared to be extremely happy Tammy asked, "You're going to buy my brother dinner? Do you want to invite him to eat hot dogs on the street?"

"There is a new restaurant in that nearby mall. I can invite him

there."

"Really? Are you taking him there?"

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"Yeah! Is there anything wrong with it? Is that restaurant too low-end to meet your brother's standard?"

"Well, it's low-end for my brother but way too high-end for you. You've only bought me pizza hut before!" Stomping her foot on the ground, Tammy complained

"I need to thank him for that contract, and I also owe him an apology

So, I think it is worthwhile."

"You can't spend more money on him than you have spent on me

Otherwise, it will be so unfair! You should take him downstairs to the taco truck."

While the two girls were arguing, a woman brought her cell phone camera to the door and took a photo of them. After the woman sent the photo to someone over the phone, her phone vibrated. She dashed

out the

door and down the stairwell to answer the phone

"Is that Matthew's sister in the picture?" The caller asked

"Yes. Matthew just asked her to advertise instant noodles for one of the group's food companies. Another secretary of his is working on the contract right now."

"Huh? Is she even qualified to post ads?"

"She seems to be an e-sportslive streamer."

"Really? On t****k?"

"I'm not sure. They didn't bring it up."

"Then find out about it as soon as possible. By the way, I want to know

which company she works for."

"Okay. I'm on it"