Rift in the perfect picture

Chapter 0414

Frances was overjoyed as she immersed herself in her dream of being surrounded by mountains of wealth.

Once she left, Douglas asked, “Are you really going to help her? Aren’t you being too easy on her?”

I shook my head. “She’ll only be able to watch us earn a sum if she doesn’t invest. Have someone report the incoming profits every day and make sure she finds out about it by ‘accident‘. She’ll have to invest if she wants a piece of that cake.”

“That’s a dead end. She’s never going to spend a dime, Douglas said.

Tve already told you. I’ll give her the money to Invest if she refuses to.” I smiled and added, “Have someone around the same age as her join the finance department. There’s no harm in making a new friend. Once she does, we’ll be able to meet all of her needs-”

Suddenly, the sound of high heels clicking echoed outside the meeting room, and the door was pushed open.

Claudia came in, wearing formal wear and a pair of high heels. She looked like a kid in adult clothes as every part of her outfit looked out of place.

However, she didn’t seem to see it that way as she held her chin high. “Ariana, why are you here? Didn’t Ms. Gardner tell you that Nicholas is on a business trip? Why did you come all the way here?”

Douglas frowned and stood in front of me. “Who told you that Ms. Jones is here for someone? Ms. Quirk, please leave. We have reserved this meeting room, and our meeting isn’t over yet!”

Claudia scoffed and rolled her eyes. “Who cares about those pennies of yours? The entire Hawk Corporation belongs to Nick. It’s kind of lame of you to even hold a meeting.”

I sneered. “Indeed, I haven’t made much money yet, but I am curious as to what Jobs Nicholas has arranged for you since you joined the company. How much have you earned?

“I do feel happy for Nicholas to see that you haven’t managed to ruin the secretarial department, and I’m glad to see that the department is still in one piece.”

Nicholas has always had high expectations for his employees, so I was shocked to hear that he had arranged for Claudia to join his secretarial department.

It seemed like he would not be at ease unless she was by his side. That way, he would be able to continue doting on her.

Claudia scoffed lightly and did not look upset. Instead, she seemed to be filled with confidence as she took out a black card from her pocket.

She waved it before me and said, “Do you see this? Nick has given me his card. He said he doesn’t right now, so I can spend it however I like.”

t need it

I glanced at the card and felt my head spin. Throughout my four years of marriage with Nicholas, he had only given me one of his supplementary cards. He said he would never treat me unfairly when it came to money.

But right now, Claudia was holding onto his black card. That was his only black card, not a supplementary:

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Chapter 0414

card.

For some reason, everything just felt so absurd. It was so absurd to the point that I wanted to laugh as it felt like I had to hand in my salary or something.

Bitterness began to seep into my heart as I sneered and asked, “Where’s your brother?”

I why she was there

Claudia’s eyes began to dart around as she remembered why she was there. Nicholas had sent her..

He found out that I would be having a meeting at his company, so he sent Claudia over to check up on how I was doing.

He wanted to know how I was doing without him here with me–whether I was eating and sleeping properly, whether I had ever thought about him, whether I had gained or lost weight.

He was like a stalker, wanting to know everything about me, yet he couldn’t face me, nor did he dare to do

1. SO.

He had to focus on getting better before he could appear before me. If he did not get better, he wasn’t sure when he might lose control of himself. If he couldn’t function like a proper human, how was he supposed to build a family?

Claudia fell silent before taking out her phone. “Are you looking for Nick? I can just give him a call!”

She quickly dialed his number and placed the call on speaker. The room fell into silence as we waited for Nicholas to answer the phone, and I could feel my heartbeat syncing with the beeping sound.