She is a CEO by George Chapman

A hint of helplessness could be seen in Lucia's face when she was linking her arm with Arthur's.

Just now, Arthur took her to a hair salon without saying anything. Then he took her here after the hairdresser styled her.

She didn't know that she was attending the banquet until she saw the guests.

Tonight, with delicate make-up, Lucia wore a long light blue dress and a black coat that Arthur prepared for her for fear she would feel cold. Her dressing set off her pretty complexion, making people unable to take their eyes off her.

As soon as Arthur arrived, he became the focus of everyone's attention. And he was accompanied by the beautiful Lucia. However, when he introduced Lucia to others, he only said that she was "Miss Webb". Many people showed disappointed expressions.

The party tonight was not about business, and the atmosphere was very relaxing.

Arthur found an opportunity to take Lucia to the balcony to avoid those curious gazes.

"Are you tired?" Arthur protected Lucia from those prying eyes.

"Not at all. It's not tiring to drink and eat," Lucia replied with a smile.

"Don't drink too much. You can eat as much as you want," Arthur said considerately.

Lucia was amused by his words. "I'm not a fool," she said.

When the two were talking, a sharp female voice came from behind.

"Hey, isn't this the new CEO of Jibillion Inc, Miss Webb?"

The woman's voice was so familiar to Lucia. Her smiling eyes suddenly turned cold. She pursed her lips and turned around slowly. Sure enough, Poppy and Jacob were standing behind her! She didn't expect them to come.

"Lucia..." Arthur naturally knew the special relationship between Lucia and the two people behind her, so he whispered to Lucia.

"Wait a minute." Lucia looked up at Arthur and then walked towards Poppy and Jacob. She didn't want to get Arthur involved.

Seeing Lucia coming straight to her, Poppy sneered, "A slut like you could even attend a banquet of the upper class."

"Even you can attend it. Why can't I?" Lucia retorted without even raising her eyebrows.

Poppy's face changed all of a sudden. While Jacob, who was beside her, didn't seem to care about her anger and stared at Lucia without blinking.

Just now, Jacob saw Lucia walking toward him gracefully. Her incomparable beauty stunned him for a moment.

What had he missed back then?

Noticing that Jacob was staring at her, Lucia turned to look at him and said rudely, "Jacob, I think you don't want to lose face here."

Of course, Jacob didn't want to. It was Poppy who took the liberty of speaking just now.

He didn't ignore the man standing next to Lucia, Arthur, the president of Branch of Davonnis!

"Poppy, let's go." Jacob could correctly assess the situation.

"What?" Poppy was unhappy that Jacob was trying to make peace with Lucia. She couldn't understand why Jacob showed mercy to such a slut!

"This slut shouldn't have appeared here, and she doesn't deserve to be here. Now I'll let everyone know what she has done in the past!"

"Poppy!" Sensing Poppy's anger, Jacob scolded in a low voice, "Stop it. We can settle it in the future. We are at Mr. Berry's party. Arguing with Lucia here will only embarrass us."

"Jacob is right, or..." Lucia raised her eyebrows, "Poppy, do you want to have a try? Let's see who will become a CLOWN in the end."

Poppy's face turned red because of Lucia's words. However, after observing the surroundings, she could only hold back her anger, "Lucia, you're lucky today." Then she dragged Jacob away. As for this confrontation, neither Poppy nor Lucia was the winner.

Arthur didn't come to Lucia until Poppy and Jacob left. In his opinion, the two people were sent away by Lucia, but Lucia, who obviously had the upper hand, looked bad.

"Lucia, what's wrong?" Arthur asked.

Lucia was absent-minded for a moment. Then she turned to him, "Nothing... It's just..."

She didn't know whether she should tell him or not.

Arthur read her mind and gently took her back to the balcony. Then he asked, "Lucia, can you tell me your grudge with them?"

Lucia looked up at Arthur's eyes and saw the concern in them.

They were more than friends, but not lovers. She was sure about one thing, that was, she trusted him.

Thinking for a while, Lucia said. "It was a long story. Do you want to hear it?" It had been a long time since she opened her heart last time. Facing Arthur who was sincere, Lucia wanted to tell him everything. "Yes." Arthur nodded seriously.

Lucia smiled bitterly. She began to tell him what happened six years ago.

In the university, Lucia knew Poppy, who looked honest at that time. They soon became good friends. Then Lucia knew Jacob because Jacob and Poppy were both from City B.

Jacob came from a poor family in the countryside. His parents died a long time ago. After further acquaintance with him, Lucia knew that he had been living in his aunt's home and had been despised since childhood.

After learning about Jacob's background, Lucia didn't look down upon or alienate him. And she paid more and more attention to him. They got together in the last semester of grade four.

Naturally, Lucia was strongly challenged by her father, Eric Webb, when she introduced Jacob to him, but by then she was biased toward Jacob.

Just after graduating from university, Lucia was encouraged by Poppy to secretly register for marriage with Jacob in city hall.

When Eric found it, what was done could not be undone.

Soon after their marriage, the doctor told Lucia the devastating news that her father smoked a lot to relieve work pressure and had advanced lung cancer caused by smoking.

Lucia felt as if her world had collapsed. At that time, it was Jacob and Poppy who supported her.

Lucia felt she was lucky to have a lover and a confidant, but Eric didn't intend to let things run their course.

When Eric was seriously ill in bed, he entrusted a lawyer to draw up a will, which said that after he died, Jacob would go through a trial period of two years. During this period, if he did anything to hurt Lucia, such as cheating on her, Lucia would immediately divorce him and Jacob would not be able to get any property!

Facing her seriously ill father, Lucia didn't want to disobey him, so she proposed to have the trial period too, during which she could not betray him. By doing so, she could not only make Jacob satisfied, but also make her father's efforts pay off.

By then, Lucia trusted Jacob wholeheartedly. How could she know that Jacob was in ecstasy secretly when she made that suggestion?