“Aurora Walton, you little bitch, just you wait.”
She was going to pay all the humiliation she’d enduredtely back a hundredfold.
And Lucas? If he wanted to keep his little secret safe, he’d better start doing exactly <b>as </b>she said.
<b>+25 </b><b>Bonus </b>
Aurora continued going to work at Walton Corporation as usual, but the situation online still hadn’t been resolved.
Now, all the public outrage had shifted toward Lucas<b>. </b>
Aurora felt awful about it, but there was no way she could shut up that many people.
This time, when Grace arrived at the office, she didn’t summon Aurora to her own office.
Line Instead, she came straight to hers<b>. </b>
Aurora was briefly stunned when she saw her mother.
Why wasn’t she being called in like usual? Why had the roles suddenly reversed?
“Madam Grace, is there something you need from me?”
Grace sat down in Aurora’s office chair, crossed her legs, leaned an elbow on the desk, and stared directly at her.
“It’s the third day now.<b>” </b>
The moment those wordsnded, Aurora felt her stomach sink.
She’d expected this. If her mother hade all the way to her office, it was definitely serious.
And sure enough, it was exactly what she’d feared.
It was clear now that her mother had been watching her every move<b>. </b>There had never been any intention of letting her off the hook
Looking at how serious <b>Grace </b>was, Aurora suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
So much time had passed, and still<b>, </b><b>she </b>hadn’t managed to secure a ce in her mother’s eyes.
She had given so much to thepany–worked hard, secured foreign contracts<b>, </b>evennded deals with Vanguard Group.
And <b>yet </b>none of it had earned her a shred of true recognition.
The thought left her cold.
<b>“</b>I know, Madam Grace<b>.</b><b>” </b>
Aurora clenched her <b>fists</b><b>, </b>standing firmly across <b>from </b>her mother.
In that moment<b>, </b>she didn’t know what to <b>say</b><b>, </b>nor how <b>to </b><b>react</b>.
The storm online was out of her control–was her mother nning <b>to </b>kick her out <b>of </b>the <bpany </b>now?
Just the thought chilled Aurora <b>to </b>the <b>core</b><b>. </b><b>It </b>was clear her mother had never truly intended to <b>ept </b>her.
From the day she stepped into this <bpany</b>, Aurora had <be </b>to understand that she was just <b>a </b>means to an end.
Grace probably never intended for her to be genuinely Integrated into thepany. As for the General Manager position<b>, </b><b>it </b>was likely <b>just </b><b>a </b>way <b>to </b><b>squeeze </b><b>more </b>
out of her.
That realization was what made Aurorapletely lose faith in her mother.
Grace looked at her<b>, </b>eyes sharp and unforgiving. “Since you im to understand what <b>I’m </b>doing, <b>then </b>how <b>exactly </b>have <b>you </b>handled the situation online?
“Thepany’s stock is still frozen at the lowest point. Have <b>you </b>considered <b>that </b><b>you’re </b><b>already </b>proving <b>to </b><b>be </b>an unfit leader in your role?<b>” </b>
Aurora clenched her fists. She couldn’t find a single word to refute her mother’s usations.
She never imagined Grace had been watching her <b>every </b><b>move </b>this closely and tracking <b>every </b>detall <b>with </b>such intensity<b>. </b>
It had been days. <b>She’d </b>foolishly assumed Grace had forgotten the matter.
<b>But </b>no<b>, </b>she’d simply been waiting for the right moment to strike.
<b>Aurora </b>exhaled <b>slowly </b><b>“</b>Madarn <b>Grace</b><b>, </b>I’ve <b>been </b>monitoring the situation online closely.<i>” </i>