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“I can do that. I’ll give the Larson Group a few extra points when the timees<b>.” </b>
Sienna’s voice dropped low. She sounded worn out, like she suddenly aged ten years. Her sharp, powerful image of a career woman was gone.
“I’m starting to think that request is too simple,” Tess said, rubbing her chin as if she were thinking. “How about this? I’ll take the points, but the rest, we’ll decide when the timees.”
That sentence snapped the dull look right off Sienna’s face. Her eyes lit with anger. “You brat!”
“Looks like Ms. Reagen doesn’t agree. Abel-”
Before Tess even finished, Abel started to pull Jolie away.
“Fine!”
Sienna shouted through her teeth. “I agree!”
“Then tell the officers downstairs they can leave.”
Tess nodded, pleased. She turned to the reporters. “Did you get all that on camera?”
They all nodded at once.
Violet had been watching the whole thing with perfect rity. The more she looked at Tess, the more impressed she was.
Olivia smiled too, calm and satisfied.
Abel let go. Jolie staggered away like someone who just escaped danger.
She rushed to Cyrus and grabbed his arm tight, not daring to look at Sienna.
“Ms. Reagen, see you at the end of the year,” Tess said, reaching out her hand politely.
She seemed friendly, but everyone could feel the provocation hidden in that gesture.
Sienna clenched her jaw tight, almost grinding her teeth to dust, but she had no choice except to swallow her pride.
“Fine. See you
then.”
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Four words. All squeezed out from between clenched teeth.
She stared at Tess like she wanted to bite a piece off her.
Tess noticed, of course, but she simply smiled, calm and unfazed.
Atst, Sienna left with Cyrus and Jolie in wobbly steps.
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Once she was gone, the reporters she had arranged looked at <i>each </i>other, unsure of what to do -dread creeping up their spines.
“You all saw everything clearly,” Tess said, raising a brow at them.
“Report it truthfully if you want or follow Sienna’s n. Your choice.”
Then she waved her hand, dismissing them.
The reporters practically bolted out of the office to save their skins. Even outside, they still felt a pang of fear.
How were they supposed to follow Sienna’s script now?
For all they knew, Tess had nted her people among them.
All of them muttered quietly inside and epted their bad luck.
When everything wrapped up, only Tess’s group and Nadine remained.
A shiver ran through her.
Coincidentally, Tess turned her head and looked right at her.
“Nadine, thanks for taking them out for breakfast. Otherwise, we’d still be stuck with this until noon.”
She smiled as she spoke, but Nadine still felt a cold chill crawl down her back.
Nadine felt her teeth tter for no reason. She forced augh and tried to y it cool. “Of course, it’s what I should do.”
Tess rebuked, “What should you
do?”
Her eyes tightened, and the curve on her lips didn’t reach her eyes. It wasn’t a smile–it was a warning. “If I remember correctly, I already fired you. Why were you at the office today?”
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The sharp question froze Nadine’s fake smile in ce. “I… maybe you remembered wrong. And I just happened to run into them.”
“Haha.”
Tess let out a coldugh and mmed her palm on the table. The loud, heavy thud made the room shake. “Ember Group will be under my control from now on. Not just you. This rule applies to Henry too. Without my permission, neither of you is allowed to step into the building.”
Then her gaze shifted to Prune, who stood near the door. “Did you hear what I said?”
Prune hadn’t expected to be called out. She jumped, then nodded quickly. “Yes, Ms. Ember! I’ll tell the staff right away.”
Tess, satisfied with her quick reaction, waved her off to handle it.
Nadine’s face turned ugly.
Raven stretchedzily and sighed dramatically.
“Some people try every sneaky trick in the book and still can’t get anything done. I almost feel sorry for her.”
Nadine’s face drained of all color.
Lyra tried <i>to </i>suppress her smile, but her soft chuckle escaped anyway.
She didn’t say a word, but thatughnded on Nadine’s face like a silent p.
Before she even realized it, tears were rolling down Nadine’s cheeks.
“Tess,” Nadine said suddenly, switching tactics in a heartbeat. “Today is your first day at the office. I came because I thought you might not be familiar with the workflow, so I wanted to help. But on the way, I ran into Great–Aunt Olivia and the others. They came so early, and I only meant to show them some good food nearby. I didn’t expect you to misunderstand me or let your people humiliate me.”
Her switching gears came as a surprise for Tess.
Tess frowned. She didn’t quite understand what Nadine was trying to pull, until she caught the subtle nce Nadine shot toward Finn.
Ah. That exined it. This little performance–she had seen it before.
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All at once, Tess was reminded of the night she had just been released from jail–the night she carried La to the hospital because she had a fever.
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