At the business negotiation table, Alexander Sterling's secretary threw a whole bottle of ink at me in front of everyone.

"You are a housewife who only knows how to cook all day long. Allowing you to enter the negotiation room is already a compliment to you. How dare you question my decision?"

"I order you to pack up and leave immediately!"

I wiped the ink stain off my dress calmly and looked at Alexander.

He calmly turned the lighter and turned his head away.

I raised an eyebrow and pointed my phone camera at everyone.

"Brother, did you see it?"

"I dare you to ask your sister to get out!"

Early in the morning, I was carefully preparing the ingredients in the office when the office was pushed open.

"Hey, Chloe asked you to go to the negotiation room for a meeting at ten!"

The intern urged impatiently.

"I'm busy. I won't go."

I didn't even raise my head.

Quickly cut the lotus root in your hand into slices.

After one year of working here, I have never attended any meetings.

No one notified me and there was no need for me to go.

The intern was unhappy: "Chloe has asked all department managers to be present. This is Mr. Sterling's intention. Please don't make it difficult for me!"

The knife in his hand paused and cut his index finger.

I frowned in pain and threw the kitchen knife on the table in annoyance.

When we arrived at the negotiation room, it was full.

Everyone looked at me with contempt when they saw me come in.

"Why is Ms. Wright here? Does she know where this is?"

"You're not going in as the kitchen, are you?"

"She studies vegetables every day. Does she know what business negotiation is?"

I ignored their ridicule, walked to an empty seat, sat down, and looked through the cookbook carefully.

The partner arrived almost half an hour ago.

Alexander and Chloe Sinclair entered the negotiation room while adjusting their clothes.

“We thank NovaStar Corporation for giving us this negotiation opportunity.”

Alexander looked around and found me in the corner. He frowned slightly and looked away.

"Chloe will now speak on behalf of our company."

Chloe walked up to the stage in high heels with great pride.

While introducing the company's products, we also imagined working together to create a better home.

I frowned as I studied the dish.

They actually dared to give up 50% of the profit just to cooperate with the other party in a fantasy private amusement park that was bound to incur losses.

"…In my opinion, the design of this amusement park perfectly captures my vision. Many people would want to hold a dream wedding here! The investment of 200 million US dollars is worth it!"

After saying that, she cast a wink at Alexander.

There was silence in the negotiation room for a moment, and Alexander led the applause.

I was so confused that I said without even raising my eyelids, "Today I've really opened my eyes. This is the first time I've seen a business negotiation where a buyer gives a base price right at the start. It would be better to throw 200 million US dollars into the water to build a pile of scrap metal, and then you can hear a noise."

As soon as these words came out.

The negotiation room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Alexander frowned in displeasure.

Chloe was so angry that she said, "You are just a poor cook, what do you know?"

I chuckled, closed the recipe and looked up.

"You are the one who doesn't understand!"

“An outdated solution.”

“The reserve price is sky-high.”

“No profitable project.”

"You know the purpose of building this playground!"

"No, what kind of amusement park would cost 200 million US dollars? Are you trying to embezzle public funds?"

Chloe was so angry that her face turned red and she yelled out of control:

"Allowing a poor cook like you to enter the negotiation room is already a compliment to you. How can you discredit my decision?"

She grabbed the ink on the table and threw it at me.

The ink splashed on my face, and my snow-white dress was instantly stained with ink.

There was the sound of an ink bottle breaking.

There was dead silence everywhere.

No one dared to breathe heavily.

"Vivian Wright, I order you to pack up and leave immediately!"

Chloe looked down at me.

I slowly wiped the stains off my cheek with my fingers, looking at Alexander without blinking.

He pursed his lips and looked away.

The corners of my lips curled up into a smile.

He said to the speakerphone video call: "Brother, did you see that?"

"I dare you to ask your sister to get out!"

On the other side of the video, the handsome and mature man had a face as dark as ink.

Almost gritting his teeth.

"I'll be back home soon!"

I came to work at Sterling Global Group just for a ridiculous childhood marriage.

Alexander is the fiancé chosen by my grandfather.

Although I didn't like him at first, I still liked him because of the comradeship of our grandfathers' generation.

Out of filial piety, I can only agree.

My family wanted us to build more relationships, so they sent me to Sterling Global Group.

As I got to know him, I found out that he had serious stomach problems and was a picky eater, so I prepared different meals for him every day.

Even though I have been marginalized and ridiculed this past year.

I am still secretly using my personal connections to attract investment for the company and help it go public successfully.

Sterling Global Group ranks among the top in the country, and even Alexander has become a new elite in Newcrest City.

Even though I had made great contributions, he still thought I was embarrassing and didn't want to have much contact with me.

He only knows that I am his fiancée and doesn't know my real identity.

……

After I hung up the video, I calmly returned to my seat.

Use a tissue to wipe the ink-soaked recipe.

The paper of the recipe was smudged by ink and I couldn't see the original words clearly. It gave me a headache for a moment.

Chloe was furious when she saw that I ignored her tense attitude.

I never thought I would dare to ignore her authority as the Secretary General.

She slammed the table and stood up, her face distorted: "Vivian, can't you hear me?!"

"Is this a kitchen or a negotiation room? And you're still reading that crappy cookbook of yours?"

I looked at her coldly: "My performance is higher than your entire project team's total for the whole year. What's wrong with me?"

"Get out of here now, or I'll have my bodyguard kick you out!"

I didn't even raise my head: "Whatever you want."

The top executives of the two companies looked at each other intently, not daring to say a word.

Some looked at Alexander, waiting for his movement.

Alexander finally stood up and spoke.

He was wearing a well-tailored suit today and looked indifferent.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the finger was pointed at me.

"Vivian, you are really capable in business."

The voice was low, with a hint of sharpness.

"But this is a negotiation room, not a market. You are..."

"go out!"

I paused with my finger and tore the recipe paper.

I slowly raised my eyes and looked at his handsome face.

A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his lips: "Mr. Sterling, are you sure you want to drive me away?"

Alexander thought my question was unnecessary and became impatient.

"Don't make me repeat it a second time. Anyone with a little dignity should be more self-aware."

This made my eyes turn cold.

"What if I don't?"

"Then you will have to bear my wrath!"

Chloe smiled proudly when she saw Alexander speak for her without hesitation.

He walked quickly to me, swept the things on my desk to the ground, and stepped hard on them.

My recipes, my notes, were all stained.

"You really don't want to drink the toast, but you have to drink the forfeit!"

She grabbed my hair and dragged me out.

"Didn't you hear Mr. Sterling tell you to get out?"

Looking back to the first day I met Chloe, she was hostile to me.

I heard their conversation in a restaurant once: "Mr. Sterling, the company spent a lot of money to hire a housewife as a manager. If outsiders knew about this, wouldn't they laugh at us?"

Alexander said nothing, but smiled and indulged her.

Since then, she has disliked me in every way.

I was widely promoted at staff meetings and department dinners.

"Anyone can get into this company. If I had known what university to go to, I would have studied to become a cook."

There were rumors rife in the company, all saying that I was using backdoors and was unworthy of my position. Everyone was betting on when I would be kicked out of the company.

I have heard of it.

But I don't care.

My indifference resulted in Chloe becoming even more aggressive.

This time she has seized the opportunity to kill me.

I was not willing to be outdone.

He grabbed her wrist with his backhand and pushed her hard.

She hit her head on the table and fell heavily to the ground.

She ignored the pain and grabbed the broken diamond necklace on the ground.

Under the light, the diamond is even more dazzling, but there are obvious bumps and scratches on it.

“Vivian！”

Chloe yelled, her anger seemed to ignite her whole being.

"Do you know how much this necklace is worth!?"

"Mr. Sterling took this photo for me on my birthday. It's worth a million dollars!"

I combed my hair slowly and methodically.

Looking down at her.

"It's your own fault, it's just self-defense!"

Alexander finally couldn't stand it anymore and helped Chloe up with heartache.

"Vivian! You're going too far!"

"As an employee of the company, he ignored the rules and regulations and destroyed employee property."

"I am now officially notifying you in the name of the executive director that you are fired!"

"Now, get out of here immediately!"

I paused as I picked up the recipe.

This is the most Alexander has spoken to me since I joined the company.

I just didn't expect it to be under such circumstances.

Chloe hid in Alexander's arms and shouted: "Mr. Sterling, she broke the necklace you gave her, call the police to arrest her!"

The negotiation room was silent.

Everyone looked at me as if they were waiting for a good show.

"Okay, I'll pay for it."

"It's just one million dollars."

I took out my cell phone and made a call before I could even speak.

"One million US dollars was the price during the auction. Now it's at least 10 million US dollars!"

Everyone present gasped.

Ten million US dollars is not a small sum for them.

I looked at her and said, "Ten million US dollars? You're so brave to ask for that."

"You've never been to an auction in your life, right? Do you know that the items there are priceless?"

"I'm asking you to give me 10 million US dollars because we're colleagues."

"If I wasn't kindhearted, I would send you to jail, don't you think?"

Chloe was cocky.

She knew I couldn't afford the compensation with just the monthly salary.

He kept biting me and deliberately humiliating me.

Others present echoed the sentiment.

Planning Director: "Yes, this was given by Mr. Sterling. How can it be measured by money?"

Marketing Manager: "Chloe is not a philanthropist. Shouldn't she compensate me? Hahaha, but Ms. Wright will never be able to pay all the compensation even if she dies."

The financial director: "I'm afraid you can't even afford to pay for it even if you lose all your underwear!"

Everyone laughed continuously, their eyes filled with contempt and ridicule.

They have long been fed up with me doing nothing all day, so they decided to be on equal footing with me.

Seeing me in trouble, naturally they wanted to add insult to injury.

Alexander sat aside and watched coldly.

I asked Chloe: "10 million dollars, isn't that too much?"