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?"

Chloe sneered: "How much do you earn a month? Why are you pretending to be rich?"

"If you can come up with 10 million US dollars, I won't pay for your medical expenses, and I can even run around the company naked!"

I curled my lips into a smile.

Look at the young man in the video call.

"Second brother, have someone send 10 million US dollars to my company immediately."

Chloe was stunned, then burst into laughter: "You are really addicted to pretending. Do you think you can just find a poor relative to pretend with you?"

I sat back down, crossed my legs and waited.

I waited for twenty minutes and no one came.

Chloe laughed, "That's enough. Vivian, when will the agent you found arrive? You're wasting everyone's negotiation time!"

"If it doesn't work, kowtow to me and apologize, and then I'll send you to the police station!"

She didn't finish her words.

The door of the negotiation room was opened.

A young man in a suit and tie was in the lead, followed by more than a dozen bodyguards carrying boxes.

The young man walked up to me and touched my head lovingly: "Little sister, second brother is late."

Alexander's eyes were fixed on the hand that was touching my hair.

The bodyguards received the signal and placed the boxes on the conference table.

When I opened it, it was full of green US dollars.

Everyone present felt as if their throats were blocked by the pile of money and they were unable to utter a word.

Chloe swallowed even more, she had never seen so much money.

Her eyes were full of disbelief as she shifted her gaze from the banknotes to the man's face.

At this point, the marketing manager's face turned pale.

"You are... You are the crown prince of Newcrest City the Grant dynasty!"

There are rumors.

You may not know the mayor of Newcrest City, but there's no way you don't know the Grant dynasty's crown prince, Theodore Grant, who runs a business empire.

The person who was not captured in the news reports now appeared before them alive.

Call me little sister affectionately.

Alexander stood up with doubt, raised his smile and stretched out his hand.

"Theodore, I've often heard my father praise you for your achievements at a young age. Nice to meet you."

My second brother didn't even look at me and asked someone to bring a chair and sit next to me.

Alexander's smile froze.

He withdrew his hand angrily.

Chloe, on the other hand, looked extremely pale, someone who even the usually respectful Alexander had to put on a smiling face.

She couldn't imagine what big shot she had offended.

I casually pulled out a stack of banknotes.

I fiddled with it casually.

"Chloe, ten million dollars."

"No order?"

I raised my hand and threw it at Chloe's face.

Banknotes fell all over the ground.

I took the opportunity to snatch the necklace from her hand.

"Now that I've given you the money, I should be the one to dispose of the necklace."

I shined the light through the diamond.

The second brother sighed and said, "This level of broken diamonds, if you use them to skip stones on water, you'd be worried about cutting your hands."

I smiled and said, "It's perfect for Buddy who's guarding the gate to grind his teeth."

"you!"

Chloe clenched her fists in humiliation.

My precious things are worthless in their mouths.

I looked at her and said, "I've already compensated you for the necklace, now you should compensate me for the recipe, right?"

Chloe looked at the incomplete recipe in my hand and acted like she was hearing a huge joke.

"How much is a crappy recipe worth?"

I held up two fingers: "It's really not worth much."

"The auction price is only 200 million US dollars."

The scene was quiet for a moment.

Thunderous laughter broke out immediately.

The planning director burst into laughter: "How dare you ask for 200 million US dollars for a few pieces of paper? What kind of daydreaming is this?"

The financial director mocked: "Are you crazy about money? The original compensation is not to make you rich overnight."

"It's still two hundred million dollars. Give me twenty dollars and I'll print a bunch for you."