A Spoonful of Sugar: Don’t Beg for Love

Chapter 585

"Okay, then let's contact the Duval Group," Hesper said. She had worked with them before, so she had

nothing to fear. After all, as long as Rickard was a smart businessman, he would never refuse the

benefits that came to him.

Renee nodded and turned to leave. Hesper fell into silence for a moment before continuing with her

work. Previously, Benji had warned her that many of the contracts given to her by Rickard contained

hidden clauses. Those contracts had been sorted and taken back to the Lanes by Matthew. Now, it

seemed like she needed to retrieve them and carefully examine them to avoid any more accidents in

the future.

Hesper sent a message to Matthew, asking him to mail her the previous contracts. With that settled,

she began to prepare for negotiations with the Duval Group.

The Lane Holdings needed to recuperate at the moment, so Hesper was willing to make some

concessions during the negotiations. If one deal fell apart, she might not have the ability to consider the

next one.

However, Rickard was different. When he handed over those contracts to her, he must have already

guessed that she would be working with the Duval Group.

Hesper felt that she should feel very sorry for not extorting Rickard for a good sum of money. After

contact was made, news from the Duval Group came quickly. They were both in Genecity and had time

to meet, so they arranged to meet the next day at noon.

Hesper was familiar with the Duval Group and had been going there every day for a while. When she

arrived at the front desk, the staff greeted her warmly. After a while, they realized something was off.

"Didn't Ms. Rivera return the shares to Mr. Duval? Why has she come again today?"

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On the other hand, Sophia never expected that her "internship" in the company would start from being

a tea girl in the pantry. What's more, Benji instructed her not to reveal her identity, so she was

constantly ordered around by office employees.

Sophia felt somewhat resentful. She had always been taken care of by others and had never taken

care of anyone else since birth. However, now she was expected to serve tea and water to employees

of her own family's company.

"Sophia, print 50 copies of this and deliver it to the conference room in half an hour."

Looking at the stack of documents in front of her, Sophia frowned. "This is too much! How can I print 50

copies in half an hour all by myself?"

"That's your problem. I still have work to do, so bye bye."

"Hey!"

Sophia held the documents and felt a surge of anger. The office employees treated her like a mere tea

girl because they did not know her identity. For her, they were just a bunch of cowards who bullied

powerless people like her.

However, Rickard's anger had not alleviated yet, so Sophia did not dare to say anything about her

grievances. Frustrated, she suppressed her grievances and headed to the printer to fulfill her duties. Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

"How is it possible to print all of these..." Sophia put the documents on the table and glanced at them

but then froze. She picked up the first page and examined it carefully. It was indeed a collaboration

between the Duvals and Lanes.

'Why are we collaborating with the Lanes? It couldn't be for Hesper, could it?'

Sophia flipped through the pages and realized that the Lanes were in dire need of the Duval Group's

assistance. If Rickard did not intervene, they could face major issues.

Sophia was not a top-notch student, but her years of education had not gone to waste. Her

grandfather's strict upbringing had instilled some knowledge about managing a company in her.