She Is A CEO

Chapter 1107 Stealing the Limelight

Nia widened her eyes in disbelief and glared at Kevin as if she had been insulted.

"Don't mind her. Lucia has never really helped us in any significant way," Kevin reassured her.

"Hmph!" Nia snorted, forcing herself to look away from Arthur and Lucia and instead find the main character of tonight's banquet. "Where's Casper?"

"He's over there, isn't he?" Kevin said coldly, directing Nia's gaze towards the man not far away.

At that moment, Casper was chatting with a big shot in the industry alongside Miles. Standing next to Miles, Casper played the role of a good son and humbly listened to the two elders talk while occasionally expressing his own opinions that always earned nods of approval from the big shot.

While Kevin and Nia were spying on him, he had already noticed them long ago. He sneered inwardly at their audacity for actually showing up after receiving his invitation! This was his home turf tonight; he wouldn't let them off easily!

Arthur and Lucia were even more concerning to him though. When they entered earlier on, Casper only greeted them briefly before they walked away without giving him face. Soon enough though others gathered around him as he waited for an appropriate opportunity to announce tonight's theme.

Everyone had their own hidden agendas at this banquet.

"It's a shame Eduard couldn't make it tonight. Otherwise, we could chat with him," Lucia said boredly as she led Arthur into a corner away from all those endless chatterers. She also didn't like how Casper kept casting those ambiguous glances towards her direction either.

Arthur chuckled lightly before saying, "Only Daphne can keep him tied down." Otherwise why would he miss out on such an exciting show?

"Daphne has been suffering severe morning sickness since getting pregnant. So, it makes sense that Eduard should be by her side right now," Lucia expressed some concern for Daphne's condition while suggesting that they visit Eduard later when things settle down a bit more between them all.

"Okay then," Arthur agreed readily before adding. "Juliana mentioned that Eduard intends to hold their wedding ceremony before their child is born but due to Daphne's health issues it has been postponed until further notice. So, we can help discuss this matter when we go see them next time."

Lucia nodded along as they talked about Eduard and Daphne's future prospects without paying any attention whatsoever towards what was happening between Nia or Casper or anyone else present at this event.

In the middle of the banquet, Casper found that Lucia and Arthur had avoided other guests who were chatting, and this was the best opportunity, so he walked up to the rostrum, knocked on the microphone, raised his glass to everyone and said,

"Thank you all for attending the celebration banquet hosted by StandHill. The purpose of this banquet is to celebrate our successful acquisition of Stable Growth, and to thank Webbex Group for increasing investment in our company. Now Ms. Webb has become the major shareholder of StandHill, and starting today, Stand Hill is willing to develop together with Webbex Group for win-win cooperation, and I hope that everyone will give StandHill more opportunities to contribute to the construction of this city together!"

Casper's high-sounding speech was supported by many people. When he raised his glass, everyone congratulated him. After drinking, Casper took the opportunity to walk down the rostrum and walked towards Lucia and Arthur. With the voice that everyone could hear clearly, he said to Lucia,

"Ms. Webb, thank you for your support to StandHill. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

Arthur glanced at Casper lightly and didn't say a word, while Lucia said casually, "Mr. Wood, you're too modest. We are all businessmen, we can do our best, and we can't talk about letting anyone down." Casper raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a low voice with an ambiguous smile on his lips, "Ms. Webb, can you show me respect?" After speaking, he made a toast with his wine glass. Lucia didn't move, but Arthur raised his glass and clinked Casper's glass, then drank the wine in one gulp, staring at Casper with his eyes fixed on him in a vague way.

Casper smirked and drank the wine in his glass.

With Arthur here, he didn't expect too much. Anyway, the goal had been achieved.

Just when Casper was showing his relation with Webbex Group to everyone, there was a loud noise from the other end of the banquet hall. He turned around and saw a group of people surrounding Nia and Kevin, and Nia was talking something. The other guests around Casper couldn't stop looking over there.

"Mr. Wood, go and have a look. You are the host of the banquet tonight, aren't you?" Lucia sneered, not hiding the sarcasm in her words.

Casper frowned, finally said "excuse me", and walked towards Nia.

"Do you want to leave now?" Arthur asked Lucia as soon as Casper left.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Lucia smiled and said, "No, let's watch a little longer." She was curious to see what Nia could do, so Arthur stayed with her.

As Casper approached the group around Nia, he heard her say loudly,

"Our IPO company will be established within two months. At that time, we hope everyone can support us. Although Stable Growth has been taken away by others, the backbone of Stable Growth is still here. Kevin and I are still here. We welcome our previous partners at any time and invite guests who are interested in our company to join us. With Stable Growth's previous strength, we believe we won't disappoint anyone."

As everyone listened to Nia's words, they began discussing them with each other - some sneered while others were interested. Seeing the reactions of those around her made Nia feel proud.

Just then a cold voice cut through the crowd. "Nia, announcing your company's establishment at my celebration party - isn't that stealing my thunder? You only have one reputation; once it's gone, it won't come back."

Everyone turned to see Casper walking towards them with an ambiguous smile on his face. Everyone knew he didn't get along with Nia - many guests had even witnessed Leon and his group causing trouble here more than half a month ago.

Now seeing Casper approach like this made everyone want to watch this good show unfold.

An aisle automatically formed for Casper as he walked towards them.

Nia narrowed her eyes and exchanged glances with Kevin; she had been waiting for Casper!

"Mr. Wood," she said fearlessly meeting his gaze head-on, "Wasn't it you who sent us an invitation? Why do we need your permission for anything when we're just another guest?"

Casper sneered, "It seems like you've been pretty lonely during those ten days in jail! You can barely wait until you're out before starting to talk big again?"