She Is A CEO

Chapter 1110 Insatiable Greed

This gentleman's name was Brendon Robertson, and he was a friend of Miles from Athegate. Although he appeared refined, he can be ruthless when necessary and shared the same values as Miles. If it weren't for his aversion to finance, Casper would have recruited him first.

"Brendon, don't tease me," Miles said with a serious expression. "If he had really succeeded, I wouldn't have come to Athegate."

Brendon put away his smile and said, "I remember Casper used to be mild-tempered. I didn't expect him to become so aggressive now. To be honest, all the rumors I've heard about him lately are negative - just like you were back in the day when you were reckless and didn't care about anything or anyone else. That's why Casper needs guidance from someone like you..."

My Casper...

Miles' heart felt as if it was soaked in bitter medicine; even his breaths tasted sour.

"That's why I don't like sending children abroad for education," Brendon continued without understanding Miles' feelings.

"I don't know what you and Libby were thinking at that time. Their ideas are different from ours; they teach their children to stand out too much." "Brendon," Miles regained his senses and raised his glass to clink with Brendon's glass before saying, "There's something I want to ask of you..."

"Why are you still being polite? Just tell me." Brendon replied generously.

After nodding in agreement with Brendon's offer of help, Miles leaned over towards him and whispered something into his ear for quite some time. The more he spoke, the more confused Brendon became. "Miles, are you sure?" He hesitated after hearing everything that had been said.

"Casper has an inflated ego right now, and even though I came here to ease my worries, it still feels like there's something bothering me deep down inside. I can't just ignore this feeling, because knowing how things usually go, I need someone who will look after things in case anything happens... Brendon, you run your own law firm. This matter needs your attention, and please keep everything confidential. If this ever gets out, I need to be prepared."

Upon hearing this, Brendon understood what Miles' intentions were. He patted Miles' shoulder reassuringly before saying,

"Alright, this matter is entrusted upon me. I hope that one day, Casper will understand all the effort that went into your decision-making."

Miles forced himself into a smile. His Casper would definitely understand. He looked up only to see Casper mingling happily amongst guests. Miles' gaze grew darker than before...

Although Lauren had been in Athegate for almost five months, he wasn't very familiar with the surroundings. This wasn't because of a bad memory, but because most of his time was spent taking care of Eve at the hotel. When he went out looking for her, he couldn't find her until Eve gave him directions over the phone.

It was an ordinary late-night snack shop that Eve randomly picked out after being brought there by Nia. The storefront was small and sold various snacks. Eve ordered a bowl of sweet dumplings which was deliciously chewy.

When Lauren walked into the shop, his presence stood out from everyone else inside. As soon as Eve saw him, she waved to get Lauren's attention.

Lauren didn't fit in with this simple environment, let alone Nia and Kevin who were dressed in formal attire sitting on plastic stools. Nia's face became darker as some customers around them occasionally threw strange glances at them, which annoyed her greatly.

"If it weren't for earlier... who would come to such a shabby place!"

This gloomy atmosphere persisted until Eve called out Lauren's name. Nia quickly put on a smile when greeting her sister,

"Eat more! You look so thin." She even took a tissue to wipe off some food from Eve's mouth showing their close relationship.

Eve blushed shyly and obediently moved the chair next to hers for Lauren to sit down before putting on Lauren's coat onto herself again due to cold weather outside. Then he looked at what she was eating and asked without paying any attention towards Nia who tried hard not be ignored.

"Is it good?"

Eve looked satisfied with what she ate,

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She scooped up one along with moderate sweetness syrup, naturally feeding it into his mouth, which caused him rare laughter after chewing it carefully

"It tastes pretty good."

Seeing that Lauren liked it made Eve even happier as they both enjoyed another bowl together. They were surrounded by pink hues emanating from their surroundings unlike Nia or Kevin who felt extremely awkward especially since they had nothing in front of them since they didn't order anything themselves. It wasn't Kevin being picky but rather Nia feeling like eating here lowered their status.

While Eve turned away talking to the store owner, Lauren lifted up his face slowly scanning over Nia's face with sharp eyesight without hiding his displeasure. That made Nia's heart skip a beat causing her unable meet Lauren's gaze directly anymore.

Kevin understood Lauren's thoughts, and it reminded him of something. He cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Osade, Nia and I will establish the company in the next half month as soon as possible. You're a major investor. We are grateful to have you on board as a non-executive director in our new company. We will definitely soar with your support."

"I'm not interested," Lauren replied without hesitation.

Kevin's smile did not fade from his face; he knew that this would be Lauren's response. He then secretly touched Nia's hand under the table.

Nia spoke only after Eve turned her head around, "Mr. Osade, won't you consider it? If you become my brother-in-law in the future, we can develop our family together and make our parents' lives better." "What are you talking about?" Eve blushed at hearing "brother-in-law" and quickly lowered her head after stealing a glance at Lauren.

Lauren remembered their simple lifestyle; they had nothing to do with wealth or fame-seeking behavior like them. Besides, he had never seen any filial piety from Nia before.

With disdain for such weak reasons given by them, he scoffed lightly and said bluntly, "I gave you money already; let this matter rest here."

Eve heard what Lauren said but didn't understand what they were talking about entirely. However, she could tell that her sister was trying to scheme again.

Just when she felt embarrassed by all of this happening around her suddenly, Nia even pointed out to her, "Eve, if Mr. Osade becomes our new company's non-executive director, then we'll be one big happy family."