Once she received her father's call, Valeria rushed to the office.She was prepared to get scolded once
she arrived.
But instead of scolding her, he smiled when he saw her.He said, "You're here.Let's have lunch
together."
"Have lunch?" Valeria asked in confusion.
She looked at him and wondered if he wanted to have lunch or her head Ronald was about to explode
in anger as he was sure that Valeria was behind this.
But judging by how the news had spread, he did not dare to scold her.
What he had to do then was to suppress the news.
The online rumors had claimed that they had got into a huge fight.
So now, he wanted to make sure news of him and Valeria being chummy again would spread online.
He held in his anger and pulled Valeria's hand as he walked out.
"Come on, let's have your favorite steamboat today"
What was happening? Valeria was stiff as she was dragged out of the company.
On their way to the restaurant, there were people taking pictures of them.
Ronald was smiling the whole time, looking like he was in a good mood.
He even took the initiative to put vegetables on her plate.
Valeria didn't understand what he was trying to do until she saw people taking pictures of them.
Such a big thing had happened and it even affected the company badly.
Her father must be doing this to get rid of all the negative news.
Once she understood his intentions, her mouth curved into a mocking smile.
After all, William was the one who started this.
Thus, she felt obliged to go along with him and let the news die down.
Valeria too bit back her anger and acted along with him.
However, they were not professional actors so they got tired after a while.
After a few pictures of them looking like they were on good terms were taken, Ronald's expression
changed and he stopped pretending.
"You caused this mess.Why are you so ignorant? Do you know how much money the company has lost
today? Your mom and I built this company up from scratch.Even if it's not for me, you should think for
your mom too.Do you want to see the company just being ruined like that?"
Thinking that it was William who did this, Valeria kept silent while Ronald scolded her.
Even though she felt indignant, she could not refute him for the first time.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, he was sure that she was behind it.
It made him hate her to the core.If it were in the past, he would have slapped her before saying
anything.
But this was not the time to turn against her, so he could only hold in his anger.
"I'm not sure how long this will continue to affect the company.Tonight, I'm going back home and you
should as well.From today onwards, come to the company as often as you can and we'll have meals
together.You should also come with me to meet clients as well"
"I have no problem with that.But what are you going to do about your mistress and children? Are you
going to ignore them?"
"That's not something you should be concerned about.The most important thing now is to cease this
negative news, so you had better do as I say! I'm going for golf in the afternoon.Dress up nicely and
come with me”
To go along with Ronald's acts, Valeria had to dress in golf attire and accompany him there.She didn't
know how to play golf so she just played for a while and went under the shade for tea.
Under the large shade, she read the news on her phone.
Pictures of her having lunch with her father were already posted online.
Ronald's company had also issued an official notice saying that their relationship was as good as
before.
It also mentioned that the news yesterday night was just a fake rumor.
It even announced that they would sue the one that spread that piece of news.
However, she could tell that the Public Relations Department was not of much use.
Comments were saying that they had not seen them together in recent months.
They even said that the news of Ronald and Valeria having lunch together was just an act to get their
stocks back up.
There were lots of smart people who couldn't be fooled.
Looking at the stocks that were on a steep decline, Valeria sighed in helplessness.
Valeria was slightly annoyed.
As long as this matter persisted, her father would not let her go.She had enough of acting like this.
Sighing slightly, she picked up her tea and took a sip.
Footsteps suddenly sounded her way and a humble voice chimed, "Mr.Anthony, this way please"
Two middle- aged men were smiling in a fawning manner as they walked together with Hardy.
The three of them were going to rest under the shade next to Valeria.
But after Hardy glanced at Valeria, he immediately walked to her shade.
The other two middle- aged men were surprised but they walked in with him.
When the three appeared in front of her, Valeria raised her head and looked at them.
When she locked eyes at Hardy who was smiling happily at her, she was stunned, "We meet again!"
"And you are?"
Valeria looked at the handsome man in confusion.
"Don't you remember? You helped my friend when we were at the Zermatt Ski Resort"
Hardy reminded her.
Once he said it, Valeria finally remembered.
She went to the ski resort with Abbie the previous year and they had seen someone with a heart attack.
Luckily she had an emergency pill with her, so she could save the person in time.
They were all from the same country so it wasn't a big deal for Valeria.
So she couldn't quite remember it.
"Sorry, I forgot about it!"
"Let me introduce myself again.My name is Hardy Anthony” He held out a hand as he said.
Valeria was stunned when she heard his name as she had somewhat heard of him before.
He was the son of the Anthony family in Bricksburg.
Besides being able to speak three languages, he was a capable man that took over Acma Corporation
at the age of 25 and did well in running the company.
Not only was he a genius in business, but he was also really handsome and had a good reputation.
There were no rumors of him and he was pure.
It was also said that the rich young ladies at Bricksburg chose partners with qualities based on Hardy.
And now he was standing in front of her and introducing himself to her.
This made Valeria felt flattered and so she held her hand out too.
"Uh, my name is Valeria Brown!"
"Miss Brown, it's nice to meet you! Can I sit here?"
‘'Of course, please do, Mr.Anthony!"
The other two men with him were the CEOs of their companies in B City.They were there to discuss
important matters with Hardy that day.
However, Hardy was going to sit down and chat with her instead.
This made the two of them anxious but they did not dare say anything, so they just sat aside quietly.
After sitting down, Hardy looked at Valeria warmly and smiled at her.
Meanwhile, he started chatting with Valeria.
Besides being an expert at work, he was definitely good at calming down the atmosphere.
Valeria was a little cautious at first, but she relaxed after chatting for a while.
Hardy was humorous and had his unique views and thoughts.
And this made Valeria laugh uncontrollably.
While they were chatting away happily, Ronald suddenly walked to their shade and said, "Isn't this
Mr.Anthony? Do you know him?"
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